| Vongole Fisarmonica | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 at Globe Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock,pop,polka | |||
| Length | 32:56 | |||
| Label | Globe Records | |||
| Producer | Paul Rogers | |||
| Those Darn Accordions chronology | ||||
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Vongole Fisarmonica is the debut album by Americanaccordion bandThose Darn Accordions, released in 1992 by Globe Records. The album was originally released only oncassette tape before later being made available fordigital download oniTunes and similar digital media stores.
Showcasing a seventeen-member line-up,Vongole Fisarmonica documents TDA at the peak of their early formation as a mostly instrumental mass accordion ensemble, before bandleader Paul Rogers would start restructuring the group into a tighter ten-member rock band for their subsequent album,Squeeze This!. In contrast to the rest of TDA's discography,Vongole Fisarmonica primarily consists ofcover songs, tackling TDA's typical fare of classicpolkas and offbeat covers ofhard rock andpop songs. The album contains two original songs in "Lithuania" and "Chicken Boy Polka", as well as aparody ofArthur Godfrey's "Too Fat Polka", re-written as "Too Smart Polka".
The title of the album is Italian for "Accordion Clams". According to member Tom Torriglia, musicians would often call mistakes "clams".[1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Also sprach Zarathustra/Viva Las Vegas" | R. Strauss/D. Pomus/M. Shuman | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Stairway to Heaven" | J. Page/R. Plant | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Walk, Don't Run" | J. Smith | 1:54 |
| 4. | "The Beer Barrel Polka" | L. Brown/W. Timm | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Too Smart Polka" | R. MacLean/A. Richardson | 2:19 |
| 6. | "Lithuania" | P. Rogers | 2:22 |
| 7. | "It's Now or Never" | W. Gold/A. Schroeder/E. di Capua | 3:18 |
| 8. | "Duck Dance" | W. Thomas | 4:39 |
| 9. | "It's Not Unusual" | L. Reed/G. Mills | 2:07 |
| 10. | "Chicken Boy Polka" | P. Rogers/T. Torriglia | 2:23 |
| 11. | "Perry Mason Theme" | F. Steiner | 2:34 |
| Total length: | 32:56 | ||
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