No Matter What Shape... - The T-Bones (1965)

[olddude521]

What,s the flip side of this 45?

[1BlubeTube]

@olddude521 Feelin' Fine, if you pause the video you can read it.

[1BlubeTube]

This music descibes the 60s.

[ZINGGO]

The 60'S that was the time...

[geor67]

Hell yeah! This is an all time classic clip here. Thank you for posting this!

[lennonzappa71]

Carol Kaye played on this? Just found out Hal Blaine played drums on this, too. Geez, what DIDN'T those two play on in the 60's??

[1BlubeTube]

@lennonzappa71 They were just that good.

[capitolemiproducer]

@lennonzappa71 Yep this was The Wrecking Crew , but whenit became a monster hit, Joe Saraceno hired guys off the street to be

T Bones

[barrybob32]

if you get an 80s panasonic boombox from back when they used to have the ambiance audio setting, than play this song off of it while having your head centered in between the speakers. (you dont have to be close to it, just between the speakers) it freakin sounds like youre there, wherever "there" might be in this song it really does. soo awesome.

[dbacardi1]

Our band used to play this at basketball games, loved the music

[hildman5]

that bring back very old me memories. very outstanding old song.

keep them comeing

[remled09]

I think the best version of this tune was by The Ventures, on their 1966 Action album.

[ruandted]

Age is lousy , I now have a pirates treasure , , a sunken chest , but gotta luv this golden oldie ..

[MrFacebookhater]

The T-Bones was the name before Hamilton, Joe frank & Reynolds...... Wow!

Then the hit "Don't Pull Your Love" in 1971 reaching (US #4) and my favorite "Fallin' In Love" in 1975 reaching (US #1)

[TheEldoradoKid]

Sounds like something that could have been cut by Booker T and the MGs. Same happy cool and swingin sound!

[ruandted]

Unlike my 64 marriage , this beaut tune is still going strong , but the memories bring a smile to my face .

[1958Saturday]

This instrumental has always been playing in the back of my mind and I had no idea of the name of the title or the group....all I remembered it was back in the mid 60's when I was a young lad--so on a lark I ran a search of "1965 instrumental" and hit it on the first try--WOW!....sounds like what has been playing in my mind except the girls singing in the background.

[ArtistinMO]

Those of us who remember this song might notice that the record is spinning backwards.:-) And kids, that is a 45 rpm record. Ask your grandparents about them.

[eameece]

@ArtistinMO And we see the flip side!

[musicbuff9]

This is a great song by the T-Bones who would later, become Hamilton,Joe and Frank Reynolds. They had great songs in the seventies. What happented to them? They were a great group! I remember the Alka-Selzer commerical. Todays music is crap!

[wombat66]

Lead guitar by the great Carol Kaye

[biskiers]

@wombat66 Do you know she was a member of the wrecking crew ?? Look up wrecking crew on here .

[JohannLau]

I kinda dig the fake record spin hehe. Lovely music.

[robkal56]

Rememer the Alka-Selzer commercial? Man, I haven't thought of that in years. Great music. Thanks.

[Cheessa]

@robkal56 Yes, I remember that Alka Sletzer add.

[Myrtle791]

Dave here. One of my thousand favorites, along with "Music to Watch Girls By" (For Pepsi, I think.) and "The Dis-advantages of You" for Benson & Hedges' one millimeter longer cigarette, by the Brass Ring. "Music to Watch Girls By" was done by the Bob Crewe Generation if I'm not mistaken. "I Loved Them, Every One." That, too, T.G. Sheppard.

[rainstormz28]

@Fersomling: this song and your comment reminded me of two things..back in the '60's when my mom made us finish that crummy Chef Boy-Ar-Dee pizza, we ALL went running for the Alka Seltzer!...thanks for the memories, I think..lol

[lins59]

A classic !!!

Thanks for posting it !!!!!

[gva0917]

Fantastic - a great sound from back in the day. To think something that sounded this good was used for an Alka Seltzer commercial. It is so neat to hear this. Thanks Chuck for letting me know it was out here in Tube Land. Love this post. :)

[Fersomling]

Mid-60s! Love it! Also, the Alka Seltzer commercial with the dude poking his finger into the fat dude's stomach.

One of my fave old commericals, along with the kid hanging from the church bell rope ringing the bells in the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee ad.

Ah, the memories!

[AlecBoy006]

Just goes to show you that it doesn't matter what the name of the song is. The song kicks ass.

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! I haven't heard this song in years! Love it! THANKS for posting it! I have many fond memories of seeeing the Alka Seltzer commercial on TV as a kid in the 60's that used this song as it's theme. CHEERS! :-)

[ruandted]

still a great foot tapper

[nanlisa]

I was only in third grade when this song first came out. I definitely remember the commercial as well.

