THE HOT DOGGERS South Africa SEALED LP SURFIN' SENSATIONS Beach Boys HEAR

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       ... The Hot Doggers "Surfin' Sensations" LP on Late 1960s/early 70s??? South Africa issue Normark Records # NOR 1 ...The album is still sealed as new, never opened, never played... The jacket has a minor shelf wear, and is easily in very good plus mint condition ...This is a tough one-seems to sound just like the Beach Boys, and could be the same "Hot Doggers" (from 1963 sessions) that was recently reissued on CD, although this has more songs-and is done in medley with most songs running at 1 minute! Hear it on the above mp3 player...Here's the info on the Hot Doggers recent CD re-release ... Please note this is NOT the same thing that I have available!, but sure sounds like them, and has some of the same songs (and the cover is different, although this is a South African issue):

The Hot Doggers were actually a studio-only project of Bruce Johnson (who played piano and bass, and sang lead vocals) and Terry Melcher (who produced and added backup vocals), with plenty of assistance from top Los Angeles session musicians. Though Johnson & Melcher each made notable contributions to the '60s L.A. rock scene, the LP is nothing more than a quickie surf exploitation album, most of the songs being covers of then-recent hits by the likes of The Beach Boys, Ventures and Dick Dale. Though it's professionally executed (and largely instrumental, with only four of the 12 tracks featuring vocals), it would be rather foolish to pay these tracks serious attention when the originals were so much better. True, there are top players involved, including Leon Russell, Glen Campbell, Hal Blain, Carol Kaye, Billy Strange, Steve Douglas and Tommy Tedesco... But this only has value for aficionados who collect everything they can from the era featuring these musicians, rather than for the more general surf music fan.

The CD reissue was listed as being from 1963 sessions- BUT this has some later 1967 songs (Carrie Ann)-so this is really a strange mystery record! But does sound like the same release (I heard some excerpts on all music guide)...

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