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The NPR program Weekend America is going to run a segment on the outstanding For a Few Guitars More tribute to Ennio Morricone that was released in 2003. They have interviewed Moon Dawg, Ferenc Dobronyi, and Spanky Twangler, so it should be a very interesting segment.

The show airs at different times in different cities, usually on Saturday afternoon. The stations and times are listed here. Podcasts of the show are available after 3pm Saturday also, check here.

Hopefully this will renew some interest in this outstanding CD. Ferenc is working on getting another pressing going as well. Congratulations guys!

Vote for the Flyer of the month december 2006 till 10.02.2007. You can watch and vote for your faves HERE

Check out the winning flyer of the last round -> THE WHYS


Also have a look at the bandlinks:

WAY OUT WEST
DEADBOLT
THE SATELLITERS
ROBERT AND THE ROBOTERS
THE LONGBOARDS

Enjoy!

Submitted on behalf of Paul Johnson

SEASON'S GREETINGS, friends and guitar music fans! -

I've got TWO major new items to announce that just might add a little extra cheer to your holidays:

1) The brand new DVD, "IN CONCERT WITH THE DUO-TONES," is now OUT and available exclusively at PJMOTO.COM... AND...

2) After months of preparation, I have just today "gone live" at my website with our biggest-ever content UPGRADE there! LOTSA new stuff for you to see and hear...

I will tell you all about these below, after I remind you that our catalog of TEN CDs (+ one DVD now as well!) offers many great gift ideas for the music lovers on your list. We are READY AND EAGER to help you scratch some of those names OFF your list; so we hope you'll do some of your holiday shopping with us at PJMOTO.COM, where you can listen FREE to about 200 of my tunes (dating from the '60s to today...) and then conveniently order what you like online.

V/A - Seasonal Favorites: Volume One CD

Originally released back in 2000, this collection of yuletide tunes performed by surf n' garage bands from throughout the world sold out within a few months of it's original release. Now 6 years later the time is right to reissue it - with bonus tracks! We've added three tunes that we're sure you'll enjoy. It has cover art by Johnny Bartlett and 16 great tunes (14 instros/5 vocals). We hope to put together Volume Two next year (if you are in a band and want to be a part of next year's release please get in touch)!

Tracks:
1. Jon & The Nightriders - Sleigh Ride
2. The Boss Martians - It's Christmas Time
3. The Neptunas - Mistletoe Twist
4. Girl Trouble - Sigue Sigue X-mas
5. Death Valley - Carol of the Bells
6. Los Mel-Tones - Silent Night
7. The Aqualads - We Wish You A Merry Xmas
8. Frigg A Go Go - Santa Claus Go To The Ghetto
9. Del Noah & The Finks - Have Yourself A Merry Little Xmas
10. The Lunatics - Rocknuts
11. The Firebirds - Living Doll
12. The Heatscores - Scrooge
13. The Tacoma Four - Christmas Is A Drag
14. The Ebineezer Scrooge Appreciation Society - Hang On Rudolph
15. The Bonesharks - Little Drummer Boy
16. The Space Cossacks - Christmas Island

BONUS TRACKS

17. The Bitch Boys - Jingle Bells
18. Urban Surf Kings - We Three Kings
19. The Surfites - Santa Claus Goes Surfin'

Dateline Omaha, NE
Unlimited Productions Releases Surfin' In The Midwest, Vol. 4
Phil Dirt

Unlimited Productions has just released the long-awaited fourth volume in their amazing Surfin' In The Midwest series. I had the pleasure of assisting on this one, and I'm very pleased with the outcome. Extensive liner notes as always, lots of pictures of bands, and more. This one is very clean as a result of extensive restoration of the source material. It's on 12 inch vinyl.

Those of you who have earlier volumes of this series know what it means to get another volume out. Volume one came across my radar one rainy afternoon at a little refuge in San Jose called Dedicated Record Collector. There is was, sitting quietly in the "new" bin. The artwork alone was worth the dinero, but a quick glance at the track listing and I knew I had to have it. Surfin' In The Midwest (Land Of The Ho-Dads) raised the bar for comps of dusty old singles.

The series has included so many magical surf obscuros that it's hard to under-value. Just look at the list of tracks before this volume.

