Aqua
Velvets � Radio Waves
Label: Milan
Records
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Tracks:
1. Intro KFJC 2. Swampabilly Hop 3. Bravado 4. Diamond Head 5. Spanish Blue 6. Gringo 7. Martini Time 8. Green Sunshine 9. Surfmania 10. Hawaiian Blue 11. Blue Rhumba 12. Beauty and the Beach 13. Intro KPFA 14. Mexican Rooftop Afternoon 15. Guitar Noir 16. Subterranea 17. Surf Nouveau 18. Holly Tiki 19. Nomad 20. Nervous on Neptune 21. Walk Don't Run 22. Apache 23. Pipeline/Auld Lang Syne 24. Smells Like Teen Spirit 25. Baja 26. Spanish Blue |
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I was born quite a few years before the heyday of surf music so maybe I am not the best person to review a collection of surf songs but I'll give it my best shot.
Radio Waves is a compilation of live broadcast recordings of the Aqua Velvets containing a large collection of their previously released recordings as well as a few past surf rock hits and let us not forget an amazing surf music take on the Nirvana classic "Smells like Teen Spirit".
The recordings here were taken from two radio shows; Phil Dirt show on KFJC in Los Altos Hills. A radio veteran of 20 years, surf music enthusiast considers Dirt the "surf music kahuna" and his radio show is simulcast worldwide. The second half of the CD is taken from broadcast of KPFR in Berkeley, Ca.
I'm always open to new forms of music but
I really didn't expect to enjoy this CD as much as I did. The musicianship
is world class and while the surf rock guitar style is no longer in vogue
it is nonetheless impressive to hear. For surf music fans this is an ecential
addition to your collection and for those who want to delve into another
world of music this is a great primer for the surf music genre. Even for
someone like myself whose previous exposure to this genre was limited,
I found this CD a really cool intro to the style.
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