The Sandals - Complete Sandals 1964-1969: Wild As The Sea *

Artist:

Sandals

UPC:

612657015124

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Description:

Liner Note Author: Stephen J. McParland.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Johnny Gibson Trio; Dan Brawner; John Blakely; Gaston Georis; Walter Georis.
Wild as the Sea: Complete Sandals 1964-1969 holds 31 tracks --77 minutes of great surf sounds from the Sandals, a low-key Ventures-like group with the distinction of having created the music for the classic Bruce Brown film, The Endless Summer. This record is an incessant party, starting with a dozen instrumental tracks which saturate the brain but are not as redundant as say, the Ramones, the nuances of the jingling-jangling guitars making for great background to any party. These vignettes mostly clock in around the two-minute mark, the vocals on "All Over Again" are pretty humorous with some very uplifting changes and harmonica. The song "Endless Summer" owes more to the Four Seasons than the Beach Boys, and is not to be confused with the title that opens this package, the instrumental "The Theme From Endless Summer." Listen to that first track and see if Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra didn`t borrow flavors from this for his 1968 hit "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." Stephen McParland`s essay Endlessly Summer is all we`ve come to expect from these excellent releases created by Australia`s Raven Records. McParland calls it "An abridged story of the Sandals" history poured over the 12-page booklet which makes for fascinating reading as the music plays. There`s material from the film soundtrack to Endless Summer and Last of the Ski Bums, as well as various non-LP singles all making for a true `60s artifact worth seeking out. Hearing this music makes one want to dash down to the video store to rent The Endless Summer, proving Jimi Hendrix wrong when he says you`ll never have to hear surf music again! It`s well over an hour`s worth of listening time with gems like "Children of the Sun," which creates a different kind of atmosphere with its mellow strums and interesting feel. This isn`t just another surf band, there`s true creativity on the three-and-a-half minute "Coming Down Slow," and interesting acoustics and fuzz in "Summer`s Gone." If not as complex as Esquivel`s See It in Sound. The Sandals compilation still creates the same mood and stimulating effect. Play both at your next retro-party. When track 22, "Yellow Dove," comes on, you can turn down the volume to Mick Jagger`s Performance film and let this be the audio. Try it! ~ Joe Viglione

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Theme from the Endless Summer
2. Scrambler
3. 6-Pak
4. Driftin`
5. Good Greeves
6. Decoy
7. Out Front
8. Wild as the Sea
9. Trailing
10. Jet Black
11. Lonely Road
12. TR-6
13. School`s Out
14. Always (I Will Remember)
15. All Over Again
16. Endless Summer
17. Tell Us Dylan
18. Why Should I Cry?
19. Winter Spell
20. Children of the Sun
21. Agunus Night
22. Yellow Dove
23. Soul Something
24. Coming Down Slow
25. Summer`s Gone
26. Return From the Casino
27. Flowers to Dance On
28. Water and Stone
29. Porsche
30. Cloudy
31. House of Painted Glass

Album Information

Release Date:

02/25/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Surf

Label:

Raven

Producer:

Dallas Frazier; Richard Bock

Catalog Number:

RVCD 151

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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