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Re: Miserlou-Best Version? Naw.....

hbseacliff - 17 Aug 2005 01:58:55

--- In , John McCorvey
<eddiekatcher@y...> wrote:
> My money's on Fifield and company, I still remember
> taking my mom's '57 Plymouth station wagon over to
> Lenox Square to buy "Surfin' with the Astronauts". I
> got home put the disk on my dad's Garrard changer
> Keyed up Baja and stood there completely stunnded.
> Then came Surfing USA and
> then........Miserlou.....I've said this for years that
> this is the moment that changed my life....All I ever
> wanted after that was to play a white Jazzmaster
> through a blonde Fender amp in a surf
> band......Thanks, Mitch and Sticks.....you guys help
> keep this old dude's dream alive.......eddie k
According to the album jacket, it took them 33 takes to get it like
you hear it in the recording.

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