Eek! The Cats Presents:

Los Twang! Marvels - Jungle of Twang























I recently had several requests for re-ups and other posts. Sorry for the delay, but here they are!! The first is Los Twang! Marvels' Jungle Of Twang. I am presenting it here at 320K for your listening pleasure!!

Most all of you know that I'm not very "Politically Correct." I believe that Political Correctness is prolly the most dangerous concept to hit the modern world since the splitting of the atom! It prevents true, deep discussion of so many subjects on so many levels for fear of "offending" someone. I think most of you know that I don't have a single "hate bone" in my body and couldn't possibly INTENTIONALLY offend a race, creed, nationality etc. To prove my point, I wrote the ENTIRE preceding paragraph because I wanted to use the word "Mexican," but I realized that it might be taken as stereotyping or talking down etc. Sheesh! :>} So here it is: it seems that a great deal of the really excellent instro surf music is coming from Mexico and other Hispanic nations South of the US border. Los Twang! Marvels is one of those bands. I think ya'll are really going to enjoy it! ... So, was anyone offended? :>}

Track Listing:

Los Twang! Marvels - Jungle of Twang - 320K

01 - Los Twang! Marvels - Sea of Glory
02 - Los Twang! Marvels - Kaha Huna
03 - Los Twang! Marvels - Somos Los Twang! Marvels
04 - Los Twang! Marvels - Cumana
05 - Los Twang! Marvels - Balihai
06 - Los Twang! Marvels - Mr. Twister
07 - Los Twang! Marvels - Tunisian Moon
08 - Los Twang! Marvels - Nose Walkin'
09 - Los Twang! Marvels - Surf Dilemma
10 - Los Twang! Marvels - Sad on Mondays
11 - Los Twang! Marvels - Siboney
12 - Los Twang! Marvels - Adventures of the Green Camaro
13 - Los Twang! Marvels - Return of the Space Cossack
14 - Los Twang! Marvels - Esclavos de Amor
15 - Los Twang! Marvels - Danza del Sable

Link: http://sharebee.com/745a6be6
Filename: ltm-jot-320K.zip
Size: 96.72 MB

And, of course, NO Passwords!

I stand corrected!

I was informed by one of the folks whom I most respect for their knowledge of all things surf that Los Twang! Marvels is really a GERMAN band!!! I take full responsibility for not doing the research that I usually do, and I apologize for it. What's funny is that I assumed they were Mexican because of the "Los" in the band's name - so here I am, caught flat-footed stereo-typing and doing what I was railing against yesterday. BUT, if I would have chosen the Politically Correct route, I would still be under the impression that they were a Mexican band.

And who was this person that I respect so much who corrected me? Why, Mr. Teisco, of course! :>} Check out his comment in the "Comments" section! The man knows his stuff!! And I really do appreciate being set straight! - Eek!


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I have been asked by the owner of this album to delete the link to The Blue Hawaiians' Live at the Lava Lounge. It is my policy to comply promptly with no questions asked. These folks are making their livelihood with their music, so please find and buy this album!! If Mr. Pascal will write back and leave a link to where this album can be purchased, I will post it here, and in my next post. - Eek! The Cat

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Next is a re-up of
The Blue Hawaiians' Live at the Lava Lounge























These guys are Smooo-ooth! My wife even likes 'em, and she's not that much of an instro surf fan! :>}

Track Listing:

The Blue Hawaiians - Live At The Lava Lounge - 320K

01 - The Blue Hawaiians - The Wipe Out
02 - The Blue Hawaiians - Pipeline - The Blue Hawaiians - Endless Sleep
03 - The Blue Hawaiians - Surfin' Tragedy
04 - The Blue Hawaiians - A Cheat
05 - The Blue Hawaiians - Latinia
06 - The Blue Hawaiians - Apache
07 - The Blue Hawaiians - Red Top
08 - The Blue Hawaiians - Jockey Full of Bourbon
09 - The Blue Hawaiians - Baja
10 - The Blue Hawaiians - Caravan
11 - The Blue Hawaiians - Theme For Young Lovers
12 - The Blue Hawaiians - Jet Black
13 - The Blue Hawaiians - Soul Surfer
14 - The Blue Hawaiians - Jack the Ripper
15 - The Blue Hawaiians - Slave Girl
16 - The Blue Hawaiians - The Jester
17 - The Blue Hawaiians - Dick Tracy

Link: DELETED at the owner's request.


Next:

Laika & The Cosmonauts - Laika Sex Machine





















The Laika & The Cosmonauts' Instruments of Terror CD is, believe it or not, the first instro surf physical CD that I bought. A few days after I had downloaded The Treble Spankers' Hasheeda, I went to this little hip spot in Atlanta called "Little Five Points" that had an actual record (LP) store called "Wax 'N' Facts" (they sell nothing but vinyl!) and another music store, "Criminal Records," (not quite as "hip" as Wax 'N' Facts) that sells LPs and CDs, and started looking for Instrumental Surf music!

Ahhh. I was so filled with naive hope and enthusiasm. After so many years of my music collection being static (Deep Purple (I am a HUGE Ritchie Blackmore fan! The first concert I went to was in 1968 in the San Diego Sports Arena at the tender age of 14, and I saw The Electric Flag (Buddy Miles), Deep Purple and Cream. Blackmore was at his acrobatic heyday back then, and they were touring promoting the self titled Third Album. But I digress from my digressing ...), King Crimson, Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, etc.) Now I had a NEW musical passion: Instrumental Surf Music! After about four hours of searching, I began to realize that, for some odd reason, instro surf - or even instrumental music in general - was not categorized as such. There was NO "Surf Section" in any of the stores! And being so brand new to the music, I knew the names of almost NO bands!

Anyway, to make a short story long, I finally found Laika & The Cosmonauts' Instruments of Terror CD and took it home. Sigh. It was a very good beginning to a very good love affair! And I KNOW that ya'll will enjoy Laika Sex Machine at 320K every bit as much as Instruments of Terror! :>}


Track Listing:

Laika & The Cosmonauts - Laika Sex Machine - 320K

01 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - The Hypno-Wheel
02 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Disconnected
03 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Syncophant
04 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Tantrum
05 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Floating
06 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Turquoise
07 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Boris The Conductor
08 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Look No Head
09 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Experiment In Terror
10 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - The Avengers
11 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Circumstantial Evidence
12 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Hi & Lo
13 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Cafe Equator
14 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Lands End
15 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Psyko
16 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Mission Impossible
17 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Get Carter
18 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Global Village
19 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Enchanted Rock
20 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - C'mon Do The Laika
21 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Fugitive
22 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Ba-Ha-Re-Bah
23 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Fadeaway
24 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Sauna-Soul
25 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Telstar
26 - Laika & the Cosmonauts - Vendetta

Link: http://sharebee.com/63dabd6b
Filename: l&tc-lsm-320K.zip
Size: 112.37 MB

NO Passwords!


And, as always:

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Pollo Del Mar - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea























Hi, my Friends! I hope the new year is treating all of you well! I am still "employment challenged." It seems not many companies are in the market for a very good, experienced (25 years), custom cabinet and store fixture engineer these days. In my quests, I've even acknowledged that I absolutely do not expect to be recompensed at what used to be the industry standard pay scale.

Ha! My wife is a thrift store junkie and is ALWAYS on the look out for a good bargain. I am disappointed that my peers are not like-minded! :>} Well - 'Nuff said!

I had an odd request from my good friend, Brandinio, today. He said that the link to Pollo Del Mar's The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was dead and asked if I could re-up it. Heh, what's odd is that I have never had that album here as an offering to y'all. :>} As it turns out, my very good and dear friend, DaBoss, over at the Fat City Cigar Lounge (see the link in my sidebar), originally hosted that album back in December of '07.

Anywhooo, DaBoss has some very interesting tidbits to share with you about this album and this group in general, so please go visit him and check out what he has to say about this most excellent San Francisco band! Here is the link to his December, '07 post: http://fatcitycigarlounge.blogspot.com/2007/12/pollo-del-mar-devil-and-deep-blue-sea.html. And tell him that Eek! Da Cat has a newly discovered "Romeo Y Julieta" cigar for him. It's a tubo puro they call a "Short Churchill" (roughly 4 1/2 X 50) that is "Heaven in a tube!" And it's only $4.99 per stick! :>}

Oh, and just in case you would like to download the music that you actually came for ... :>}

Track Listing:

Pollo Del Mar - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - 320K

01 - Pollo Del Mar - Annabelle Lee
02 - Pollo Del Mar - Gutlass Supreme
03 - Pollo Del Mar - South of the Border
04 - Pollo Del Mar - Jonny Foo Ninja Chiropractor
05 - Pollo Del Mar - Devil's Slide
06 - Pollo Del Mar - Consuela's Revenge
07 - Pollo Del Mar - Moon Over Marin
08 - Pollo Del Mar - The Saracen Gift
09 - Pollo Del Mar - Rt. 666
10 - Pollo Del Mar - Apache '99

Rapidshare.com:

The download link is: http://rapidshare.com/files/189801049/pdm-tdatdbs-320K.rar
Filename: pdm-tdatdbs-320K.rar
Size: 82,857 KB


Sharebee.com:

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/050c02ff
Filename: pdm-tdatdbs-320K.rar
Size: 79.02 MB


And, as usual, NO Password!

Thank you for visiting my humble blog. You already know that I consider each and every one of you my close and personal friend!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

A Further Collection of Takeshi Terauchi

Ok, my Friends, here are 10 (or so) more "Terry" albums for your listening pleasure. You'll be amazed at the wide variety of styles and sounds! (And please forgive the ugly formatting of this post. Blogger is giving me a hard time - or my meager skills are not up to bending Blogger to my will ...)

Starting with:

Takeshi Terauchi - Beat, Beat, Beat (vol. 1 + 2)






































Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - Beat, Beat, Beat (Vol. 1 & 2) - 128K

01 - Takeshi Terauchi - Oh, Pretty Woman
02 - Takeshi Terauchi - Tell Me
03 - Takeshi Terauchi - Django
04 - Takeshi Terauchi - Kissn' Cousins
05 - Takeshi Terauchi - Twin Cut Out
06 - Takeshi Terauchi - Una Sera Di Tokyo
07 - Takeshi Terauchi - Walk - Takeshi Terauchi - Don't Run
08 - Takeshi Terauchi - A Hard Days Night
09 - Takeshi Terauchi - The House Of Rising Sun
10 - Takeshi Terauchi - Ti Voglio Amar
11 - Takeshi Terauchi - Please Mr Postman
12 - Takeshi Terauchi - I'll Touch A Star
13 - Takeshi Terauchi - Hold Me
14 - Takeshi Terauchi - En Blu Jeans Et Troudon De Chur
15 - Takeshi Terauchi - Diamond Head
16 - Takeshi Terauchi - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
17 - Takeshi Terauchi - 500 Miles
18 - Takeshi Terauchi - Keep Searchin'
19 - Takeshi Terauchi - Il Sure Della
20 - Takeshi Terauchi - Blue Jean No.1
21 - Takeshi Terauchi - 007 - Takeshi Terauchi - Gold Finger
22 - Takeshi Terauchi - Heart of Stone
23 - Takeshi Terauchi - Pipe Line
24 - Takeshi Terauchi - Apache
25 - Takeshi Terauchi - Just Think of Tonight
26 - Takeshi Terauchi - Mr. Carpenter

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/e45a22b1
Filename: tt-bbbv1+2-128K.rar
Size: 58.46 MB

And NO Passwords on any of these albums!

