The Nematoads recorded Untitled #4 for the tribute. I'll upload it when I can.

3 Balls of Fire recorded Untitled #5 for the tribute and ended up releasing it on their Chrome and Water CD.

Perhaps all of these collected tracks can become a future SG101 sampler.

Ted James
Deep Eddy Records http://www.deepeddy.net
The Nematoads http://www.nematoads.com

Richie Podolor ruled! (No, I don't necessarily think he's dead).

The first stuff I heard by him was most likely the great work he did for the Hondells. Too bad there aren't more pics of him around, especially playing an electric guitar! Anyway, here he is on the Surf Route 101 album cover, where he can be seen sitting in the backseat of the car reading a newspaper, haha.

We did "Black Boots And Bikes" for the tribute comp and I remember being quite surprised it wasn't already spoken for. In fact, that was the only tune left together with maybe one or two others. We had just started the band and got on the project really late and I remember we had to record it real quick to meet the deadline.

http://hem.bredband.net/ratfink/black-boots-and-bikes.mp3

As for a complete tracklist, here's what a Google search came up with:

Disc 1
1 - John Blair - Free Fall (2:44)
2 - The Eliminators - Midnight Run (3:17)
3 - The Vara-Tones - Surf Man (3:13)
4 - The Mach IV - Honda Beach Party (2:03)
5 - The Bitch Boys - Not So Quiet (3:44)
6 - The Fabulous Planktones - Footstomp USA (1:55)
7 - The Glasgow Tiki Shakers - Lonely Surfer (2:14)
8 - Les Baronics - Comin' Back to You (2:35)
9 - The Nematoads - Untitled #4 (1:43)
10 - Urban Surf Kings - The Quiet Surf (2:01)
11 - The Cocktail Preachers - Haulin' Honda (2:55)
12 - The Diamondheads - Balboa Island (1:50)
13 - The Red Giants - Untitled #3 (2:44)
14 - 3 Balls Of Fire - Untitled #5 (2:10)
15 - The Berzerkers - Ridin' The Woodie (2:06)
16 - The Pyronauts - Weird Wolf (3:26)
17 - The Aqua Velvets - The Rising Surf (3:56)
18 - Paul Johnson - Stranger From Durango (2:28)
19 - The Surf-Liners - A Touch Of Blue (2:37)
20 - The Lava Rats - Inspiration (2:52)
21 - The Royaltones - Gridiron Goodie (2:14)
22 - The Supertones - The Last Walk (3:33)

Disc 2
1 - The Chocolate Watchband - Expo 2000 (3:24)
2 - Pollo Del Mar - Dark Side Of The Mushroom (3:51)
3 - The Surf Kings - Casbah (2:12)
4 - The Astroglides - And Then There Were Drums (1:59)
5 - The Waistcoats - Teen Beat (1:59)
6 - Surf Report - Get Up And Go (1:44)
7 - Shig 33 - Get With It (2:41)
8 - The Retroliners - Alexis (2:31)
9 - Estrume'n'tal - Ram Charger (1:53)
10 - CHUM - Redondo Beach (2:40)
11 - Monsters From Mars - Put It On (1:36)
12 - The Royal Kings - T-Roadster (2:30)
13 - The Surfites - Black Boots and Bikes (3:00)
14 - The Atomic Mosquitos - Coffin Nails (2:26)
15 - The Dynotones - Ground Swell (2:53)
16 - The Moby Dicks - Undercurrent (3:20)
17 - Breakfastime - Untitled #1 (2:21)
18 - The Hypnotic IV - Shake Rattle Rot (2:46)
19 - The Bradipos IV - Room 304 (3:31)
20 - The Penetrators - Midnight Run (2:02)

Can't help wondering how many of these bands that actually knew who Podolor was prior to recording their "tribute".

T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S

Found this 13 song YouTube playlist of his work as "Richie Allen":

http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfIGJm2lHRyDrQk_s28CMdF

Site dude - S3 Agent #202
Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me

"It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea

Last edited: Feb 02, 2012 19:07:40

Klas wrote:

As for a complete tracklist, here's what a Google
search came up with:

Disc 1
1 - John Blair - Free Fall (2:44)
2 - The Eliminators - Midnight Run (3:17)
3 - The Vara-Tones - Surf Man (3:13)
4 - The Mach IV - Honda Beach Party (2:03)
5 - The Bitch Boys - Not So Quiet (3:44)
6 - The Fabulous Planktones - Footstomp USA (1:55)
7 - The Glasgow Tiki Shakers - Lonely Surfer (2:14)
8 - Les Baronics - Comin' Back to You (2:35)
9 - The Nematoads - Untitled #4 (1:43)
10 - Urban Surf Kings - The Quiet Surf (2:01)
11 - The Cocktail Preachers - Haulin' Honda (2:55)
12 - The Diamondheads - Balboa Island (1:50)
13 - The Red Giants - Untitled #3 (2:44)
14 - 3 Balls Of Fire - Untitled #5 (2:10)
15 - The Berzerkers - Ridin' The Woodie (2:06)
16 - The Pyronauts - Weird Wolf (3:26)
17 - The Aqua Velvets - The Rising Surf (3:56)
18 - Paul Johnson - Stranger From Durango (2:28)
19 - The Surf-Liners - A Touch Of Blue (2:37)
20 - The Lava Rats - Inspiration (2:52)
21 - The Royaltones - Gridiron Goodie (2:14)
22 - The Supertones - The Last Walk (3:33)

