supertonesurf
Joined: Apr 28, 2006
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n.y.c.
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Posted on Nov 16 2011 03:58 PM
thanks Tuck for the mention love your incite into these tunes, over the years we the Supertones have recorded about three difference version of soul beat it is one of the many tunes I learned off an album called "surf's up" that i bought in 1964 I was 10 years old and was learning to play the guitar so I learn all the songs on the record as well all the tunes on the ventures surfing record plus walk don't run...the thing about soul beat is it a great tune to play "LIVE" people always dig it and will all way get up and dance to it just like Whitter Blv very much a dance tune.....keep up the cool posts Tuck love it...Cheers Tim Sullivan
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
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Denver, CO
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Posted on Nov 16 2011 06:10 PM
Tikitena wrote:
We have a plethora of instrumental goodies, but I know it's not all surf." I just like music and have to be in a special mood for vocals.
I don't worry much about whether it's surf either, I guess, except to please those who do. More and more the thing on vocals describes me too. I used to switch to vocals for the winter. But I've never been very good at listening to words. The vocals have always been large just part of the overall blur of sound. It takes a rather special song for me to perceive and learn the words. As I get older I have been trying to teach myself to listen to the parts and patterns of instrumental part of the music instead of just taking things in as gestalts. Vocals tend to pull your attention away from that, even if you're not really listening to the words.
Fuzzmeister wrote:
The Regents did a (short) version of Delano Soul Beat on their "Live at the A.M.-P.M. Discotheque" album.
Thanks for that lead! I have to admit I'd never heard of them.
http://www.garagehangover.com/?q=RegentsCA
This says they were from Bakersfield, which explains a lot, as that's essentially the home of the Rhythm Kings (Delano-Bakersfield area). Nobody seems to list the contents of this record, but it looks like I can find a used copy.
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
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Denver, CO
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Posted on Nov 16 2011 06:47 PM
supertonesurf wrote:
... over the years we the Supertones have recorded about three difference version of soul beat it is one of the many tunes I learned off an album called "surf's up" that i bought in 1964 I was 10 years old ... the thing about soul beat is it a great tune to play "LIVE" people always dig it and will all way get up and dance to it ...
Now there's some insight into the song! And if Tim doesn't mind being called history, some real history, too. I wonder if "Surf's Up" was a variation on the one that is now called "Surf Crazy" (like the Renegaid's LP but different), and that used to be called "Original Surfin' Hits" as a shorter Crescendo LP. It has the Renegaids' take on Delano Soul Beat, plus Myers' version of the Original Surfaris' Moment of Truth, the Rhythm Kings' version of Exotic, and the Deltas' versions of Intoxica and Soul Beat Pt II that the Raybeats did as a single piece. I discovered it about 25 years after Tim did and used to play a cassette tape I made from it and some other collections of the time constantly in the car. It's definitely a great place to start, whenever you start. Starting with it may explain a lot about my tastes, too. Previously mostly I'd heard a few standards, the new second wave bands and some not very exciting Challengers records of the kind you could find easily. (There are lots better Challengers records than the ones I had.) I say records because this was still shortly before the invention of those little round things called CDs. Some of the first CDs I found that I liked were the Supertones releases. I think I bought them from Frankie Dee or maybe even Amazon.
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Fuzzmeister
Joined: Jan 06, 2008
Posts: 163
Canberra, Australia
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Posted on Nov 17 2011 01:57 AM
Tuck wrote:
Thanks for that lead! I have to admit I'd never heard
of them.
http://www.garagehangover.com/?q=RegentsCA
This says they were from Bakersfield, which explains a
lot, as that's essentially the home of the Rhythm Kings
(Delano-Bakersfield area). Nobody seems to list the
contents of this record, but it looks like I can find a
used copy.
I have the record. Bought it for about 50 cents. It's a great "Frat Party" type album.
The track listing is as follows:
Side 1
Delano Soul Beat / Searchin'
Hully Gully
Linda Lu
Comin' Home Baby
Mojo Workout
Side 2
Peanut Butter
Sugaree
Blue Suede Shoes
Gonzo
Poison Ivy / Theme and Close
"Gonzo" is a pretty good instro and their version of "Comin' Home Baby" is really good.
One of the guitarists plays a Jazzmaster judging by the front cover and their sound is very surfy kinda Astronauts-ish with quite heavy reverb.
— http://www.reverbnation.com/spaceparty4
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Nov 17 2011 11:37 AM
Sounds like a vocal band of the surf music period. I will definitely try to get a copy of this.
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