Up next:

Takeshi Terauchi - Beat,
Beat, Beat (Vol. 3 + 4)























This is the only album cover picture that I have. I don't even know if another companion album cover exists (like Vol. 1 & 2). Also, I apologize for the low bitrate (128K) of these two, but it's all that I have. If anyone knows of a companion cover, let me know, and I will post a link to it or upload it!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - Beat, Beat, Beat (Vol. 3 + 4) - 128K

01 - Takeshi Terauchi - Fugitive
02 - Takeshi Terauchi - Game Of Love
03 - Takeshi Terauchi - What Have They Done
04 - Takeshi Terauchi - On The Beach
05 - Takeshi Terauchi - Donna Donna
06 - Takeshi Terauchi - Mes Amis Mes Copains
07 - Takeshi Terauchi - Cruel Sea
08 - Takeshi Terauchi - Crying In the Chapel
09 - Takeshi Terauchi - Mariner Number 4
10 - Takeshi Terauchi - This Little Bird
11 - Takeshi Terauchi - Tar Un Beau Matin D Ete
12 - Takeshi Terauchi - Your Baby
13 - Takeshi Terauchi - Miserlou
14 - Takeshi Terauchi - Wipeout
15 - Takeshi Terauchi - Desert Island
16 - Takeshi Terauchi - Journey To The Stars
17 - Takeshi Terauchi - Rock A Bye Rag
18 - Takeshi Terauchi - Out Of Limits
19 - Takeshi Terauchi - Sentimental Train
20 - Takeshi Terauchi - Caravan
21 - Takeshi Terauchi - La Playa
22 - Takeshi Terauchi - Night Load
23 - Takeshi Terauchi - In The Chapel In the Moonlight
24 - Takeshi Terauchi - Touch Your Heart

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/53a84ca2
Filename: tt-bbbv3+4-128K.rar
Size: 54.24 MB

Onward and upward! This album is with one of his bands, and is titled simply:

Takeshi Terauchi - Blue Jeans























I have a question for any of my Russian friends: Is that Cyrillic lettering? If so, what does it say? I'm just curious (as us cats are wont to be ...) :>}

Anyway, this album is presented in 320K!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - Blue Jeans - 320K

01 - Takeshi Terauchi - Variations On The Gypsy Themes
02 - Takeshi Terauchi - Rassemon
03 - Takeshi Terauchi - Chicago Dze
04 - Takeshi Terauchi - Four Distinct Seasons
05 - Takeshi Terauchi - Soran Busi
06 - Takeshi Terauchi - Comoro Magouta
07 - Takeshi Terauchi - Kuroda Busi
08 - Takeshi Terauchi - Noe Busi
09 - Takeshi Terauchi - Kiso Busi
10 - Takeshi Terauchi - Tusima Dzengara Busi
11 - Takeshi Terauchi - Esakoi Busi
12 - Takeshi Terauchi - Hietsuki Busi

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/842b5432
Filename: tt-bj-320K.rar
Size: 70.71 MB


Sticking with his Blue Jeans band, next up is:

Takeshi Terauchi -
Blue Jeans - Golden Album























This is one of several album that had songs with characters in the names that my computer couldn't interpret (prolly Japanese :>}),
so I list them in the track listing as "Unknown*." The mp3s themselves have dashes in the song titles, for example: "07 - --------.mp3." This album is presented in 160K.

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - Blue Jeans - Golden Album - 160k

01 - Takeshi Terauchi - Sentimental Guitar
02 - Takeshi Terauchi - I'll Remember In The Rain
03 - Takeshi Terauchi - Diamond Head.
04 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown*
05 - Takeshi Terauchi - Night Road
06 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown*
07 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown*
08 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown*
09 - Takeshi Terauchi - Your Baby
10 - Takeshi Terauchi - Blue Jean No 1
11 - Takeshi Terauchi - Touch Your Heart
12 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown*
13 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown*
14 - Takeshi Terauchi - Walk Don't Run
15 - Takeshi Terauchi - Guranada
16 - Takeshi Terauchi - Dark Eyes
17 - Takeshi Terauchi - Jeux Interdits Lst Part
18 - Takeshi Terauchi - The Harry Lime Theme
19 - Takeshi Terauchi - Johnny Guitar
20 - Takeshi Terauchi - Stagecoach
21 - Takeshi Terauchi - Maraguena
22 - Takeshi Terauchi - Haunted Guitar
23 - Takeshi Terauchi - Caravan
24 - Takeshi Terauchi - Tennessee Waltz
25 - Takeshi Terauchi - Usukudara

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/b9f6c3cb
Filename: tt-bj-ga-160K.rar
Size: 77.81 MB


And the last Blue Jeans album that I have is one I prolly should have led off with as it's a collection of stuff from his early times:

Takeshi Terauchi & His Blue Jeans -
Early Times 1964-65





















This is another of the albums with "unknown titled" songs on it. But it is a most impressive collection of music! You can tell that his early roots were firmly planted in instro surf! And it's in 320K too!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi & His Blue Jeans - Early Times 1964-65 - 320K

01 - Takeshi Terauchi - Slaughter On The Tenth Avenue
02 - Takeshi Terauchi - Diamond Head
03 - Takeshi Terauchi - Pipeline
04 - Takeshi Terauchi - Surf Party
05 - Takeshi Terauchi - Wild Week End
06 - Takeshi Terauchi - Walk Don't Run
07 - Takeshi Terauchi - Blue Jean Blues
08 - Takeshi Terauchi - Point Panic
09 - Takeshi Terauchi - Galaxy
10 - Takeshi Terauchi - My Bonnie
11 - Takeshi Terauchi - Ajoen Ajoen
12 - Takeshi Terauchi - When The Saints Go Marching In
13 - Takeshi Terauchi - Theme From Karen
14 - Takeshi Terauchi - Out Of Limits
15 - Takeshi Terauchi - I Go To Pieces
16 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
17 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
18 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
19 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
20 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
21 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
22 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
23 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
24 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
25 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
26 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
27 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
28 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
29 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown
30 - Takeshi Terauchi - Unknown

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/8b6ceccc
Filename: tt&hbj-et64-65-320K.rar
Size: 107.95 MB


Now we move to some albums from his band, "The Bunnies." No, I don't know what he was thinking of ... :>}

Takeshi Terauchi - The Bunnys Singles 1 -
Little Devil (Japan)














I'm assuming this is a collection of songs that were previously released as singles (yeah, I know: Duh!!) This is The Bunnys Singles #1, which will be followed by (drum roll please) The Bunnys Singles #2! :>}

I'm not positive that this is the correct cover for this album. If anyone has a better version, let me know, and I'll make it available! I found this picture from here: http://jessekaminsky.com/intercontinental/playlists/07-23-08/ - which is a "radio" show called "Jesse Kaminsky's The Intercontinental."

Also, while looking for this album cover, I ran across a brief history of Takeshi Terauchi. His story REALLY surprised me! It's at the bottom of this page: http://60spunk.m78.com/gsbands.htm.

WARNING! Vocal Tracks May Be Included!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - The Bunnys Singles 1 - Little Devil (Japan) - 192K

01 - Terry's Theme
02 - Test Driver
03 - Irrevocable Vow
04 - Dream In The Ocean
05 - Kanjincho
06 - Genroku Hanami Odori
07 - Let's Go Shake
08 - Shake No.1
09 - The Rising Guitar
10 - South Pier
11 - Little Devil
12 - Hey! You Stop!
13 - Symphony No. 5
14 - Unfinished Symphony
15 - Ai No Remember
16 - Futari No Izumi
17 - Tsugaru Jongarabushi
18 - Dark Eyes
19 - Csardas No. 1


The download link is: http://sharebee.com/14e34ec9
Filename: tt-tbs1-ld-jpn-192K.rar
Size: 72.26 MB

And the follow up:

Takeshi Terauchi - The Bunnys Singles 2 -
Taiyo No Hana


















Yes, I admit that I haven't listened to either of these "Singles" albums (hanging head in shame). So I think, but I'm not sure, that there are vocal tracks on this album too.

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - The Bunnys Singles 2 - Taiyo No Hana - 192K

01 - Taiyo Yaro
02 - World Boy
03 - Feedback Guitar
04 - Omoide No Hoshizora
05 - Taiyo No Hana
06 - Seishun Wo Kakete
07 - Let's Go Bugalu
08 - Summer Bugalu
09 - Tokyo No Sunset
10 - Hono No Koi
11 - Tasogare
12 - Samishisona Shojo
13 - Usukudara
14 - Dark Eyes
15 - Blue Star
16 - Unchainned Melody
17 - Jingle Bell

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/b8717e59
Filename: tt-tbs2-tnh-192K.rar
Size: 62.58 MB


Next Up:

Takeshi Terauchi -
The World Is Waiting For Terry


















This is a truly eclectic collection of Eleki! (Say that three times really fast ...) Everything from Riders In The Sky to Moon River, Terry shows he is comfortable and confident in his ability to cross genres and still bring in the audiences!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - The World Is Waiting For Terry - 128K

01 - Takeshi Terauchi - Riders In The Sky
02 - Takeshi Terauchi - House Of The Rising Storm
03 - Takeshi Terauchi - Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
04 - Takeshi Terauchi - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
05 - Takeshi Terauchi - Moanin'
06 - Takeshi Terauchi - Shine
07 - Takeshi Terauchi - Night Train
08 - Takeshi Terauchi - Red Sails In The Sunset
09 - Takeshi Terauchi - Blue Moon
10 - Takeshi Terauchi - Stardust
11 - Takeshi Terauchi - Moon River
12 - Takeshi Terauchi - Comin' Home Baby

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/015e3297
Filename: tt-twiwft-128K.rar
Size: 28.47 MB

Well, two albums left! Here is:

Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys -
Seicho Takeuchi - Bushi























You gotta LOVE those costumes! They remind me of one of my all time favorite bands, "Paul Revere & The Raiders!" And Terry looks like he is REALLY tearing that Mosrite guitar up!

