To accompany this week’s feature on the TSU Toronadoes and the twisted history of “Tighten Up,” we present these clips from the Toronadoes’ album A Flight Too Many.

And while we’re at it, here’s a link to several YouTube offerings of “Tighten Up.”

This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.

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