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I think that a year or two ago there was a US company Collectables that
released all the Astronauts stuff - cdnow has it. However, here is the
deal: the Astronauts only released four albums during their surf years,
and two of those were live that were more-or-less garage rock and very
slight in surf-instro content. That leaves the other two studio albums
"Surfin' With" (with Movin' on it) and "Competition Coupe". They both
have more vocals than instros, and the vocals are nothing great (with a
few exceptions on the Competition Coupe album). But the instros are
fantastic. Bear Family records from Germany has a CD with both of these
on it. I'd get that. BUT... you need one more CD: Rarities on Bear
Family also. Most of the best by the Astronauts was only released in
singles forms, and this CD collects all of these classic tracks: Surf
Party, Hot Doggin', Quasimoto, Surf's You Right, The Pier and more. With
these two CDs you can get all the Astronauts' instros. Get it now! The
Astronauts were the best. They really set the tone for most of the 90s
surf music, even more so than Dick Dale.
Ivan
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, bigtikidude wrote:
> -Brian,
> There are a few 2 fers out there with a mix of vocal and instro
> songs, but your best money speant is a Japanese comp. titled movin'
> the best of the astronauts. It's a little pricey, but well worth the
> money. It's all instro, all the best shit.
> Check yahoo or other online services, if you can't find it there.
> I'll see if my work can order it, it's out of print,but sometimes
> the Jap manufacturing plants get unsold returns.
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
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> -- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am working on learning Movin', the Eddie & The Showmen version
> (see for
> > example the Toes On The Nose comp). I think I have the lead worked
> out, but
> > the rhythm guitar is a bit hard to hear at times. I think the
> rhythm guitar
> > starts out playing a pattern in Em (I think he is using a xxx453
> for the Em
> > chord) but I can't hear the changes too well after that. I am
> thinking this
> > part goes like this:
> >
> > Em D? Em
> >
> > lead guitar then goes up an octave, rhythm stays the same
> >
> > then the song repeats in G
> >
> > rhythm guitar: Gm F? Gm
> >
> > then the song repeats in A
> >
> > rhythm guitar: Am G? Am
> >
> > and back to E
> >
> > (keep in mind I only have a tenous grasp on theory)
> >
> > Couple of questions:
> >
> > Is this how you play it?
> > How do you suppose Eddie Bertrand got that bad *ss tone on the lead
> part?
> > Jaguar through reverb and a cranked Dual Showman?
> > I am very interested in hearing the Astronauts version, and ashamed
> to admit
> > I don't own any Astronauts albums. Is there a good compilation or
> box set
> > available that features their surfier stuff?
> >
> > Thanks
> > BN
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