Latest additions & updates to our catalogue:

Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve. Dble CD. (Label: Iceni, Cat.No: ICNCD2005) Jan and Dean epitomised the US surf scene of the early 1960's, reaching the Top Forty Billboard Singles Chart 15 times. This is a 28 track, 2CD collection of rare and previously unreleased Jan & Dean demos and live tracks. Packaged in a slimline jewel box with a slipcase.	That's Swift: Instrumentals From The Norman Petty Vaults - Various Artists. CD. (Label: Ace Records, Cat.No: CDCHD 1158) Twenty four of the very best of the non-Fireballs rock instrumentals that Norman Petty cut in the early 1960s, and a rocking little disc it is too. A healthy mix of quasi surf, rock and R&B; most of the acts featured are from New Mexico and West Texas, and feature local guitar heroes like John Wagner (Five Counts) and Ysidro Garcia (Gliders). Features tracks by Rhythm Masters, The Cords, Impacts, Wes Dakus' Rebels, The Impact V and many more. The packed booklet goes into depth about these recordings, the bands that cut them, and Petty’s world-renowned production techniques. Utterly essential for all instrumental and Norman Petty fans alike.
Chairman Of The Board - Surf Soundtracks ’64 To ’74 - Various. CD. (Label: Harmless, Cat.No: HURTCD071) This eighteen track release has classics from some of the most iconic surf films from the 1960's and 70's including Crystal Voyager, The Endless Summer, Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun, Morning Of The Earth, Evolution & Super Session. Between 1964 and 1974 film directors immersed in the surfing culture commissioned original music for their groundbreaking cinematic creations. These are just some of the highlights from that period, touching upon folk, stoner, pop and blues along the way. Certainly one for all the surfers out there, this is essential. Featuring tracks by Music Convention, Tamam Shud, Smoghorn, Farm,Protien Brothers and G Wayne. Housed in a biodegradable tray and digipack, a booklet (featuring photos by Jeff Devine) will only be available online.	Beach Boys - Warmth Of The Sun. CD. (Label: EMI, Cat.No: 393 8232) Twenty eight track career-spanning tracks, hand-selected and sequenced by The Beach Boys themselves. A wonderful selection of tracks, it delves beyond the well-known hits and deeper into The Beach Boys' musical legacy, showcasing the broad scope of their recorded history. All tracks digitally remastered. Includes: "Little Honda", "Break Away", "Don't Go Near The Water" and "Then I Kissed Her ." A nice alternative to the usual collection of tracks you'll find on an every day greatest hits.
Birth Of Surf - Various. CD. (Label: , Cat.No: CDCHD 1155) This instrumental twenty six track CD traces the evolution of instrumental surf music, from it's rock n roll roots to it’s peak year in 1963. Essential for the collector and the buyer, it includes tracks by stars Link Wray, Duane Eddy, The Tornadoes, Pyramids, Astronauts, Chantays, Sentinals and Bob Hafner. This compilation brings together little known hits and some big hitters to round off the compilation "Wipe Out", "Penetration", "Pipeline" and "Miserilou." A number of these tracks have never made it onto CD before and will delight fans of the genre.	Avalanches - Ski Surfin'. CD. (Label: Collectors, Cat.No: CCM 7872) Talk about "high concept!" Hollywoods hottest surfing sessionmen-drummer Hal Blaine, guitarists Billy Strange and Tommy Tedesco and, on bass, future superstar David Gates five years before Bread-combined forces on this album to pound out surf-style renditions of songs about...skiing? Unlikely as the combination was, this early-60s album remains hotly pursued by surf aficionados, and appears here with notes by Richie Unterberger which telemark their way through the ins and outs of how this project came to be. Another one-of-a-kind Collectors Choice Music exclusive! Includes Ski Surfin; Winter Wonderland; Avalanche; Midnight Run; Along the Trail with You; Sleigh Ride; Snowfall; Ive Got My Love to Keep Me Warm; Winter Evening Nocturne; Canadian Sunset; Slalom, and Baby, Its Cold.
