Menu
-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)
-- 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
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)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 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
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> .
> Visit for archived messages,
bookmarks, files, polls, etc.
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
>
>
>
urfm64
Ivan & Jeff:
Thanks for the Astronauts suggestions. I see that Cdnow is taking advance
orders for several Astronauts CD's; they must be imports as they are $30 a
pop. You don't see too many 3 guitar bands. I am interested in hearing how 3
guitars are used together in a song.
BN
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Brian Neal wrote:
> Ivan & Jeff:
>
> Thanks for the Astronauts suggestions. I see that Cdnow is taking advance
> orders for several Astronauts CD's; they must be imports as they are $30 a
> pop. You don't see too many 3 guitar bands. I am interested in hearing how 3
> guitars are used together in a song.
Brian,
Rarities and Surfin' With/Competition Coupe are both reasonably priced,
adn are IMPORTS! Go for those two.
Ivan
On "Surfin' with", be sure to check out the two guitar-lick punch-ins on
"Baby, Let's Play House"...NASTY!
-Dano
-=The Nebulas=-
>From: IVAN PONGRACIC <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Movin'// gotta have the astronauts version
>Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:10:00 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Brian Neal wrote:
>
> > Ivan & Jeff:
> >
> > Thanks for the Astronauts suggestions. I see that Cdnow is taking
>advance
> > orders for several Astronauts CD's; they must be imports as they are $30
>a
> > pop. You don't see too many 3 guitar bands. I am interested in hearing
>how 3
> > guitars are used together in a song.
>
>Brian,
>
>Rarities and Surfin' With/Competition Coupe are both reasonably priced,
>adn are IMPORTS! Go for those two.
>
> Ivan
>
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IVAN PONGRACIC [mailto:]
>
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Brian Neal wrote:
>
> > Ivan & Jeff:
> >
> > Thanks for the Astronauts suggestions. I see that Cdnow is
> taking advance
> > orders for several Astronauts CD's; they must be imports as
> they are $30 a
> > pop. You don't see too many 3 guitar bands. I am interested in
> hearing how 3
> > guitars are used together in a song.
>
> Brian,
>
> Rarities and Surfin' With/Competition Coupe are both reasonably priced,
> adn are IMPORTS! Go for those two.
>
> Ivan
>
Done and done. Except Rarities is on backorder. I also have had the
Treblemakers Doomsday Device on backorder for forever too (Zak?). Thanks
again guys.
BN
An instro group that used three guitars most effectively was the
String-A-Longs (the Ace label has a good comp). If you listen to those
tracks, you can really hear three distinct parts in interesting arrangements.
Marty
> ...I am interested in hearing how 3
> guitars are used together in a song.
>
> BN
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
