nothing lasts forever ...

but there will be finally a longer break due to my job situation [I'm right now working again 800 miles away from my hometown Odessa (Ukraine), with no access to my complete album collection ... and afterwards they offered me a three months job before and during the European Soccer Championship 2012 with daily working times ...] 

Have some fun on the following pages with some of the finest Surf & Hot Rod music out of the last 50 years.  Comments welcome. We will see if The Big Brother will also fight Mediafire ...

The Romancers - Slauson Shuffle [one of those classic instrumental albums]

Before the Premiers, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and The Blendells, there was The Romancers.  The Romancers were the first East L.A. Chicano band to record an album and were the main influence of the mid-sixties East L.A. sound.  They were also the first East L.A. band to work with Billy Cardenas and Eddie Davis, who went on to record many other Eastside bands throughout the 1960s.  The Romancers made two albums on the Del-Fi record label and many other singles for Eddie Davis’ Linda label. The main figure in the Romancers' story is Max Uballez, the leader, chief songwriter, and rhythm guitarist.  Max was involved in the production and/or wrote songs for many recordings by The Romancers, as well as other top Eastside bands ...
(by Mark Guerrero) read more

 >>>test-it-here>>>

Wanted

... and as usual any help is much appreciated. Contrary to my wife's opinion I'm NOT the maniac vinyl collector and I am really fine with a lausy digital copy of the albums above ...

and with a little help from some friends out there, the following "requests" were filled:

out-of-print >> download

out-of-print >> download

 out-of-print >> download

out-of-print >> download

  out-of-print >> download
[no surf - but highly recommended]

out-of-print >> download

LP out-of-print >> download

out-of-print >> download

 out-of-print >> download

out-of-print >> download 

 out-of-print >> download

for some other more rare, than usual LPs check out
 the Lost and Found Corner
 

50.000 daily visitors can't go wrong ...

... and so I checked once again my "this year purchases" and some of the music which is circulating via bits and bites through the internet. And here it is: just another compilation featuring the unknown, forgotten or ignored artists. This year purchases means, that there is also a lot of brand new stuff among - from the genres of surf, hula, easy listening, garage and all other instrumental music so many folks are loving. Newer releases means also that each artist/band is featured with just one song.

Thanks to all bands, labels & record companies for providing a song without there knowledge ... if you like something: check out their homepages and the websites where you can purchase "legal" copies! and don't forget: a download is just a download (!)

Sundazed Records

Double Crown Records

Crypt Records 

imusik Denmark

Kamikaze Records Germany
Deep Eddy Records

...

 

