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OK, here is what happened...
I was and am a huge Woodies fan, I saw them play in clubs, and eventually Pollo
Del Mar played a few shows with them. Rick was giving away a cassette version of
their recordings, always with an unspecified release date. I was at the last
Woodies show (with the infamous "acrimonious onstage breakup") on September 15,
1996. It was a weird show, any band might have broken up that day- Here is the
Pollo account of the day:
In 1984 I started POP Records when I was in college. We put out 10 albums before
we lost all our money. 1996 I reactivated POP to handle the Pollo Del Mar stuff.
So, on New Years Day 1998, I was sitting in my hot tub listening to the Woodies
tape and saying, damn this is great, this is, in fact, a lost treasure, why
doesn't someone put this out. Hey, I could put it out... so I called Rick, and
he said "OK", and I thought we could put it out pretty quickly as the CD was
finished, but no, it took 10 months. Rick's friend Mark Fassett did an
unbelievably good job with the mastering.
Rick did an interview with New Gandy Dancer that covers the history of the band:
Ferenc wrote:
> Oh Yeah! One of the first 90's surf CD's I bought was The Woodies and I
> bought it from Ferenc. I was later disappointed to find out that not all
> 90's surf bands are as good as The Woodies ;-)
>
> So Rick and Ferenc, how did The Woodies CD come about? I understand the band
> had broken up when it was released. The liner notes mention "an acrimonious
> on-stage break up" too...
>
> Thanks,
> BN
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Rick Escobar [mailto:]
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:05 PM
>>To:
>>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: End of the road for the POP MART
>>
>>
>>A Huge thanks to Ferenc,
>>
>>Dude if it wasn't for you The Woodies CD would never have happened.
>>I'm setting my reverb at half volume today.
>>
>>Rick
>>
>>
>>Dobronyi <ferencnd@n...> wrote:
>>
>>>All good things must come to an end, and with a bit of sadness I
>>
>>must announce
>>
>>>the end of the POP MART. It has been a lot of fun and too much
>>
>>work. I really
>>
>>>enjoyed supplying ravenous surf music fans with great CDs and
>>
>>helping the bands
>>
>>>make their music available. Seems like Sean at Double Crown and
>>
>>Dave at ZptDuda
>>
>>>are doing a great job, so please support them and buy CDs*!
>>>
>>>The Mart will be open until the first week of October, (I think.)
>>
>>Any CD listed
>>
>>>on the order form is still in stock. If you want anything order it
>>
>>now. I still
>>
>>>have a few of the very hard to find The Quiets "Take a Flight With"
>>
>>CD.
>>
>>>I want to especially thank all of the bands I have worked with, it
>>
>>has been my
>>
>>>pleasure to serve you.
>>>
>>>Ferenc
>>>
>>>
>>>*PS:
>>>Please don't burn copies to give to your friends, if they like the
>>
>>music,
>>
>>>encourage them to get their own CDs. The average surf band prints
>>
>>up 500 or
>>
>>>1000, the profits(?) will barely be enough to cover the recording
>>
>>and
>>
>>>manufacturing costs.
>>
>>
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Oh, and Phil Dirt- it definitely wouldn't have happened without Phil. He always
encouraged the Woodies when they were working and never stopped playing them on
his show after they had broken up. He wrote brilliant and complete liner notes,
and encouraged the project from beginining to end.
Ferenc wrote:
> OK, here is what happened...
>
> I was and am a huge Woodies fan, I saw them play in clubs, and eventually
Pollo
> Del Mar played a few shows with them. Rick was giving away a cassette version
of
> their recordings, always with an unspecified release date. I was at the last
> Woodies show (with the infamous "acrimonious onstage breakup") on September
15,
> 1996. It was a weird show, any band might have broken up that day- Here is the
> Pollo account of the day:
>
>
> In 1984 I started POP Records when I was in college. We put out 10 albums
before
> we lost all our money. 1996 I reactivated POP to handle the Pollo Del Mar
stuff.
