Does anyone have this Ace records title & how does it rate?

Beach Party: Garpax Surf 'N' Drag
1. Beach Party (All Summer Long - Dave Kinzie
2. The Wipe Out - Kenny & The Sultans
3. Red Hot Scrambler Go - The Captivations
4. Waikiki Rumble - Vince & The Waikiki Rumblers
5. Summertime Is Surfin Time - The Surf Bunnies
6. Escondido - The Torquays
7. Lets Go To The Beach - Sanford & The Sandies
8. Kaha Huna (Goddess Of Surfing) - Gene Moles
9. Little Bitty King Of The Road - The Captivations
10. Surf Dance - Kenny & The Ho Daddies
11. Surfin With Jimmy - Judy Russell
12. Countdown - The Rockets Band
13. Big Bad Ho Dad - Lord Douglas Byron
14. The Scavenger - Gary Paxton
15. Firewater - Bucky & The Dales
16. Surfin Back To School - The Fashions
17. Speedshift - The Captivations
18. With Vigor - Kenny & The Sultans
19. Surfers Memories - The Fashions
20. War Path - Lonnie McLaughlin & The Premiers
21. Wild Wild Mustang - The Captivations
22. Surfers Cry - The Torquays
23. Warrior - The Rockets Band
24. Two Hump Dual Bump Camel Named Robert E Lee - Gary Paxton &
25. Goofy Guitar - Kenny & The Ho Daddies
26. Dear Henry Ford - The Zip Codes

Back on topic....and first thing's first--this collection is nothing short of absolutely amazing! Yeah, some of the tracks have appeared on other comps over the years, but most of those are out of print and difficult to find. Not to mention, the convenience of having everything in one place on CDs is very nice. The combined eye candy, track-by-track liner notes and sheer raw, young energy and diversity of the selections is truly inspiring whether you're a die-hard fanatic or a casual listener. As I've learned myself, nit-pickers need to just ignore the type-os and be thankful that this project ever saw the light of day in the first place! It was truly a labor of love and NOT based on economics or profitability.
Cowabunga presented the "hits," Surf-Age Nuggets presents the "deep tracks."
I've been corresponding with James Austin and I can assure everyone that he is incredibly devoted to and passionately conscious about the integrity of the entire project. He assured me that Mike Campbell knows "Pipeline" should be attributed to The Chantays and that there was a comma missing from the quote. And, to address the audio quality of the tracks, Mr. Austin expressed that the mastering on all the tracks have been worked on. He said, "as producer, I searched out the best quality tracks and had them sonically restored." And, yes, they sound great!!
Also, to address the context of the Vox Instruments commercial...the track following it, "Turn On," begins with a gentleman saying "Turn on Gov'ner" in a British accent. Mr. Austin expressed that "inserting it there was intentional, as the British Invasion was now influencing our music and in this case, a surf instrumental."
Run, don't walk, to your computer and order this now. We are really fortunate to have it!

Insect Surfers
The Tikiyaki Orchestra
The Scimitars
Lords Of Atlantis
Fiberglass Jungle - Surf Radio

Just pulled the trigger,,looking forward to the set!

www.northofmalibu.com

homerhead wrote:

Urgh. What did I do wrong? Amazon sez
"Description: We've received your order, but we haven't started preparing it for shipment yet. The amount of time your order spends in this status can vary based on the availability of the item(s) and the selected delivery."
You're killing me JonPaul!

Rick

I believe they will be shipping Nov 13 when they get stock..it's a pre order ststus

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Disc 1 song 11 Phantoms/XL2.

Zock,bam pow!

Thats as far as I have gotten. 3 full plays of Disc 1, it's all good, song 11 stands out for me (Trem or Vib)intro.

Boom.

http://www.reverbnation.com/thegreasemonkeyz

"**Varied Guitar Tones! - What an amazing variety of recorded guitar tones!"

Fo Sho.
At one point of this AM drive/listen time I was trasported back to a time when I had bought a used Silverface Pro Reverb in 1981. I wanted to get the sound of a cranked Boogie at that point in my quest for deafness and that darn Fender just stayed clean and only got louder. I sold it right away. Now I long for the sound I tossed away.

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Just got mine today - incredible! Haven't read the book yet, but the photos are amazing throughout. Just started listening to the first disc - great stuff so far. I'm sure many of us probably have a good chunk of these songs in our collection already, but it's great to have them in one place. The book alone though is worth $20-25. It was mentioned that it was too bad that the Continental Magazine wasn't mentioned in the required reading section, but the focus here is on early 60's surf, and we really don't feature that much of it in the Continental (other than reviews and the Dick Dale piece that Ivan did a few issues ago). The only modern surf mentioned was the Blue Stingrays CD, but of course that's due to Mike Campbell's involvement with this box set.

Sean
Double Crown Records
www.doublecrownrecords.com

Surf CD's / Vinyl / Fanzines / DVD's
Aloha Screwdriver - Lunar Wobble CD
The Nebulas - Euphorion LP / CD
Supertubos - The Fourth Drive CD
Continental Magazine - Issue #38 w/17 Song CD

Disc 1 - Just had a 93 KHJ moment. Man, like being back in my room with my first stereo and my little cassette recorder. Boss, man!

What a great set, and I'm just starting to dig in.

Rick

Rick

haven't listened yet, but I got it fri.
the book is so cool, like Sean said, its worth buying just for that alone.
But then add is all the cool rarities, Buy this now, before its out of print.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Two threads for this comp? Okay cool! I'm pretty stoked about this comp so here's my post from the other thread since this seems to be the one for reviews...

Just got mine today! WOW! I mean, DOUBLE WOW! This is IMO the best Surf music comp anyone has done. Pure unbridled teenage surf-stompin’ fury! If you digged the stuff on this thread... http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/17445/?page=1 then you're going to love this! I can't help but wonder if they saw it.

So, stop what you're doing and get it now! Some of these songs have been on rare LP comps, but they managed to dig up TONS of even more obscure stuff. The booklet looks amazing with lots of cool pics. Can't wait to read the liner notes. AAAplus! Need I say more?

BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS!
www.facebook.com/BossFink
www.doublecrownrecords.com