Highly influenced by the work of [a=Paul Buff], [a=Art Laboe] and [a=Preston Epps], The Incredible Bongo Band was a faux group (essentially just a studio project), formed by [l38969] record executive [a276428] to create theme music for the film "The Thing With Two Heads". Following the success of the project, Viner then used MGM studio downtime to record funk-influenced covers of hits, using pick-up musicians. Although the "group" never existed as a true band, a team of individuals was assembled for a publicity photo. The group's best known work is probably their percussion-centric cover of [url=http://www.discogs.com/Michael-Viners-Incredible-Bongo-Band-Apache/master/263520]"Apache"[/url], originally a worldwide hit in 1960 by [a=The Shadows]. It was later sampled heavily by hip hop artists (and, over a decade later, drum 'n' bass artists) to become one of the most popular sampled percussion breaks of all time. The [a=Art Laboe] and [a=Preston Epps] instrumental "Bongo Rock" was also covered by Viner's pick-up outfit as "Bongo Rock '73" (a minor US chart hit), along with a cover of "Let There Be Drums", much influenced by the "surf-style" treatments of [a=Paul Buff]'s drum-oriented works.

Released: 2014

Label: Pride, Mr Bongo

Country: UK

Tracklist

A1	Kiburi
A2	When The Bed Breaks Down, I'll Meet You In The Spring
A3	Sing, Sing, Sing
A4	Pipeline
A5	Wipeout
A6	Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley, Your Tie's Caught In Your Zipper
B1.a	Topsy Part I
B1.b	Topsy Part II
B1.c	Topsy Part III
B2	Sharp Nine
B3	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
B4	Got The Sun In The Morning And The Daughter At Night
B5	Ohkey Dokey