>
> So, on New Years Day 1998, I was sitting in my hot tub listening to the
Woodies
> tape and saying, damn this is great, this is, in fact, a lost treasure, why
> doesn't someone put this out. Hey, I could put it out... so I called Rick, and
> he said "OK", and I thought we could put it out pretty quickly as the CD was
> finished, but no, it took 10 months. Rick's friend Mark Fassett did an
> unbelievably good job with the mastering.
>
> Rick did an interview with New Gandy Dancer that covers the history of the
band:
>
>
> Ferenc
>
>
>
>
>
>
> wrote:
>
>>Oh Yeah! One of the first 90's surf CD's I bought was The Woodies and I
>>bought it from Ferenc. I was later disappointed to find out that not all
>>90's surf bands are as good as The Woodies ;-)
>>
>>So Rick and Ferenc, how did The Woodies CD come about? I understand the band
>>had broken up when it was released. The liner notes mention "an acrimonious
>>on-stage break up" too...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>BN
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Rick Escobar [mailto:]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:05 PM
>>>To:
>>>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: End of the road for the POP MART
>>>
>>>
>>>A Huge thanks to Ferenc,
>>>
>>>Dude if it wasn't for you The Woodies CD would never have happened.
>>>I'm setting my reverb at half volume today.
>>>
>>>Rick
>>>
>>>
>>>Dobronyi <ferencnd@n...> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>All good things must come to an end, and with a bit of sadness I
>>>
>>>must announce
>>>
>>>
>>>>the end of the POP MART. It has been a lot of fun and too much
>>>
>>>work. I really
>>>
>>>
>>>>enjoyed supplying ravenous surf music fans with great CDs and
>>>
>>>helping the bands
>>>
>>>
>>>>make their music available. Seems like Sean at Double Crown and
>>>
>>>Dave at ZptDuda
>>>
>>>
>>>>are doing a great job, so please support them and buy CDs*!
>>>>
>>>>The Mart will be open until the first week of October, (I think.)
>>>
>>>Any CD listed
>>>
>>>
>>>>on the order form is still in stock. If you want anything order it
>>>
>>>now. I still
>>>
>>>
>>>>have a few of the very hard to find The Quiets "Take a Flight With"
>>>
>>>CD.
>>>
>>>
>>>>I want to especially thank all of the bands I have worked with, it
>>>
>>>has been my
>>>
>>>
>>>>pleasure to serve you.
>>>>
>>>>Ferenc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>*PS:
>>>>Please don't burn copies to give to your friends, if they like the
>>>
>>>music,
>>>
>>>
>>>>encourage them to get their own CDs. The average surf band prints
>>>
>>>up 500 or
>>>
>>>
>>>>1000, the profits(?) will barely be enough to cover the recording
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>
>>>>manufacturing costs.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Hey, is this CD still available???
-----Original Message-----
From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:09 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Woodies CD (was End of the POP Mart)
Oh, and Phil Dirt- it definitely wouldn't have happened without Phil. He
always
encouraged the Woodies when they were working and never stopped playing them
on
his show after they had broken up. He wrote brilliant and complete liner
notes,
and encouraged the project from beginining to end.
Ferenc wrote:
> OK, here is what happened...
>
> I was and am a huge Woodies fan, I saw them play in clubs, and eventually
Pollo
> Del Mar played a few shows with them. Rick was giving away a cassette
version of
> their recordings, always with an unspecified release date. I was at the
last
> Woodies show (with the infamous "acrimonious onstage breakup") on
September 15,
> 1996. It was a weird show, any band might have broken up that day- Here is
the
> Pollo account of the day:
>
<>
>
> In 1984 I started POP Records when I was in college. We put out 10 albums
before
> we lost all our money. 1996 I reactivated POP to handle the Pollo Del Mar
stuff.
>
> So, on New Years Day 1998, I was sitting in my hot tub listening to the
Woodies
> tape and saying, damn this is great, this is, in fact, a lost treasure,
why
> doesn't someone put this out. Hey, I could put it out... so I called Rick,
and
> he said "OK", and I thought we could put it out pretty quickly as the CD
was
> finished, but no, it took 10 months. Rick's friend Mark Fassett did an
> unbelievably good job with the mastering.