I believe that this album is mostly traditional Japanese songs done Eleki style!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Seicho Takeuchi - Bushi - 192K

01 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Kanjincho
02 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Sado okake
03 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Musume Dôseiji
04 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Mamuro gawa Ondo
05 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Shôsho Oiwake
06 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Chakkiri bushi
07 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Genroku Hanami Odori
08 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Nôe bushi
09 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Hana gasa Ondo
10 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - O edo Nihon bashi
11 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Kazoe Uta
12 - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys - Tsukuba san

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/24816acc
Filename: ttab-st-b-192K.rar
Size: 40.92 MB


And the last album I have to share with ya'll is:

Takeshi Terauchi -
TakeTera - Surfing























My poor computer really does try to render these characters, but sadly, this is what it comes up with: "05 Ë™ .mp3" So most of the tunes on this album are of unknown titles!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - TakeTera - Surfing - 160K

01 - Takeshi Terauchi - Pipeline
02 - Unknown
03 - Unknown
04 - Takeshi Terauchi - Walk Don't Run
05 - Unknown
06 - Unknown
07 - Unknown
08 - Unknown
09 - Takeshi Terauchi - Out Of Limits
10 - Takeshi Terauchi - Wipe Out
11 - Unknown
12 - Unknown
13 - Unknown
14 - Unknown

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/0fcf092a
Filename: tt-tt-surfing-160K.rar
Size: 38.05 MB

Well, my Friends, I hope you enjoy these offerings! If anyone figures out the "Unknown" titles, you know where to post them! :>}

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Re-Up Day! :>}

I've had some requests for re-ups, so here are the first two. If you have found an album here that the link to is dead, let me know, and I'll continue the Re-Up Day as a Part 2, Part 3, etc. :>}

First up today is:

The Trashwomen - Spend The Night With The Trashwomen























I believe I first posted this on October 23, 2007 along with several other "Girl Groups" (no offense intended). Oh, and these links are new!

Track Listing:

The Trashwomen - Spend The Night With The Trashwomen - 192K

01 - Marguya
02 - Perversion
03 - Daddy Love
04 - Peter Gunn
05 - Date's On Me
06 - Nightmare At The Drag
07 - Sling Rave Curvette
08 - Space Needle
09 - Justine
10 - Quasimoto
11 - Cum On Baby
12 - I'm Trash

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/e43defda
Filename: ttrsh-stnwttrsh-192K.rar
Size: 31.37 MB

Second up:

Messer Chups - Miss Libido 2000























This was actually a presentation of the great Mr. Al Zombie!! It was posted on July 17, 2007.

Track Listing:

Messer Chups - Miss Libido 2000 - 192K

01 - Wunderkind city
02 - Oleg Gitarkin vs - Scotland Yard
03 - Hyperboloid of engineer Gitarkin
04 - Contact 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
05 - Ich bin eine Hexe
06 - Midnight
07 - Miss Surf
08 - Fantomas- Jugend
09 - Die Warze von Mars
10 - Druzilla-Twist
11 - Trashman upgrade
12 - Snake eyes
13 - Das Bocklein in Schokolade
14 - Amore Grande
15 - Allo, Gitarkin man
16 - Sex change
17 - Made on Moon
18 - Mr - Hyde and Mr - Hyde
19 - Zorrofobia
20 - I'm ready for love
21 - Annette Schneider

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/b78058ef
Filename: mc-ml2000-192K.rar
Size: 78.66 MB

And, as usual, No Passwords!!

Enjoy!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

PS - My next post, prolly tomorrow, will be all of the Takeshi Terauchi albums that I haven't already posted (10 albums), so it will be a pretty huge post. See ya then!

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Takeshi Terauchi - The Blue Jeans - Complete Collection























Takeshi Terauchi is somewhat of an instro surf legend and a ground breaking instro guitar player in general. He was involved in creating the "Eleki" style of playing (see my post from July of '07, "Takeshi Terauchi - Let's Go Eleki-Bushi" (http://eektcat.blogspot.com/2007/07/eek-cat-presents-eleki-takeshi-terauchi.html)) after The Ventures took Japan by storm in 1962. For a really good explanation of the "Eleki" style and some of the history behind it, see the article I quoted from in my '07 post at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_rock).

Anyway, here are some of the really great songs that have become instro surf staples, and others that are just plain excellent. This collection is presented in 320K! :>} I truly believe that ya'll will REALLY enjoy this one and the second offering in this post: "Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys - Let's Go Classics."

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi - The Blue Jeans - Complete Collection - 320K

01 - Fate (Theme From Beethoven's 5th Symphony in C minor)
02 - In A Persian Market
03 - Tsugaru
04 - Walk Don't Run
05 - Caravan
06 - Slaughter On 10th Ave
07 - Diamond Head
08 - Pipeline
09 - Far Away From The Sun
10 - Karelia (Kiri-no Kareria)
11 - Driving Guitar
12 - Feedback Guitar
13 - Flying Guitar (Sora-tobu gita)
14 - Guitar In Tears (Namida-no Gita)
15 - Forever With You (Kimi To Itsumademo)
16 - Black Sand Beach (Burakku Sando Biichi)
17 - Hey, Traveller (Tabibito Yo)
18 - Stars In The Night (Yozora-no Hoshi)
19 - Seishun-e-no Messeeji
20 - Blue Star

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/80cdc71d
Filename: tt-tbjcc-320K.rar
Size: 95.29 MB

No Password!


Next up:

Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys - Let's Go Classics























"Let's Go Classics" has many of my own personal favorite songs on it that you just don't really hear anywhere else. Songs like Sabre Dance, Hungarian Dance No. 5 and even the Terry's Eleki version of The Flight of The Bumble Bee show his eclectic and wide, wide taste in world music while keeping true to his own style.

I have to admit that after hearing the Surf Coaster's unbelievably fast and accurate rendering of nearly every note that Al Hirt played on his stinging, virtuoso presentation of Flight of The Bumble Bee (which was used as the theme song for the '60's television series The Green Hornet - featuring a young Bruce Lee as the Green Hornet's "sidekick", Kato) , Terry's version is nowhere near as polished, but it still stands as pure Takeshi Terauchi.

On a side note (pun intended), according to Wikipedia, "The music of "Flight of the Bumblebee" was so strongly identified with The Green Hornet that it was retained as the theme, orchestrated by Billy May (who also composed the new background scores) and conducted by Lionel Newman, with trumpet solo by Al Hirt, in a jazz style nicknamed Green Bee. Years later, this music was featured during a key scene in the 2003 film, Kill Bill, Vol. 1, which paid tribute to Kato by featuring dozens of swordfighters wearing Kato masks during the film's key fight sequence."

Also, there are rumors that The Green Hornet is making a comeback in a new movie: "Columbia pictures has confirmed that Stephen Chow, director of Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, will direct the upcoming Green Hornet movie. Chow will also star opposite Seth Rogen’s Hornet as Kato, a role popularized by fellow Hong Kong-ian Bruce Lee." - Source: Filmdrunk - September 22, 2008.

Back to the music!

Track Listing:

Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys - Let's Go Classics - 192K

01 - Theme from Symphony No. 6
02 - Theme from Swan Lake
03 - In A Persian Market
04 - The Flight of The Bumble Bee
05 - Sabre Dance
06 - Theme from Unfinished Symphony
07 - Hungarian Dance No. 5
08 - Toreador Song from Carmen
09 - Danube Wave Waltz
10 - One Fine Day from Madame Butterfly
11 - For Elise (Beethoven)

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/11b79696
Filename:: ttatb-lgc-192K.rar
Size: 41.94 MB

No Password!

Enjoy!!!!!!!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help"

Eek! The Cat RE-Presents:

Speedball JR - Whiplash























I got a comment that the link for this album was no longer good, sooooo, here ya go! :>} It really is a great album, and even though the first song is numbered "02," on the CD, the number "01" track is an mpeg video.

And I hope ya'll had some wonderful holidays and a very Merry Christmas/Chanukah (Hanukkah)/Everything Else!!

Track Listing:

Speedball Jr. - Whiplash - 320K

01 - Speedball Jr - V8.mpg
02 - Speedball Jr. - Mars Attack
03 - Speedball Jr. - Los Vampiros
04 - Speedball Jr. - Planet Fairplayers
05 - Speedball Jr. - V8
06 - Speedball Jr. - Space Run
07 - Speedball Jr. - Whiplash
08 - Speedball Jr. - Teaserama
09 - Speedball Jr. - Overture
10 - Speedball Jr. - L'Amour La Mort
11 - Speedball Jr. - Dr. Evil

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/ced2e2c3
Filename: sbjr-w-320K.rar
Size: 96.21 MB

No Password!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!" (And as a special message from me to you, it really is True!! - Eek!)

Eek! The Cat Presents:

The California Guitar Trio - An Opening Act (Tour With King Crimson)

I know this isn't exactly surf instro, though there are several surf standards in their play list, but I can guarantee that you've never heard them played like these guys. They are three acoustic guitarists who all studied under Robert Fripp, the virtuoso/genius behind King Crimson. They are from different parts of the world, and they mostly jam and write music via the internet.

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing them in concert in a very tiny and intimate venue, and I was and still am astounded at the synchronization and perfection of their playing. Aside from their version of songs like "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" and "Misirlou," just wait until you hear them perform, and even though this will sound really hokey, actually create a solid wall of sound that is "Toccata And Fugue In D Minor," you will be amazed!

I'm REALLY looking forward to hearing what ya'll have to say about this little acoustic guitar trio. :>}.

Track Listing:

California Guitar Trio - An Opening Act (Tour With King Crimson) - 320K

01 - California Guitar Trio - Yamanashi Blues
02 - California Guitar Trio - Melrose Avenue
03 - California Guitar Trio - Train To Lamy Suite
04 - California Guitar Trio - Blockhead
05 - California Guitar Trio - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
06 - California Guitar Trio - Punta Patri
07 - California Guitar Trio - Toccata And Fugue In D Minor
08 - California Guitar Trio - Pipeline
09 - California Guitar Trio - Kan-Non Power
10 - California Guitar Trio - Invitation
11 - California Guitar Trio - Walk Don't Run
12 - California Guitar Trio - Misirlou

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/56bfd574
Filename: cgt-aoa320K.zip
Size: 72.38 MB

No Password!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help"

By Special Request From Anonymous:

The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Aloha!

