One of two great collections (possibly bootlegged?) of Gary Usher influenced California music, released a few years ago. This collection is just amazing - 32 tracks of surf and hot rod songs from the early 60s featuring female vocals. Many of these were originally released just as two sides of a 45, and are pretty much unknown other than that. Names like Donna Loren, the Surf Bunnies, and Susan Lynne might be familiar from other collections, but there's a ton that I've never seen or heard anywhere else. Surprisingly the Honeys don't show up here at all, but it wouldn't be too surprising if one or more of the acts on here was actually the Honeys under one of their many names. I thought it was the Honeys doing the vocals on Hal Blaine's Dance To The Surfing Band, which is included here. The Majorettes do a catchy ode to surfer guy couture in their song White Levis. And in the very next track the Sea Shells offer a rousing tribute called Love Those Beach Boys, singing "rah rah rah, be true to the Beach Boys!" Another song I can't get out of my head is the Delicates' Black & White Thunderbird, with a jumping beat and fun lyrics about cruising and picking up friends. And if you haven't heard the Surf Bunny Beach by the Surf Bunnies, or Don't Drag No More by Susan Lynne, you've gotta - they're both great combinations of California surf sound with great girl vocals. But then, so is the rest!
1. He's My Surfin' Guy - - Beach Girls
2. Surf Bunnie Beach - Surf Bunnies
3. Our Surfer Boys - Surf Bunnies
4. You Can't Take My Boyfriends Woodie - Power Puffs
5. White Lewis - Majorettes
6. Love Those Beach Boys - Sea Shells
7. Sammy The Sidewalk Surfer - Surfettes
8. Skiing In The Snow - Beach Girls
9. Hot Rod High - Surf Bunnies
10. Dance To The Surfing Band - Hal Blaine
11. I Miss My Surfer Boy Too - Westwoods
12. Califorina Surfer - D.D. Hope
13. Surfer's Memories - Fashions
14. What Does A Lifeguard Do In The Fall ? - June August
15. Chu Sen Ling - Bermudas
16. Surfin' Sally - Petticotes
17. Go Go G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl
18. Black And White Thunderbird - Delicates
19. Don't Drag No More - Susan Lynn
20. Yum Tum Yamaha - Carol Connors
21. Draggin' Wagon - Surfer Girls
22. Daddy, You Just Gotta Let Him In - Satisfactions
23. A Swingin' Summer - Carol Connors
24. Go Back Go Back To Your Pontiac - Darby Sisters
25. Hot Rod City - Marie & The Papaya Girls
26. Sport Car Sally - Bernadette Castro
27. Baby Blue Mustang - Petites
28. The Cycle Set - Donna Loren
29. Bad Motorcycle - Storey Sisters
30. Get Your Daddy's Car Tonight - Petites
31. Motocycle Michael - JoAnn Campbell
32. In His Car - Robin Ward
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