BOBBY FULLER FOUR - 'I FOUGHT THE LAW' (Ian Stone's Extended & Remixed 'Oppression' Version)

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AWESOME COVER VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC 'SONNY CURTIS' WRITTEN 1960 HIT RELEASED BY 'THE CRICKETS' CALLED 'I FOUGHT THE LAW'.THIS TAKE ON THE TRACK IS MORE COMMERCIAL AND IS BY UNKNOWN ROCKABILLY/ROCK 'N' ROLL GROUP THE 'BOBBY FULLER FOUR' ORIGINALLY IT WAS A SINGLE ONLY BUT A LITTLE WHILE LATER IT APPEARED ON THE ALBUM ALSO CALLED 'I FOUGHT THE LAW' IN AMERICA WHICH THEY RECORDED AND RELEASED BACK IN 1965 ON MUSTANG RECORDS BASED IN TEXAS AT THE TIME.THE BAND HAD INDEED RECORDED OTHER SONGS BEFORE DECIDING ON RECORDING THIS GEM 'I FOUGHT THE LAW'.THERE CAREER STARTED BACK IN 1961 WHEN THEY RELEASED THE SINGLE 'YOU'RE IN LOVE'.OTHER MEMBERS OF THE 'BOBBY FULLER FOUR' INCLUDED 'RANDY FULLER' ON BACKING VOCALS AND PLAYING THE BASS GUITAR PARTS TO THE SONG ALONG WITH 'JIM REESE' ON JOINT LEAD GUITAR/BACK UP VOCALS AND COMPLETING THE FOUR ARTISTS THE FANTASTIC DRUMMING BY 'DeWAYNE QUIRICO'.JUST SIX MONTHS AFTER 'I FOUGHT THE LAW' WAS PUT OUT AS A SINGLE IN 1966 'BOBBY FULLER' WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS MOTHER'S CAR IN LOS ANGELESAS AN APPARENT SUICIDE HOWEVER OTHER REPORTS SUGGESTED THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY MURDERED AS THE BODY SHOWED SIGNS OF A BEATING BUT NOTHING POINTED TO THAT THEORY ACCORDING TO THE HOLLYWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.RIGHT WELL THE 'BOBBY FULLER FOUR' RECORDING WAS RELEASED 'I FOUGHT THE LAW' ORIGINALLY IN MONO SOUND AS SO MANY OTHER SINGLES AT THAT TIME WERE MADE BUT 'IAN STONE' HAS TRIED TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY BRINGING OUT A MORE TRUE SOUND FOR TODAY'S 2023 AUDIENCES TO ENJOY BY ADDING A WONDERFUL EXTENSION AND TOTALLY UNIQUE REMIX AS WELL TO GREAT EFFECT.