This is by special request and is NOT your typical instro surf! It's actually authentic Hawaiian music. I lived in Hawaii back from 1958 through 1961, back before it was commercially developed. We lived, for a time, about two blocks from Waikiki Beach. There were no high rise hotels or anything like that. It was mostly pristine sand and jungle. I was even there when it gained statehood. The songs on this album just remind me of those times. We used to actually sing "Aloha Oe," and several other songs on this collection, and I just thought ya'll might enjoy listening to some of it. It was on one of those Russian ifolder sites, which are EXTREMELY difficult to navigate if you don't speak Russian! :>} I figured them out a while back, and because the request was so sincere and enthusiastic, and because I think you really might actually enjoy this wonderful island music played by consumate musicians, so here ya go! :>}

Track Listing:

The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Aloha! - 256K

01 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Aloha Oe
02 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Little Lani Jo
03 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Nina Bobo
04 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Mine-Ha-Ha
05 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Sophisticated Hula
06 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Mauna Kea
07 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Hilo March
08 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Maori Chimes
09 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Pulan Ambon
10 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Blue Wahini
11 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Imiau-Ea-Auwey
12 - The Blue Wahini Serenaders - Sari Nande

The download link is: http://sharebee.com/8aeac33b
Filename: tbws-a!320K.zip (I misnamed the zip file - it should read 256K)
Size: 50.64 MB

No Password!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

The Surf Kings - Coming Up For Air



















Hi Folks! I think you might really enjoy this 2004 album from The Surf Kings. It's their second album, and it really kicks butt! The guitarist is smooth and fluid, and his sound is full and bright with heaping helpings of reverb. But the bassist ... Wowsers!!! This is one of the all time best bassists I've ever heard in an instro surf band!!!! I kid you not, if you don't have this album, you NEED it!! And that is straight from the Cat's mouth!

I can't remember who to thank for this gem, but you know who you are, so thank you!!! :>} And it's in 320K too!

Track Listing:

The Surf Kings - Coming Up For Air - 320K

01 - The Surf Kings - Hammerhead
02 - The Surf Kings - Coming Up For Air
03 - The Surf Kings - Glass Bowls
04 - The Surf Kings - Casbah
05 - The Surf Kings - Catalyst
06 - The Surf Kings - Lobotomy
07 - The Surf Kings - Amp Head
08 - The Surf Kings - Oral Exciter
09 - The Surf Kings - Gods Of Atlantis
10 - The Surf Kings - Spirit Of Man
11 - The Surf Kings - Jaba Point
12 - The Surf Kings - Amanda
13 - The Surf Kings - Bolero For A King
14 - The Surf Kings - Black Sea

File Name - tsk-cufa320k.zip
Size: 116.2 MB
Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/153598561/tsk-cufa320k.zip

No Password!! Enjoy!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Dave Myers and The Surftones - Moment of Truth






















I thought ya'll might like this 1999 album of more traditional style surf instro. What really caught my ear was the first track, "Frog Walk Pt. II." Now, I've heard many times the sound of a "nasty" sax and even a "nasty" trombone ("Nasty" in the best possible down and dirty sense), but I've never heard a nasty trumpet before. They are always so clear and even powerful, but never nasty. Well, here it is. Just take a listen to it, and Yes, it IS a trumpet, and it Is down and dirty nasty! It's most excellent! The rest of the album, while traditional, is still in the same vein. Let me know what you think.

And this one, too, comes to us by the good graces of Mr. Teisco in 320K.

Dave Myers and The Surftones - Moment of Truth - 320K
Tracklisting:

01 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Frog Walk Pt. II
02 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Church Key
03 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Smokey Stomper
04 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - King`s Surf
05 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Aquavelva
06 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Surferama
07 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Moment of Truth
08 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Road to Ricon
09 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Surf Breaker
10 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Surfer`s Theme
11 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Passion
12 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Wet Walkin`
13 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - Driftin`
14 - Dave Myers and The Surftones - White Water

Link: http://sharebee.com/2182c663
Filename: dmats-mot320K.zip
Size: 77.06 MB

No Password!


While I have your ear (they will all be returned forthwith), I'm sure you've all heard of the 700 Billion dollar bailout debacle here in the US. That's nearly 3/4 of a Trillion dollars. We hear the word "Trillion" so often these days that it just doesn't seem that much more than a billion or even a million. I'd like to put it in perspective for you (and I've run the numbers myself, so you can take this as The Cat's Truth): If you were to count from one to one million, one number every second, it would take you about eleven and a half days. BUT, if you were to count from one to one trillion, one number every second, it would take you MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND YEARS!!! Yup. You heard it here. I say "Vote against ALL incumbent politicians in every election until they realize that we KNOW that they believe their main job is to get re-elected first, and then maybe serve their constituents second." Grrrr. Don't get me started.

Ok, here are your ears back, and thank you for the loan!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

The Mercury Four - Codename: Aurora























The first thing I want to say is to let you know, and this is going to sound SO smarmy that I apologize in advance, but your comments all during the time I was gone, and then all of the welcome back comments actually left me sitting in front of my computer with tears running down my face. Now, let me stop right here and say that I am a big, manly man. I've been a cabinet maker for 25 years and a musician for more than 40 years, so for some odd reason, admitting my emotional reaction to you, all of my friends, the ones I've "spoken" with and the ones that I haven't, is extremely difficult. I guess it's the stigma that manly men should be strong all of the time. But in this age of ultra hate and intolerance, the fact that so many folks I've never even met would take time out of their day to send me words of support and encouragement just really struck me as something strange and wonderful. I want to thank every one of you, but I don't know any better way than to just say Thank You.

Ok, I told you it would be smarmy and embarrassing, but I've said it anyway. :>} On to the music!

The Mercury Four are a comprised of former members of The Deep End and The Splashdowns, two of Seattle's finest instrumental bands (according to Phil dirt). All I know is that this 2007 album impressed that heck out of me! It's an adventure into high energy and a heavy fullness that so many bands strive for but fall short. I REALLY know ya'll are going to love this entire album!

I hope that it hasn't already been posted by one of my other friends (see the site list in the side panel). I just haven't had time to search them all out. This comes to us from the great and powerful Mr. Teisco, and is presented in 320K.

The album is over 100 MB, so I split it into two separate and independent zip files. Just download them both and extract them into the same folder.

The Mercury Four - Codename: Aurora - 320k
Tracklisting:

01 - The Mercury Four - Stratoliner Down
02 - The Mercury Four - 911
03 - The Mercury Four - A Quick Creepy
04 - The Mercury Four - Atomic Spider Bite
05 - The Mercury Four - Commie Rat Stomp
06 - The Mercury Four - Alki Surf
07 - The Mercury Four - Jicketts Speed Shop
08 - The Mercury Four - Casa De Carne
09 - The Mercury Four - Code Name Aurora
10 - The Mercury Four - Lazarus Goes Back To Work
11 - The Mercury Four - Sonic Reducer
12 - The Mercury Four - Jimbolero
13 - The Mercury Four - Pocket Full of Dimes
14 - The Mercury Four - El Gravitron

The Links:
Part 1: http://sharebee.com/6b127d21
Filename: tmf-ca320K-Part1.zip
Size: 56.02 MB

Part 2: http://sharebee.com/51ade0ca
Filename: tmf-ca320K-Part2.zip
Size: 48.37 MB

And NO Passwords!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Open Channel D, Mr. Solo ... Link Updates

Star Date: 09.23.2008

Hi Folks and Dear Friends!

I would rather not go into the story of getting sick and coming back from the brink. I would rather say that "all in all it's just another brink in the Wall" ... :>}

So! I hear that a lot of my Rapidshare links are dead. Well, I've re-zipped the albums from the last post and re-uploaded them. Here they are, in full color!

Alwaro Negro - Is Dead?! - 192K
http://rapidshare.com/files/147585039/an-id192K.zip
Size: 24.24 MB

Alwaro Negro - Clean! - 320K
http://rapidshare.com/files/147585038/ancln-320K.zip
Size: 42.49 MB

The Surfaces - Dangerous Exchange - 224K
http://rapidshare.com/files/147722784/ts-de224K.zip
Size: 39.45 MB

VA - Locos Instrumentales Around The World - 192K
http://rapidshare.com/files/147733068/liatw192K.zip
Size: 98.08 MB

Raritease the 93-94 Vinyl Collections:

The Vice Barons - Raritease - 192K
Part1: http://rapidshare.com/files/147722786/tvb-r192KPart1.zip
Size: 64.25 MB

The Vice Barons - Raritease - 192K
Part2: http://rapidshare.com/files/147722787/tvb-r192KPart2.zip
Size: 52.42 MB

Arno DE CEA - Aloha From Cestas - 192K
http://rapidshare.com/files/147585037/adc-afc192K.zip
Size: 51.32 MB

Cutback - Hang 6 - 320K
http://rapidshare.com/files/147585041/cb-h6-320K.zip
Size: 37.85 MB

NO PASSWORDS on any of the zip files!! On the The Vice Barons - Raritease album, just extract both zip files into the same folder. They are both independent zip files that make up the one whole album.

I'm thinking about maybe starting back to regular posting. I know I've disappointed ya'll before, but I believe that under my current treatment, I'm no longer sick!! YeeeHaw!! :>} So what do you Folks think?

And remember: "It never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Holy Cow! It's Heavy Surf!

First off, I just got back from the Left Coast - beautiful, sunny, southern California! I went out to visit my brother and his wife for his 50th birthday! Woo Hoo! The plane ride out there was great! I was treated like a king! The Captain met me at the door of the plane and personally stowed my Martin acoustic guitar in what he called his "guitar closet." Then he told me the only catch was that if the movie didn't work, I would have to play for the folks! When we arrived, he met me at the door and personally handed me my baby. On the way home, my flight was delayed for two hours, and I was also treated like they would rather I be assigned to the cargo hold. What a difference good personnel can make! It only goes to prove my motto, "Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Also, someone recently request an album that they have been looking for for a long time, but I can't find that comment! But to let you know, that album was recently posted by my good friend, Ryp, over at the Twilight Zone blog! So, if you are that person, go do a Google Site Search over there, and you'll find it!

On to the music!

These albums are all new to me, and Man, are they HEAVY! I'll try to keep my ramblings to a minimum 'cause their is a TON of music I have for you!

These first two albums are courtesy of the kind and influential Mr. Teisco.

First up is a band called Alwaro Negro with their 2004 album Is Dead?!.

Alwaro Negro - Is Dead - 192K


From the very first song, Trafficando Inseguimenti, it's heavy and it's reverb drenched. It's heaviness is reminiscent of the Coffin Daggers first full length LP. What I'm tryin' to say is, "You GOTTA hear this album!" Whooooeee! Yessiree Bob!

While it's only at 192K, it's still crystal clear instro goodness!


Track Listing:

Alwaro Negro - Is Dead - 192K

01 - Alwaro Negro - Trafficando Inseguimenti
02 - Alwaro Negro - Surf Rouge
03 - Alwaro Negro - Speed HawaII
04 - Alwaro Negro - Spaccadito
05 - Alwaro Negro - Grumps
06 - Alwaro Negro - Sigariforme
07 - Alwaro Negro - Tacciack
08 - Alwaro Negro - Crasto

Filename: an-id192K.rar
Size: 23.68 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/01c74102
No Password!