Mad Teen Surf 2:31 Latvian Surf Bay * B-Sea Surfers
Jackpot! 2:01 Party Time Discotheque * The Beechwoods
She's Sensation 3:20 La Insoportable Levedad Del Surf * Big Máscara
Fish Bone 2:16 Kitty Hawk Surf * Chalk Dinosaur
Teen Scene 1:54 The Cruncher - 2005 * The Cruncher
The Masked Surfer 3:03 Mexican Chili Taco Fiesta * Danny Amis
Fender Bender 2:41 Bykedelics Davie Allan and The Arrows
The Bells Of San Fernando 1:57 Savage Instrumental * The Del Reys
Jungle Doctor 2:08 Tassels, Mai-Tais & Mischief * Ding Dong Devils
She-Devil's Stroll 2:13 Crime Scenes and Murder Songs Fro… * Dr Frankenstein
Full Moon © 2:59 The Sound of Tiki * Eden Ahbez
Surf Far, Surf Good 2:06 Surf Far, Surf Good * The Farfisas
Ray Bay 3:15 New California Surf Music * Glasgow Tiki Shakers
Hulabilly Honey 2:14 The Curse of the Tiki * The Hula Girls
Hula Time 4:15 The Zen Of Hula * Hula Monsters
Love Theme for a Twisted Mind 2:41 Sometimes They Come Back * Kill, Baby...Kill!
Wild Party 2:51 Bullshot * Link Wray
Moped Baby 3:17 Shadowman * Link Wray
Gnarly Surf 1:09 Gnarly Surf * Longboards
Test Pilot 2:30 Test Pilot * Los Caminos
Revenge of Tiki's Pt. II 4:10 Kaleydoskop * Los Venturas
La Astronauta 2:21 Los Obligados Racing Team * Lost Acapulco
At the Rabbi's Table 2:55 Hot Rod Hanukkah * Meshugga Beach Party
Balkan Beach Party 3:20 The Surf 'n' Western Sounds of * Mikelangelo and The Tin Star
Insomniac Blues 3:21 Gimme Some Noise * The Razorblades
Slauson Sax 3:44 The Slauson Shuffle * The Romancers
Short Line 2:13 Detroit Rock'n'Roll Began Here! * The Royaltones
Peppermint Twist aka Candystick Tw… 2:06 Detroit Rock'n'Roll Began Here! * The Royaltones
Tootnanny 2:30 It's A Gas! * The Rumblers
Turkish Gold 3:52 Zanshin * The Secret Samurai
Spy vs Spy 3:52 Changing The World One Surf Tune… * SpyTones!
Gremmie's Blues 2:21 The Surfites and Co * The Surfites
Slow Swells of Last Night 3:54 Who Stole My Hypnotics? * The Surftones
Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot 3:03 The Tahiti Shuttle Experiment * The Tahiti Shuttle Experiment
Back Row Rendezvous 3:43 Reverb Babylon * Terry 'Buffalo' Ware
Woodie Welcome Wagon Pt2 [Sons O… 2:33 South Bay Surf - Anthology 1963 - 1… * Thom Starr & The Galaxies
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer… 2:20 Little Bitty Pretty One * Thurston Harris
Guess What? 2:03 The Year of the Dog * The Thurston Lava Tube
La Hula Rhumba 3:59 Aloha, Baby! The Tikiyaki Orchestra
Last Sampan To Kowloon 4:11 Swingin' Sounds For The Jungle Jetset * The Tikiyaki Orchestra
Caucasian Go-Go 2:52 No Man's Wave * Waikiki Kuks
Kontiki March 2:15 Bird Of Paradise * Wout Steenhuis
Undegpump 2:53 Y Niwl * Y Niwl

(sorted by artist's name!)

download part 1 [≈ 1hour playing time]
download part 2 [≈ 1hour playing time]

Cowabunga ...

»This is the best collection of surf guitar music I have ever heard. I was never into surf guitar music previously, but bought this because it sounded interesting. That was in the summer of 1996. I still listen to it constantly. I became so interested in this genre that I have sought out similar compilations and nothing else comes close. This is a must buy for anyone who enjoys guitar instrumental music or is interested in taking your mind to the beach.«

a customers review, written over at Amazon, where you still can buy [used] copies starting at 133 $ (!)

After months with not to much postings on this blog - I'm really thinking most of the interesting surf stuff is already online, if not here, then over at Trustar Vibrations, The Fat City Cigar Lounge or Ryp's Twilightzone and many other small blogs - I thought this compilation of four cd's is really missing. 

The combination of the very well written and fine illustrated booklet with the four cds spreading the years from the beginning until 1995/96 is absolutely unbeatable.

And it is for many, many years out of print. What a shame ...

luckily I own one of this boxes and I wasn't lazy and spent almost a full day to scan the booklet and a gave the cds a fresh XLD rip.

and here it is - the first time with the complete 60+ pages booklet [scaled to A4, with a fresh look]

load the textfile with all links to mp3 [@320], scans & booklet

 (set 5 is of course optional - and must by created by yourself!)

-many thanks to an unknown person for this great photoshot-

Cowabunga & Surf's Up

... curfew

Nero and the Gladiators [1961-196?]

... a couple of weeks ago someone sent me the following twelve songs recorded by a [pretty less known] early 60s band from the UK, with the demand to create something like a sleeve. I'm not sure if this guy/girl also ripped the vinyls, well we will see ...

as usual there isn't too much info about this band floating around, so check out the following sites: http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirn/nerog.htm
and http://forgottenbands.blogspot.com/2010/10/nero-gladiators.html

[note: the band also released a four track EP, which is also the source of the picture on the left]

grab this donation

Interlude: Les Fantômes [France]

info [french]
cricrimusic.fr


Le groupe se forme en 1961 du coté de Maisons-Alfort, premier 45 trs en 1962 chez Vogue, et ils participent au festival rock du Palais des Sports en 63. Tout le monde se souvient de la première guitare de Dean une "Futurama" (sur les pochettes ci-dessus) d'origine Tchèque, avant qu'il n'opte pour la stratocaster.


