The Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought The Law
Label: Eva (8) – 12032, Eva (8) – EVA 12032
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: France
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll
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NOTE BY UPLOADER
Vinyl rip from original MINT Pressing record
DIGITAL JOB FROM ORIGINAL VINYL
from my private collection
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01 Not Fade Away
Written-By – B. Holly*, N. Petty*
2:07
02 Guess We'll Fall In Love
Written-By – B. Fuller*
2:12
03 Rock House
Written-By – H. Jenkins*, S. Phillips*
2:20
04 A New Shade Of Blue
Written-By – B. Fuller*, M. Stone*
2:45
05 Keep On Dancing
Written-By – B. Fuller*, R. Fuller*
1:55
06 King Of The Beach
Written-By – B. Fuller*
2:04
07 Linda Lu
Written-By – B. Fuller*
2:33
08 I Fought The Law
Written-By – Sonny Curtis
2:12
09 Keep On Knocking
Written-By – R. Penniman*
1:51
10 Think It Over
Written-By – B. Holly*, N. Petty*
1:43
11 It's Love, Comme What May
Written-By – B. Fuller*, M. Stone*
2:00
12 Nervous Breakdown
Written-By – M. Roccuzzo*
2:32
13 Baby My Heart
Written-By – Sonny Curtis
2:15
14 Love's Made A Fool Of You
Written-By – B. Montgomery*, B. Holly*
2:00
15 Medley: Louie Louie/Farmer John/Jenny Lee
Written-By – B. Fuller*, Terry*, Harris*, R. Berry*
6:39
Printed By – Montreuil Offset
Producer – Bobby Fuller, Rick Stone (6)
Recorded in El Paso 1960-64
Thanks to Mrs Lorraine Fuller, Greg Shaw and Lisa Fancher
All songs previously unreleased or alternate versions
Track B3 misspelled on sleeve but correct on label: "It's Love, Come What May".
Rights Society: SACEM SDRM SACD SGDL
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched): EVA 12032 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched): EVA 12032 B
Robert Gaston Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966)[1] was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Let Her Dance"
and his cover of the Crickets' "I Fought the Law," recorded with his group The Bobby Fuller Four.
Death
Within months of "I Fought the Law" becoming a top 10 hit, Fuller was found dead in an automobile parked outside his Hollywood apartment.[1] The Los Angeles deputy medical examiner, Jerry Nelson, performed the autopsy. According to Dean Kuipers:[7] "The report states that Bobby's face, chest, and side were covered in 'petechial hemorrhages,' probably caused by gasoline vapors and the summer heat. He found no bruises, no broken bones, no cuts. No evidence of beating." Kuipers further explains that boxes for "accident" and "suicide" were checked, but next to the boxes were question marks. Despite the official cause of death, some commentators believe Fuller was murdered.[8][9]
Erik Greene, a relative of Sam Cooke, has cited similarities in the deaths of Cooke and Fuller. Fuller's bandmate Jim Reese suspected that Charles Manson played a role in Fuller's death, but never provided credible evidence; Manson was in prison from 1961 to 1967. A sensationalist crime website has speculated that the Los Angeles Police Department may have been involved because of Fuller's connection to a Mafia-related woman.[10]
Fuller was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.[11] His death was profiled in a segment of Unsolved Mysteries.[12]
His death was also explored in the May 11, 2015, episode of the NPR program All Things Considered.[13] The program references the book I Fought the Law: The Life and Strange Death of Bobby Fuller by Miriam Linna, with contributions by Randy Fuller.[14] Sometime after the Unsolved Mysteries segment in question initially aired, the cause of Fuller's death was officially changed from "suicide" to "accident".[12]