Next Up:
Alwaro Negro - Clean! - 320K



More Alwaro to get next to - this time in 320K. By the way, these guys are from Latina, Italy. They first got together in 2002. For some reason, I had been thinking they were from Brazil. Thank goodness for Google! :>}





Track Listing:

Alwaro Negro - Clean! - 320K

01 - Alwaro Negro - Ultra Caravan
02 - Alwaro Negro - Belva
03 - Alwaro Negro - The Washed Stomp
04 - Alwaro Negro - Frisbee
05 - Alwaro Negro - Centrifuge
06 - Alwaro Negro - Too Many Knots To Untangle
07 - Alwaro Negro - Comb
08 - Alwaro Negro - Universal Clean
09 - Alwaro Negro - Root

Filename: ancln-320K.rar
Size: 41.79 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/1dacdae5
No Password!


Ok! Now we have one from the infamous, notorious and wonderful Al Zombie!:

The Surfaces - Dangerous Exchange - 224K























If you like The Ghastly Ones or The Moon-Rays, you're gonna LOVE these guys! When a band has song titles like "Ghost Theme" and "60000000 Km To The Earth," my hopes go high that they can pull it off. Sometimes I'm really disappointed, but NOT with The Surfaces! They are hot and ghostly!

Track Listing:

The Surfaces - Dangerous Exchange - 224K

01 - The Surfaces - Lost Horizon
02 - The Surfaces - Ghost Theme
03 - The Surfaces - Dangerous Contact
04 - The Surfaces - Martian Secrets
05 - The Surfaces - Immersion
06 - The Surfaces - Tsunami Surfing
07 - The Surfaces - Phantoman
08 - The Surfaces - 5 Years On The Allien Planet
09 - The Surfaces - Astro Monstro
10 - The Surfaces - 60000000 Km To The Earth

Filename: ts-de224K.rar
Size: 38.53 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/370d5297
No Password!


Moving right along, here is an excellent comp from Instro Surf bands around the world! The rest of these albums are by way of the gracious Mr. Teisco!!

Locos Instrumentales Around The World - 192K






















Woo Hoo! This albums is a hoot! Its pedigree reads like a Who's Who of the Instro Surf world! The Mutants, The Nebulas, The Anacondas, The Metalunas, and on and on. So here ya go!

Track Listing:

Locos Instrumentales Around The World - 192K

01 - El Ray - 01 The Spider
02 - The Metalunas - 02 Rodns Brain
03 - Tijuana Bibles - 03 Mexican Courage
04 - The Anacondas - 04 Juanita
05 - Lost Acapulco - 05 Las Calaveras Del Justicio
06 - Los Walkysons - 06 Jinete Sin Cabeza
07 - The Nebulas - 07 Mandalore
08 - Surf Report - 08 Bluff Failure
09 - Sr - Bikini - 09 Santo Had A Hot Rod
10 - Los Twangers - 10 Calypso Voodoo
11 - The Brillantines - 11 Klezmeil Queen Of Swamp
12 - Surfpatrouille - 12 Slotcar Racer
13 - Antonio Fargas - 13 Belans Theme (I Never Drink
14 - Rock-A-Hulas With Cody Angel - 14 El Cruncho
15 - The Mutants - 15 Timba Am Gaya
16 - Cocktail Preachers - 16 Highball Holiday
17 - Ray Daytona And Googoobombos - 17 Weird On The Moon
18 - Chewbacca's - 18 5000 Light Years Away From
19 - Fifty Foot Combo - 19 Triplexpresso
20 - Bikini Men - 20 Invasion Of
21 - Los Platonics - 21 Signor Link
22 - The Coffin Daggers - 22 Moondawg
23 - Robert & The Roboters - 23 Jutta Aus Kalkutta
24 - Locos Instrumentales - 24 7 Veils A Go Go
25 - Bitch Boys - 25 Suez Canal Affair

Filename: liatw192K.rar
Size: 93.47 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/84f27dad
No Password!


Had enough? Me neither! :>} Here is a collection album of all of The Vice Baron's EPs and Demos. It's called:

The Vice Barons - Raritease - 192K








Yeah, teeny, tiny pic of the album cover (it's the only one I could find), but the album is HUGE! 30 songs from these masters of reverb! They aren't really to be considered "heavy," but they are most excellent! Let's get to it!

*WARNING* If any of you parents have kids looking over your shoulder, some of these song titles aren't exactly "G" rated ... Just thought you should know ahead of time. (A Public Service Announcement from your friendly neighborhood Cat)

Track Listing:

The Vice Barons - Raritease - 192K

01 - The Vice Barons - Swamp Surfer
02 - The Vice Barons - Buzz
03 - The Vice Barons - Radiant
04 - The Vice Barons - Interstellar 69
05 - The Vice Barons - Bikini Point
06 - The Vice Barons - Teenage Furboxx
07 - The Vice Barons - Five Eyes On You
08 - The Vice Barons - Surfin'dutchman
09 - The Vice Barons - Born Liar
10 - The Vice Barons - Whip Lust
11 - The Vice Barons - Skaterdater Rock
12 - The Vice Barons - Shape Of Things To Come
13 - The Vice Barons - Another Cycle In Detroit
14 - The Vice Barons - Doctor Love
15 - The Vice Barons - Arrowheads
16 - The Vice Barons - No Fuck, No Ride
17 - The Vice Barons - Restless
18 - The Vice Barons - The Cape
19 - The Vice Barons - Sweet Sam
20 - The Vice Barons - Suck-O-Rama
21 - The Vice Barons - The Creeper
22 - The Vice Barons - Zapata
23 - The Vice Barons - Buzz
24 - The Vice Barons - Death Walk Of Frankie Stein
25 - The Vice Barons - Street Action
26 - The Vice Barons - Starlite Motel
27 - The Vice Barons - California Sun
28 - The Vice Barons - Palisades Park
29 - The Vice Barons - Unknown Track
30 - The Vice Barons - Thunder Pussy

This album is in two separate and independent rar files. That just means that you have to extract each file into the same folder.

Part 1
Filename: tvb-r192KPart1.rar
Size: 51.64 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/2501b106

Part 2

Filename: tvb-r192KPart2.rar
Size: 51.48 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/531307c8
No Passwords!


Well! I hope you enjoy these ... what's that? One more? Well, never let it be said that Eek! The Cat isn't an accommodating old fellow! After all, it never hurts to help! :>}

Here's one that's a little ghostly, a little space and a little garage. It was also the first album posted on my good friend, Frisian's blog, Boppeslag. But in case you missed it, here it is again!

Arno DE CEA - Aloha From Cestas - 192K



I believe they were a French duo named Stef And Arno. From what I understand this is their one and only album.







Track Listing:

Arno DE CEA - Aloha From Cestas - 192K

01 - Arno De Cea - Cestas Intergalactic Ant
02 - Arno De Cea - La Salie
03 - Arno De Cea - Maka'u
04 - Arno De Cea - Do The Kanibal
05 - Arno De Cea - Third Eye Motel Girl
06 - Arno De Cea - Nao Faz Mais Do que Pass
07 - Arno De Cea - Honi
08 - Arno De Cea - Casse Toi De Ma Plage!
09 - Arno De Cea - Cestas Girl
10 - Arno De Cea - Honolulu Minimalism
11 - Arno De Cea - Earthlings Are From Venus
12 - Arno De Cea - Cestas Space Invasion
13 - Arno De Cea - Aloha From Cestas

Filename: adc-afc192K.rar
Size: 50.45 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/db26946c
No Password!

It was really great having you all here today, and as a parting gift, the entire studio audience will receive one more album! (Heh) These guys "ain't nuthin' but talented!!!!" Check 'em out:

Cutback - Hang 6 - 320K














Track Listing:

Cutback - Hang 6 - 320K

01.Cutback - Shark Pit
02.Cutback - Secret Spot
03.Cutback - Cutback
04.Cutback - Spanish House
05.Cutback - Witches Rock
06.Cutback - Conan The Surferian

Filename: cb- h6-320K.rar
Size: 37.24 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/b3a88e51
No Password!


Thank you for visiting! And thank you for all of your comments. I know I've been really slack about answering them, and I apologize deeply. But I do read and truly appreciate each and every one. They (you) make it all worth it!

Enjoy!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Tribute Day!

I find it so amazing that the "Surf" Instro folks are so versatile that they can play just about any genre of music, and make it sound great, and sometimes even better than the originals!

I think I'd like to start Tribute Day off with an album called:

Shots In The Dark - A Tribute To Henry Mancini - 320K























Personally, I think Henry Mancini was a musical genius. To be able to write such memorable music "on demand" is a rare and envious gift. What I mean is, a lot of folks write stuff that is comparable, but they do it in the leisure of their own time zone. But to craft something like the Pink Panther Theme, Experiment In Terror, or Peter Gunn, and to do it when someone says "I need a great theme song, and you have 30 days to to do it," or whatever - THAT is beyond my comprehension! That is what separates the merely great from the genius! :>}

Most of these albums are in two separate rar files ('cause most of the albums are at 320k). Since so many folks have trouble with split rar files, I like to put them into two totally independent files. All This means is that you need to extract both of them individually into the same folder.

And remember that if you happen to get a "corrupted rar file, try using the "Repair" function as I always try to put a 3% recovery record into each file.

Track Listing:

Shots In The Dark - A Tribute To Henry Mancini - 320K

01 - Banzai Pipeline - The Boardwalkers
02 - Baby Elephant Walk - The Jigsaw Seen
03 - Peter Gunn Theme - Poison Ivy (Of The Cramps)
04 - Charade (Instrumental) - The Blue Hawaiians
05 - Something For Cat - Four Piece Suit
06 - Mr. Lucky - Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods
07 - The Pink Panther Theme - Oranj Symphonette
08 - Lonesome - Friends Of Dean Martinez
09 - The Party - The Wondermints
10 - Monkey Farm - The Tiki Tones
11 - A Shot In The Dark - Whiskey Biscuit
12 - Touch Of Evil - Man or Astroman
13 - Days Of Wine And Roses - Wonderful World Of Joey
14 - Dreamsville - Br. Cleve & His Lush Orchestra
15 - Push The Button, Max! - Del Noah & The Mt. Ararat Finks
16 - Charade (Vocal) - Farina
17 - Mr. Yunioshi - Insect Surfers
18 - Arabesque - The Huntington Cads
19 - Experiment In Terror - Davie Allan & The Arrows
20 - Moon River - Nan Vernon

Part 1:
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Size: 70.91 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/c5845f59

Part 2:
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Size: 75.42 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/ebdd24bd


Next Up:

Swingin' Creepers! A Tribute to the Ventures - 320K























In 1966, when my Dad brought a Guyatone guitar with a whammy bar and a Guyatone amp with reverb and tremolo back from Japan as a Christmas gift for me (he was a Load Master in the Air Force), I borrowed a "Learn To Play Guitar" album by The Ventures from a friend. I learned every part, bass, rhythm and lead for two songs - Tequila and Walk, Don't Run. So, yeah, these guys have had a major impact on my musical life. :>} And speaking of Walk, Don't Run, you ought to hear Chet Atkins version! Whooooeeeee!

