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Album Review: The Bamboos - The Best Of The Tru Thoughts Years

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"There's something for any soul fan."

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Squeeze 57 into 15. That was the challenge facing Lance Ferguson and one of Melbourne's finest soul exports, The Bamboos, when asked by their UK label Tru Thoughts to compile a 'best of' release reflecting their time with the label.

While this period didn't include the band's two most recent albums, there was still a hell of a lot of gold available to them. From the early days (Eel Oil) to one of their most successful commercial moments (I Got Burned), to the original Kay-Dee Records version of Tighten Up, there's something for any soul fan.