Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA Collection: Rare Surf From The South Bay 1963
 | Hillsdale Records has issued two tracks that are on the AVI Records Rare Surf CD series. The Revelairs and the Journeymen were great bands in the South Bay scene during the sixties. I'm not sure what the point of a seven inch vinyl issue of CD material is. |
Picks: Surfer's Blues, Ridin' High
Track by Track Review
Surf Blues (Instrumental)
This is credited to Lonnie Fredericks and Jeff Luengen, but it is essentially Freddie King's "San-Ho-Zay." The use of a surf second guitar keeps it in the genre. Quite cool.
Surf (Instrumental)
Great drums open this surf rant. It features a strong surf lead playing a mean progression, and backed in parallel by a nasty sax. This is not very melodic, but it is a powerful riff song, and sports some big drum power.