JONPAUL
Joined: Apr 29, 2010
Posts: 2471
Venice, CA
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 11:20 AM
As surf music geeks, I think we're all collectors at heart. In recent discussions with fanatics from all over the world, it's become abundantly clear that the die-hards always want the "real" thing for their collections. Sure, a CDR or download works for digesting the recordings, but what we REALLY want is the actual McCoy to have, hold, and cherish forever. Unfortunately in many instances, particular CDs go out of print extremely fast and then the hunt is on.
So, just curious....what are some of your "Holy Grails" of surf music recordings? NOT what you think are the greatest, the ones you're seeking more than any others. (Any era, any medium)
AND......
If anyone has an extra copy of something mentioned here, why not pay it forward, get in touch with the seeker and work something out?
I'll begin....
Current Holy Grails:
The Bambi Molesters: Dumb Loud Hollow Twang DeLuxe FOUND!
The Torquays: Road Trip! FOUND!
Rock Don't Run: All 3 Volumes VOL. 2 FOUND!
Death Valley: Que Pasta! FOUND!
And as the first offer...I recently found an extra copy of Spies Who Surf: Calling All Martians. If it's one of your Holy Grails, shoot me a PM! SOLD!
— Insect Surfers
The Tikiyaki Orchestra
The Scimitars
Lords Of Atlantis
Fiberglass Jungle - Surf Radio
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25621
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 11:31 AM
Did you forget to put Death Valley, "Que Pasta" ?
and I know that you want cds,
but I'm pretty sure that Lee has the Treblemakers Vs. the Doomsday Device
on LP for sale.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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JONPAUL
Joined: Apr 29, 2010
Posts: 2471
Venice, CA
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 11:37 AM
DOH!!!!!
Thanks, man! OK, now I'll have to edit that post!
Haha, you know my collection better than I do!!!
BTW, The Spies Who Surf has been claimed! Sooooo happy I could pass this on!
— Insect Surfers
The Tikiyaki Orchestra
The Scimitars
Lords Of Atlantis
Fiberglass Jungle - Surf Radio
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websurfer
Joined: May 14, 2007
Posts: 1753
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 11:47 AM
Jon Paul, if your want the Treble Makers vs The Doomsday device on cd, I have a copy I can give you.
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thinkmatic
Joined: Jan 29, 2012
Posts: 50
Providence
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 12:23 PM
I think of myself as a diehard music lover. I had just under 2000, jazz, sound-tracks, spaghetti, exotica, weird easy listening and some old surf records. Two years ago in April there was a huge flood here in Rhode Island and my basement ended up with 4 feet of water in it. All the vinyl, not to mention my basement, was trashed. Clean up took about 6 months. It was soon after that that I decided that I want to be able to carry my music collection around in a portable hard drive that’s well backed up. To me the media, be it CD’s, vinyl, cassettes, 8-track taped, dats, whatever it is are just one more thing that gets in the way of me listening to music. I’m waiting for the day I can have a microchip of my entire music collection implanted under my skin. Sorry, but cleaning up after the flood may have warped my perspective.
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deepeddy
Joined: May 19, 2009
Posts: 1263
Austin, Tejas
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 12:40 PM
I have new copies of said Treblemakers CD for sale. Check out the link in the .sig.
— Ted James
Deep Eddy Records http://www.deepeddy.net
The Nematoads http://www.nematoads.com
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thinkmatic
Joined: Jan 29, 2012
Posts: 50
Providence
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 01:24 PM
What a buzz kill I am. Let me get into the spirit of things. How about The Mulchmen, CD "Greetings From Planet Stupider"
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thinkmatic
Joined: Jan 29, 2012
Posts: 50
Providence
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 01:26 PM
Or the Mulchmen album "Covered With Mulch"
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2685
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 01:47 PM
Slacktone's Into the Blue Sparkle AND Warning: Reverb Instrumentals are my Holy Grails, it just does not get any better for me and I could live with just those two if I had to and I could spend years trying to learn all the songs and I would be a much better guitarist for doing so.
That Treblemakers CD a great one too.
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 04:22 PM

Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar: Surf (vol 1)
volume II would be my Holy Grail
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 04:28 PM

a signed copy of this LP would be super-holy!
Last edited: Feb 02, 2012 16:30:56
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kab69440
Joined: Mar 14, 2010
Posts: 39
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 08:24 PM
I'd swap a copy of DLHT Deluxe (recently scored a copy of the original, no longer need the re-issue) for Sub-Mersians CDs. I've been desperately seeking the real deal for years. They just don't seem to exist. I also want Jon & The Nightriders' "Undercover" and "Banished to the Beach". I have a few duplicates from lot buys laying around here, but Guitar Noir is the only one that comes to mind right now.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Feb 02 2012 08:35 PM
I have this, but I wonder how many copies exist. http://www.discogs.com/Bambi-Molesters-Costal-Disturbance/release/3077227
Anybody have Dumb Loud Hollow Twang on vinyl? I'd love to pick that up, just for collector purposes.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25621
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Feb 03 2012 12:38 AM
kab69440 wrote:
I'd swap a copy of DLHT Deluxe (recently scored a copy
of the original, no longer need the re-issue) for
Sub-Mersians CDs. I've been desperately seeking the
real deal for years. They just don't seem to exist. I
also want Jon & The Nightriders' "Undercover" and
"Banished to the Beach". I have a few duplicates from
lot buys laying around here, but Guitar Noir is the
only one that comes to mind right now.
Whoa whoa whoa,
Dumb Loud Hollow Twang Deluxe is (NOT) just a re-issue,
it's a whole NEW Re-recording of the album, adding horns etc.
and 4 bonus songs.
a Completely separate recording, and release
and both are must haves for any true Bambi Molesters fan.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Feb 03 2012 07:56 AM
Dumb Loud Hollow Twang Deluxe is a better record than the original issue, you can see the beginnings of brilliance on the first one, but the band is at an amazing place on Deluxe.
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2739
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Feb 03 2012 08:06 AM
dp wrote:

a signed copy of this LP would be super-holy!
Signed is another thing, but I got this mint at Shangri-La records in Memphis
— Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio
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djangodeadman
Joined: Jan 25, 2007
Posts: 1568
Brighton UK
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Posted on Feb 03 2012 09:18 AM
JakeDobner wrote:
Anybody have Dumb Loud Hollow Twang on vinyl? I'd love
to pick that up, just for collector purposes.
On clear vinyl. A personal gift from the band and straight from Lada and Hrvoje's record collection. It's not for sale, obviously.
— Los Fantasticos
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RoyBatty
Joined: Jul 25, 2007
Posts: 38
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Posted on Feb 03 2012 11:16 AM
Want to buy The Nukes "The Scars of Tuskar" CD.
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tonybologna
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 796
Oakland
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Posted on Feb 03 2012 11:29 AM
JakeDobner wrote:
I have this, but I wonder how many copies exist.
http://www.discogs.com/Bambi-Molesters-Costal-Disturbance/release/3077227
My roommate has this as well. He found it in the dollar bin at Amoeba.
— Science friction burns my fingers.
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WhorehayRFB
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Posts: 3331
Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted on Feb 03 2012 11:59 AM
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