Track Listing:

Swingin' Creepers! A Tribute to the Ventures - 320K

01 - Space Cossacks - Journey To The Stars
02 - The Fathoms - Walk Don't Run
03 - Eddie Angel & The Omega Men - Stop Action
04 - The Quiets - Hot Line
05 - The Volcanos - Ravin' Blue
06 - The Exotics - Lonely Girl
07 - The Penetrators - Mariner 4
08 - The Hypnomen - Go-Go Slow
09 - The Cave 4 - Fuzzy & Wild
10 - The Boss Martians - Guitar Freakout
11 - Jon & The Nightriders - Diamondhead
12 - The Sir Finks - War of the Satellites
13 - The Bomboras - The Ninth Wave
14 - Fortune Maltase & The Fabulous Pallbearers - The Twomp
15 - Davie Allan & The Arrows - Lullaby of the Leaves
16 - The Saturn V - Yellow Jacket
17 - The Tiki Tones - Swingin' Creeper
18 - The Looney Tunes - A Go-Go Dancer
19 - The Mstery Action - Bird Rockers
20 - The Vice Royals - Eleventh Hour
21 - Satan's Pilgrims - Escape-Psychedelic Venture
22 - The Huntington Cads - Sha La La
23 - Ivan Pongracic - Moon Child

Part 1:
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Size: 68.77 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/09b0f4ee

Part 2:
Filename: sc!atttven-320K-Part2.rar
Size: 63.05 MB Link: http://sharebee.com/9677b3b2


And now, for your listening pleasure:

13 Crimson Ghosts - Tribute To The Misfits - 192K














Ok, I admit that I don't know much about these guys. And in fact, the main reason that I first started listening to "The Misfits" is because of their Universal Monsters album covers! Yeah, I'm a HUGE fan of Frankenstein (especially The Bride Of Frankenstein! Such a tragic/romantic story! And "No," I'm NOT gay - not that I could care less about anyone's orientation one way or the other! "People's is People!"), The Wolfman, Dracula, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, et. al.. In fact, I LOVE black & white monster movies of just about all kinds - from Grade A to Grade Z!

When I was 10, It! The Terror From Beyond Space came on TV, and the scene where the guy was being held in the air ducts as bait scared the bejezus out of me! It wasn't until years later that I found out that the "monster" was really Ray "Crash" Corrigan in a rubber suit. And Yes, this 1958 movie really IS what Alien was remade from! And for us hard core SF fans, It! was supposedly inspired by A.E. Van Vogt's "Voyage Of The Space Beagle." I need to find a copy of that book ...

Ha! Sorry! I am VERY easily distracted from one passion to another! Just watch out if I start in on a ramble about my theories on astrophysics and quantum mechanics .... (seriously!)

Track Listing:

13 Crimson Ghosts - Tribute To The Misfits - 192K

01 - Halloween
02 - Where Eagles Dare
03 - London Dungeon
04 - Some Kinda Hate
05 - 20 Eyes
06 - Angelfuck
07 - Hollywood Babylon
08 - Attitude
09 - Ghouls Night
10 - Horror Business
11 - Return of the Fly
12 - Skulls
13 - Astro Zombies
14 - Spook City USA

Filename: 13g-13ctttmis-192K.rar
Size: 47.27 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/fd0ad8c6


And now for something completely different:

That's New Pussycat - Surf Tribute To Burt Bacharach - 320K












Burt Bacharach? Really? But ... but ... ummmm, yeah. Ha! The joke is on you if you don't grab this one right away and queue it up! Picture this: "Deadbolt," one of the Heavies of the Heavies playing "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" and doing it with a totally straight face and serious attitude. AND IT WORKS!!!! And another real treat is a band called Petty Booka. I have their first album, and I'm amazed and at a complete loss for words to try to describe it or their sound. Yeah, imagine Eek! The Cat being at a loss for words! But just you wait! They do one of Bacharach's tunes called "Baby, It's You." You might remember it from the '70's/'80's by a band called Smith. The Smith's version is one of the permanent selections on my mp3 player. Bwahahaha!! I just had the thought of what y'all would think of me if you knew what my playlist was. There are twenty or thirty songs that remain, and the rest change from day to day. But I crave your respect too much to risk it by "telling all!"

Now THERE'S an honest sentence that not many would utter ... :>}

Ok, so here it is:

Track Listing:

That's New Pussycat - Surf Tribute To Burt Bacharach - 320K

01 - Apemen - 24 Hours From Tulsa
02 - Aqualads - The Blob
03 - Baronics - Trains And Boats And Planes
04 - Big Ray & the Futures - Casino Royale Theme
05 - Bradipous Four - Baby, It's You
06 - Chubbies - God Give Me Strength
07 - Cosmonauti - The Look Of Love
08 - Deadbolt - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
09 - Fabulous Planktones - The Windows Of The World
10 - Fifty Foot Combo - Italian Fuzz
11 - Hi-Fi Ramblers - Baby, It's You
12 - Mill Valley Taters - Walk On By
13 - Mummy the Peepshow - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
14 - Nose Riders - This Guy's In Love With You
15 - Petty Booka - Baby, It's You
16 - Pollo Del Mar - I Say A Little Prayer
17 - Seks Bomba - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
18 - Squid Vicious - Close To You
19 - Surfones - Bond Street
20 - Susan & the Surftones - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
21 - Tiki Tones - What's New Pussycat?
22 - Ritchie Venus - Anyone Who Had A Heart
23 - Voodoo Court - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
24 - Waistcoats - Downhill And Shady

Part 1:
Filename: tnp-sttBBach320K-Part1.rar
Size: 88.26 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/323b3e55

Part 2:
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Size: 84.99 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/73012878


And lastly (for now):

Guitar Ace - Link Wray Tribute - 320K























There are SO many more Surf Instro tribute albums, that is was very difficult to choose what to post and what to hold for next time. Albums like Charlie Does Surf (A Clash Tribute), Takin' Out The Trash! - A Tribute To The Trashmen, Evil Fuzz Davie Allan Tribute and on and on! But I knew if I didn't make a choice, y'all would eventually wander away out of boredom!

SO many of Link Wray's original songs have become staples of the genre. Songs like Rumble, Jack The Ripper, and his version of Raw-Hide are songs that seem like they have always been! And you've prolly heard the story of Link wanting a rougher sound to a particular song
(I'm not sure which), so he took a sharpened pencil a punched holes in his speaker! Violin!(Viola) The first "fuzztone!" :>}

Track Listing:

Guitar Ace - Link Wray Tribute - 320K

01 - Mystery Action - Raw-Hide
02 - Bleed - Ain't That Loving You, Babe
03 - Spy-Fi (Featuring Phantom Frank) - The Shadow Knows
04 - The Hellbenders - The Outlaw
05 - Throw Rag - I'm So Glad I'm So Proud
06 - The Ledgers - Friday Night Dance Party
07 - The Fleshtones - Soul Train
08 - The Space Cossacks - Mustang
09 - Dave Wronski - Ace Of Spades
10 - Fifty Foot Combo - Slinky
11 - Hypnomen - Rumble Mambo
12 - The Woggles - Deacon Jones
13 - Boss Martians - Fire And Brimstone
14 - Calexico - Fallin' Rain
15 - The Downers - Genocide
16 - Southern Culture On The Skids - I'm Branded
17 - Gore Gore Girls - Baby Doll
18 - Evan Foster - The Girl Can't Dance
19 - Pollo Del Mar - Jack The Ripper
20 - The Volcanos - Comanche
21 - Jackie & The Cedrics - Run Chicken Run
22 - Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics - Run Boy Run
23 - The Bambi Molesters - Rumble
24 - Four Piece Suit - Roughshod

Part 1:
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Size: 80.04 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/ced458f7

Part 2:
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Size: 83.32 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/9bdfa9ec


Good Night, One and All of my Good Friends!

And most Especially - Enjoy! And buy whichever albums you can afford!
We need to support them so they can make more music!!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Just A Very Quick Upgrade Update

If you liked The Hour Of The Gun post below, then, thanks to Mr. Teisco, here is an upgrade to 320K! Oh, and one more thing. If you ever download one of my rar files, and it seems corrupted, I always try to put a 3% Recovery Record in each file. Winrar has a Repair feature that can often save a corrupt file if it has a recovery record, so, there ya go! :>} (BTW, this was suggested to me by our good friend, Al Zombie some time back!)

Link:

The Hour of the Gun - 320K
Filename: thotg320K.rar
Size: 91.02 MB
Link: http://sharebee.com/97b076bb

I'm working on something else for y'all, but if you have any requests at all, don't hesitate to let me know!

Enjoy!

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

A Non-Musical Update

I was in such a hurry to get that post finished that I didn't get the chance to talk to y'all like I like to do. I'll try to keep from rambling, like I also like to do! :>}

First off, that wonderful undead, Al Zombie, informed me that The Tiki Men album came from our very good friend, Ryp, over at the Twilight Zone blog. If I know Ryp, (and I do), he won't mind. In fact, that's how I met him - I posted an album that I got from him at the great and mysterious place that is sometimes known as "The Usenet." Someone jammed me up about not giving Ryp credit for originally posting it. Well, I was fairly new to posting back then and didn't realize the etiquette, So I went right over to the Twilight Zone, and in a comment, confessed what I had done and apologized. Ryp, being the ultra-friendly guy that he is, told me not to worry about it and that I was welcome to any and all of his posts. A very deep friendship developed from there. He, in fact, mentored me in the "art" of mp3 blogging .

Next, and this is REALLY off the wall. In America, we've always had these TV commercials for new products that aren't available in stores, like the "Popeil Pocket Fisherman," and the infamous "Aquadots." Ever since I've been seeing these commercials, invariably halfway through the commercial, the announcer will say, "But Wait! If you order today, we'll DOUBLE your order for FREE blah blah blah." It was always FOR FREE. Well, lately they've changed it to "FOR FREE (just pay separate processing and shipping)." Now, the "separate processing and shipping" usually adds up to $12.95!!! I've always believed that WORDS HAVE MEANING!!! "Free" means "Free." An extra $12.95 is NOT "Free." This just drives me bonkers! If I ever ordered any of that crap, I'd have to tell them to skip the "free" stuff as I couldn't afford to pay for the "free" stuff!

And lastly, I'm kinda embarrassed at how long it took me to put together that last post. I was nearly recovered from my "death's door" illness, and I came down with pneumonia of all things!!! Sheesh! The first round of antibiotics didn't work, but the second round, using a new one (new to me) called "Levaquin" finally kicked it's butt after ten days. It's supposedly an antibiotic that goes after bacterial infections in your organs. Antibiotics (like penicillin) usually make me deathly ill, but this one really wasn't too bad!

