tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post6974420371573137063..comments2024-03-25T07:54:13.970+00:00Comments on Left and to the Back: The Surfaris - Shake23 Daveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-43590683791836768032012-04-05T14:06:31.394+01:002012-04-05T14:06:31.394+01:00Thanks for the information.
I also asked about th...Thanks for the information.<br /><br />I also asked about this over on the 45Cat website, and was told the following by dogear:<br /><br />"Producer Martinek was their manager then, the session for the 45 was engineered by Richard Podolor at his American Recording studio on Venrura Blvd. in Studio City. The session was produced when The Surfaris' personnel had totally changed with only Jim Pash (guitar) left from the original line-up. The others were Steve Johnson (vocals), Ron Pelletier (drums), Jack Oldham (bass). Release date: April 1967"<br /><br />So this would seem to be an answer, although your answer adds further pieces of information to the puzzle! A bit of a tangled web, really.23 Daveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-71468613009179029682012-04-05T03:18:08.876+01:002012-04-05T03:18:08.876+01:00The recording history of the Surfaris is somewhat ...The recording history of the Surfaris is somewhat bizarre. To start with there were two Surfaris groups. The first one recorded Surfari/Bombora on Del-Fi 4219 in 1963. Then came the other group of the Wipe Out fame. That record was first issued on two small labels (Princess and DFS) than was picked up by Dot for national distribution and became a huge hit. The first Surfaris group lost the legal battle to keep the name and had to change to Original Surfaris, though they released some singles under the Surfaris name (Felsted 8688, Chancellor 1142). After Wipe Out the Surfaris signed to Decca and released 11 singles, the last one issued in 9/1966. So the first question is, why didn't Dot sign them after the success of Wipe Out? During the same period Dot released 4 singles credited to the Surfaris. The last one was Search/Shake (Dot 17008) in 4/1967. So the second question is, was this the same group? It's hard to imagine that their Decca contract would have had allowed them to record for Dot. Is it possible that Dot retained the rights to use the Surfaris name and that group was totally different from Decca group?<br /><br />Paulkool_auhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885643855005383386noreply@blogger.com