>
> Rick did an interview with New Gandy Dancer that covers the history of the
band:
>
<>
>
> Ferenc
>
>
>
>
>
>
> wrote:
>
>>Oh Yeah! One of the first 90's surf CD's I bought was The Woodies and I
>>bought it from Ferenc. I was later disappointed to find out that not all
>>90's surf bands are as good as The Woodies ;-)
>>
>>So Rick and Ferenc, how did The Woodies CD come about? I understand the
band
>>had broken up when it was released. The liner notes mention "an
acrimonious
>>on-stage break up" too...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>BN
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Rick Escobar [mailto:]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:05 PM
>>>To:
>>>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: End of the road for the POP MART
>>>
>>>
>>>A Huge thanks to Ferenc,
>>>
>>>Dude if it wasn't for you The Woodies CD would never have happened.
>>>I'm setting my reverb at half volume today.
>>>
>>>Rick
>>>
>>>
>>>Dobronyi <ferencnd@n...> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>All good things must come to an end, and with a bit of sadness I
>>>
>>>must announce
>>>
>>>
>>>>the end of the POP MART. It has been a lot of fun and too much
>>>
>>>work. I really
>>>
>>>
>>>>enjoyed supplying ravenous surf music fans with great CDs and
>>>
>>>helping the bands
>>>
>>>
>>>>make their music available. Seems like Sean at Double Crown and
>>>
>>>Dave at ZptDuda
>>>
>>>
>>>>are doing a great job, so please support them and buy CDs*!
>>>>
>>>>The Mart will be open until the first week of October, (I think.)
>>>
>>>Any CD listed
>>>
>>>
>>>>on the order form is still in stock. If you want anything order it
>>>
>>>now. I still
>>>
>>>
>>>>have a few of the very hard to find The Quiets "Take a Flight With"
>>>
>>>CD.
>>>
>>>
>>>>I want to especially thank all of the bands I have worked with, it
>>>
>>>has been my
>>>
>>>
>>>>pleasure to serve you.
>>>>
>>>>Ferenc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>*PS:
>>>>Please don't burn copies to give to your friends, if they like the
>>>
>>>music,
>>>
>>>
>>>>encourage them to get their own CDs. The average surf band prints
>>>
>>>up 500 or
>>>
>>>
>>>>1000, the profits(?) will barely be enough to cover the recording
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>
>>>>manufacturing costs.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Well, now you know why I'm going out of business-
Yes, the Woodies CD is still available from poprecords.com/mart and after the
Mart closes you can get it from zptduda.com
ferenc wrote:
> Hey, is this CD still available???
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:09 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Woodies CD (was End of the POP Mart)
>
>
> Oh, and Phil Dirt- it definitely wouldn't have happened without Phil. He
> always
> encouraged the Woodies when they were working and never stopped playing them
> on
> his show after they had broken up. He wrote brilliant and complete liner
> notes,
> and encouraged the project from beginining to end.
>
> Ferenc
>
>
> wrote:
>
>>OK, here is what happened...
>>
>>I was and am a huge Woodies fan, I saw them play in clubs, and eventually
>
> Pollo
>
>>Del Mar played a few shows with them. Rick was giving away a cassette
>
> version of
>
>>their recordings, always with an unspecified release date. I was at the
>
> last
>
>>Woodies show (with the infamous "acrimonious onstage breakup") on
>
> September 15,
>
>>1996. It was a weird show, any band might have broken up that day- Here is
>
> the
>
>>Pollo account of the day:
>>
>
> <>
>
>>In 1984 I started POP Records when I was in college. We put out 10 albums
>
> before
>
>>we lost all our money. 1996 I reactivated POP to handle the Pollo Del Mar
>
> stuff.
>
>>So, on New Years Day 1998, I was sitting in my hot tub listening to the
>
> Woodies
>
>>tape and saying, damn this is great, this is, in fact, a lost treasure,
>
> why
>
>>doesn't someone put this out. Hey, I could put it out... so I called Rick,
>
> and
>
>>he said "OK", and I thought we could put it out pretty quickly as the CD
>
> was
>
>>finished, but no, it took 10 months. Rick's friend Mark Fassett did an
>>unbelievably good job with the mastering.
