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Various Artists: Surf's Coming Down [Digipak]

CD / Not Now Music / 2012-09-11

Tracks: Walk Don't Run - The Ventures; Rumble - Link Wray; Apache - The Shadows; Shazam - Duane Eddy; Crawler, The - The Bel-Airs; Moon Dawg - The Gamblers; Fireball - The Fireballs; Woo Hoo - The Rock*A*Tee...
Artists: Various Artists

Recording information: 1957-1960.

With the ready availability of electric guitars and reliable amps, instrumental R&B combos turned up the volume in the late '50s and early '60s, and thanks to ...continue...

The Rumblers (Surf): Rumblin' & Rare *

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-09-04

Tracks: Boss Drums; Poor Boy - (previously unreleased); Wockytok - (previously unreleased); Slippin' - (mono); Summertime Blues; Son of Boss; Sorry (For the Way I Treated You) - (mono); Sweet Potato - (mono)...
Artists: The Rumblers (Surf)

Liner Note Author: Brian Nevill.

Although they're generally lumped in with the instrumental surf bands of the early to mid-'60s, the Rumblers were really more of a white R&B group specializing ...continue...