JIM MESSINA & HIS JESTERS The Dragsters LP Audio Fidelity Stereodiscs STEREO

Jim Messina & His Jesters

The Dragsters

A Study in High Fidelity Sound

• Vinyl GradeVG+
• Cover GradeM- (Mint minus)
• Format1 LP
• LabelAudio Fidelity Stereodisc
• Catalog NumberDFS 7037
• Year1957
• AudioStereo

Note: 1 surface mark: Side 1 , track 3: plays fine. 1" split bottom right.

If you want to assign The Jesters a spot in today's popular-music panorama, locate them close the surfing sound. As an instrumental combination, the designation fits; the group is comprised mostly of guitarists--four of them--plus tenor saxophone and drums. Too, their beat is a strong, hard-driving one. The overall effect is one of controlled frenzy. What sets them apart from the surfing scene is their identification with sports cars, dragsters and stock car racing--sports they believe to be more compatible with their music. For the same reason, Audio Fidelity effectively blends actual sports and racing car sounds to their keyed-up rhythms. On five of the bands, you'll hear the solid Jester sound combined with the roar of the sports car rally, stock cars, screeching tires, and the gutty br-r-r-ripping of automative power hurtling itself down a drag strip. 

Side A

1. The Breeze and I
2. Rauncy
3. No Name Dragster
4. Strange Man
5. High Voltage
6. Yang Bu
7. The ThingSide B
   
8. The Jester
9. Suspense Run
10. The Cossack
11. Masatlan Rally
12. Honky Tonk
13. Chihuahua
14. Tamale Wagon

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