Klas
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Posted on May 14 2006 05:16 AM
I don't have this Surfaris track myself (I refuse to buy the "Surf Crazy" comp because of some totally out of place inclusions) and have only heard a short preview clip of it. Sounded like it could be one of their best. According to the Surfaris website, the track was the last (and almost lost) surf instro of theirs but the site doesn't go into any details. Anyone know the story behind it? I assume it was recorded before the Hit City '65 album or was it on those sessions but omitted from the album release?
A short clip of "Storm Surf" (track 14):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001OZG/
Whatever you do, don't click on track 9...
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Jon
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Posted on May 14 2006 11:29 AM
I don't know the story behind it, but I have the whole track. A friend of mine burned me a surf mix a few years ago, and it's on there. Don't know where he got it; maybe he'd still remember. It is a really good song, though. If you want, I can email it to you.
Also, I should've listened to you and NOT clicked on track 9. I threw up in my mouth a little after that one...
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dp
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mojave desert, california
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Posted on May 14 2006 11:35 AM
Klas:
According to the "Surf Crazy" liner notes:
"...the Surfaris claim this as their 'last' surf tune. Recorded in their living room, they were evolving towards folk rock music--listen to the Fender electric 12 string! ...track features Jim Fuller, guitar; Jim Pash, Fender electric 12-string; Bob Berryhill, bass; and an unknown drummer."
the liner note don't really elaborate more than that...
-dp
ps: the song actually is very unique and sounds great...definately a highlight on "Surf Crazy".
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dp
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Posted on May 14 2006 11:39 AM
Jon
Also, I should've listened to you and NOT clicked on track 9. I threw up in my mouth a little after that one...
The Neil Norman stuff is pretty weak...he was the compiler of the "Surf Crazy" cd mix...and he inserted his own  tunes ...
-dp
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dp
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mojave desert, california
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Posted on May 14 2006 12:03 PM
an interesting note about the "Surf Crazy" CD--
Neil Norman's father, Gene Norman, was producing and licensing surf releases for the GNP Crescendo label back in the 1960s. One album relaease by GNP back then was "Original Surfin' Hits" featuring: The Sentinals, The Soul Kings, Bob Vaught and the Renegaids, The Rhythm Kings, The Breakers, Dave Meyers & The Surftones, and Jim Waller and the Deltas. Lots of cool tunes on that early compilation: "Latinia", "Surfin' Tradgedy", "Exotic", "Tor-Chula" and "Church Key" being the highlights.
Back in the 1980s, I listened to "Original Surfin' Hits" on cassette...what a find! (I think I found my copy in the bargain cassette section of Thrifty Drug Store, remember the pre-Internet days?... swap meets, thrift stores, discount bins??? That's where surf lived back then!)
Neil Norman used all the tunes on that original LP/cassette on "Surf Crazy" and then fleshed out the compilation with additional material (including a couple of his own tunes).
-dp
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on May 14 2006 03:10 PM
Jon
Also, I should've listened to you and NOT clicked on track 9. I threw up in my mouth a little after that one...
Hehe, made me feel a bit sick too. Also the modern Ventures medley sounds pretty awful as well.
dp
According to the "Surf Crazy" liner notes:
"...the Surfaris claim this as their 'last' surf tune. Recorded in their living room, they were evolving towards folk rock music--listen to the Fender electric 12 string! ...track features Jim Fuller, guitar; Jim Pash, Fender electric 12-string; Bob Berryhill, bass; and an unknown drummer."
the liner note don't really elaborate more than that...
ps: the song actually is very unique and sounds great...definately a highlight on "Surf Crazy".
Thanks for the liners info. I'm quite surprised it was a home recording.
dp
One album relaease by GNP back then was "Original Surfin' Hits" featuring: The Sentinals, The Soul Kings, Bob Vaught and the Renegaids, The Rhythm Kings, The Breakers, Dave Meyers & The Surftones, and Jim Waller and the Deltas. Lots of cool tunes on that early compilation: "Latinia", "Surfin' Tradgedy", "Exotic", "Tor-Chula" and "Church Key" being the highlights.
Yeah, great album! I have the LP.
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mom_surfing
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Posted on May 14 2006 03:12 PM
Jon wrote:
Also, I should've listened to you and NOT clicked on track 9. I threw up in my mouth a little after that one...
curiosity got the best of me too......carol
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CaptainSpringfield
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Under the Sun
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Posted on May 14 2006 05:59 PM
Klas
I don't have this Surfaris track myself (I refuse to buy the "Surf Crazy" comp because of some totally out of place inclusions) and have only heard a short preview clip of it. Sounded like it could be one of their best.
For now it seems like that comp's the only place to find "Storm Surf," which is too bad. You can always skip the Neil Norman stuff, though--just like the other comps graced/cursed with his presence.
-Warren
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Wraydar
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San Antonio, TX
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Posted on May 14 2006 06:52 PM
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on May 15 2006 03:44 AM
CaptainSpringfield
You can always skip the Neil Norman stuff, though--just like the other comps graced/cursed with his presence.
That's not an option since my record collection has to be "pure" 
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on May 15 2006 08:16 AM
A REALLY cool song! Very drippy lead guitar tone, much more than anything else the Surfaris did. The drumming is much straighter than their other stuff. I believe the inimitable Ron Wilson had left the band by that point, and they had a different drummer. Also, there's no sax in evidence, the band playing only as a four-piece. So, it's safe to say that this was a pretty different band than the classic Surfaris - if for no other reason than that Ron Wilson was not in it - and if it wasn't for him, let's face it, the Surfaris would have been about as well known as the Blazers...
Ivan
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Klas
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Posted on May 15 2006 09:17 AM
Here's what Phil Dirt has to say about the song:
Jim Pash told me "Storm Surf" was recorded in his mother's living room in '64 with Jim Fuller's lead guitar, Jim Pash on electric twelve string, Ken Forssi on bass, and an unknown drummer, maybe Don Murray. I'm not convinced that it isn't a Decca session, though it didn't show up in the vault purge for Varese Sarabande. In any event, Jim came across this tape in a shoe box in his mom's garage. The original name is lost in time. Jim said he did not recall ever playing it live. It was probably the last surf instro they wrote. It is a wonderful, though not entirely developed tune. Thank you GNP for getting this out for all us punters.
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