Les Fantômes were founded in Maisons-Alfort (a city in the south-east of Paris, France) and they released their first single on Vogue Records. They took part at the Rockfestival at the Palais des Sports in '63. Everbody remembers Dean's first guitar ( a Czech Futurama, which can be viewed on some sleeves) before he switched to a Fender Stratocaster

 Dean Noton (d'origine Ecossaise) au solo, Dany Marrane à la basse, Jacky Pasut à la rythmique, Charly Benaroch qui vient du groupe "Les Cyclones" à la batterie. Jean Claude Chane puis Roger David, puis Bernard Ferraro remplaçeront le départ à l'armée de Jacky Pasut. Enfin, Michel Gaucher au saxophone marquera en 1964 la fin de ce groupe mythique.

The Band:
Dean Norton (from Scottland): Lead Guitar
Dany Marrane: Bass Guitar
Jacky Pasut: Rhythm Guitar
Charly Benaroch: Drums
(Michel Gaucher: Saxophon 1964)

Charly Benaroch was replaced after his departure to "Les Cyclones" by Jean Claude Chane > Roger David.
Jacky Pasut was drafted to the French Military and replaced by Bernard Ferraro.


Une réédition complète en CD avec quelques morceaux inédits est disponible chez Magic Records.
Their eight 4 track EPs were rereleased by Magic Records in 1995, meanwhile out of print!

Ils ont également accompagné Eddy Mitchel pendant l'été 62.
During the Summer of 62 the band backed Eddy Mitchel





Les Fantômes, The EP Collection




maybe one of the French visitors has more informations ...

just a hint: Les Jaguars [1964]

get the vinyl rip (including a fine description) here

(the frontsleeve in a printable version)

Interlude: The Sputniks [East-Germany]

The Sputniks were a band from East-Germany and active between 1963 and 1966. They are famous for two things: They wrote and recorded an instrumental song called: Sputnik-Thema, which found it's way on a couple of 60s and Twist compilations. After a Rolling Stones Show in West-Berlin (September 1965), and the following destruction of The Open Air Stage "Waldbühne", the complete area and some trains, the government of East-Germany decided that Beat isn't good at all for their people - and was simply forbidden. The Sputniks were disbanded (by the government!) and it took 30 years until they reunited. For the music/bands  in all Eastern-European countries this was a rough impact. All record companies and also the live-clubs were controlled by the governments. Just a few Beat & R'n'R bands were (illegal) active and much less bands recorded sessions & rehearsal-tapes in mostly bad sound quality and shared them via tape-to-tape or "illegal" vinyl copies. That's also the reason for the big popularity of instrumental music in Eastern-Europe, no lyrics - no censorship.

further infos about the Sputniks (in German!)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputniks
http://www.ostbeat.de/Sputniks.htm

 01 Sputnik Thema [original!] 02 Gitarren-Twist [original! audience cutted] 03 Theme For Young Lovers 04 Nordlicht [original!] 05 Beim Hully-Gully Bin Ich König 06 Storm [original!] 07 Für So Viel Liebe 08 Spanischer Zigeunertanz [original!] 09 Etage 4 10 Shazam 11 Gitarren-Twist [uncutted Version] 12 Walk Don't Run 13 Arena (2002) 14 Nordlicht (2002) 15 Gitarren-Twist (2002) 16 Sputnik Thema (2002) 17 Surfing the Thames [from The Movie "Neues vom Wixxer"] 18 Roll Out [from The Movie "Neues vom Wixxer"] 19 mit Ruth Brandin - Mich hat noch keiner beim Twist geküsst 20 mit Ruth Brandin - Münchhausen 21 mit Perikles Fotopoulos - Ich bin kein Prophet 22 mit Perikles Fotopoulos - Leila [from: http://ostberlin36.wordpress.com/]
tracks 01-12 recorded live at Twistkeller 1964, for the official single releases these live recordings were used!