Well, I said I wasn't going to ramble on - I lied ... :>}

I'm also back to work (yea!!). I'm a design engineer, and sitting at a computer all day isn't too taxing ('cept it makes my brain hurt ... heh). I've also been writing quite a bit of new music. I have a Martin D-15 (the one with the Sitka Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back and sides - NOT the Mahogany one), and I play mostly in open G and open G minor tunings. Led Zeppelin and Joni Mitchell used to do a lot of stuff in open G tuning. I learned from John Fahey and Leo Kottke (though I'm not NEARLY as talented as Kottke!). My stuff tends to be more flowing rather than like Kottke's arpeggiated choppiness. I've got prolly two albums worth of original stuff which I desperately need to record.

Well, that's about it. If y'all have any requests for a post, don't hesitate to let me know!

Eek!

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Tiki Day At The Cat House!























As suggested by one of our good friends from Sweden, Joel, It's Tiki Day here at the Cat House. And what a GREAT idea! :>}

This first one is the Tiki Tiki Bamboooos' first album titled ... well ... Tiki Tiki Bamboooos! WARNING!!!!: There are some vocal tracks! Don't get me wrong - I really don't have anything against vocal music. I just normally like my Instro Surf to be Instro! :>} The Tiki Tiki Bamboooos have a strange sort of pedigree. I don't know a WHOLE lot about them, but I believe they're from Germany, which strikes me funny as they are playing what used to be mainly American type music, but their album cover has Japanese characters on it, and the girl, Polly-BAMBooooS (Bass, Vo), sings in Japanese on one song. They say they're from "Jawaii," half-way between Hawaii and Japan. :>} (Did you know that the Hawaiian language is comprised entirely of only 14 different sounds?) Phil Dirt, of Reverb Central, says that the guitarist is "Possibly the most liquid guitar in surf." I ... don't think I would go that far (Surf Coasters, Mach IV, etc.)

He also says of their second album, "Where Is Your Secret Spot?":






More great songs from one of surfdom's most original bands. Unfortunately, they were unable to get the engineer to go beyond a demo sound, so that ultra rich sound from the last album is missing. The songs are still great, just not pushed to the edge by that lush sound.

As before, there area coupe of cool vocals among the intro magic. "Bella Ciao" is a bouncing number with Oriko singing in Japanese, Miyaji sings accompanied by Oriko in Japanese, Oriko's pussy cat "Ob La La," which borrows a few lines from "In The Mood," "Beach (intro)" is a soundscape from the beach, and "Jawaiian Beauty," which is a slow and romantic song with a German tale that reminds me a lot of song of Kraan's early work.

Anyway, let me know what you think of this one and their next album, Where Is Your Secret Spot?.

The band's website is http://www.tikitiki.de/.

This first two albums are courtesy of Mr. Teisco!

Track Listing:

Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - 320K

01 - Into China
02 - Shark Next Door
03 - Exotica
04 - Night of Tiki
05 - Converse
06 - Go Tiki Go!
07 - Everybody Says
08 - Bamboo Beach
09 - Jumpin' Hula Fash
10 - U - Ha
11 - Stop & Go
12 - Born To Love You
13 - Tsunami Roll
14 - Yeah From Miyaji
15 - Misalu
16 - Iloha


Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Where Is Your Secret Spot? - 160K

01 - Fling Kota on the Frisbee
02 - Etona
03 - Freedom for Jawaii
04 - Bella Ciao (trad.)
05 - Scuba
06 - Secret Spot
07 - Bamboo are Go Go
08 - Jii san baa san
09 - Tiki Hell
10 - Anori
11 - Oblala
12 - Le Ciel Bleu
13 - Beach Intro
14 - Gifu Jam
15 - Sugoina
16 - Jawaiian Beauty

Links:

Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Tiki Tiki Bamboooos
These are two independent rar files, so you have to extract each one into the same folder:

Part 1 - Filename: ttbmb1-320k.rar
Size: 53.42 MB
Link - http://sharebee.com/9cf117c2

Part 2 - Filename: ttbmb2-320k.rar
Size: 51.34 MB
Link - http://sharebee.com/22147a95


Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Where Is Your Secret Spot?
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Size: 53.04 MB
Link - http://sharebee.com/3d1d199d

No Passwords!

Enjoy!!

Eek!


Next up:

The Tiki Tones - Idol Pleasures























I admit that I haven't listened much to The Tiki Tones. But that's only because I haven't gotten to them yet! Here's a bit of info that came with one of the albums:

From "behind the Orange Curtain", somewhere near Disneyland, The Tiki Tones play music of the swinger's choice. You can dance the evening away, swig down Zombies and Chi Chis' from your favorite tiki mug, work the room of any swinging party or just seduce your favorite member of the opposite sex to the music of the magical Tiki Tones. Koro play drum, Ku play bass, Lono play guitar and Lord Wahini play organ! Formed from the 80s folk-rockin' Swamp Zombies, The Tiki Tones have become world-renown with their exotic sound and have recently become Y2K compliant with the addition of new keyboard sounds and a wonderful female go-go dancer who belts out a few tunes on the mike! People ask, does the famous artist Shag have something to do with this band? Well, go check out Shag's website, as well as The Tiki Tones own site and figure it out for yourself!

The Tiki Tones URL: http://www.tikitones.com/

This one comes to us from a very dear friend, who I neglected to ask if I could mention is nik. I'll ask him later, and let you know.

Track Listing:

The Tiki Tones - Idol Pleasures - 160K

01 - Island Uprising
02 - Rusty Nail
03 - Fire Good
04 - Topple The Moai
05 - Sneaky Tiki
06 - Mr. Yunioshi
07 - Joe 90
08 - Man Or Mancini?
09 - Gomez
10 - Feather Boa
11 - Lava Flow
12 - Tiki Hydromatic 350
13 - Tijuana Taxi
14 - The Wild Baron

And now:

The Tiki Tones - Play Songs for the Suburban Savage























This is also from the same good friend, and it comes to us at 160K. Oddly enough, here's the catalog number for this LP/CD: Suburban Savage - LP/CD - ID123348

Track Listing:

The Tiki Tones - Play Songs for the Suburban Savage - 160K

01 - Spectre Detector
02 - Zombi Hut
03 - Night of the Tikis
04 - On the Scene
05 - Typhoon Twist
06 - Go Go Loco
07 - One Mint Julep
08 - Kon Tiki
09 - Don't Go in the Shed
10 - CX-9
11 - High Seas Drifter
12 - Twister


And the last one from The Tiki Tones (a double EP):

Wilt Disner Presents The Enchanted Tiki Tones

&

Captain Morgan Rum Presents The Tiki Tones
























&























This double EP comes to us from our own greatest zombie alive!! ... er ... you know what I mean ... Al Zombie!! It is presented at 192K.

Track Listing:

Wilt Disner Presents The Enchanted Tiki Tones

&

Captain Morgan Rum Presents The Tiki Tones

01 - Farenheit 151
02 - Rusty Nail
03 - Island Uprising
04 - Go-Go Mobile
05 - Powerhouse
06 - Sneaky Tiki
07 - A Go-Go Drum
08 - Tum-Tiki

Links:

The Tiki Tones - Idol Pleasures
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Size: 40.31 MB
Link - http://sharebee.com/2edeec18


The Tiki Tones - Play Songs for the Suburban Savage
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Size: 39.67 MB
Link - http://sharebee.com/d257b392


Wilt Disner Presents The Enchanted Tiki Tones and Captain Morgan Rum Presents The Tiki Tones
Filename: tttsfrdett-192K.rar
Size: 27.59 MB
Link - http://sharebee.com/ced56939

No Passwords!

Enjoy!!

Eek!


And finally, to wrap up the day:

The Tiki Men - Twelve Dusty Diamonds























Our final offering also comes to us from that land from beyond and all around nice guy - Al Zombie! And this one is also presented at 192K. I don't know much about these guys either, so I hope they tickle your fancy!

I don't usually like to use other folks' reviews, but since I am bereft of my own knowledge about The Tiki Men:

The Tiki Men's Twelve Dusty Diamonds chronicles the dark, dirty, raw
adventures of a wave-loving surfer stranded in the desert. Armed with only
some beer and a guitar, his journey is all about finding meaning in a waterless
world.

Well, maybe I listened to it too many times, too late at night. Either way, this
is one hella fine album of instrumental surf music. The Tiki Men combine
undeniably catchy hooks with rough lo-fi production in an album which varies
in mood and intensity, taking you from irreverent excitement to loneliness
and despair, and back again. As the title suggests, this is a musical diamond
in the rough- check it out.

-Lizzie Boredom

Track Listing:

The Tiki Men - Twelve Dusty Diamonds - 192K

01 - Pitcheresque
02 - Man Of Mystery
03 - Badlands
04 - Harlem Nocturne
05 - Have Guitar.....
06 - That's The Way It Goes
07 - Milkshakes
08 - The Frump
09 - Island Honey
10 - Spring Fever
11 - Fireball
12 - Last Call

The Tiki Men - Twelve Dusty Diamonds
Filename: ttmtdd-192k.rar
Size: 34.01 MB
Link - http://sharebee.com/e2a69a1e


No Passwords!

Enjoy!!

Eek!

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

The Hour Of The Gun












More basgethetti, anyone? :>} This is only at 128K, but it's another of the fine "One Million Dollar" productions.

I truly don't know how to thank you all for your well wishes during my illness. It's been said that you can really tell your friends who are the ones who stick around when you are down. But please accept my heart felt thanks and freely given life-long friendship. But I don't want to get too mushy, which I would if I didn't stop my self...

So on to the music! This one comes to us by way of Al Zombie.


















The website where you can purchase a copy of this is http://www.onemilliondollarrecords.de. One thing for sure - they have great taste in comps!

Ya know, I was watching The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly today on Hallmark, and the opening theme song is SO much superior to the Hugo Montenegro release, that I can't believe that for all of these years, I thought it was the same song (taken straight from the movie). Even the indistinguishable lyrics are different. In Montenegro's version, it sounds to me like they are saying in one part, "Don't want no ... no Redrum!" (Like Danny in The Shining ....). But in the original score, they are different, and I couldn't quite make them out. Also, the original is so much more full and colorful!

Also, I had the opportunity to see 1949's The Third Man on TCM this weekend. The reason that was so significant to me is that so many Instro Surf bands do the "Theme From The Third Man." Well, you could have picked my jaw up from the floor with a stick and a piece of bubble gum, because at the very start, where it's showing the opening credits, there is a full frame shot of a sounding board for a zither - strings and all. Suddenly this happy, but complex tune starts coming from the zither, and it plays the whole song never pulling back to see the picking or chording - just the strings vibrating as they are being plucked. And knowing the this was a "thriller" movie, and the song was so ... happy ... well, it was pretty darn genius 'cause it was creepy.

