Photo of the Day
BTD
BTD
Shoutbox

sysmalakian: Birthday month starts now!
362 days ago

diceophonic: Vampiro Classics 2024 reissue
344 days ago

SabedLeepski: Sunburn Surf Fest for some scorching hot surf music: https://sunb...
301 days ago

skeeter: I know a Polish sound guy.
228 days ago

skeeter: I know a Czech one too!
228 days ago

PatGall: Surfybear metal settings
148 days ago

Pyronauts: Happy Tanks-Kicking!
127 days ago

midwestsurfguy: Merry Christmas!
95 days ago

sysmalakian: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
89 days ago

SabedLeepski: Surfin‘ Europe, for surf (related) gigs and events in Europe Big Razz https://sunb...
50 days ago

Please login or register to shout.

Current Polls

No polls at this time. Check out our past polls.

Current Contests

No contests at this time. Check out our past contests.

Donations

Help us meet our monthly goal:

100%

100%

Donate Now

Cake March Birthdays Cake
SG101 Banner

SurfGuitar101 Forums » Surf Music General Discussion »

Permalink Quarantine surf music research... trying to find audio if possible for the obscure

New Topic
Page 1 of 1

Back in the 90's I really got into surf music and for a period of time drifted away while I finished college and that sort of thing. I kept up on the bands and those who participated in the bands I knew for the most part; however lots of new groups came since then including some great international acts. With the large amount of free time I have, I've been going through Phil Dirt's reviews for titles and listening to snippets of many of the releases and trying to so a least a few of each artist. No super internet savvy, is there is search engine that will pull up mp3 files buried in old web pages? While 90% of the artists I have been able to track down audio of, there is a pretty good list of those I have not. Please note: I am aware he stopped doing reviews on 2012 and I assume since then this might be the best place to find information to releases or new bands since then... if there is another resource any help would be appreciated. Thanks and looking forward to the second half of my life with a new soundtrack.

I’m not sure about pulling the mp3s. But 90’s space age bachelor music was my entree into surf. Lots of fun with retro stylings. It was really exciting to have some instrumental music that wasn’t distortion based. Friends of Dean Martinez and Los Straitjackets were my biggies.

And I too find myself pulled back into it. The Surfragettes and Messer Chups hooked me. And because of this site I’m catching up on what’s been going on. It’s a real micro niche now. But I love the way the melody rings clear. Welcome back to surf. Who are some of the artists that hooked you?

Squid From Madrid - New Single on Bandcamp
MB Website

If you've found links but they're broken, try putting them into the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org/

The Miramars (2017-2022) https://www.facebook.com/themiramars / https://soundcloud.com/themiramars

From my experience the Wayback Machine only archives html sites and graphics, no mp3's, flash animations etc. I tried to find old music through it myself a number of times, but unfortunately it never worked out. In the early 2000s a lot of bands had homepages with 3-5 free download songs on them, but I think the chances of finding anything from that time are pretty slim, since most homepages were using hosting services, which are no longer existing (like Geocities or Lycos). And once MySpace rose to popularity, a lot of people used it as an easy substitute to host their songs and information, which were in turn mostly lost in one of the many changes it underwent. (I lost the whole gig history of my first band that way.)

There is however the possibility to listen to songs, that were posted during a certain period of MySpace through another project of the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/myspace_dragon_hoard_2010

As for songs on homepages, the best chance is probably to track down the band members and as nicely.

Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin)
"Postcards from the Scrapyard" Vol. 1, 2 & 3 NOW available on various platforms!
"Chaos at the Lobster Lounge" available as LP and download on Surf Cookie Records!

Thanks for the help. As for bands I listened to there were very many buy I figure I there is probably 5,000 to 10,000 titles listed on Reverb Central, so that still is probably only a drop in the ocean. I'd list a few, but I'm leery about forgetting someone as this is a rather well connected community... well it was but assume it still is. I was not totally away from the scene... I made it to one of the conventions but don't know the newer bands too well.

I've used the archive site quite a bit looking for everything. The trouble is there's so much stuff in there I get lost easily because as you scroll down the page it adds more. What I now do is a basic search and then when I find something I'm interested in I open it in a new tab. For instance :

https://archive.org/search.php?query=surf

From that I've found many surf albums but in the 20 minutes I spent looking the ones I found were only samples that give you 15 seconds of each track but I have found items for other subjects that are downloadable. This music vid by The Gumbys is one:

https://archive.org/details/AH-surf_city_the_gumbys

I just went back to see what else I could see and found this and was able to download 30 .mp3s one at a time. You could also just play the album from there:
https://archive.org/details/AUSTRALIANSURFCOLLECTION

image

image

Use with caution as you can spend a whole lot of time there but then if you're shut in you won't mind. Big Grin

I wish I listened to the Surf Ride samples first Confused it's more like piano and sax and I don't see how that's surf music but the cover is suitable for framing Big Grin

Speaking of surf music, this FILM needs a surf soundtrack. You can download it or just watch it there (go full screen). It's only 8 minutes...go for it.
https://archive.org/details/0351_Surf_Riders_05_34_55_00

OK Last one Uh-Oh Full Album

image

https://archive.org/details/Monsters_From_Mars_-_Play_Some_...

Surf Ride is jazz. But Art Pepper is worth listening. Broaden your music horizons a little.

While in Archive.org, look for the live recordings of the Surf Coasters available for downloading. Unbelievable guitar work!

Rev. (PEI, not NS)

www.revwillis.com
www.willisclow.com
www.slajo.com

Well aware of Archive.org. I filled my hard drive with the stuff on there from the Surf Coasters and the Mermen. Then came the challenge of figuring out the better sounding recordings. Anyway, thank all for the help... it appears this is my last step to go through the list and as of July 2020 other than what is omitted here in the new releases and on ReverbCentral I will be all caught up. It will be quite a list but I'm sure the record shops need help right now. It looks like I will be hammered on European releases as far as shipping, although I was hoping to go to Carnival in Germany in the spring (was to go this year but friends pulled out luckily... I couldn't have went anyway). Right now I'm guessing I likely will be barred next year as well, although if I could go I'm sure maybe I could have them general delivered at some post office in Europe to save shipping... it might be a ton of releases. Would like to make the Surfer Joe show someday too... met the guy in 2014 briefly at the convention and it is great there is an event that brings together many of the great bands over there...

Page 1 of 1
Top