[Querencias]

Excelent HQ recording sound! Very fine / clear -- how did you manage that? Nice job indeed Lory73. Many thanks.

[jenks1937]

Brilliant sound

[steve7138]

Love this song--I remember the commercial back then showing all the fat people's bellies walking around!

[john111257]

a great track..wonder did they do any others

[keca1430]

Didn't this band later become Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds?

[PianoGuy60]

There is a commercial now airing for tourism in Massachusetts with music that sounds just like this, almost like it was taken directly from this catchy tune.

[50Emerald]

Was this not originally the accompanying music to an Alka-Seltzer commercial around 1965?

[WARDMAN3]

@50Emerald Yes it was the jingle for Alka Seltzer and to date, is still one of the most popular songs adapted from a commercial. The Carpenters "We've Only Just Begun" is another. That song was taken from a commercial for Crocker Bank in 1970.

[Max9507]

Awesome Tune !!! Thanks for posting.

[rich6984bj]

This song is very cool.

[oxenholme]

Superb track, but the 45 edit ends too early - compare it with the version on the Silverline DVD-Audio...

[treesapkelli]

this song is a great song took me a while to find but walla i found it. THanks to the person who put it here.

[ftlshome1]

wow, takes me back to when i was a kid and my father bought me this 45, thanks for the memories

[chalomot1]

do you happen to know who the girl was so did the the Background vocals?

[ATamandua]

Every time I hear this song I think of "Rinky Dink" by Dave "Baby" Cortez...would have been interesting to hear that man teamed with Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds, er, "The T-Bones". (Great musicians, they.)

[coleopter]

Back then the drums sounded like firecrackers. Now they just sound like a suitcase falling downstairs. Is that due to different instruments, sloppy technique, or digital "improvements" in technology?

[boneypart]

@coleopter

what you are enjoying, the drums sounding like "firecrackers", is the "primitive" sound of 60s recording technology. i love it.

[yogafan6500]

Classic oldie from 1965.

[turntyrn]

God, I remember this song, but couldn't find it for years! I didn't know the name of the song or the group!

Thank you! THIS is 60s!

[frankd1965]

I listen to KCEE and KTUC in Tucson, Arizona. they play this song frequently

[alldaymusicman]

A little trivia for those that care: the T-bones later renamed themselves Hamilton,Joe Frank, and Reynolds and had the hit "Don't Pull Your Love (Out On Me Baby)", and a few others.

[geor67]

Very cool song, even if it was used in an Alka Selter commercial! I have been looking for this for a long time. This is one of my favorite instrumentals! Thank you for posting this!

[notwaiting]

Ahhhhh..................there were so many great instrumentals from the 60's.

Where have they gone?

Thanks for posting!

[internationalgiant]

wish "Feelin' Fine" was on youtube too. it's a great instrumental as well. very fast! this song was used for fat people back in the 60s which ruined its credibility back then.

[210bandsman]

Picture it--Little Rock Arkansas the mid 1980's. Stroman's used this song in their commercials for the Stroman's Brockwood TV sets.

[whomrig]

i remember this from the old metrecl diet drink commercial

[PetraNova1]

Love this tune! First heard it as a little Russian girl in the former USSR when my mom obtained a pirated copy of it so her little girl could listen to "decadent western music" as the communist government labeled it. LOL!

[Johnkgraham]

How about "The Mexican Shuffle" by Herb Alpert for Clark Teaberry gum???

[frankd1965]

do remember that commercial with herb alpert,

Frank Sinatra's "High Hopes" song was used by Budget Rent a Car in the late 1980's

[Myrtle791]

Dave here. Wardman: Speaking of the Carpenters, they played, what might've been their only instrumental, Heather, which was used in the "My wife, etc, etc, Geritol commercial. It's here on the "You."

Funny how a number of themes for com-

mercials came out & became hits almost simultaneously around the late '60's: "No Matter What Shape" for Alka-Seltzer, "The Dis-advantages of You" for Benson & Hedges, "Music to Watch Girls By," for Pepsi, "The Real Thing," or whatever, for Coca-Cola, etc.

[3Drichie]

The original album this is from has some other good tracks on it, and is available on cd. Search on "t-bones no matter what shape".

[turbo1964]

Soooooo CooooooooL

[BichonFrise2001]

My dad used to dance this with us when he was with us. Now I think of Pepto Bismo commercials.

