As Gregory Nicoll writes in the inlay of the cd ..."It was 1963.The first wave of the California surf sound was at its peak when a construction crew on the Ballonna Creek jetty asked the locals to clear their surfboards from the beach.The teens grouped the boards closely together along the south side of the jetty,nose down in the sand.A couple houndred yards away,guitarist Al Sichol of the Crossfires looked up to see the mass of boards protruding over the top of the sand dune and to his eyes it looked nothing less than a "Fiberglass Jungle".Many waves have splashed against the California shore since then ,but the tune Al was inspired to write , remains a classic!Reinterpreted here by the Surf Kings,it's the overture for another beach gathering where many bright new boards join the jungle...The whole wild bunch of'em shake proudly to the powerful sounds of watery reverb,kickin' drums and deep-divin' twangmaster whammys which evoke the feel of the ocean rising beneath you and sting of sea salt in your nostrils.It's all part of a vibrant genre known as surf music."
I will add that this great comp features the most of Deep Eddy's records artists .
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In the mid-sixties this band provided some biker soundtracks which became cult classics , like "Wild Angles" , "Born Losers" e.t.c. Their sound stood somewhere between surf and garage - psychedelia and their "Blues Theme" from the "Wild Angels" soundtrack (starring Peter Fonda) is loved by almost all the garage fans!Davie Allan has a unique guitar style with lots of fuzz , wah-wah ,tremolo and fantastic use of feedback. Looking back now, i think he is one of the most influential guitarists of the surf garage-psychedelic scene,along with Link Wray and Dick Dale.This is their first LP , originally released from Tower in 1965 and , as Davie Allan said , "gave a little indication as to what the defined Arrows sound would be". Not so fuzzy but fantastic still...
This is a de-noised vinyl rip.
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This cd was released in 1996 from Ace records and it's featuring some of the best songs of the classic surf-era .All the recordings were made in 1963-64 and were released from Capitol , Imperial and Liberty labels in U.S. and from EMI in Europe , which actually owned those labels!Here's the story taken from the notes of the booklet , written by Alan Taylor & Dave Burke (editors of the rock instrumental magazine "Pipeline"):"In the late '50s the mega-stars of rock 'n roll begin to fade and the charts soon filled with soft pop teen idols ("the Bobbies" as Jerry Lee Lewis termed them),with some great songs , innocent charm ,but no rock 'n roll!Their soft pop was high on sales but low on thrills!So the new musicians turned to something more exciting:the instrumental rock .Their interest in the rock instrumental styling of Link Wray,Duane Eddie,Dick Dale , the Ventures e.t.c.They were linked to the surfers in the early '60s as the bands played for them (the popularity of surfing was growing at that time) and they begun to use surfing terms for song titles , a trick soon adopted by garage bands!
The regional success for such recordings was followed by national hits (Wipeout,Pipeline,Baja) and soon every major label had a surf act on its roster."
I'm not a music historian , but i think that the major labels will always "manufacture" innocent and charming idols !There's no risk in it and their job is to make money! As for the surf music, is one of the purest rock genres and maybe the first in rock history with real electric guitars,as you will see in this excellent compilation!And still is...
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This San Fransisco based surf band was formed in the late '80s and has all the proper influences like Dick Dale , Link Wray , Ventures , spaghetti western music e.t.c. , for such a band. They created their own style with the "clean" psychedelic , rockabilly meditteranean lounge "cinematique" sounding guitar and they were in the center of the early '90s surf revival movement .They wrote one of the greatest anthems -in my opinion-of the scene at that time,the opening track of this fine album ,called "Bravado".GET IT HERE
These guys were formed in Calgary , Canada in 1990.They released a number of singles and albums but this one is their most impressive work! "Dig In" was released in 1995 from "Mint Records" and "One Louder" in Europe.Maybe this is the reason that the title of this excellent album is often referred in many sites as "Dig In Mint" , but as you can see on your own, is "Dig In!". The fantastic cover of Link Wray's "American Sunset" is giving us a great idea about the band's influences and their own "Who's Your New Girlfriend?" are one of the best songs of this album (it was a difficult choice,believe me),which received much of acceptance not only in Canada and USA (where the surf revival thing was alive) but in Europe as well.The band made , as far as i know two more albums:"Get Outta Dodge" & "Muerte Del Toro".One of the best surf revival bands....
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As Gregory Nicoll writes in the inlay of the cd ..."It was 1963.The first wave of the California surf sound was at its peak when a construction crew on the Ballonna Creek jetty asked the locals to clear their surfboards from the beach.The teens grouped the boards closely together along the south side of the jetty,nose down in the sand.A couple houndred yards away,guitarist Al Sichol of the Crossfires looked up to see the mass of boards protruding over the top of the sand dune and to his eyes it looked nothing less than a "Fiberglass Jungle".Many waves have splashed against the California shore since then ,but the tune Al was inspired to write , remains a classic!Reinterpreted here by the Surf Kings,it's the overture for another beach gathering where many bright new boards join the jungle...The whole wild bunch of'em shake proudly to the powerful sounds of watery reverb,kickin' drums and deep-divin' twangmaster whammys which evoke the feel of the ocean rising beneath you and sting of sea salt in your nostrils.It's all part of a vibrant genre known as surf music."
