Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Oct 02 2019 02:01 PM
We haven't been active with any of our band projects for quite some time now so I was pretty surprised being contacted by newly started Spanish surf and exotica record label Topaz Hit Label and hearing that they wanted to reissue our Surfites "Escapades In Space" album on vinyl as well as releasing a 7" EP with four of the Excelsiors tracks from The Surfites & Co. album.
We just got our share of the records and are very pleased with how they turned out. Release date October 16th.
https://www.facebook.com/les.topaz.98
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revmike
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North Atlantic
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Posted on Oct 02 2019 07:09 PM
Fabulous news! These are so great!
Rev
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Oct 03 2019 08:55 AM
Thanks Mike!
The CD version of "Escapades In Space" is still in print from Double Crown for a very good price for those who prefer that format: https://www.doublecrownrecords.com/the-surfites-escapades-in-space-cd/
I believe that the Topaz vinyl version as well as their Excelsiors EP will be available from Double Crown's webshop later on.
And here we are back in 2008, rehearsing the album songs just before take-off...
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Last edited: Oct 03, 2019 08:56:37
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revmike
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North Atlantic
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Posted on Oct 03 2019 11:56 AM
I have all 3 Cds and a 45 or 2 from you. Looking forward to the vinyl.
Rev
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bigtikidude
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Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Oct 03 2019 02:16 PM
Must get, the cds are soooo good,
I bet the vinyl sounds even better.
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josheboy
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Twin Cities, MN
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Posted on Oct 03 2019 10:01 PM
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Oct 04 2019 04:03 AM
Thanks guys! Yes Jeff, we are very pleased with how the vinyl turned out soundwise!
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Oct 12 2019 06:48 AM
Promo videos from the label:
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Oct 16 2019 04:24 PM
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Oct 19 2019 04:42 AM
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HallmarkSweptWinger
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Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Oct 20 2019 12:01 PM
Is the Surfites vinyl version special mastered for vinyl?
Or simply pressed on vinyl with the CD rates?
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Oct 21 2019 02:39 AM
Of course it's mastered for vinyl!
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Nov 02 2019 06:07 AM
Check out a very nice review of the Escapades in Space LP:
https://magicpopblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/creativo-viaje-galactico-de-the-surfites-en-su-escapades-in-space-reeditado-en-vinilo-por-topaz-hit-label/
Google translation of the Conclusion from Spanish:
“This is an unusual album ... You can join us if you wish. Don't worry about bringing a spacesuit... all you need is a record player and a vivid imagination. The Surfites will do the rest.” This is how this Swedish band describes, on the back cover of this album reissued on vinyl by Topaz Hit label, their phenomenal work: an extraordinary space journey through our galaxy that passes through the Moon, Mercury, meets comets and a strange star rain. Their adventure is enlivened with a collection of instrumental songs that stand out not only for their skills, arrangements, melodies and rhythms, but also for a careful use of sound that makes them especially captivating. With its guitar phrasing, its well-calibrated tempos based on bass and drums, plus the effects produced by the keyboards you will feel part of this very suggestive interstellar getaway thanks also for an ad hoc artwork. Without a doubt, it is a perfect soundtrack that will stimulate your imagination as few instro groups have achieved in the long and fruitful history of rock and roll.
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Nov 02 2019 06:12 PM
The above review also includes a shorter mentioning of the Excelsiors EP in very positive words:
With regard to the EP of the Excelsiors, on the A side appears "The Picador" and "Vanadis", two huge songs in which the guitar oscillates with an almost lysergic perversion. Brave rhythms and bullfighting airs in the first of the cuts with a spectacular mastery of the guitar, and in the second, instrumental contributions of a beauty and a fragile love that will conquer you without remedy wrapped in a persistent tempo. And on side B we hear “Strange Planet” and “Farewell Old West”, another pair of sensational songs in which both the solo guitar and the bass and drum tandem display all their skills, knowledge of cause, and surfer emotionality, to make us go crazy in the first through its exaggerated tremolo and enveloping rhythm, while in the second they highlight their hilarious airs of space and space western worthy of all praise.
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Klas
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Posted on Nov 03 2019 02:55 AM
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LordWellfleet
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Cape Cod, USA
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Posted on Nov 03 2019 03:15 PM
Purchased at the Get Hip ship in Pittsburgh from Gregg Kostelich (The Cynics) himself. So good!
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Nov 04 2019 03:52 AM
Thanks, I'm glad to hear you enjoy the album! Also cool to see that you picked up a Pebbles comp!
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Nov 09 2019 05:45 AM
Escapades in Space quickly went out of stock from Get Hip but any Americans who prefer to not order from overseas can now also get the LP from Hi-Tide:
https://hitideshop.com/listing/750916859/the-surfites-escapades-in-space-lp
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Nov 10 2019 03:49 AM
And it now doesn't look like the records will be available from Double Crown.
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Klas
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Jul 28 2020 03:35 AM
I've added some more record stores that carries the Escapades in Space LP. And for anyone who prefers the CD format, the original release is still available from Double Crown at a really good price.
http://hem.bredband.net/surfites/escapades-retail.htm
The Excelsiors EP doesn't seem to be as accessible but can be found at these fine sellers:
http://hem.bredband.net/surfites/excelsiors-ep-retail.htm
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