(The first time all of their 1964s recordings put together on one album)

b&w picture courtesy of Maizee

getithere

 The only available full album of this band is a compilation of songs recorded after their reunion 1996 - with a mix of new songs and re-recordings(!) of some of their old songs. This album is also out of print, BUT available as legal download ... so don't request it here - buy it, but don't forget to check out the previews over at amaz*n (!!!)

Interlude: Ride The First Wave [*]

"Ride The First Wave" is actually an album conceived by the Slovenian "Bitch Boys" and was recorded between 2003-2004 in Ljubljana. It consists of covers of original songs of the socalled "First Wave" era from ≈ 1959-1964. Charged with own interpretations of various other composers like Edvard Grieg, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bedrich Smetana. Well so far with the Bitch Boys. But what about the ORIGINALS?

here they are!

tracks 1-30 original versions, except of (7, 16, 27-30) performed by Bitch Boys!
songs selected by Mel Spinella and Bitch Boys - thanks!
The "new" cover was created by myself - The surfer is John "Doc" Ball (*1907-†2001):

"When I started [in 1929], there were probably 15 or 20 [surfers] around the whole [California] coast. But, they were mostly all in Southern California where the water was warm."

Picture around 1935 - and slightly post colored.

http://www.bitchboys.net/

Interlude: some vintage pool balls ...

[there's no music inside! - shouldn't be to difficult to create a selfmade cd by yourself, if you need a special year (f.e. as a birthday gift) & color, drop a comment ...]

1961-1964 

(png & tiff - printable)

Stevie At The Beach [1964]

A young blind boy, just 13 year aged started his international career with this album (although it was already his 4th album!) ... Despite the title it's NO surf album, but a sort of a concept album around beach releated themes. Recorded 1963 and released 1964. The song from the Muscle Beach Party movie [Happy Street] is included.

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Muscle Beach Party - with Annette & Frankie [1964]

 

Do you really need a description for a movie entitled "Muscle Beach Party" ...

worth to be viewed just for the guest appearances by Dick Dale [always the guy in the yellow polo shirt with the guitar] and "Little" Stevie Wonder close to the end of the film

part1

part2

part3

part4

[ripped by myself from an old vhs-tape on a borrowed player ...

converted & uploaded with true sweat & tears - boy what a ride]

There was also a LP by Annette Funicello released with the title "Muscle Beach Party", but it has less in common with the true movie soundtrack.

You can find the LP here ... [maybe you will leave a small thank you over there!]

but hold on: You will need the sleeves of the LP

[alternative link - with the sleeves ...]

Roger Christian, Gary Usher and Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys) wrote six songs for the film: "Surfer's Holiday" performed by Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and the cast; "Runnin' Wild" performed by Frankie Avalon; "My First Love" and "Muscle Beach Party", both performed by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones; "Muscle Bustle" performed by Donna Loren with Dick Dale and His Del-Tones; and "Surfin' Woodie" performed a cappella by Dick Dale with the cast.
Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner wrote two songs for the film: "Happy Street" performed by Little Stevie Wonder; and "A Girl Needs a Boy" first performed by Annette Funicello, then reprised by Frankie Avalon as "A Boy Needs a Girl".

[by wikipedia]

(I guess this soundtrack was neither released complete, nor on LP - if someone has different informations - let me know)

some advertising: The Reverb Syndicate's new album MONDO CACTI [2011]

Homepage

two songs (out of 16)

Return of the Angry Gentlemen / Guadalupe's Lab

... almost forgotten: Los Ultrasonoros - Rumble [1995/1997]

probably the best Argentinian Surf & Garage band ever ... unfortunately they never came to bigger fame like some Argentinian soccer and tennis players. So here they are with a lots of typically surf songs: Baja, Mr Moto, Pipeline, Wipe Out ... A fantastic version of Link Wray's Rumble and some Davie Allan like fuzz-songs ...  [18 songs, tracks 01-12 "Rumble", 13-18 from "outer space"] (Further informations about the band, which existed from around 1993 to 1998 - welcome!) 

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Twangin' Twelve Great Hits ... Tommy Tedesco [1962]