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The New Dimensions!?!
Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan 
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Posted on Jun 02 2008 08:53 PM
i'm sure you have noticed that they actually re-record songs with slight variations and re-name them, right? that's kind of annoying. anyways, even with that big setback, they are IMO one the THE most underrated surf bands ever. Michael Lloyd was a very good guitarist, let alone the fact that he was only 14... so i guess this thread can be for ramblings and/or random facts about The New Dimensions...since i can find nothing about them anywhere else online. — |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25686 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 02 2008 11:27 PM
Norm of the ghastly ones said its one of his favorite bands, they and Slacktone both cover "Cat on a hot foam board" I had heard that the drummer I believe went on to be in 3 dog night. Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3790 tn
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 12:05 AM
Fits right in with Jim Messina and David Geddes. http://www.satanspilgrims.com |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 01:31 AM
I thought it was the electric pianist, Jummy Greenspoon. And I think Michael Lloyd ended up oroducing The Osmonds, among other illuminaries. It's in the liner notes. GREAT band. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2309 Stockholm, Sweden 
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 05:09 AM
I'm a big fan and think the New Dimensions had everything you look for in a surf band.
It was only a couple of songs and I find the variations interesting, especially since the songs are great.
There's an interview with rhythm guitarist Craig Nuttycombe: http://home.unet.nl/kesteloo/newdimensions.html "I was actually fired from the band by Michael's mother. It's funny in retrospect. Michael's mother (whom I liked very much) was sort of the manager of the band and used to drive us to most of the gigs in her station wagon. As I said earlier, a lot of our parties were frat parties and they would always have a keg or two and it was at these functions I started experimenting with beer. I don't really remember getting out of control, but Michael's mother thought it was a problem and I was asked to leave." How do you experiment with beer?! |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 08:52 AM
Besides the fantastic Cat on a Hot Foam Board, my favorites by these guys are Failsafe and Chicky Run. Soul Surf is pretty good, too. Anybody know if Failsafe was first recorded by the New Dimensions or the Original Surfaris? Ivan —Ivan |
Joined: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 2188 Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 09:20 AM
I would be curious to find that out as well. The Original Surfaris version of that song is one of my favorite surf tunes! —
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2309 Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 09:31 AM
The song was written by New Dimensions members Michael Lloyd and Jimmy Greenspoon. Doesn't necessary mean they recorded it first although I would guess so. — |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 10:09 AM
i don't know about Failsafe, but i know there are more than a couple New Dimension songs that were written by Michael Lloyd and were first recorded by the Original Surfaris. I've only heard a handful of OS songs, so i wouldn't know, but that's what i remember reading from the liner notes in the New Dimensions CD...im too lazy to go dig it out and confirm this. — |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 02:14 PM
Along with most of the ones mentioned, "Big Soul Beat" is one of my favorites. Really simple, but killer.
Test tubes, beakers, Erlenmeyer flasks. Oh, and a lab coat. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2007 Posts: 917 Brew City
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 03:39 PM
I never did that before, but I think that I might try tonight! —The Exotics 1994-Current |
Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1237 Bay Area
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 05:35 PM
FailSafe is a dam good song! |
Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 07:38 PM
I've been hang out here for over a year, and have never noticed any mention of this band. I found a best of comp online and definitely liked what I heard so I ordered it. Thanks for bringing this up, Josh! |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19342 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jun 03 2008 08:25 PM
Chicky Run and Failsafe are awesome! —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 584 Adelaide 
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Posted on Jun 04 2008 03:55 AM
I had my ceramic smiling green frog stolen from my front lawn, but knowing my neighbours; I shudder to think of his demise. poor soul. Sorry it's off topic a bit. —Tim O |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2309 Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Jun 04 2008 04:45 AM
I have brought them up a couple of times in the past. The Best Of CD contains selected material from their 3 never reissued albums as well as some unreleased tracks. The CD also includes two totally wild live recordings from the Santa Monica Surf Fair. This is pretty unique since there isn't almost any live material from the 1st wave ever released let alone reissued. — |
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Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753
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Posted on Jun 04 2008 02:12 PM
Thanks, I'm more excited than ever now to give this a listen. There is so much here on the forum that sometimes I miss seeing the forest for the trees. The New Dimensions is a good example. I'm always looking for good comps or CD releases of previously unavailable material from 1st wave groups to build a good foundation for my music collection. The Astronauts also looks like a "must have". I mean, I own various tracks by most of the 1st wave groups mentioned here, but they are on various "survey" style compilations--i.e. each band represented by a track or two. I'd like to get a better picture of as many of the 1st wave groups as a "whole" as possible. (That also probably means getting a turntable again.) |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25686 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 04 2008 08:39 PM
or getting a bunch of cds on Del Fi or Sundazed. —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Jun 04 2008 08:45 PM
totally unrelated to anything said so far, but is it just me, or is the trem-picking they have in some songs some of the fastest you've heard? cat on a hot foam board? geez! that's fast, especially for a 15 year old! also, why does the bassist occasionally pick up a guitar? with all due respect to Satan's Pilgrims, but i think 3 guitars is overkill, let alone the fact the in the New Dimensions there is no bass when 3 guitars are being played. — |
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