The T-Bones - No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) (1966) [Vinyl]

The T-Bones were a surf rock instrumental combo who hit paydirt in 1966 with their cover of an Alka-Seltzer television commercial jingle, entitled "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)". The popularity of this humorous TV ad no doubt helped push the T-Bones' single into the national top 5. This is the LP that followed. While "No Matter What Shape" is the obvious highlight of the album, there are several other enjoyable tracks here as well. The tracks that made up the follow-up single, "Sippin' 'N Chippin'" b/w "Moment Of Softness" are probably the best, and these two songs were also popular TV commercial jingles. The album is rounded out by instrumental renditions of some of the big hits of the day -- covers ranging from The Four Seasons to Bob Dylan. The liner notes tell the history behind the band and how three key members went on to success in the 1970's under the moniker of Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE is a nice slice of 60's nostalgia and demonstrates that the T-Bones were a very talented instrumental aggregation. This is a good nostalgia album. The stock photo with this listing is for the CD, but this is an LP (vinyl record album). The picture on the album cover is the same, the wording is a little different.