I was a teen high school surfer boy in the summer of 1963 at age 16, in southern California, and I bought this album when it was first released in June 1963. In Stereo, of course. I had a really cool Stereo sound system in my home bedroom. My Dad bought me some headphones so he didn't have to listen to it.
@TheDejael15 күн бұрын
"Surfing as high as the Rockies! The Astronauts, from Denver, Colorado!" - RCA Victor tagline on back cover. Recorded at RCA Victor Studios in Hollywood, California. These guys were recording down the hall from Henry Mancini, who was working on his classic 1963 album "Uniquely Mancini", and they specifically asked him to do a real Surf Rock version of his tune "Banzai Pipeline", which he recorded as a Big Band Swing-Jazz tune. He loved it, and his son Chris also.
@andrewstackpool4911Ай бұрын
I guess the deal is simple. We surfed, we rocked and stomped, we bought the records we chose, and we formed our own bans and played the same. Yeah. 60 years later, still have three Mals and four short boards out back for out back. Surf today at Whale Back, crap, but with a SE wind, building up north side Palm Beach, Sydney
@andrewstackpool4911Ай бұрын
Cowabunga. One minor point. They tended to repeat the tunes of main line groups. OK, so did I and my group but we were in Australia
@magnusgrande43236 ай бұрын
I have this album original print. Its beyond words.
@mcros7 Жыл бұрын
Bought this album in 1963 on the advice of a classmate from Colorado and had never heard of the Astronauts Band. Being a surfer, I avidly purchased every hot surf album to hit the charts. The Astronauts quickly became my favorite, however. These guys produced a sound with four driving guitars that, in my opinion, is unequaled in surf music. Unfortunately, they did not survive the Beatles and the U. S. Army draft. An outstanding album that remains one of my favorites even today!
@rocknroll_jezus9233
2 ай бұрын
Super interesting take, thank you
@johnmitchelljr Жыл бұрын
Great album starting off with Baja. Thank you.
@jamessmelcer616 Жыл бұрын
I bought this album never heard of them. I wore it out!! Thank you for sharing. Jim
@giulioluzzardi763211 ай бұрын
Now that's what I call a "WET" sound!! Seawater sand and sweaty surfboards with an ominous Ocean!
@andrewstackpool4911
Ай бұрын
Ominous? Only on the North Shore, Hawaii in December. We got told to leave the surf, but said the waves were those over the pool at Newport, Sydney.
@patrickcollins1914 Жыл бұрын
Memories... I 'borrowed' the album from my older sister...in the late 60's...
@andrewstackpool4911
Ай бұрын
late 60s? Dude, I hope she surfed.
@bjhutson1901 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a mixture of the Ventures and Beach Boys-Good sound.
@TheDejael
15 күн бұрын
This is instrumental Surf Rock like the Ventures. The Beach Boys were pure vocal Surf Pop.
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One of the best surf-rock LPs of the '60s.
I was a teen high school surfer boy in the summer of 1963 at age 16, in southern California, and I bought this album when it was first released in June 1963. In Stereo, of course. I had a really cool Stereo sound system in my home bedroom. My Dad bought me some headphones so he didn't have to listen to it.
"Surfing as high as the Rockies! The Astronauts, from Denver, Colorado!" - RCA Victor tagline on back cover. Recorded at RCA Victor Studios in Hollywood, California. These guys were recording down the hall from Henry Mancini, who was working on his classic 1963 album "Uniquely Mancini", and they specifically asked him to do a real Surf Rock version of his tune "Banzai Pipeline", which he recorded as a Big Band Swing-Jazz tune. He loved it, and his son Chris also.
I guess the deal is simple. We surfed, we rocked and stomped, we bought the records we chose, and we formed our own bans and played the same. Yeah. 60 years later, still have three Mals and four short boards out back for out back. Surf today at Whale Back, crap, but with a SE wind, building up north side Palm Beach, Sydney
Cowabunga. One minor point. They tended to repeat the tunes of main line groups. OK, so did I and my group but we were in Australia
I have this album original print. Its beyond words.
Bought this album in 1963 on the advice of a classmate from Colorado and had never heard of the Astronauts Band. Being a surfer, I avidly purchased every hot surf album to hit the charts. The Astronauts quickly became my favorite, however. These guys produced a sound with four driving guitars that, in my opinion, is unequaled in surf music. Unfortunately, they did not survive the Beatles and the U. S. Army draft. An outstanding album that remains one of my favorites even today!
@rocknroll_jezus9233
2 ай бұрын
Super interesting take, thank you
Great album starting off with Baja. Thank you.
I bought this album never heard of them. I wore it out!! Thank you for sharing. Jim
Now that's what I call a "WET" sound!! Seawater sand and sweaty surfboards with an ominous Ocean!
@andrewstackpool4911
Ай бұрын
Ominous? Only on the North Shore, Hawaii in December. We got told to leave the surf, but said the waves were those over the pool at Newport, Sydney.
Memories... I 'borrowed' the album from my older sister...in the late 60's...
@andrewstackpool4911
Ай бұрын
late 60s? Dude, I hope she surfed.
Sounds like a mixture of the Ventures and Beach Boys-Good sound.
@TheDejael
15 күн бұрын
This is instrumental Surf Rock like the Ventures. The Beach Boys were pure vocal Surf Pop.