"Surf" music reccomendation needed.
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"Surf" music reccomendation needed.
Last summer I took a chance and bought a cd by Los Straitjackets while on vacation. I gave it a couple spins and thought it was OK. I just recently ordered their latest disc and been spinning both of them alot the past couple days. What would be a couple of discs similar to this to check out? I'm starting to really enjoy this surf music. Are their any "Must Have's" ???
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Anything by Dick Dale, the king of surf guitar, is a must have.
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Laika and the Cosmonauts are a GREAT surf band. And they are from Finland, which makes it even cooler! Haven't heard their most recent releases, but both "Amazing Colossal Band" and "Instruments of Terror" are wonderful recordings.
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check out Phantom Surfers and Man or Astroman?
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I'll second Man or Astroman, especially their early CD's.
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I third Man Or Astroman, but stick with early stuff. Get thier live album "Live Transmissions From Uranus". While not exactly surf, Calexico has some nice surfy/western things going on.
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Originally Posted by DaveNinja
I cant believe no one has mentioned the Ventures yet. They are the best surf band from 1960 to 1980
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Celtic Bob-are you looking for new/not so old bands or the original era stuff or both?
I would say I have 100 or so surf cds and could look through them.
I would say I have 100 or so surf cds and could look through them.
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A bit of both really. All I have so far is a couple of Los Straitjackets cd's and a couple Beach Boys. The Los cd's get allot more play so probably more along that line.
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I picked up THIS COMPILATION about 15 years ago. I wonder if it's still in print?
It's a great primer for golden-era surf guitar.
It's a great primer for golden-era surf guitar.