RUSSIAN Rockabilly 1989 *MISTER TWISTER * MELODIYA RUSSIA

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Vinyl  record

LABEL :  MELODIYA

MANUFACTURED in  RUSSIA

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Mister Twister is Moscow's most popular rockabilly outfit. Their music is a fresh, unique mixture of powerful jazz influences and various musical styles that first evolved in the '50s. While covering the classic standards of their idols -- legendary rock'n'rollers like Bill Haley, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Johnny Burnette, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash and Chubby Checker -- they refused to be looked upon as purists, always sounding like 1956. They write much of their own material in both Russian and English -- enough to record three LPs, which, however, have never been released due to obvious Soviet-Communist bureaucratic obstacles. Nevertheless, the band is very well-known all around their huge country and never fails to get an ecstatic reception.

Mister Twister has three singers on lead and backup vocals, who are quite different from one another. This turns their overall sound into something beyond compare, no matter what they do -- a catchy ballad or a lightening-speed rocker. One for the music...two for the show. To say that Mister Twister are wild and crazy on stage is an understatement. The guitarist rolls around on the floor, the drummer hops over the 3-piece kit and the bassist mounts his "good lady" string bass, all without missing a beat! As the saxophone solo takes your breath away, the crowd goes totally mad and bops till they drop.

All this helps Mister Twister hold their own against the biggest and best of our Soviet pop acts. The rockabilly cats have played student clubs and cafes, stadiums and 10,000-seat arenas throughout the Soviet Union, scoring quite a number of gigs and tours in Europe as well.

Besides numerous sellout tours and TV appearances, the band has been featured in many Western films on Russian rock that have been broadcast by television all over the world. Melodia, the only Soviet recording company (which is State-owned), saw fit to press 220,000 copies of Mister Twister's debut album. Half of this first pressing was snapped up within a month, and within three months the sales figures exceeded 1,300,00 rubles -- which meant more than a million copies sold.

Mister Twister is the biggest rockabilly band from Russia. The Moscow-based quartet fuses rockabilly, jive, blues and jazz, blending three striking voices with energetic and elaborate arrangements and infusing the brew with new, young and modern attitudes of the '90s in their brilliant, nowhere-to-be-found sound.

"Tough yet clear, jiving sax-guitar riffs a la Bill Haley." "Powerful, slapping bass-driven, rocking rhythm section." "Skillful and diversified guitar, now madly rocking like Chuck Berry, now jazzy and pensive like Jose Pass." "Rasping, groovy saxophone solos." "Unique, triple-layered vocals with a Beatlesque touch to the songs -- rockers, ballads, twists, shuffles and blues."

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