[ftlshome1]

my did gave me this 45 when i was 8yrs old, this brought back so many memories since he is longer with us, thank you

[WARDMAN3]

Always loved this song. I remember hearing it on 60s retro programs when i was 12 back in 1982. Spent many years trying to find a 45 of it, which I eventually did. It is also one of the most successful songs from a commercial. "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters is another one. It was a song for a California Bank that Richard Carpenter had heard late one night.

[osdelced]

Great tune!. :D

[MerleOberon]

I need to hear it through the Magnavox Astro-Sonic  sound system...

[jabbojones814]

catchy!!!

[MontagTheMagician]

I was enjoying listening to this song alot but when I found out that these guys turned into that hokey band Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds I was pissed. I still like this song though. They should have quit while they were ahead.

[sphmusak]

This one's for you Montag....

"Baby, baby.....fallin' in love....I'm fallin' in love again".....

Oh yeah.....that was a great song by Hamilton,Joe Frank and Reynolds.....gotta love it man!!!! lol

[Yodaismycopilot]

Before that there was "Don't pull your love out on me baby, if ya do then I think that maybe I..."

[JackFlemingFan]

Excellent!!

[skoozeroni]

Could you please post the flip side to this singe, "Feelin' Fine"? It's been ages since I heard that one! I know it was just the B side to "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" but I loved it, too.

[mjrmarco]

Great music! T Bones

[HUGESNFAN]

All the positive posts bear witness to a great memorable instrumental from the Sixties when they were all the rage: who remembers The Horse, Classical Gas and Electric Indian's Keem-o-Sabe. No wonder the sixties are remembered for truly great "one off" classics. Thanks for the post Lory73.

[toms2b]

Nice effect with the record spinning only one thing... records spin the other direction.

Thanks for positng!

[CrackerJackLee]

yes, but this way you can hear all the devil music!

[CrackerJackLee]

yes, but this way you can hear all the devil music!

[mcdornan1]

Well they do like you say in the Northern Hemisphere. But in the Southern Hemisphere they spin the opposite way! It's the Coriolis Effect.

:)

[OuryLN]

The T-Bones were essentially a studio group who gave rave reviews for the playing and for their singing in live concerts. When their contract was up they dissolved and came back as Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds.

[nostalgiahistoria67]

Classic 60s instrumental!

[Baileygeep7]

This song was written by Granville Burland, apparently the alka seltzer commercial used it first, the t-bones improved it, the commercial deserves all the credit.

[MarkRevival]

Very apt for me. Especially with the shape of my stomach..... :)

[Ssssstones]

directly on my playlist !

[dapoetmaster]

Ditto that! I think this tune was in 'Hells Angels on Wheels' at the start of the bar fight scene...great!!

[hyoutantugino]

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[hiroguam]

This Japanese fellow is asking for someone to upload a song called "playgirl". Anyone know it ?

[doglips1958]

@hiroguam Playgirl was a song by Thee Prophets whiich was released in 1969,and made it to#49 in the U.S.

[koolbossjock]

Boss hit bound in 65 on 93 KHJ......Baby!!

[sphmusak]

There used to be as video on here of the T-Bones performing this song on the tv show Shivaree with host Gene Wood. Does anyone know who had it posted? Its such a cool video.

[MerleOberon]

Suddenly its 1965!

[Myrtle791]

Didn't Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds also make "Don't Pull Your Love?"

[frankd1965]

yes they did in 1971.

[Yodaismycopilot]

71 was a great year for main stream pop music. If I understand correctly, Carol King's Tapestry was #1 longer than any album until Michael Jackson's Thriller, 13 years later.

[blueticecho]

Hell I did not know that!!! i thought this came from the Larry Welk show.....

[NcicHit]

:-)

[slobomotion]

Terrific! Greetings from France.

[jimlowell]

The T-Bones were "Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds" and a couple of other guys.

[centralparocker]

So cool!

[pudd750]

O M G this is one i didnt think UTube was going to be able to come up with --O M G awesome instrumental--we had this album- thanks Lori !!!!

[biophysman]

Its not YouTube that comes up with it. Its the brave people like Tokensurfer, Cloudthetank, XMIR10B, etc that post these for you and then end up having to delete them

[Lory73]

It's not just those you mentioned, but also the one who uploaded this video. I, like many others out there, had to delete loads of videos due to copyright claims.

[biophysman]

Its not YouTube that does this for you. Its people like Tokensurfer, CloudtheTank, XMIR10B, etc taht risk a lawssuit to bring you these great 45's

[johnnyfaithless]

YAY!

[vynilistic]

The one for Benson & Hedges was called "The Dis-Advantages Of You" done by The Brass Ring.

[MerleOberon]

The T-Bones rule!!!

