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Submitted by Chas Kit on June 12, 2009 - 2:12pm. Surf Side 5 | Surfside Five | US | Utah
Steve Carter of Phoenix rescued this LP from the trash heap, scanned the labels and transferred the LP to CD to share with Garage Hangover. He didn't find a cover with it - if anyone has one or more info on the Surf Side 5 or the Surf Side Club, please let me know. It seems to be a rare LP as I can't find a mention of it online.

Recorded live at the Surf Side Club in Salt Lake City, Utah in front of a small but raucous crowd, this is a solid set of mostly standard cover songs of the day. The performances are well done, but not very exceptional. "Sparkling Sands" is something of a standout and the track I would recommend to listen to first.

Greenback Dollar, Louie Louie, Surfer Joe, Memphis (the Lonnie Mack version), Kansas City (the Trini Lopez version) and Long Tall Texan were all hits of 1963, and California Sun hit big in early 1964, so I think it's safe to date this to very early '64. Certainly there's zero British Invasion influence in their choice of material or style.

The Intermountain Recording Service has a Salt Lake address on the label, I believe the studio has moved and is now the Inter-Mountain Recording Studio in Carson City, Nevada, unless that is a different studio altogether.

The Surf Side 5 - Vic's Song
The Surf Side 5 - Louie Louie
The Surf Side 5 - Greenback Dollar
The Surf Side 5 - California Sun
The Surf Side 5 - Surfer Joe
The Surf Side 5 - Sparkling Sands
The Surf Side 5 - Boogie Woogie
The Surf Side 5 - Memphis


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