Stephen McParland, author of the new book Surf Music U.S.A. (as announced in this story), has a request for all you surf fans out there. Stephen is writing a new book that will look at 30 surf and hot-rod LP covers, telling the story about them and the group responsible. He is trying to locate copies of the KPOI and KYA versions of Del-Fi's BATTLE OF THE SURFING BANDS LP. If you can help, please contact Stephen, and tell him SurfGuitar101 sent ya!

THE SPOOKY, SWINGIN' SOUNDS OF KREEPSVILLE MANOR
PRESS RELEASE

Friday Oct. 6th 2006

Kreepsville Industries the makers of 1313 Magazine "The Phantom Monster Show" is proud to present "The Spooky, Swingin' Sounds of Kreepsville Manor". A full length, 60 minute Halloween spook-tacular album in the same vein as the old monster records of the 60's and 70's. This is Kreepsville's first high concept release which is produced under their brand new mini monster music label "Headless Spectre Records".

MORE DETAILS

Scream-along with 21 eerie recordings of ghastly monsters, howling winds, spooks, rattling chains, bloodcurdling screams, and all the other bone-shivering things that go bump in the night within the wall's of the old haunted house, known as "Kreepsville Manor"! The music part is great fun for Halloween shindig's or for listening alone in the dark. And the sound f/x part, is perfect to use as background sounds for your next spookhouse attraction. Frighten your fiends. A Halloween delight!

Featuring music by...The Legendary Invisible Men, The Fuzztones, Davie Allan and The Arrows, Psycho Charger, The Nebulas, The Vooduo, The Fiends, The 3-D Invisibles, The Hollywoods, Monsters from Mars, The Von Drats, Cult of the Psychic Fetus, The Worst, The Moon-Rays, and The Hangee V.

Plus, a tale of terror, and 3 bonus sound f/x!

The artwork was created by Belgium Pigsnoot and David Hartman who provided art for the disk and inside tray.

To purchase this gruesome goodie for $13.99 plus shipping lurk on over to CafePress.
Plus, don't forget to visit Kreepsville Industries.

KFJC has put together a CD from last June's Surf Battle in San Francisco. Each band donated 2 live tracks, and the multimedia portion of the CD has a video of each band. Sales of the CD benefit KFJC.

Go here for more info.

Here is the official PR:

Hey, we've still got some cool Double Crown ON THE ROCKS T-shirts and posters available from the shows this past weekend. If you'd like one, here is ordering info:

Poster is $10 + $6.00 for USPS Priority Mail shipping to any US address. NOTE: This is a mockup of the poster done by Johnny Bartlett - the actual poster looks slightly different than this (even better than this!). The posters were printed on thick cardstock on an old 100+ year letter press by Horwinski printing - check out their site at www.horwinski.com. At the moment, this is not available outside the US I'm afraid. It is a large poster on thick cardstock and cannot be folded or rolled, so I haven't figured out a way to mail it without it being damaged outside the US.

T-Shirts are $10 each + $4.00 for USPS Priority Mail Shipping to any US address. Shipping is $7.50 for USPS Global Priorty Mail to Canada/Mexico and $9.50 for shipping outside the US/Canada/Mexico. Sizes: Womens Small & Medium (baby doll and spaghetti strap styles) - Men's Standard Style Small, Medium, Large and X-Large. The shirts are preshrunk.

To order, you can send a Paypal payment to: records@dblcrown.com or cash/check/money order to:

Double Crown Records
P.O. Box 4336
Bellingham, WA 98227-4336

These will be added to the Double Crown site soon, but I'm giving all of you at SurfGuitar101 first crack at 'em!

We also have Kilaueas tour shirts available - please e-mail me at: records@dblcrown.com for details. These will be going up on the site soon.

We have some very exciting news here. Australian author Stephen McParland, a very prolific writer of many books on the 60's surf and pop culture scene, has just completed a new book titled Surf Music U.S.A. - All the Surf, Hot-Rod, Motorcycle and Skateboard Hits 1960-65!

Here is what surf music author, historian, and musician John Blair (Jon & The Nightriders) has to say about this new book:

"This is the first book to present an accurate, highly detailed account of surf and hot-rod music's early history. At 300+ pages, the book is well illustrated with numerous photos and graphics, some in color (including 14 color pages of record labels and LP covers). The primary emphasis here is on the recordings, themselves, and the artists and producers who made the scene happen. The book also features an exhaustive index and bibliography. Given how detailed and expansive 'Surf Music U.S.A.' is, the cost (including the postage) is very reasonable. This is a strongly recommended document for your bookshelf!!"

Read on for the press release and ordering information.