The Kruisers - C'Mon Sweet Baby / Karen

A side is a pretty crude riff on Bo Diddley.... I read somewhere that someone called it "punk". I wouldn't go that far but teenage ineptness comes to mind, which is fine by me. I LOVE that sort of thing. Couple kids in the garage that stole a few of Dad's Pabst Blue Ribbons and cranking up their Sears Silvertone guitars and amps and going for it. The flip is a try at a more pop sound but it still comes off as crude and teenage. Good single. ==== The Kruisers - C'Mon Sweet Baby ==== The Kruisers - Karen

The In Crowd - Speed Queen

A little Beach Boys sounding surf number from The In Crowd on Hickory Records. The date i found was from 1966 but sounds a bit more like 1964.... Cool guitar break.

The In Crowd - Speed Queen

The Dragons - Surfin' Again - Neutralized - Together

The Dragons - Surfin' Again

The Dragons - Neutralized

The Dragons - Together

The Squares - Davey's Drag

Sax rocker with a guitar break from the squares on the Bristol records label. This is sort of a doo-wop rocker and a bit of a garage/surf rocker. Maybe caught in between? The year i found on the web is 1959. I don't know.... I got nothing. I've been sick and tired and i'm bored so i pulled this out while cataloging some records and decided to download. Maybe someone has some info? If not enjoy anyway.

The Squares - Davey's Drag

The Dynamic Dial Tiones - Boss

Another little flea market find. The Dynamic Dial Tiones w/ Boss. A little surf rock ditty from 196?.... Info is scarce..... It's going good with hot black coffee to help cure my hangover...

The Dynamic Dial Tiones - Boss

The Novas - The Crusher

Reginald Lisowski (July 11, 1926 – October 22, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Crusher (sometimes Crusher Lisowski to distinguish him from other Crushers, such as Crusher Blackwell).

In 1964, the Minneapolis-based garage rock band The Novas wrote a song dedicated to him called "The Crusher", with lead singer Bob Nolan imitating the raunchy voice of Crusher Lisowski (and his trademark yell at the beginning of the record). The tune, which included the lyrics "Do the hammer lock, you turkeynecks!" was popular in the upper Midwest and made it to #88 on the national Billboard chart. It was later covered by The Cramps on their album Psychedelic Jungle. The song has received a resurgence of popularity in recent years, as David Letterman has often played it on his late-night talk show. The Ramones released "The Crusher" paying tribute to Lisowski on their last studio recorded album, Adios Amigos.

The Novas - The Crusher

The Grasshoppers - Twin Beat

Nice instrumental garage / surf rock jam from 1965 from The Grasshoppers on the Sunburst label out of Cleveland Ohio. Has a bit of a Tequila vibe, cool drums and nice guitar. This 45 was later picked up by Warner Brothers.

And oh yeah, one Benjamin Orzechowski (later Benjamin Orr, bassist/vocalist for The Cars) was a member. How's that for some hidden trivia???

The Grasshoppers - Twin Beat

The Shieks - Baghdad Rock (Part 1 & 2)

2 great instrumentals from 1959 by The Shieks on the Trine label, which is fairly "rare" i suppose...? This became a bit of a "hit" and MGM Records picked it up and released it later.

Part 2 is much cooler imho...

The Shieks - Baghdad Rock Part 1

The Shieks - Baghdad Rock Part 2

One And Six-Tenths Shing-A-Ling

I just pulled this weirdo out of a box of trashed 45's @ the flea today... I have no idea.... The flip is a pretty standard Bossa Nova and the label just says "One In Every Six-Tenths Of A Second Bossa Nova". This little surfy garage diddy clocks in at just under 1 minuet.... Any one have ANY idea what this thing is....???

One And Six-Tenths Shing-A-Ling

Al Casey - Surfin Hootenanny - Easy Pickin

2 rockin' surf type cuts by Al Casey today from 1963. Pretty light fare... but a nice start to the warmer weather that is starting to show.

You can read more about Mr. Casey @ the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame.


Al Casey - Surfin Hootenanny

Al Casey - Easy Pickin

Johnny Ray Gomez - Romp Out

Nice Surf Guitar Organ Rocker from 1962~!

