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True Klas,
Although Paul Johnson did say that the books(info) in them are
slighly different for each.
The reason Gee Dee wasn't able do do the Vol. 3 was.
Paul didn't have the original recordings for that stuff.
But he recorded all the bands on Vol. 1 and 2.
Jim from the Nocturnes introduced me to Paul, about 7 years ago,
and said they recorded the Nocturnes stuff in Paul's garage/studio.
But as Paul shopped the recordings around to different record lables
in 64. Nobody was even interested(because of the British Invasion).
So it all sat unreleased for year untill Paul hooked up with AVI, who
did the original pressing in the US. But it went outta
print/buisness. So Paul shopped it (his stuff on 1 and 2) to Gee Dee
in Germany.
By the way, I see some of those AVI releases show up every once
inawhile. There must be some distibutor, that picked up some
leftovers on a sale somewhere.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , "Klas Fjellgren"
<surfites@b...> wrote:
>
> Actually Rare Surf vol. 1 and 2 are identical to American Surf
> Treasures vol. 1 and 2. None of the stuff from Rare Surf vol. 3
were
> included on the two Gee Dee releases.
>
> / Klas
>
> --- In , "tfj" <toofastjim@m...> wrote:
> > Brian - the Nocturnes stuff is all a must have - the 3-disc Rare
> Surf series
> > was repackaged as a two disc set called American Surf Treasures
I
> & II a
> > few years ago on the Gee Dee label. I believe I bought mine
from
> Paul
> > Johnson's site
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:54 PM
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Baha-Ree-Bah (Part 1) - The
Trademarks
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Brian,
> > > > The Original is definetly(sp?) a must have.
> > > > But for my money, The Nocturnes ripped it up quite well too.
> > > > I and many other people were blown away by them when they
> Opened with
> > > > this at the First Rendevous Reunion.
> > > > Jeff(bigtikidude)
> > >
> > > Cool! Didn't they do a Baha-Ree-Bah 2000 remake too? I've never
> heard
> > > that. I really liked what little Nocturnes stuff from the 60's
I
> have
> > > heard. Is there a CD or comp with some Nocturnes material on it?
> > > Aren't they on one of those "Rare Surf: South Bay Bands" comps?
> Isn't
> > > that kind of hard to find nowadays?
> > >
> > > BN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > .
> > > Visit for archived
> messages,
> > bookmarks, files, polls, etc.
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
Jeff, I was only talking about the musical content. I personally
think the AVI releases looks better (yes, it's important) and vol. 2
and 3 are still common on eBay. Vol. 1 seems to be more scarse though.
/ Klas
--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>
> True Klas,
> Although Paul Johnson did say that the books(info) in them are
> slighly different for each.
> The reason Gee Dee wasn't able do do the Vol. 3 was.
> Paul didn't have the original recordings for that stuff.
> But he recorded all the bands on Vol. 1 and 2.
> Jim from the Nocturnes introduced me to Paul, about 7 years ago,
> and said they recorded the Nocturnes stuff in Paul's garage/studio.
> But as Paul shopped the recordings around to different record lables
> in 64. Nobody was even interested(because of the British Invasion).
> So it all sat unreleased for year untill Paul hooked up with AVI,
who
> did the original pressing in the US. But it went outta
> print/buisness. So Paul shopped it (his stuff on 1 and 2) to Gee Dee
> in Germany.
> By the way, I see some of those AVI releases show up every once
> inawhile. There must be some distibutor, that picked up some
> leftovers on a sale somewhere.
>
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
> --- In , "Klas Fjellgren"
> <surfites@b...> wrote:
> >
> > Actually Rare Surf vol. 1 and 2 are identical to American Surf
> > Treasures vol. 1 and 2. None of the stuff from Rare Surf vol. 3
> were
> > included on the two Gee Dee releases.
> >
> > / Klas
> >
> > --- In , "tfj" <toofastjim@m...>
wrote:
> > > Brian - the Nocturnes stuff is all a must have - the 3-disc
Rare
> > Surf series
> > > was repackaged as a two disc set called American Surf
Treasures
> I
> > & II a
> > > few years ago on the Gee Dee label. I believe I bought mine
> from
> > Paul
> > > Johnson's site
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:54 PM
> > > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Baha-Ree-Bah (Part 1) - The
> Trademarks
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In , "Jeff"
<bigtikidude@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian,
> > > > > The Original is definetly(sp?) a must have.
> > > > > But for my money, The Nocturnes ripped it up quite well
too.
> > > > > I and many other people were blown away by them when they
> > Opened with
> > > > > this at the First Rendevous Reunion.
> > > > > Jeff(bigtikidude)
> > > >
> > > > Cool! Didn't they do a Baha-Ree-Bah 2000 remake too? I've
never
> > heard
> > > > that. I really liked what little Nocturnes stuff from the
60's
> I
> > have
> > > > heard. Is there a CD or comp with some Nocturnes material on
it?
> > > > Aren't they on one of those "Rare Surf: South Bay Bands"
comps?
> > Isn't
> > > > that kind of hard to find nowadays?
> > > >
> > > > BN
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > .
> > > > Visit for
archived
> > messages,
> > > bookmarks, files, polls, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
One thing that is getting on my nerves after some years of having tracks from
those
(the Gee-dee versions) on my computer: They are overcompressed. At first you
think
wow! what a powerful sound, but over time the music sufffers from such flat
dynamics.
Possibly the AVI CDs are not as squeezed, could check it, but too lazy.
KK
--- In , "Klas Fjellgren" <surfites@b...> wrote:
>
> Jeff, I was only talking about the musical content. I personally
> think the AVI releases looks better (yes, it's important) and vol. 2
> and 3 are still common on eBay. Vol. 1 seems to be more scarse though.
