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It might have taken 33 takes, but is was well worth
it! RCA captured the most perfect single 12/tone
ring showman amp tone ever committed to tape on that
album and most likely without overdubs......Rich H and
I were just tonight down in the Boatwerx (studio)
playing Baja and Miserlou and after 40 years still
amazed at the way those cuts sound. I for one have
never tired of playing those songs....
--- hbseacliff <> wrote:
> --- 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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