AT LESS THAN A MINUTE AND A HALF, "Romp Out" IS A FRANTIC, ROCKIN' SURF STYLE INSTRUMENTAL FEATURING GREAT GUITAR * COMPILED ON GAIL ANDERSON'S "Surfin' In The Midwest" SERIES * THIS RELEASE WAS THE FIRST OF THREE BY GOMEZ ON APPLAUSE, AN OMAHA, NEBRASKA LABEL.

Johnny Ray Gomez - Romp Out

The Tiki's - Stop - Look - Listen - Cream In My Coffee

Today we get a carefree little garage surf type rocker. Nothing hard or edgy about it but a nice little nugget of early 60's pop rock surfer culture. Cream in my Coffee even has a little blues and soul vibe going on. I coul dsee these tunes being in some B Grade Beach movie. Cool little 45. Dig it!

The Tiki's - Stop - Look - Listen

The Tiki's - Cream In My Coffee

The Allisons - Surfer Street - Money

This 45 is a little rough around the edges but what a Tuff - Ruff Sound!!! This has some attitude! A real strut to it, mostly the flip, which is a really great version of Money!

The Allisons - Surfer Street

The Allisons - Money

Four Finks - Wiki Wiki Woo - Hello Sucker

Couple of garage novelty garage surf type rockers today by the Four Finks on the Antler label, Antler 4024, out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Kewl stuff Daddy-O!!!

Drinking love juice and getting kinda HIGH!!!

Four Finks - Wiki Wiki Woo
Four Finks - Hello Sucker

The Surfmen - The Ghost Hop

What is Halloween without some Ghosts???

Just a little kooky, (some-what) spooky and groovy surf instrumental here to get your weekend started!

The Surfmen consisted of Ray Hunt (lead), Nick Drury (rhythm), Armon Frank (sax), Randall Anglin (bs) & Tim Fitzpatrick (dms). After replacing Drury, Anglin, and Frank with Ed Chiaverini, Ron Griffith, and Joel Willenbring, they changed their name to the Lively Ones in 1962.

I know this is a quick one, but you don't need no slack jawin' from me on this one. Just dig in... Sand and Spooks, oh my!

The Surfmen - The Ghost Hop

The Mar-Kets - Surfer's Stomp

Some early California based surf rock from 1962.

The Marketts were an American instrumental pop group formed in Hollywood, California.

The Marketts were formed in 1961 by Michael Z. Gordon in Los Angeles, California. Originally spelled, "Mar-kets", Gordon penned and co-produced their first release, "Surfer's Stomp" (under the pseudonym Michael Daughtry), which became an instant national hit for Gordon and his group. Their first song was released on Union Records, but they were immediately signed by Al Bennet, president of Liberty Records.

The Marketts are sometimes classified as a surf group because of their hit instrumental "Out of Limits," one of the last big surf singles, which made 3 in early 1964. In reality, they were something of an all-purpose contemporary instrumental group with elements of surf, rock, pop, and even easy listening. And they were not really a group, but a fluid collection of Los Angeles session musicians, working under the direction of producer Joe Saraceno.

Saraceno was the principal man behind the concept of The Marketts, although he himself did not play or arrange anything on their records, or even write all of the material. He was sharp enough to latch onto the surf craze in 1962 for one of the earliest instrumental surf hits, "Surfer's Stomp," which made the Top Forty on Liberty in 1962. While working at Liberty, he also produced the Ventures for a time, and the influence of the Ventures' cleanly-picked guitar lines is very evident on "Out of Limits" and some other Marketts tracks. With their blend of surfy guitar leads, film soundtrack horns, and spooky organ, The Marketts' sound is best described not as surf, but as rock-influenced instrumental pop with a futuristic (by early '60s standards) touch. Many of their songs seemed to be doing their best to evoke space travel and science fiction flicks, sometimes with the help of what sounds like a theremin. They could be said to have filled the void between surf music and space age pop, which is not a criticism; their music is not terribly substantial, but it is fun, and has a pretty good groove.

After "Out of Limits," The Marketts would enter the Top Twenty one more time with the "Batman Theme" in early 1966, and release records as late as 1977. Saraceno, in addition to his work with The Marketts and the Ventures, would also produce Bobby Vee, the Sunshine Company, Martin Denny, and many other acts.
- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

The Mar-Kets - Surfer's Stomp

The Sandells - 6-Pak

Hey peeps, happy mid-week. Here is a little something to help you over the hump.

