SURFER'S MOOD - Various Artists
The Bob Simmons Memorial LP
After the Bruce Brown film titled "Surf Crazy" was screened in Santa Monica, California in 1960, thousands of teenagers got surfboards and flocked to the beaches to 'shoot the curl'. Some of them were also musicians, freshly stoked up on instrumental hits of the recent past like "Walk Don't Run" by The Ventures, "Woo Hoo" by The Rock-A-Teens; "Torquay" by The Fireballs; and countless others. This LP collects some of those early surf recordings, as well as some rare sides, all presented in dedication to the late Bob Simmons, inventor of the surfboard tail fin rudder called the 'skeg'. Hear: The Mockers 'Children Of The Sun', The Counts 'Surfers Paradise', The Invictas 'Missing', The Lively Ones 'Night And Day', The Royal Coachmen 'Loophole', The Star Tones 'Harlem Nocturne', The Sunliners 'The Islander', The Surfmen 'El Toro' (pre-Lively Ones), The Temptations 'Blue Surf', The Torquays 'Surfers Cry', The Velvetones 'Mr. X.', The Vibrants 'The Breeze And I', Jerry & The Catalinas 'The Arabian Knight', The Heyburners 'Bird Walk' (Mike Curb song), The Tempomen 'Midnight On Pier 13', and The Knight Trains 'Beach Head'. Liner notes by Domenic Priori. This is an exceptional collection of great early surf music rarities & a true 'must-have' for those who seek the real thing when it comes to Kahuna classics! This copy is pristine, STILL FACTORY SEALED!