Disc 2
1 - The Chocolate Watchband - Expo 2000 (3:24)
2 - Pollo Del Mar - Dark Side Of The Mushroom (3:51)
3 - The Surf Kings - Casbah (2:12)
4 - The Astroglides - And Then There Were Drums (1:59)
5 - The Waistcoats - Teen Beat (1:59)
6 - Surf Report - Get Up And Go (1:44)
7 - Shig 33 - Get With It (2:41)
8 - The Retroliners - Alexis (2:31)
9 - Estrume'n'tal - Ram Charger (1:53)
10 - CHUM - Redondo Beach (2:40)
11 - Monsters From Mars - Put It On (1:36)
12 - The Royal Kings - T-Roadster (2:30)
13 - The Surfites - Black Boots and Bikes (3:00)
14 - The Atomic Mosquitos - Coffin Nails (2:26)
15 - The Dynotones - Ground Swell (2:53)
16 - The Moby Dicks - Undercurrent (3:20)
17 - Breakfastime - Untitled #1 (2:21)
18 - The Hypnotic IV - Shake Rattle Rot (2:46)
19 - The Bradipos IV - Room 304 (3:31)
20 - The Penetrators - Midnight Run (2:02)

Good Job Klas, Thanks,
Now, who has most of these bands contacts,
and wants to ask them to upload their songs?

Some of them are gonna be hard to get a hold of.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

"Beyond the Blue" was Davie Allan's first single release. It came out circa 1964-65.

brandonio wrote:

Most of those are California groups so you might have a
better shot than anybody.I'll do my best to get a hold
of the bands that you can't Jeff.

If not BTD, then who?

Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH.
http://radiofreebakersfield.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Free-Bakersfield/172410279636
http://www.sandiegojoe.com/rfb.htm

Here's a few more pieces of the puzzle. First, I have to say that I did some serious spelunking and could not find Pollo del Mar's or the Mach IV's songs, but I found some live on KFJC recordings from that era, which will have to do. Amazingly, I did find Shig 33's "Get With It" which I have not heard since we recorded it in 2002. I don't think this is a final mix, but, again, it's all there is. My recollection is that we sent the masters to Mel, why we don't have backups is pretty lame. Anyway, here ya go:
Shig 33- "Get With It"
http://soundcloud.com/polloguitar/get-with-it
The Mach IV- "Honda Beach Party"
http://soundcloud.com/polloguitar/honda-beach-party
Pollo Del Mar- "Dark side of the Mushroom"
http://soundcloud.com/polloguitar/dark-side-of-the-mushroom

Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp
Buy Spin the Bottle @ Bandcamp
My Blog- Euro Tour Blog
Pool Boys on Spotify
INSTAGRAM
Frankie & The Pool Boys on FB
Pollo Del Mar on FB
DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio

Monsters From Mars should be uploading their cover of "Put It On" soon!
I contacted a few bands on facebook so we'll have to see who all responses to the request.Keep your fingers crossed.
It would be nice if the bands would post at least MP3 formats.I'm wanting to compile all the tracks for my own CD if possible. My love for the great work of Richie Podolor is tremendous.

Reverb, It's A Way Of Life!

I'm gonna look for a copy of The Pyronauts doing Weird Wolf and see what I can do! I do remember that we used a "ratcheting socket wrench" as a sound effect.

Brainpop wrote:

These songs are on a compilation cd Curl Rider put out
by KFJC in 2004
1 - The Chocolate Watchband - Expo 2000
2 - Pollo Del Mar - Dark Side Of The Mushroom

Thanks for remembering these releases Brainpop! Again to note that this wasn't the PDM recording that was going to go on the tribute, I think our recording was much closer to the original, but this version isn't as weird as the version that ended up on "Year of the Rooser".

Funny story about the Chocolate Watchband's version of EXPO 2000, if I remember the details at all correctly. The CW got together for a reunion tour in '03 or so, and learned and played Expo 2000 and a few other songs from their third album for the first time. Podolor and studio musicians wrote and played all the music on that album while the CW was on the road.

DannySnyder wrote:

Who was in Shig 33?

Just Shigemi Komiyama, aka Shig 33 (The Shi-tones, Mach IV, Aqua-Velvets, Shig & Buzz, El Destroyo). As with most of his solo projects after Shig and Buzz, he played all the instruments. I remember tracking going very quickly in one day. First he played a shaker (no click track) then a rhythm guitar, then the drums, then bass, and then all the percussion parts, which were mostly featured elements of the drum kit. I remember putting all our car keys on the ride cymbal to get that sizzley sound.

Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp
Buy Spin the Bottle @ Bandcamp
My Blog- Euro Tour Blog
Pool Boys on Spotify
INSTAGRAM
Frankie & The Pool Boys on FB
Pollo Del Mar on FB
DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio