60's Surf Music

don't forget the Ventures!

P.S.: Im talking about the (mostly instrumental) songs that had that twangy guitar... not stuff like The Beach Boys.

wiki says -

* Misirlou, Dick Dale, 1962.
* Walk Don't Run '64, The Ventures, 1964.
* Apache, The Shadows, 1960.
* Pipeline, The Chantays, 1963.
* Bombora (single), The Atlantics, 1963.
* Wipe Out, The Surfaris, 1962.
* Bulldog, The Fireballs, 1959.

thems are good ol' tracks

Ooh yes.. theyre good ones.. thanks Reverb.

Should be some of those tracks in my Dad's CD collection, will have to raid it later..

np. just thank Wiki.

I have a compilations called "Surf and Drag" there is pretty good stuff ( and some really silly) on there

Four on the floor by the Shutdowns is bloody good. Surf music for the speedway

• Eddie Angel & The Omega Men - Frankie's Groovy Monster Boots
• Link Wray - Commanche
• The Marketts - Out of Limits
• The Shadows - The Rise And Fall of Flingel Bunt

i love this stuff, i've only got two compilations that my uncle made for me, neither have track-listings so i don't know the who's who of it

if there were more of it around it might become one of my favouritest genres

los straitjackets are good, not sure if 60's.

santo & johnny sleep walk is a great great song!

And the Atlantics are Aussies. I saw them play a coupleof years ago. Okay, maybe ten... Fuck I'm old.

Saw Dick Dale too, touringon the back of Pulp Fiction.

mrs runoutgroove and i used to do a surf music radio show - there were tons of really cheap compilation CDs with stacks of really great old instrumental tracks. The Surf & Drag one is pretty good but there are plenty more.

there was also a guy from Gladesville (?) in Sydney who used to produce these books/magazines with more obscure artists. really great stuff and some of the books are amazing (self published things just photcopies and bound). some of the magazines came with compilation CDs too.

i'll try and dig out some details if you're interested.

Grab The Ventures Live in Japan 1965.

The Trashmen.

An awesome compilation that's out at the moment . . . nice that it's not all the usual Beach Boys, Dick Dale, Jan & Dean tracks . . . more late 60s through to early 70s. REALLY good tracks, been listening to it non stop the last couple of weeks.

Chairman of the Board: Surf Soundtracks '64 to '74

1. Farm - San Ho Zay (sound track from film Innermost Limits of Pure Fun)
2. G Wayne Thomas - Junkyard I, Junkyard II (sound track from the film Crystal Voyager)
3. Music Convention - Big Green (speech from the film Children of the Sun)
4. G Wayne Thomas - Hollywood (sound track from the film Crystal Voyager)
5. Ticket - Dream Chant (sound track from the film Morning of the Earth)
6. Farm - Ground Shuffle (sound track from film Innermost Limits of Pure Fun)
7. Farm - Innerspace (sound track from film Innermost Limits of Pure Fun)
8. Music Convention - Sitar Track (sound track from the film Children of the Sun)
9. Tamam Shud - Evolution (sound track from the film Evolution)
10. Smoghorn - Transparent Dream (sound track from film Super Session)
11. Farm - Coming Of Dawn (sound track from film Innermost Limits of Pure Fun)
12. G Wayne Thomas - Change (sound track from the film Crystal Voyager)
13. Tamam Shud - Sea the Swell (sound track from the film Morning of the Earth)
14. The Protein Brothers - Drainpipe (sound track from film Super Session)
15. Music Convention - Bellyboard Beat (soundtrack from the film Children of the Sun)
16. Smoghorn - Animal Kingdom (sound track from film Super Session)
17. Farm - Crumple Car (sound track from the film Innermost Limits of Pure Fun)
18. G Wayne Thomas - Gypsy Shoes (sound track from the film Crystal Voyager)

put haz's recommendations on must purchase list

Hehehe, yes, I am the M&N tastemaker . . . ha! :)

None the less, I do recommend getting your hands on it.

there was a memphis band called Impala who made some pretty interesting records in the 90s.

Anyone got any Jerry Cole stuff I could buy/find/hear?

This thread is missing my favourite surf track and one i'm listening to at the moment -

Surf Rider - the Lively Ones.

Such a great tune... awesome feel and melody and great sax solo.

SNORE!

Wake up, The Revels

no one mentioned bombora? the atlantics' biggest hit i think

oh never mind, reverb did

check out Red Snakes

filth dimension

They might not be from the 60's but The Bambi Molesters finally have a new album coming out. New song is very Morricone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b1r7t4LT1g

The Venutres aren't a surf band, they're an instrumental band!

Bruce Johnston (who ended up replacing Brian Wilson on bass in the live version of the Beach Boys) has a pretty decent solo surf record called Surfin Round the World.
The Atlantics get really good when they play weirder surf shit on the later two LPs (Now It's Stompin Time and The Explosive Sound of..). The singles after that when they had vocalists are totally devoid of surf sounds but still awesome - they made a pretty good tough garage and tough instruental group as much as they did as a surf band. They never really nailed psychedelia, except on the the track Take a Trip un der the name The Gift of Love.

I'll listen through some 45s and think of more awesome surf tunes.

Bambi Molesters are awesome!

for some reason there was heaps of surf bands in former Yugoslavia in the 60s, all of them heavily influenced by the Shadows...

if you track one record down, make sure it's the first 7''EP by Zlatni Decaci - 4 tracks of pure surf gold!

Pex - below is a link to a 6CD box set that came out a few years ago that compiles a lot of those bands.

http://www.croart.com/cdinfo.php?kataloski_broj=14823

I've got it already, not in the box set format, if you know what I mean ;)

some trully great stuff there...

Bambis just played in Belgrade, I'm trying to get some recording of it...

If you like instrumental surf music check out this new EP by Sydney band The Atom Bombs

http://atombombs.bandcamp.com/album/atom-bombs-7

You should all check out the Strummin' Mental comps. There's 5 LPs or 2 CDs that gather most of the LPs. Volume 5 is incredible. Worth it just for Ron Thompson's ''Switchblade'' and Alfredo Mendietta's berserk cover of Link's ''Chicken Run''. It totally kills the original!

I'm guessing that those Farm tracks that Hazardman listed is the band that changed it's name to midnight oil after the singer got rid of his long hair

this Thursday 24th Nov y'all!

Freakout Surf Rock Night II with:
8.30-9.00 Beware! Black Holes
9.15-9.45 The Volcaniks
10.10-10.40 Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum
11-11.45 Martin Cilia (from The Atlantics)
12-12.30 The Big Face And The Boogie Woogie Board Boys
The Laundry Bar
48-50 Johnston St, Fitzroy

KA-POW!!

This looks good!

Times like this I wish I could clone myself

Martin C illa is a shredder, not an Atlantic!

this on tonight at The Laundry:

Freakout Surf Rock Night II with:
8.30-9.00 Beware! Black Holes
9.15-9.45 The Volcaniks
10.10-10.40 Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum
11-11.45 Martin Cilia (from The Atlantics)
12-12.30 The Big Face And The Boogie Woogie Board Boys
The Laundry Bar
48-50 Johnston St, Fitzroy

KAWANGA!!

this guy is now fifty years old.

I can highly recommend catching Ben Rogers' Instrumental Asylum. That man has serious chops.

This Saturday night at Old Bar

The Velocettes - Album Launch
Plague Doctor
Ferry Tails
8:30pm

The Velocettes

Ha. Wrong thread.

The Volcaniks do a mean authentic 60's surf sound. reverb and treble to the max!

this Thursday 22nd Dec at Yah Yah's:

y'all come!

/\ bump for tomorrow night /\

tonight at The Bendigo Hotel from 7PM:

Greasy Hawaiians
Beware! Black Holes

instrumental surf/garage hoedown.