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Bobby Fuller - El Paso Rock Volume 3 More Early Recordingsdotdotdot
artworkFive instrumentals grace El Paso Rock Volume 3 More Early Recordings, three of which are surf instros. A slab of cool Bobby Fuller material doesn't hurt a bit either.
Picks: Wolfman, Thunder Reef, Skag (Skeg)

Track by Track Review


Wolfman dotdotdotdot
Border Radio Surf (Instrumental)

This is very similar to The Lonely Dragster, with Bobby's Wolfman Jack imitation overdubbed, and wolf baying added. It's pretty surfy, chunky, and moderately paced. It's a cool track, dripping the early sixties border radio days when Wolfman Jack was on XERB beaming into California (and on XERF and others along the border as well). Saturday nights, car radios were tuned to XERB, KRLA, KFWB, KHJ, KAFY, KFXM, or KGFJ, from which oozed out the surf, the rock, and the R&B that drove a generation.

Thunder Reef dotdotdot
Surf (Instrumental)

Thunder Reef is a riff-rockin' surf instro, with not much reverb, and little melody. The stompin' sensibilities are dominant, and the rhythm is infectious. A fairly tame track over all.

Skag (Skeg) dotdotdot
Surf (Instrumental)

Recorded in the summer of '63, and just discovered. A "Torquay" inspired song. Great.

Faraway dotdot
Rock (Instrumental)

This is a backtrack. It doesn't really stand alone very well.

The Fanatic dotdotdot
Rock (Instrumental)

This is a demo sounding instro with very dry guitar and a blues basis. It has a warm up kind of soul about it. Kinda cool in its obscurity.