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Classic LP by these Minneapolis surfers featuring legendary “Surfin’ Bird” and other cool originals as King Of The Surf, The Sleeper, Tube City, Bird Bath, My Woodie… Vinyl rip by Mr.Eliminator in Surfadelic MONAURAL sound. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow!!!
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Alright kiddies, this ain’t another 60’s garage rock volume but fun collection of surf pop tunes dominated by Gary Usher/Brian Wilson style productions, kinda like a black sheep in Pebbles series.
“Simply put: This is a collection of vocal surf music, including some singers and players in the Beach Boys/Jan & Dean orbit. This set is not for those looking to get their feet wet (pun intended) in surf music, but for FANATICS, this is a treasure trove. The track by Dave Edmunds is alone worth owning this set for — it’s his version of The Tradewinds’ “NY is a Lonely Town” with the lyrics changed to London and the plight of a surfer boy that moved to England. Not every song is a gem — some stuff is obscure for a reason — but most of it is dandy, silly, enthusiastic surfin’ fun!”
“As its title implies, the fourth Pebbles volume is a bit of a departure from other volumes in the series. It serves up 18 tracks of ultra obscure surf rock from the 60s (except for Dave Edmunds’ “London’s A Lonely Town,” which was recorded in 1973). The songs are mostly from the poppier end of the spectrum, with vocal harmonies, symplistic lyrics, and peppy instrumentation that shows a clear Beach Boys/Jan & Dean influence. Severeal of these songs are really good- The Dantes’ “Top Down Time” is an infectious rush, and the Knights’ “Hot Rod High” offers the kind of simplistic joy that its title promises. The Wheel Men and The Super Stocks provide two excellent versions of the same song (with slighty different titles, however. The former group calls their tune “School Is A Gas,” while the latter provides “School Is A Drag”). Lloyd Thaxton’s “Image Of A Surfer” can almost be described as the surf-pop counterpart to Kim Fowley’s “The Trip.”
Listen up surfers! This is a DEFINITIVE version of now a classic 1979. Pebbles surfin’ LP collection, with perfect HQ sound mastered from best possible sources. In visual sound Surfadelic! Dig!!!
More classic 60’s garage-surf action at Surfadelic. Legendary US ”lake surfers” from Minneapolis, Minnesota famed for hit single ”Surfin’ Bird” and their st sole slab had more cool 60’s stuff up their sleeves. ”Bird Dance Beat” is a collection of ’64 -’66 singles with great garage-surfin’ trax as ”A-Bone”, ”Bad News”, ”New Generation”, ”On the Move”, ”Bird Dance Beat”, ”Whoa Dad”… ”Great Lost Album” should’ve been their second lp but stayed unreleased ’till 90’s. Baaaaad Neeews, Dig!!!
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