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--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
> --- In , "Daniel Kubon"
> <fuzznsurf@w...> wrote:
>
> > Other cool comps featuring awesome and
> > obscure Surf/instro stuff are Strummin Mental Part 1 and 2
> released
> > via Crypt Records as Cd`s, holy cow...There is also a label
called
> > Mr. Manicotti Records which released a couple of awesome 60s surf
> > stuff for example the fabulous "Waikiki Surf Battle". It is Trash
> > but I love it the record.
>
>
> I appreciate these suggestions, but I gotta say that I think most
of
> these are pretty lo-fi, and don't feature a lot of essential
stuff.
> In fact, for me, I'd say most of these comps are kinda boring.
> Sorry! Strummin' Mental have so many pre-surf tracks that are
> totally boring, just the same dumb I-IV-V progressions without
> reverb, without anything interesting happening musicially, that
it's
> impossible for me to listen to them all the way through. Waikiki
Surf
> Battle I find to be quite boring, without any bands of note.
>
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Klas says:
Ivan, the VERY essential "Diggin' Out" comp was released on the Mr.
Manicotti label ;-) As for the "Waikiki Surf Battle" comp, I think
it's great although it suffers from lo-fi sound quality (which isn't
surprising since it was recorded outdoors in front of 10,000
screaming kids!). I agree in some way on the "Strummin' Mental"
series that too many I-IV-V progression songs in a row can get a bit
boring after a while. Here's a great such a tune though:
The Journeymen "Surfer's Blues"
Just listen to the screaming agony of the surfer's blues!!
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--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
> I think for most good sixties surf you just gotta get the
individual
> artists albums.
>
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Klas says:
I would say it's the other way around. Many of the best 1st wave
bands only released a 45 or two which makes many compilations
essential.
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--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
> The Avengers VI are a really cool band, and the Dionysus CD is a
> complete collection. But I think they really only had three or
four
> great songs. Do we really need a surf version of "Downtown"?
>
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Klas says:
Yes, we do!! Especially since their version is great! What we don't
need are "surf" versions of Grateful Dead and the likes.
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