>>
>>Rick did an interview with New Gandy Dancer that covers the history of the
>
> band:
>
>>
>
> <>
>
>>Ferenc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Oh Yeah! One of the first 90's surf CD's I bought was The Woodies and I
>>>bought it from Ferenc. I was later disappointed to find out that not all
>>>90's surf bands are as good as The Woodies ;-)
>>>
>>>So Rick and Ferenc, how did The Woodies CD come about? I understand the
>>
> band
>
>>>had broken up when it was released. The liner notes mention "an
>>
> acrimonious
>
>>>on-stage break up" too...
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>BN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Rick Escobar [mailto:]
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:05 PM
>>>>To:
>>>>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: End of the road for the POP MART
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A Huge thanks to Ferenc,
>>>>
>>>>Dude if it wasn't for you The Woodies CD would never have happened.
>>>>I'm setting my reverb at half volume today.
>>>>
>>>>Rick
The Woodies were a major fight waiting for a surf band to happen.
Rick:)
> Well, now you know why I'm going out of business-
>
> Yes, the Woodies CD is still available from poprecords.com/mart and
after the
> Mart closes you can get it from zptduda.com
>
> ferenc
>
>
>
>
> rick.johnston@u... wrote:
> > Hey, is this CD still available???
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:ferencnd@n...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:09 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Woodies CD (was End of the POP Mart)
> >
> >
> > Oh, and Phil Dirt- it definitely wouldn't have happened without
Phil. He
> > always
> > encouraged the Woodies when they were working and never stopped
playing them
> > on
> > his show after they had broken up. He wrote brilliant and
complete liner
> > notes,
> > and encouraged the project from beginining to end.
> >
> > Ferenc
> >
> >
> > ferencnd@n... wrote:
> >
> >>OK, here is what happened...
> >>
> >>I was and am a huge Woodies fan, I saw them play in clubs, and
eventually
> >
> > Pollo
> >
> >>Del Mar played a few shows with them. Rick was giving away a
cassette
> >
> > version of
> >
> >>their recordings, always with an unspecified release date. I was
at the
> >
> > last
> >
> >>Woodies show (with the infamous "acrimonious onstage breakup") on
> >
> > September 15,
> >
> >>1996. It was a weird show, any band might have broken up that day-
Here is
> >
> > the
> >
> >>Pollo account of the day:
> >>
> >
> > <>
> >
> >>In 1984 I started POP Records when I was in college. We put out
10 albums
> >
> > before
> >
> >>we lost all our money. 1996 I reactivated POP to handle the Pollo
Del Mar
> >
> > stuff.
> >
> >>So, on New Years Day 1998, I was sitting in my hot tub listening
to the
> >
> > Woodies
> >
> >>tape and saying, damn this is great, this is, in fact, a lost
treasure,
> >
> > why
> >
> >>doesn't someone put this out. Hey, I could put it out... so I
called Rick,
> >
> > and
> >
> >>he said "OK", and I thought we could put it out pretty quickly as
the CD
> >
> > was
> >
> >>finished, but no, it took 10 months. Rick's friend Mark Fassett
did an
> >>unbelievably good job with the mastering.
> >>
> >>Rick did an interview with New Gandy Dancer that covers the
history of the
> >
> > band:
> >
> >>
> >
> > <>
> >
> >>Ferenc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>bneal@i... wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Oh Yeah! One of the first 90's surf CD's I bought was The
Woodies and I
> >>>bought it from Ferenc. I was later disappointed to find out that
not all
> >>>90's surf bands are as good as The Woodies ;-)
> >>>
> >>>So Rick and Ferenc, how did The Woodies CD come about? I
understand the
> >>
> > band
> >
> >>>had broken up when it was released. The liner notes mention "an
> >>
> > acrimonious
> >
> >>>on-stage break up" too...
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>BN
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Rick Escobar [mailto:maxxreverb@y...]
> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:05 PM
> >>>>To:
> >>>>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: End of the road for the POP MART
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>A Huge thanks to Ferenc,
> >>>>
> >>>>Dude if it wasn't for you The Woodies CD would never have
happened.
> >>>>I'm setting my reverb at half volume today.
> >>>>
> >>>>Rick
