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| 1. Beach Party (All Summer Long) - Dave Kinzie | |||
| 2. The Wipe Out - Kenny & The Sultans | |||
| 3. Red Hot Scrambler-Go - The Captivations | |||
| 4. Waikiki Rumble - Vince & The Waikiki Rumblers | |||
| 5. Summertime Is Surfin' Time - The Surf Bunnies | |||
| 6. Escondido - The Torquays | |||
| 7. Let's Go To The Beach - Sandford & The Sandies | |||
| 8. Kaha Huna (Goddess Of Surfing) - Gene Moles | |||
| 9. Little Bitty King Of The Road - The Captivations | |||
| 10. Goofy Guitar - Kenny & The Ho-Daddies | |||
| 11. Surfin' With Jimmy - Judy Russell | |||
| 12. Countdown - The Rockets Band | |||
| 13. Big Bad Ho Dad - Lord Douglas Byron | |||
| 14. The Scavenger - Gary Paxton | |||
| 15. Firewater - Bucky & The Dales | |||
| 16. Surfin' Back To School - The Fashions | |||
| 17. Speedshift - The Captivations | |||
| 18. With Vigor - Kenny & The Sultans | |||
| 19. Surfers Memories - The Fashions | |||
| 20. Warpath - Lonnie Mclaughlin & The Premiers | |||
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Let’s go to the beach with a swinging collection of surf‘n’sand stompers and a few laffs too, all from the vaults of Garpax Records. Hollywood maverick Gary S Paxton tackled the early 1960s surf and hot rod crazes with relish, with a plethora of great records emanating from his studio in that era, most penned, sung and played by the great man himself. "Beach Party" is based on a classic album Paxton released in 1964 on the GSP label, bolstered by many additional tracks from the archive. There are rip-roaring instrumentals like ‘With Vigor’ and ‘Warpath’, Beach Boys-style vocal workouts like ‘Red Hot Scrambler-Go’, ‘Wild Wild Mustang’ and classic Paxton novelties such as ‘Big Bad Ho Dad’. There’s a healthy helping of unissued material too (seven tracks previously unavailable), and everything comes from the original master tapes. The package comes with extensive notes by Alec Palao detailing this interesting phase of Paxton’s career, based on lengthy interviews with the producer. But it’s a hell of a swinging party disc too!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
If you're looking for hits you came to the wrong place,
By Richard "Alice Collector" (Blackpool England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beach Party: Garpax Surf 'n' Drag (Audio CD)
This isn't the CD to find Paxton's greatest hits-which were always under other names like the Hollywood Argyles or Skip & Flip but is to show the wide range of music he put out during the 60s many times creating one off labels like GSP (Gary Sanford Paxton) and others which incorporated his name after the Garpax idea (GARLLO).Many times a song or instrumental would be recorded before a name was allocated so many of the Paxton records were one offs and a case of "throw enough mud at the wall and some may stick"Though Paxton's hit making days may have gone by the mid 60s the fact is that most of these records could have become hits if radio play had been sufficient or the British Invasion and Tamla Motown had never happenned.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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For the Surf and Hot Rod Music Collector,
By M. Crowley III "Recorded Sound Aficionado" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Beach Party: Garpax Surf 'n' Drag (Audio CD)
This is a well packaged collection by Ace Records out of Great Britain of early to mid-1960s beach and gearhead productions overseen by maverick producer Gary Paxton, he of the Hollywood Argyles and "Alley Oop fame, as well as producing Bobby "Boris" Pickett's classic "Monster Mash" single.You are not going to find any hits here from the standpoint of what typcially passes for surf and drag music on "oldies" radio stations. Instead, you'll find great "should have been a hit" singles and songs that were made with Paxton's involvement or oversight in the hopes they would be picked up by a major label and promoted, made all the more interesting by virture of what was captured on tape in spite of the limited budgets most of these songs were produced on. Paxton essentially worked for himself, so he recorded what interested him, which is about 180 degrees opposite of how music is produced today. So, if you are into this era and type of music, and can appreciate a DIY ethic, you won't be disappointed with this purchase. |
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