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Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 614 Monterey County, California 
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Posted on Jun 28 2014 03:36 PM
NOT Harmony Park. That photo was actually taken by Bob Perrine ("You Won't Part With Yours Either") at the Pickwick Park Teenage Fair in Burbank. Refer to my book, "The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music, 1961-1965," page 152. — |
Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 928 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Jun 29 2014 12:10 PM
Ah, interesting! I always wondered why the gig was outdoors, when usually Harmony Park is used as a reference for the ballroom of the same name. The photo is also in Richard Smith's "Fender. The Sound heard around the world" along with some Pictures of other surfbands (Eddie & the Showmen, Kathie Marshall, Dave Myers etc.). —Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
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Posted on Jun 29 2014 01:11 PM
John wrote:
Unfortunately, that's not the only error in Crowley's book! I would say to everyone get John's book instead! —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! Last edited: Jun 29, 2014 13:39:19 |
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Posted on Jun 29 2014 01:16 PM
More inspiring stuff... also from Randy Nauert's FB page. Randy needs to do a book!... I WAS A TEENAGE CHALLENGER! Here's the Challenger's at the Hollywood Palladium looking quite sharp in their matching suits and killer gear!...
Randy looking cool behind the wheel of a boss front engine dragster...
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Posted on Jun 29 2014 08:06 PM
More inspirational stuff... BEACH PARTY MOVIES! Unless you grew up in SoCal in the early 60's chances are you first heard surf music in these movies that ran on TV non-stop. I know I did! Some like to dismiss them as cheesy and unrealistic but that's like accusing BLAZING SADDLES of not being a true depiction of the American West! Here's Dick Dale and The Deltones in MUSCLE BEACH PARTY, although these guys with Dick are likely extras cause they were younger and better looking than the real Deltones.
Dick Dale stretches his vocal chords, singing "My First Love" written by Gary Usher and Brian Wilson. Recorded also by Gary Usher's SUPERSTOCKS.
Arch nemisis' MIKI DORA (left) and JOHNNIE FAIN (right) dance to the sounds of Dick Dale wearing HOT CURL shirts designed by Michael Dormer. They may have been rivals in real life but they certainly didn't have a problem being on screen together!
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Posted on Jun 30 2014 09:28 AM
shivers13 wrote:
It's like with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Encyclopedia Galactica: The first one is widely inaccurate, but is slightly cheaper. Here is a little piece of the picture mentioned for people who don't have any of the books (from an article on the Fender website, about the Strat): And another cool pick of Dick, perhaps my second favorite: Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Jul 02 2014 03:30 PM
Surf Music and fast cars! A perfect match! The fantastic NEWPORT NOMADS and their boss '63 Vette...
Some great car covers...
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Posted on Jul 02 2014 08:32 PM
Another great car cover! The Astronauts' Competition Coupe!
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Posted on Jul 03 2014 12:12 AM
THE MOTIVATIONS from Glendale, CA! ( Photo courtesy of Robert Dalley's essential book SURFIN' GUITARS). This awesome group only produced one known single... but what a single it was! The frantic and frightfully spooky tune called THE BIRDS!... —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Posted on Jan 01 2015 09:24 PM
I saw this one on FB, I have never seen it before. John Blair posted that he thought it was at the Harmony Park Ballroom, ~1962.
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Posted on Jan 02 2015 06:12 AM
Gosh I love this thread. Wes DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices. |
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Posted on Jan 02 2015 06:19 AM
I agree Badger. This thread is awesome! |
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Posted on Jan 03 2015 08:31 PM
Brian wrote:
Great Pic! Saw it on FB as well. Does look like harmony Park based on the low checkerboard stage. Here's another...
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Posted on Jan 03 2015 08:41 PM
Boy, the look in Dick's eyes in that second photo.... —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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Posted on Jan 03 2015 09:38 PM
I didn't feel like going through all the pages of this thread, but I don't think this shot of Jim Messina has been posted anywhere but the Photo of the Day (from where I got it) and it really deserves to go here, too:
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Posted on Jan 03 2015 10:17 PM
Indeed. Ivan! I will see your Jim Messina and raise you two Randy Holden's.
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Posted on Jan 03 2015 10:32 PM
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Posted on Jan 05 2015 08:06 AM
shivers13 wrote:
However it should be noted, that the rest of the room and especially the ceiling look quite different in both pictures, which becomes clearer when you see the same stage from different perspectives:
Could it be that the smaller / lower room is Harmony and the bigger one is Rendezvous? The 'new' picture is obviously from the same time and room as this one: By the way: There are some new cool shots over at bkazmers Flick-page, including this rare shot of The Vistas: Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
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Posted on Jan 05 2015 08:10 PM
simoncoil wrote:
EDIT: I now think all of these DD pics are Harmony Park. But I was never at either since this is before I was born! Maybe John Blair can chime in. Here's another Dick pic from Harmony Park from Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester's awesome book POP SURF CULTURE.
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 05 2015 08:21 PM
Dick looks thinner and somehow smaller in this photo than the other ones before (and that's quite a 'do he's sportin', too!). I remember seeing this photo in that book, and wondering if it is from '65-'66, and maybe he was showing the effects of cancer by that point. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's what I think of each time I see that photo. —Ivan |
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