The Surf Stompers • Surfers Pajama Party

 

Review by Cub Koda
This is truly one of the great, unheralded raw rock & roll live albums of all time. The rockin' contents cannot be denied. Working with a pickup band of more enthusiasm than accuracy while pounding the daylights out of a distorted Wurlitzer electric piano (think of Ray Charles' intro on "What'd I Say" off a 45 that's been played about a million times, and you're beginning to get the idea), Beach Boy of the future Bruce Johnston lays it down rough and rockin' for the UCLA college kiddies with a shake-'em-down spirit that's hard to ignore. The set list is a frat-party classic with versions of "What'd I Say," "Kansas City," "Surfer's Stomp," "Ramrod," "Green Onions," and "There's Something on Your Mind" being counted up in the noisy mix. With vocals going on and off mic, an occasional sax section darting in and out, a reverb-soaked lead guitar, and a hyperactive drummer, this is bare-bones Saturday-night rock & roll from the post-twist, pre-Beatles era, a period seldom documented with this much abandon.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/surfers-pajama-party-mw0000626362

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Reseña de Cub Koda
Este es realmente uno de los grandes y poco anunciados álbumes de rock & roll en vivo de todos los tiempos. No se puede negar el contenido rockero. Trabajando con una banda de recogida de más entusiasmo que precisión mientras golpea las luces del día de un piano eléctrico Wurlitzer distorsionado (piensa en la introducción de Ray Charles en "What'd I Say" de un 45 que ha sido tocado alrededor de un millón de veces, y estás empezando a entender la idea), el Beach Boy del futuro Bruce Johnston lo pone en bruto y rockin 'para los chicos universitarios de UCLA con un espíritu shake-'em-down que es difícil de ignorar. La lista de canciones es un clásico de las fiestas de fraternidad con versiones de "What'd I Say", "Kansas City", "Surfer's Stomp", "Ramrod", "Green Onions" y "There's Something on Your Mind" que se cuentan en la ruidosa mezcla. Con las voces entrando y saliendo del micrófono, una sección de saxo ocasional entrando y saliendo, una guitarra solista empapada de reverberación, y un batería hiperactivo, este es el rock & roll de los sábados por la noche de la era post-twist, pre-Beatles, un período raramente documentado con tanto abandono.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/surfers-pajama-party-mw0000626362

Tracklist:
1 - Ramrod -
2 - Last Night -
3 - Surfer Stomp -
4 - What'd I Say? -
5 - Something On Your Mind -
6 - Surfer's Delight -
7 - Kansas City -
8 - Mashin' The Popeye -
9 - Gee But I'm Lonesme -
10 - Green Onions -


Credits:
    Executive-Producer – Gordon Anderson (3)
    Liner Notes – Bryan Thomas
    Mastered By – Bob Fisher
    Written-By – Casey* (tracks: 1), Jackson* (tracks: 10), Jones* (tracks: 10), Johnston* (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 9), McNeely* (tracks: 5), Axton* (tracks: 2), Moman* (tracks: 2), Newman* (tracks: 2), Caple* (tracks: 2), Smith* (tracks: 2), Hartnett* (tracks: 3), Leiber/Stoller* (tracks: 7), Steinberg* (tracks: 10), Charles* (tracks: 4), Holden* (tracks: 9), Cropper* (tracks: 10)

Notes:
Recorded live on the U.C.L.A campus 1963.


Label: Collectors' Choice Music ‎– CCM-466-2
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Surf, Rock & Roll
https://www.discogs.com/The-Bruce-Johnston-Surfing-Band-Surfers-Pajama-Party/release/3945173

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