It Came From The Suburbs - Rare Teen Rock From The Kennedy E - Various. CD. (Label: Ace Records, Cat.No: CDCHD1133) Twenty seven track compilation from the Downey Records back catalogue. The second in a series mining the Southern Californian label, this time concentrating on their rockier output. You'll find rockabilly, doo wop, teen ballads and R&B numbers here, painting a vivid picture of '60' s America. Included are unreleased tracks and rarities from acts such as The Debonaires, The Karols, Johnny MacRae, Paul Clifton, Jessie Hill, The Pastel Six, Ernie Baptiste and more.	Thurston Lava Tube - Thoughtful Sounds Of Bat Smuggling. CD. (Label: Pinnacle, Cat.No: SRCD14) Featuring members of The Deep Freeze Mice, The Creams and Don's Mobile Barbers, this English group clearly love their Psychedelia. Their surf improvisations come across as prime '60's British psyche, largely due to their vintage keyboards and the surrealistic aspects of their experimental instrumental jams.
Beach Boys - Live At Knebworth 1980 + Good Vibrations Tour + Endless Harm. 3 x DVD. (Label: Eagle, Cat.No: EREDV601) Collection of two live sets and a documentary/interview DVD featuring all of the surviving Beach Boys. These thirty three tracks on the first two DVDs are high quality, celebratory events, with the group performing all of their big hits. Happily, this is the harder rocking Boys led by Carl Wilson at Knebworth that will shock many who are not fully aware of the raw rock performances of the '70's and early '80's and be embraced by those in the know. Good Vibrations Tour is a '70's era TV special. Documentary disc includes archive footage from the bands personal archive and rarely heard tracks; helping to reveal the true story behind one of the most important bands ever. At times deeply sad and moving, it is always riveting. Also features contributions from Maurice Gibb, Elvis Costello, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, Carol Kaye and Glenn Campbell. DVD PAL / REGION 0 / CLASSIFICATION EXEMPT. (Good Vibrations tour only available in Dolby Stero, Knebworth in 5.1) 421 mins total length.	Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary Edition. CD + DVD. (Label: Capitol Records, Cat.No: 369 9392) The deluxe suede-feel digi package CD+DVD package includes a CD with mono and stereo mixes of the original album + bonus mono track 'Hang On To Your Ego'. The DVD includes a behind-the-scenes documentary "The Making Of Pet Sounds"; "Pet Stories" which features interviews with Brian Wilson, lyricist Tony Asher and members of the original 'wrecking crew' such as Hal Blaine and Carol Kaye; the never-before-released 1966 promotional colour 'firehouse' film clip for 'Good Vibrations'; original 1966 promo black & white film clips for 'Sloop John B' and 'Pet Sounds', and an excerpt from the unreleased BBC documentary 'Rhythm of Life', in which Sir George Martin joins Brian Wilson in the studio for a discussion of the album's musical significance. The DVD also contains a photo gallery, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Hi-Res 96 kHz/24-bit PCM Stereo audio mixes of the album + a Hi-Res Mono mix of 'Hang On To Your Ego'.
Beach Boys - Best Of Brother Years 70-86. CD. (Label: Capitol Records, Cat.No: 5250002) 20 songs from the 'Beach Boys' later Career with 'Brother'. Overall Capitol have done a good job of assembling some of the best songs from this era. Although mysteriously, a certain track k named "Lady Lynda" is missing from the album. Tracks include. "Surfs Up", "'Till I Die" and "Sumahama".	Beach Boys - Carl And The Passions - So Tough / Holland. Dble CD. (Label: Capitol Records, Cat.No: 5256942) Two gems from "The Beach Boys" nearing the end of their career. Allthough both these albums are not widely known by your average 'Beach Boys' fan, they are still worth a listen. Both albums have been remasted in 24 Bit Stereo. Tracks include: "Sail On Sailer" and "Here She Comes".
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary Edition. Dble LP. (Label: Capitol Records, Cat.No: 369 9392) Lush vinyl copy of this classic album - Limited 2LP edition of the 1966 masterpiece. Disc1 is green vinyl and includes stereo mixes of the album tracks. Disc2 is yellow vinyl and includes mono mixes (from the new first-generation mono master) of the songs.This 1966 album saw the Beach boys transform from a Surf Pop band into an experimental harmony group filled with ground breaking new ideas. Pet Sounds is breathtaking in it's scope and vision proving pop music could say something important. Very,very limited individually numbered copies- There will only be one manufacturing run on this format ever.	Jan & Dean - Greatest Hits. CD. (Label: Collectables, Cat.No: COL93132) A budget priced 10 track collection of the surf duo's greatest hits, including 'Linda' 'Surf City' 'Dead Man's Curve' 'Sidewalk Surfin' and many more. All original recordings.

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