Anywhere The Girls Are Best
underappreciated surf rock classic!: Okay, there are those who say "REAL surf music has to be instrumental." This CD proves them wrong. Superlative vocal quality stands up to comparison even with the Beach Boys. Well-crafted, fun music, well- [... more]
CDN$22.99
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Tis The Season For Los...
From Amazon.com: The world would be a far colder place at Christmas without the electric guitar and Los Straitjackets' Tis the Season for is all the proof you need. Packed with 11 guitar-driven traditional songs and two originals, this memorable disc is [... more]
CDN$14.99
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Surfin Safari/Surfin Usa
From Amazon.com: Seeking to Capitol-ize on their local L.A. indie-label novelty hit, "Surfin'," the Beach Boys and their nascent sound (tales of innocent SoCal hedonism set to equal parts doo-wop vocal influences and Chuck Berry licks) were [... more]
CDN$13.99
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Play Telstar/In Space
Top notch music, top notch performance: If you're reading this then you've got some kind of interest in the group or the music or the genre. If that's true then the bottom line is: this is an essential item in your collection -- if you don't already have [... more]
CDN$15.99
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Play The Greatest Surfin Hits
From Amazon.com: If there's irony in the fact that the founding fathers of surf rock the Ventures hail from quarters not exactly renowned as bastions of sun-drenched wave-riding (Portland, Oregon, and Tacoma, Washington), it only stands to reason that [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Surfing in Siberia
The best CD I've purchased in the last year.: I saw the Red Elvises live at The Swiss in Tacoma on November 17th and was hooked. Hard to tell who was having more fun, the band or the audience. I bet I've played this CD ten times in the last week. It's a [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Instro-Mania
New Wave of Surf Rock: I'm a big fan of this stuff - Dick Dale, Bomboras, etc.. And this CD fits perfectly in my collection. These guys know how to dish out the surf rock, but they also spice it up with some great chops and amazing musicianship. Guess [... more]
CDN$16.99
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Live Transmissions From Uranus
best live album ever: The best live album I've ever heard. Completely live, uncut: they leave in all the dialogue between songs. Check out their deep Space accents. Amazing performance, amazing sound VIRTUAL REALITY: If you've ever seen Man...or Astro- [... more]
CDN$14.99
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V4 Pebbles Surf N Tunes
Don't bother unless you're a surf rock completist: Despite wearing the PEBBLES moniker, this is as far as you can get from a garage band compilation! Veering from the dark recesses of America's high school garages, this volume instead reissues ultra- [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Krill Slippin'
The first release--a benchmark recording: Krill Slipping is a good collection of music. It is easily the most accessible of their recordings, and shows their hommage to 60's style surf music. That being said, the Mermen redefine the Genre for the post [... more]
CDN$19.99
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Shake Your Pelvis
unfortunate: as much as I love the boys, this cd is definitely not their best work. listening to the cd explains why the only song they play live is "girls gonna boogie tonight" which falls short here, and is better live. it would take a lot of [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Surf Guitar Greats A Dozen
surf instrumental: This seems more like a guitar instrumental alblum to me and less of a surf guitar alblum. None of the soungs stand out at all even though they are all nicely arranged. There is quite a bit of difference between authentic 60's surf [... more]
CDN$6.99
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