The Sandals, also known as The Sandells, were an early, influential surf rock band formed in 1964. They are most famous for scoring the surfing documentary The Endless Summer.

The Sandals began in 1962, when Danny Brawner, a drummer, joined a high-school group called The Twangs, headed up by the brothers Gaston and Walter Georis. The Twangs were a group heavily influenced by The Ventures. At this point, the core of The Sandals was formed: Brawner on drums, Gaston on keyboards, Walter on rhythm guitar, John Blakeley on lead guitar with his brother, David, on bass. David was replaced by John Gibson early on. The band changed their name to The Shadows, and eventually settled on The Sandells, a portmanteu of "Sand" and "ells", a popular ending for groups at the time. They released their first album, "Scrambler!", in early 1964. They partnered with World Pacific Records for the release, which allowed them to come in contact with Bruce Brown, who was then just beginning editing work on his next documentary project, The Endless Summer..

The Endless Summeris one of the first and most influential films of the surf movie genre, creating and defining an entire category of cinema which has endured and evolved in the decades since its release.

This cut was featured on the soundtrack to The Endless Summer, here is my original 45 copy.

Hang 10 and drink 6!!!

The Sandells - 6-Pak

Silvertones - Get It - Bathsheba

Hmmmmmmmm....

10,000 hits & pretty quiet over here, not that i was expecting a cake but jeeze...

gonna stick with the whole surf theme here:

1964 - Wild & Sultry Surf Instrumentals: Both are cool w/ the nod to Bathsheba for it's smooth delivery, sultry sax & whammy bar guitar break and reverb amp smacking...

Silvertones - Get It

Silvertones - Bathsheba

The Rainbows - Balla Balla

I'm gonna keep going with the whole surf theme here on another cold wet rainy & snowy east coast day and share this "surf" rocker from 1966. From my little record book it looks like there are 4 different "Rainbows" all from around the same time, early to mid 60's and it looks like this particular group only cut this one 45, at least only one was released in the states. And while this is a pretty wild cut and has a nice guitar break it's a bit more of a fun party track than the Stampede cut below. I can picture some buxom gals in bikini's dancing their big bottoms off around a campfire on the beach to this jam here, however these guys were German!!! Go Figure.... I've seen them described as a "beat" band but this reeks of sand to me....

Do they surf in Germany...?

The Rainbows - Balla Balla

The Scarlets - Stampede & Forward to the Caves Play List 2/21/08

With 6 inches of snow here on the east coast i'm gonna give you some wicked early surf rock here from 1959 & man-o-man does this thing SMOKE!

Not to be confused with the early 50's R&B group The Scarlets, this group made one record in 1959 first released on "Prince" records and later in '59 picked up by DOT and what a record it is. It's a shame that they didn't make anymore but maybe they blew their load on this one because is a wild ride!

So dig on this early instrumental surf jam 1959 on this cold and snow filled Friday and heat things up!


The Scarlets - Stampede


And for those keeping score at home, we switched it up BIG time on the radio show last night from last weeks sweet 50's & 60's doo wop and R&B to completely balls out HEAVY jams: With the 1st half of the Show being all bands on the excellent & heavy record label Land-O-Smiles.



Land-O-Smiles Spectacular

Rwake - Leviticus
Solace - World War
Ravens Creed - Exploding The Steel
Raw Radar War - Rupture
Deadbird - Skull White Stone
Earthride - Black
Drugwar - Win This War
Noosebomb - Union of Perversion
Middian - Dreamless Eye

Unearthly Trance - Veins
Witchlord - Blood for Kall
Kongh - Turn to Dust
Misanthrope Project - Self harm
Coffins - Decapitated Crawl
Fistula - Upside Down

Non-Land-O-Smiles

The Hounds of Hasselvander - Last Call
Blood Farmers - Bullet In My Head
Entombed - To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth
Cathedral - Enter the Worms
Hyatari - Track 1
Secret Order of Tusk - Man of God
Green Machine - Burden of Karama
Pentagram - Live Free & Burn
The Obsessed - Neatz Brigade
Iron Man - Generation Void
Terra Firma - Spiral Guru