The Astronauts - Surfin' With The Astronauts (1963) + Everything Is A-OK! (1964) [Lossless FLAC]

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in August 2008. The Astronauts - Surfin' With The Astronauts (1963) + Everything Is A-OK! (1964) [1997] http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V5V3MTDXL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Includes: Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com) Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail). All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. (Includes 10 page folder.) AMG Bio.txt AMG Review.txt Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent) Bio from All Music: Along with Minnesota's Trashmen, the Astronauts (from Colorado) were the premier landlocked Midwestern surf group of the '60s. They recorded numerous singles and albums and achieved vast regional popularity, but only scored one modest national hit, "Baja." With little material of their own, they judiciously tapped heavyweights like Lee Hazelwood (who wrote "Baja"), Roger Christian, and Gary Usher, as well as covering tunes by Dick Dale and Henry Mancini. The group shone brightest on their instrumentals, which used mounds of Fender reverb and two rhythm guitars; when they sang, the results were much less successful. Taken From: http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:h9fqxqr5ldae All Music Album Review: Collectables' Surfin' with the Astronauts / Everything Is A-OK! combines the Astronauts' first two records. The first, Surfin' With, contains the group's only hit, "Baja," plus a selection of surf staples like "Misirlou," "Susie-Q," "Pipeline," "Let's Go Trippin'," "Batman" and "Surfin' USA." In contrast, Everything Is A-OK! is a little schizophrenic, containing rock & roll ("Money," "It's So Easy"), blues ("Stormy Monday," "Big Boss Man"), pop ("Dream Lover"), R&B ("What'd I Say") and collegiate folk-pop ("If I Had a Hammer," "Shortnin' Bread"). Needless to say, it doesn't hold together as well as its predecessor, but there are a number of good moments. Furthermore, these two albums, when combined on one disc, capture much of the Astronauts' best music. Taken from: http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fwxqyjldae Entries for the individual albums exist, but they lack reviews: Surfin' With The Astronauts: http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfrxq85ld0e Everything Is A-OK!: http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pfrxq85ld0e This CD is for sale at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000008BM Track List: 01. Baja 02. Surfin' U.S.A 03. Miserlou 04. Surfer's Stomp 05. Susie-Q 06. Pipeline 07. Kuk 08. Banzai Pipeline 09. Movin' 10. Baby Let's Play House 11. Let's Go Trippin' 12. Batman 13. Bo Diddley 14. If I Had A Hammer 15. It's So Easy 16. Dream Lover 17. Wine, Wine Wine 18. Money 19. Big Boss Man 20. Stormy Monday Blues 21. Shortin' Bread 22. I Need You 23. What I'd Say

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WasAtWoodstock (2013-04-23)

Check out the Amazon link. Some of these out-of-print surf music CDs are on the expensive side.