CD Details
- Released: March 14, 2006
- Originally Released: 1997
- Label: Collectables Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
One of the rare surf bands not from California (they're actually from Colorado). Best known for their Instrumentals, this collection features two of their '60s highly collectible surf music albums.
Tracks:
- 1.Baja
- 2.Surfin' U.S.A.
- 3.Misirlou
- 4.Surfer's Stomp
- 5.Susie-Q
- 6.Pipeline
- 7.Kuk
- 8.Banzai Pipeline
- 9.Movin'
- 10.Baby Let's Play House
- 11.Let's Go Trippin'
- 12.Batman
- 13.Bo Diddley
- 14.If I Had A Hammer
- 15.It's So Easy
- 16.Dream Lover
- 17.Wine, Wine, Wine
- 18.Money
- 19.Big Boss Man
- 20.Stormy Monday Blues
- 21.Shortnin' Bread
- 22.I Need You
- 23.What'd I Say
Product Description:
Contains 2 LPs on 1 CD: SURFIN' WITH THE ASTRONAUTS (1963)/EVERYTHING IS A-OK (1964).
The Astronauts: Rich Fifield (vocals, guitar); Stormy Patterson (vocals, bass); Bob Demmon (guitar, trumpet, piano); Dennis Lindsey (guitar); Jim Gallagher (drums).
Personnel: Bob Demmon (vocals, guitar, trumpet, piano); Rich Fifield, Dennis Lindsey (vocals, guitar); Stormy Patterson (vocals); Jim Gallagher (drums).
Collectables' Surfin' with the Astronauts / Everything Is A-OK! combines the Astronauts' first two records. The first, Surfin' With, contains the group's only hit, "Baja," plus a selection of surf staples like "Misirlou," "Susie-Q," "Pipeline," "Let's Go Trippin'," "Batman" and "Surfin' USA." In contrast, Everything Is A-OK! is a little schizophrenic, containing rock & roll ("Money," "It's So Easy"), blues ("Stormy Monday," "Big Boss Man"), pop ("Dream Lover"), R&B ("What'd I Say") and collegiate folk-pop ("If I Had a Hammer," "Shortnin' Bread"). Needless to say, it doesn't hold together as well as its predecessor, but there are a number of good moments. Furthermore, these two albums, when combined on one disc, capture much of the Astronauts' best music. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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