Surf Musik (mal wieder)

Centurians - Surfers Pajama Party



allmusic schreibt über die Centurions:

The Centurions would just be another face in the early-'60s surf music crowd if not for the 1994 film smash Pulp Fiction, which plucked the group's "Bullwinkle Part II" out of obscurity for the soundtrack. Formed in the Newport Beach area of Southern California in the late '50s, the group did some recordings for the Shepherd and Del-Fi label, of which "Bullwinkle Part II," with its spooky, trebly bass and lead guitars, was the best. The band also cut some decent, if mostly generic, other sides for Del-Fi, powered by both guitars and raunchy saxes; the best of them, like "Bullwinkle Part II," made good use of minor melodies, reverb guitar, and throbbing bass lines. -- Richie Unterberger

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1. Body Surfin'
2. Bullwinkle Part II
3. Church Key
4. Comanche
5. Holiday Girl
6. Intoxica
7. Latin'ia
8. Sano
9. Surf Bird
10. Surfin' At Mazatland
11. Tuff Soul
12. Vesuvius

Eine der frühen und komplett instrumentalen Surf Bands, sehr solider Surf :slsk:

The Challengers - Surf Beat

allmusic schrieb:

Released in January, 1963, Surfbeat was one of the very first surf music albums to hit the stores. The album is almost a history of surf music itself, or at least its roots, with excellent takes of rock & roll staples like "Red River Rock," "Ramrod," "Movin' & Groovin," and "Torquay" aboard. With a nod to Dick Dale and the Beach Boys, the group also covered "Surfin' Safari," "Miserlou," "Let's Go Trippin'," and "Surf Beat." This is not only a historically important album, but one that really rocks as well. -- Cub Koda

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1. Bulldog
2. Kamikaze
3. Let's Go Trippin'
4. Ramrod
5. Mr. Moto
6. Red River Rock
7. Miserlou
8. Latin'ia
9. Surfin' Safari
10. Moovin' N' Groovin'
11. Vampire
12. Torquay
13. Penetration
14. Surf Beat

(der 12. Track fehlt allerdings)

Eine klasse Scheibe, kann dem Rezensenten nur zustimmen :slsk:

The Atlantics - Bombora

allmusic schrieb:

One of the greatest instrumental surf groups did not even hail from America. The Atlantics, despite their name, were an Australian combo who not only emulated the sound of California surf music, but ranked among its very best practitioners. Featuring a reverb-heavy, extremely "wet" sound, the Atlantics attacked original material, standards, and movie themes with a nervy blend of precision and over-the-top intensity. As in Dick Dale's music, touches of Middle Eastern influences can be detected in the rhythms of melodies (some members of the group claimed Greek and Egyptian heritage). Their second single, "Bombora," went to the top of the Australian charts in 1963, and the follow-up, "The Crusher," was also a big hit. But Beatlemania spelled commercial death for the Atlantics, as it did for U.S. surf combos, in 1964 and 1965. After several albums and a few more equally fine instrumental singles, the Atlantics became a vocal group in the last half of the '60s, but are most renowned for their instrumental recordings. -- Richie Unterberger

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01 - Bombora
02 - Adventures In Paradise
03 - The Gremlin King
04 - Dark Eyes
05 - Glassy Walls
06 - Turista
07 - Surfers Paradise
08 - Blue Bottles
09 - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
10 - Free Fall
11 - Greensleeves
12 - Moon Man

Der große Unterschied zu den typischen amerikanischen Surf Bands, wie den Chantays oder auch den Challengers, besteht mE darin, dass ihre Musik wesentlich (oft, nicht immer) langsamer ist und ruhiger und gefühlvoll wirkt. Sie ist weniger treibend und rockt nicht so, dafür wird viel Wert auf Echo gelegt, was gut zu Geltung kommt.
Des Hörens wert *g*

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