Ace Records continues their "Birth of Surf" series with a brand new Volume 3, curated by Alan Taylor and Dave Burke of Pipeline Magazine. Like the others, it's a total mix of basic-level surf songs to nearly unheard-of rarities. I'm pleased to see Johnny and the Hurricanes' "Sheba" on there - pretty common if you're digging for 45s, rarely finds its way to compilations, and it's easily my favorite song of theirs. Ace's recent Long-Lost Honkers and Twangers compilation had an unbelievable unreleased track from The Rondels in "Zombie", and while their song "On the Run" is out there somewhere, it's definitely not a record easily found.
Haven't heard the full thing, but there's definitely enough unknowns on this for me to want it. And of the well-knowns, they're all worth it.
You can get it from Ace's website, Amazon, and I'm sure plenty of other places.
Here's the full tracklist
- flaming guitar - billy mure
- machine gun - the rip tides
- sheba - johnny & the hurricanes
- lone survivor - the beachcombers
- boss - the rumblers
- vesuvius - the sentinals
- scotch high's - the chantays
- moment of truth - the original surfaris
- failsafe - the new dimensions
- bonzai - baymen (no the)
- surf party - the astronauts
- bacardi - the torquetts
- the force of gravity - the genteels
- christina - the charades band
- on the run - the rondels
- the victor - dick dale & the del-tones
- the marauder - marrell's marauders
- pressure - the pyramids
- gear! - dave myers & the surftones
- countdown - buddy lee & the satellites
- more surf - the de-fenders
- take 7 - the novas
- minor chaos - the treasures
- static - the velvetones
- heartbeat - the avengers vi
- storm surf - the surfaris
