Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock CD

'Bongo Rock' or 'The Story Of The Incredible Bongo Band' features the two original Bongo Band albums in their entirety ('Bongo Rock' and 'The Return of the Incredible Bongo Band'). The Incredible Bongo Band's cover of track 'Apache' originally made famous by The Shadows, is simply legendary in the world of dance music. Not only one of the most sampled tracks of all time and a staple for Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash as they invented the art of DJing at the Bronx block parties of the '70s, it has become an all-time hip hop and breakers anthem and is revered as the original break of all original breaks with the rhythms of this LP coining the term 'Breakbeat'.

Formed by MGM A&R man Michael Viner in 1972 to supplement the soundtrack to the virtually anonymous B-Movie film 'The Thing With Two Heads'. The IBB went from loose studio collective to an instrumental pop covers consortium, interpreting classics of the day in their own inimitable percussive fashion.

B-Movie soundtracks, The Beatles, drummers gone bad, Frank Zappa, Kool Herc... The album has a remarkable story behind it and is detailed in Angus Batey's extensive sleeve notes.

Apache has been sampled by Missy Elliot, Coldcut, Will Smith, Goldie, Jurassic 5, Moby, Run DMC, Sugarhill Gang, Beastie Boys and Massive Attack and many many MANY more. A must in every record collection.

For all licensing requests pleases contact david@mrbongo.com

We learned with great sadness that Michael Viner passed away at the end of August 2009 at the age of 65. He was a multi talented man - producing music, television and writing many books as well as putting together the band. Our thougths are with his family and friends. May he rest in peace.

Tracklist

1. Incredible Bongo Band - Apache listen
2. Incredible Bongo Band - Let There Be Drums listen
3. Incredible Bongo Band - Bongolia listen
4. Incredible Bongo Band - Last Bongo In Belgium listen
5. Incredible Bongo Band - Dueling Bongos listen
6. Incredible Bongo Band - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida listen
7. Incredible Bongo Band - Raunchy '73 listen
8. Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock listen
9. Incredible Bongo Band - Kiburi (Part 1) listen
10. Incredible Bongo Band - Sing Sing Sing listen
11. Incredible Bongo Band - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction listen
12. Incredible Bongo Band - Wipeout listen
13. Incredible Bongo Band - When The Bed Breaks Down, I'll Meet You In The Spring listen
14. Incredible Bongo Band - Pipeline listen
15. Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Okey Dokey listen
16. Incredible Bongo Band - Sharp Nine listen
17. Incredible Bongo Band - Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley, Your Tie's Caught In Your Zipper listen
18. Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (Grandmaster Flash Remix) listen
19. Incredible Bongo Band - Last Bongo In Belgium (Breakers Mix) listen