TheBlackSeaSurfer: December 2011

... 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]

»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]