VA- Battle Of The Bands - Hawaiian surf bands (1964) reissue BLUE vinyl SEALED

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Battle Of The Bands - comp of Hawaiian surf bands (1964) black vinyl LP SEALED

Star SRM-101 this is a RE: from 1990 (?) of a rare LP released in 1964
Not too many copies of this 'REissue/repro' had the review from Pipeline magazine taped to the back cover

Hawaiian instrumental surf bands with 6 garage vocal tracks
SEALED  BLUE vinyl  only 100 made on BLUE vinyl Cover in only VG because of bent corners bottom left and bottom right a few inch tear in the shrink top of the open side to confirm that it is BLUE vinyl

1 Raiders – Twist And Shout
2 Dimensions – Pressure
3 Impacts – Banzai Wipe Out
4 Majestics – La Bamba
5 Star Lighters – Cruel Sea
6 Checkmates – Last Nite
7 Adventurers – Money
8 Sensations – Walk And Run '64 / Move It
9 Royal Malads – Journey To The Stars
10 Infasions – War Of The Satellites

Side 2
1 Frolic Five – Can't You See
2 Rivals – Penetration
3 Lepricons – Surf Jam
4 Escort – Wipe Out Stroke
5 Arcades – Walkin' With Pluto
6 Duplex – Louie Louie
7 Thunderbird – And I Love Her
8 Kona Casuals – Misirlou
9 Statics – Static Beat
10 Renegades – The Ward

Here's a review of the 15 instrumentals on this LP from the Reverb Central website
Pressure

Surf (Instrumental)

The Pyramids' "Pressure" gets reverent treatment from the Dimensions. Aside from a heavy handed ultra reverbed sound, the arrangement is true to the single. The intensity of the guitars gives it a lot more power than the original.

Banzai Wipe Out

Surf (Instrumental)

Steve Douglas' "Banzai Washout," originally cut by his studio project band the Catalinas, gets amped up with big fire and deep throated reverb. This is quite close to the Douglas take in attack and tone, as opposed to the more restrained Dick Dale take. Quite aggressive and cool.

Cruel Sea

Surf (Instrumental)

The Dakotas' surf B-side is well played and presented the way the Ventures cut it. Nothing special.

Last Night

Surf (Instrumental)

The Mar-Keys' "Last Night" is handled in an slightly disturbed way, with an odd restructuring for surf adaptation. Pretty interesting.

Walk Don't Run '64 / Move It

Surf (Instrumental)

Just one verse of the Ventures' "Walk Don't Run '64" introduces a fairly dry and interesting version of the Chantays' strange tune "Move It." Interesting and odd too.

Journey To The Stars

Surf (Instrumental)

"Journey To The Stars" is treated like a strait cover, and is well done. Nothing new here, except the delivery is a bit tuffer and more vibrant than the Ventures' original. The organ part is carried via double picked guitar duet. Pretty cool.

War Of The Satellites

Surf (Instrumental)

The Ventures' "War Of The Satellites" is played straight, right down to the silliness of the embellishing notes. It is more powerful, but still not really interesting.

Penetration

Surf (Instrumental)

The Rivals arranged this based on the Ventures' version, even using echo instead of reverb. It is less silly than theirs, but also less interesting than the Pyramids' original single.

Surf Jam

Surf (Instrumental)

An unlikely name for a Hawaiian surf band (or any other surf band for that matter), but here they are. The Lepricons' take on the Beach Boys' "Surf Jam" is less interesting than the original, but that's mostly because the performance is kinda funky.

Wipe-Out Stroke

Surf (Instrumental)

"Wipe-Out Stroke" is a two-part song binding the Beach Boys' "Stoked" and the Surfaris' "Wipe Out" together. While both are real basic riff rockers, the blend seems to provide more interest. The low growly lead helps too.

Walkin' With Pluto

Surf (Instrumental)

The Ventures' "Walkin' With Pluto" is moderately interesting under this primitive surf treatment. Nice guitar work, but a pedestrian setting.

And I Love Her

Surf (Instrumental)

This is a pretty surf instro treatment of the Beatles' "And I Love Her" coupled with a cheesy horn and organ version of "A Hard Day's Night." Cool up to a point.

Misirlou

Surf (Instrumental)

The Kona Casuals pound mightily at the Dickster's biggest hit. Powerful and amped up, this version sports great glissandoes and fine drums.

Static Beat

Surf (Instrumental)

This is a pretty interesting track. Quite outside what you'd consider trad surf from a rhythm guitar chord progression point of view, yet sporting a very cool lead riff. The chord progression approximates the Revel's "Church Key," and indeed a few bars are thrown in for the break. The Statics won second place in the 1964 battle.

The Ward

Rock (Instrumental)

Chuck Berry chords and noodling does not a surf instro make, but then here are some shine double picked moments. Melody free nonsense. How they won the 1964 battle is a wonder, but then it was the Beatles' era, and they mostly did rip off Berry's chords, as did the Beach Boys, so maybe it's not so strange.

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