gatorfiend
Joined: Aug 08, 2015
Posts: 214
Gainesville, Florida
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Posted on Apr 19 2017 08:02 PM
Las Barracudas, you're killin' me. That's like the third instrumental played on a Jinx Jones album that I now know is a cover. I used to think Baja (before I listened to surf) and The Messiah Will Come Again were originated by Jones. Oh well he's still one of my favorite pickers.
I'll link this delightful ditty by the Hillbilly Hellcats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w2yPJrf8mY
Last edited: Apr 19, 2017 22:51:07
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Redfeather
Joined: Jul 30, 2016
Posts: 896
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 03:53 AM
Right up there is a number by 'ol Ritchie Blackmore, who actually found himself, in earlier years, popping up on surf records.
Still I'm Sad
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insectsurfer
Joined: Mar 22, 2006
Posts: 363
Los Angeles
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 04:26 AM
I'd list Link Wray but he's in the 'mainstream' of what is considered instrumental on this site. SO, it's a toss-up between Hot Tuna's "Water Song' (intricate guitar picking laced with a melodic fuzz bass lead)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giiYDlqRQs
or Hendrix's 'Pali Gap' (two and sometimes three (!) guitars entwined over bells and an ostinato rhythm)...doesn't seem to be on youtube,tho! 
i love the scores of answers to this neverending question !
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james14000
Joined: Apr 14, 2015
Posts: 148
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 04:28 AM
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 05:43 AM
Space whispers aside they don't count. I'd like to suggest Gong - The Isle of Everywhere. But what key is this song in? the pitch gets higher and higher, those crazy pothead pixies are going to run out of notes/frets! ..aren't they?
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LosVenturas
Joined: Feb 10, 2011
Posts: 443
Antwerp, Belgium
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 01:47 PM
Pfooo...There are so much of them. Not really a 'most' favorite..Depends on the daymood.
Gonzo - Booker
Hot Cakes (whatever serving) - Dave Cortez
The Wailer - The Wailers
David's Mood - Jack Ely
Supertramp - White Rabbit
Psyche Rock - Les Yper-sound
Soul sitar - Sohail Rana
Backslop - Baby Earl and the Trinidads
And lotsssss more...
Cheers,
Andy
— www.LosVenturas.be
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HallmarkSweptWinger
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: 1284
Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 02:29 PM
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Ariel
Joined: Aug 29, 2009
Posts: 1556
Israel
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 02:32 PM
from Death - Voice Of The Soul
from The Revolutionaries - Black Sabbath
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tahitijack
Joined: Nov 03, 2006
Posts: 693
San Clemente, CA
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 08:50 PM
Jessica by the ABB
— Happy Sunsets!
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skeeter
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 2065
Virginia, USA
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Posted on Apr 20 2017 10:33 PM
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HockeyPuck
Joined: Sep 11, 2012
Posts: 117
Sierra Vista, AZ
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Posted on Apr 21 2017 03:01 AM
This Ray Barbee tune is my current fave other than the classics (to me, Hideaway, Green Onions) I think I first saw this here sometime ago.
— All I wish I knew what they were talking about
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AAFA760
Joined: Jul 15, 2015
Posts: 23
Phoenix
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Posted on Apr 21 2017 03:35 PM
My all time favorite instrumental song
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells on LP with head set on and Adult Beverages Tubular Bells This one from the BBC live broadcast
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Surf_Skater
Joined: Sep 06, 2012
Posts: 1300
Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Apr 21 2017 06:49 PM
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zunrj5
Joined: Jul 16, 2015
Posts: 260
ID
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Posted on Apr 21 2017 10:32 PM
The Appleseed Cast - The Clock and the Storm
A fitting ending to one of my all time favorite albums of all time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z5aHUPs8_E
— -John
The Seatopians 2017-
The Seatopians on bandcamp
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Fady
Joined: Mar 07, 2010
Posts: 2274
North Carolina
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Posted on Apr 22 2017 08:34 AM
Ariel wrote:
from Death - Voice Of The Soul
from The Revolutionaries - Black Sabbath
Ariel! B I G dub fan here! And B I G fan of the Revolutionaries too. Sooo much goodness coming out of Studio 1 and that whole scene in the 70's.
However, if by previous posts, instrumental covers of vocal tunes don't count, I am affraid the sensational Black Sabbath entry falls in that category too (and probably +95% of the dubs/"versions" from that period would too).
I'm pretty sure the original music/melody for that one was Clement "Coxsone" Dodd producing Barry Brown's Give Love.
— Fady
El Mirage @ ReverbNation
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Apr 22 2017 12:21 PM
Fady wrote:
Ariel wrote:
from Death - Voice Of The Soul
from The Revolutionaries - Black Sabbath
Ariel! B I G dub fan here! And B I G fan of the Revolutionaries too. Sooo much goodness coming out of Studio 1 and that whole scene in the 70's.
+1 back '78 some friends and I took off out of the sticks to the big smoke! To live in Lewisham London smack in the middle of a Jamaican community. The sound of the Revolutionaries drifted through the windows every day. Great times thanks for reminding me.
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4054
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on Apr 22 2017 01:19 PM
I don't subscribe to "favorite" much with music.
There's just too much out there that moves me to have a favorite, but I will submit Jeff Beck's version of "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" as something that I think is an incredible achievement of expression.
Whispers, murmurs, screams, all in one song, all on a guitar, all done with the hands.
Yeah man!
Cheers,
Jeff
— http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock
http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic
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Surfabilly
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 852
Connersville, Indiana, USA
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Posted on Apr 22 2017 01:19 PM
More instrumental Pink Floyd:
Interstellar Overdrive - 1967 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Atom Heart Mother Suite - 1971 Atom Heart Mother
On the Run * Any Colour You Like - 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon
— Fast Cars & Loud Guitars!
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imafunkyman
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 548
Utah
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Posted on Apr 23 2017 11:47 AM
Pretty much everything on Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow and Guitar Shop albums and Earl Slick's In Your Face.
— Either you surf, or you fight.
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tahitijack
Joined: Nov 03, 2006
Posts: 693
San Clemente, CA
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Posted on Apr 23 2017 12:17 PM
Today for me it's
Beck's Bolero
— Happy Sunsets!
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