The Surfaris - Hit City 64/Fun City USA

Artist:

Surfaris (The)

UPC:

5017261206862

See Also:

Ventures (The) Tornados (The) Casey, Al (Swing) Trashmen (The)

Description:

2 LP`s on 1 CD: HIT CITY 64 (1964)/FUN CITY USA (1964).
The Surfaris: Jim Fuller, Bob Berryhill, Jim Pash, Patrick Connolly , Ron Wilson.
Personnel: Pat Connolly, Ron Wilson , Ronnie Fuller (vocals).
Editor: John Tobler.
Two 1964 albums by the Surfaris, Hit City 64 and Fun City USA, are combined onto one 24-track CD on this release. The best tracks (which tend to be the instrumental ones) have been cherry-picked for use on Surfaris CD compilations, which are recommended far more than their original LPs, which like many from the time were erratic and stuffed with filler. The material does, however, include some pretty decent instrumentals on which drummer Ron Wilson, in particular shines, like "Scatter Shield," "Scratch," "Burnin` Rubber," and "Big Surge." The vocal cuts, in contrast, are largely dispensable, especially overdone covers like "Louie Louie" and "Hound Dog"; too, trying to cover the Beach Boys on "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Be True to Your School" is a lost cause. Ron Wilson (also the principal lead singer) and the gang do come through on "Hot Rod High," one of the best vocal hot rod tunes not done by the Beach Boys or Jan & Dean (and penned by hot rod rock stalwarts Gary Usher and Roger Christian), though it owes more than a little to "Surf City." ~ Richie Unterberger

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Scatter Shield
2. Be True to Your School
3. Mystic Island Drums
4. Little Deuce Coupe
5. Comin` Home Baby
6. Louie, Louie
7. Wax, Board and Woodie
8. Hiawatha
9. I Wanna Take a Trip to the Islands
10. Scratch
11. Sugar Shack
12. Earthquake
13. Dune Buggy
14. Hound Dog
15. Hot Rod Graveyard
16. I`m Leaving Town
17. Murphy the Surfie
18. Apache
19. Hot Rod High
20. Moon Dawg
21. Go Go Go for Louie`s Place
22. Big Sugre
23. Burnin` Rubber
24. Shazam

Album Information

Release Date:

11/15/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Surf

Label:

Beat Goes On

Catalog Number:

BGOCD 686

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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