[MerleOberon]

I had this 45, and the one for Benson and Hedges, remember that?

[vynilistic]

Yes. "The Dis-Advantages of You" by The Brass Ring.

[frankd1965]

A radio station in Phoenix, Arizona called the above mentioned song "The Benson & Hedges" theme.

[vynilistic]

Yes. "The Dis-Advantages Of You" by The Brass Ring."

[vynilistic]

Yes. "The Dis-Advantages Of You" by The Brass Ring.

[MerleOberon]

could it be "The Dis-Advantages Of You" by The Brass Ring?

[JRNipper]

Great music, thanks for post, but, uummm, your 45 record is spinning backwards. On purpose or ?? Kind of funny. LOL

[Lory73]

Backwards, forwards it doesn't really matter, does it? ...as long as it can be heard LOUD and clear :)

(btw, that's how spin effect works on my video editing application)

[eameece]

and upside down! Feelin Fine is the flip side

[59keoni]

@JRNipper back'n' time man.....

[WayneShipman]

Has anybody and Alka Seltzer?????

Boy does this bring back memories.

[kosmischemyke]

*A classic* TV Commercial Theme, Thanks for sharing.

[IronicallyVague]

Makes me want to stand nude on the rooftop...

Hands on hips & faced to the wind!

[thumpr50]

I was in grade school when this was playing on TV for alka seltzer. Remember the heavy policeman and the passerby poking him. Black and white TV, wow, we've come along way.

[jmcraven1]

Remember it well. I had the 45 of "No matter what shape your stomach's in." I agree with all the previous comments. It's great, and thanks for bringing it back.

[thumpr50]

Absolutely right, great instrumental, I was in grade shcool, remember the heavy policeman and the passerby poking his stomach, "hey guy, like try some alka seltzer", where did those days go to.

[sosweetsixteen]

love this song :)

[granger18trains]

Sooooo glad to hear this one again ! Thank you.

[colindominy]

Man, I was only 11 years old when this came out. But, boy, do I remember it well. What a classic instrumental - and the percussion in there would do Brian Wilson proud !!

[Looner]

Wow, awesome!!!

[Looner]

Wow, awesome!!!

[Patriot1862]

From my favorite old commercial, and some of the best instrumental music of the 60's. The background female vocals are an especially nice touch.

[colindominy]

Right on, Patriot1862 !!

[anorak64]

Simple but catchy tune. The T-Bones were a group of high calibre session musicians who played mostly for Liberty Records. This reached a high of #3 in the US charts in late 1965/early '66 as a direct result of being used for the Alka Seltzer TV commercial. When it was heard by millions of viewers it had a good chance of scoring!

[gonzoman76]

I remember this song very well. Brings back fun memories of my childhood. Thanks for posting!

[silviarich]

Not successful? It made Alka Seltzer the brand of the year.

And the Biggest Product turnaround of the year.

[allumst]

I literally wore this 45 out...great times,great music

[Spectra92]

I'd sit in 8th grade class & tap this out on my desk all day! The best!

[XMIR10B]

I have the 45 too

[NcicHit]

Me too and the LP, mono and stereo.

Great song.

[aceshigh130]

You're right. This was used for an Alka Seltzer commercial. I remember it quite well. All you saw were p[eoples' stomachs. Remember one guy with stomach over the handle of a pneumatic jack. The problem with the commercial was everyone remembered the song and very few identified it with the product. So while the song was a success, the commercial failed. Strange.

Anyway, great post. Thank you.

[irish89055]

I'm not so sure about that... i remember and have found the commercial on here and though only 9 distinctly remember the connection to Alka Seltzer... Loved this song.. The other Alka Seltzer commercials were among the funnniest and best remembered...Spicy meatballs anyone?

[silviarich]

Urban legend, aces. Alka Seltzer was the "Brand of the Year"

that year for reversing a decade long decline ....

Honest.

[RKIRCHDO]

Have the original 45. Was used in a commercial for Alka Seltzer (whatever shape your stomach is in) Thanks for posting!

[linz1155]

I have 2 LP's of the T-Bones and was really happy 2 hear a tune by them. Thanks linz1155.

[sphmusak]

I have always liked this song ever since I was a kid. So glad I found it here after all these years..thanks LORY!

[Lory73]

Your very welcome :)

[TheBigZPa]

A great out of print song and one of my favorite instrumentals from the '60s. I have it on vinyl, I just wish I had a turntable that worked.

[jerone2003]

I have a CD of this vinyl. Check out amazon for availability. Yup..one of my fav instrumentals too :-)

[frankd1965]

You can also try CD Universe

[frankd1965]

I just bought the CD from CD Universe.