The zither player is credited to a Anton Karas . The most accurate version that I have to what I heard is from the "Guitar Mania" series, Volume 6 by a band called "The Sky Devils." It was also done by Al Caiola, The Blue Moon Rockers & The Shadows.

Well, enough blithering, for now ... :>} I'll try to do at least one post per week, if not more, and if I post something that's been posted at one of the other fine blogs, it is truly unintentional.

And thank you again, everyone.

Eek! The Cat


Track Listing:

The Hour Of The Gun

01 - Hank Ray - River Of No Return
02 - The Hellbenders - Gunfight At OK Corral
03 - Thee Cybermen - Colonel Mustard
04 - The Krontjong Devils - Diamonds
05 - Vampires - Exodus
06 - The Cadillac Hitmen - Tri-State Killing Spree
07 - Mandra Gora Lightshow Society - Tribute To The Blue Men
08 - Mark Brondie & The Beaver Patrol - Theme From The Old West
09 - The Motorpsychos - Candlelight Saloon
10 - Blood On The Saddle - The Alamo
11 - Oddballs' Band - Boondocker
12 - Rubens & The Barrichellos - El Chico
13 - The Tremolo Beer Gut - Racehorse From Hell
14 - The Surfdusters - Stubble Jumper
15 - The Charles Napiers - The Ballad Of Rockridge
16 - Die Zorros - Zorro Rettet Russland

And NO Passwords anymore!


The Hour Of The Gun - 128K

Live Link
http://sharebee.com/56129da6

Size: 35.81 MB
PW - No Passwords Anymore!!

Enjoy!

Eek!

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Ladies Day!


The Trashwomen - Spend The Night With The Trashwomen


















The Trashwomen are a fun romp in the surf more on the "punkier" side of the genre. And they even do some vocal tunes (sort of ...)! But all in all, I can whole-heartedly recommend this album to you, which includes a mix of instro surfin' standards and raw, stompin' originals. One grain of salt: if you're looking for technicians ... keep looking. But if you're looking for good, hard, sexy sun and surf, then stop right here and grab hold! :>}

If anyone likes what they hear, let me know, and I'll post their live album, Live At Tom Guido's Purple Onion from 1994. Now THAT one is ruff 'n' raw!! :>}

Track Listing:

The Trashwomen - Spend The Night With The Trashwomen - 192K

01 - Marguya
02 - Perversion
03 - Daddy Love
04 - Peter Gunn
05 - Date's On Me
06 - Nightmare At The Drag
07 - Sling Rave Curvette
08 - Space Needle
09 - Justine
10 - Quasimoto
11 - Cum On Baby
12 - I'm Trash


Next up is one from Susan & The Surftones, 1996's Thunderbeach.


















This album is also a mix of standards and originals with the main difference being these folks ARE technicians! She can REALLY kick out the clean, reverb coated goodness that we normally associate with instro surf. My personal opinion on this album is that she felt she needed to prove that she could play the standards as well if not better than most of her male counterparts. But on more recent albums, like Fluid Drive, released last year (2006), she goes for more of the mellower side of guitar instro while on 1998's Bitchin', it's more hard drivin'. What I'm trying to say is she can and does play all sides of surf!

Ok, all of that being said, I also feel that this album is lacking a certain something that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe "Oomph" is the right word ... or something like it ... What do you think?

Track Listing:

Susan & The Surftones - Thunderbeach - 160K

01 - Point Conception
02 - Jack The Ripper
03 - Thunder
04 - Beat Rider
05 - Tequilla
06 - Sunset Beach
07 - Baja
08 - Barbados Twist
09 - Tabu
10 - Wild Weekend
11 - This Boy
12 - Telstar
13 - Deep Blue Goodbye
14 - The Cruncher
15 - Space Spider


And last, but certainly not least, the only album released by these young ladies, The Astronettes! (Click to enlarge - and the cover is a HUGE 8 MB included in the rar file ... heh)




































This album ALWAYS generates a lot of controversy. I can assure you that it IS a real album which was released in 1990, but that's about the only real fact that I know about this little gem. The most excellent Ryp, over at the Twilight Zone posted it last May, and it generated a lot of buzz! Most folks believe it is a re-release of The Astronauts Movin' album as the track listing, though the names were changed (to protect the innocent) slightly to give them a little more zing (as if the cover wasn't zing enough! :>}). Here is my opinion (clipped from a comment I posted at TZ):

I own The Astronauts, "Movin" (1990), which has several of the same songs (with the titles "stylized" on the Astronettes album), and I had to listen to several songs several times to come to my own opinion. The Astronettes are incredible mimics, but they aren't the same songs. Not only is the EQ different, but some (not many) of the notes are different through out the songs.

The most obvious is the song "Firewater." On the Astronauts version, listen really closely, and you'll hear that the 6th note of the starting riff is out of tune every time he plays it, while on the Astronettes "Firewaters Of Alpha Gabba," it isn't! Also, the Astronettes flub several notes in the run several times.

And, I know how weird this next is going to sound, but I'm a synesthete (have been all of my life), and the Astronauts music is a VERY different color than the Astronettes. The Astronauts have more variations of black running through it, while the Astronettes are more gold oriented (that was an EXTRTEMELY simplified explanation of the "color" variations).

No, I think that the Astronettes are great mimics, but I don't think they are remixes of tracks already laid down by the Astronauts. That DOESN'T mean that the Astronauts didn't re-record the songs to perpetuate a hoax, or a marketing thing like the clones of Man Or Astro-Man? have done. (No, I'm NOT putting Man Or Astro-Man? down! :>} I have every single one of their albums!)

So that's it! Let me know what you think of the nude surfer controversy!

Track Listing:

The Astronettes - The Astronettes - 320K

01 - Che Che Che
02 - Martian Pyramid Stomp
03 - Movin'
04 - Hot Dog Foot Pouch
05 - Firewaters Of Alpha Gabba
06 - Space Party
07 - Drinkin And Astronavigatin
08 - Surf Into Space
09 - Gouch
10 - Quiet Planet
11 - Space Silent
12 - Space Cock
13 - Quasimoto X9


As usual, PassWord - eektcat
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Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Gratefully Presents:

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Savvy Show Stoppers

















There are several hundred ways I've been wrestling with on how to start this post, but they're all stuff like "Shout Outs To My Friends," and "From The Grave To The Rave," but they're all surface level, P.R. hype type stuff. What I really want to say is just "Thank You." From the center of the most humble place in my heart, I know who my friends are, and they are you. All of y'all's comments made the darkest days bearable and kept me all "smiley."

Ok, I don't want to get all mushy and stuff (well ... actually, I DO, BUT ....:>}), all I will say is that you can really tell who your true friends are when you're down and have nothing to give, but they keep "stopping by" to give well wishes.

I'm going to try to be as consistent as possible in getting back to posting, but I might still miss a day here and there. But anyway, there are now so many really great blogs posting our beloved Instro Surf and other related music like Instro Garage, true Spy, Crime etc., that I'm going to have to be on my toes to keep from posting what's already been posted!

On to the music! Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet were an ultra excellent Canadian Instro band that started up in the '80's, put out three full length albums and tons of EPs before breaking up in the mid '90's. The guitarist, Brian Connelly, is now playing with a band called "Atomic 7." No, I've never heard of them either, but now I'm sure gonna look for them! And after you hear this album, "Savvy Show Stoppers," I bet you will too. If anyone finds anything by them, like my dear friend, Trustar, says, "Could you help a poor alter boy out?" :>}

This album is a collection of stuff from some of their EPs, and the tunes run the gambit from HEAVY, tight, crisp, almost-metal to a GREAT version of Sinatra's "Summer Wind."

From the Wikipedia:

Members

The band members were:

* Don Pyle on drums
* Brian Connelly on guitar
* Reid Diamond on bass - died of cancer in 2001

History

They released a string of EPs and singles throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, achieving some success. The group also appeared on many compilation albums. The band won a 1992 Juno Award from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for "Instrumental Artist of The Year". The group disbanded in 1996.

And here is their Un-Official Site: http://shadowy.brainiac.com/.

Track Listing:

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Savvy Show Stoppers - 320K

01 - Good Cop Bad Cop
02 - Musical Interlude
03 - Theme From T.V.
04 - Zombie Compromise
05 - Malfunction
06 - Shake Some Evil
07 - You Spin Me Round `86
08 - Run Chicken Run
09 - Bennett Cerf
10 - Egypt Texas
11 - Customized
12 - Our Weapons Are Useless
13 - Shadowy Countdown
14 - Harlem By The Sea
15 - Having An Average Weekend (Theme from Kids In The Hall)
16 - Misty
17 - Summer Wind
18 - Big Baby

And yes, it IS in glorious 320K! The first song, "Good Cop Bad Cop," has an ALMOST un-noticable glitch in it right in the beginning. The guitar does a note and then leans on the whammy bar, and about a half of a second of the note is cut off. I've included a 192K version of the song without the glitch (It's labeled as 192K) as a "just in case" type thing. But it really doesn't detract from the song.

I think you're really going to like these guys, so "play Misty for me!"

PW - eektcat
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Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

A Note To My Friends From Eek! The Cat

Hi Folks. And I have come to think of all of you as my close and personal friends. I want to apologize for being absent for so long. My health took a bad turn, and y'all nearly had a dead cat on your hands! It kind of reminds me of Monty Python's skit about burying the cat:

"Oh, 'ello, Mrs. Privett. I just spent four hours burying the cat."

"Four hours to bury the cat?"

"Yes, it kept wriggling about, 'owling an' such."

"Oh, then it wasn't quite dead?"

"No, but it isn't at all well, and as we're going away for a fortnight, we wouldn't want to come home to a dead cat!"


Well, something like that. Anyway, I'm attempting to land on all fours. I'm out of bed a bit more every day. I hope to be getting things here back to normal as soon as I can. Again, I apologize. I know what it's like checking a blog, and it isn't being updated. But if you can bear with me, I will try even harder to make this a fun place to visit. And thank you in advance for not pressing for details. I will tell you it's NOT HIV, AIDS or ANYTHING like that. But I AM recovering slowly.

On a side note, Sean, from Double Crown Records left a couple of comments asking me to remove some albums that are his and available on his website - http://www.dblcrown.com/, which is a wonderful place to buy surf music. It's my policy that if an owner of an album that I have posted asks that it be taken down, I take it down with no questions asked. The three albums that I have removed the links (and killed the Sharebee links) to are The Hell Benders and both of The Penetrators albums.

I WANT these folks to make money, and the main reason that I have this blog, as most of you know, is to expose folks to this most excellent genre of music in hopes that folks will hear something they like and go out and buy more of it, so that the artists can make more music!

So that's it. As soon as I am able to stay out of bed long enough to make a decent post, you'll be the first to know.

And THANK YOU for all of your wonderful birthday wishes! And a special thanks to Ryp, Trustar and DaBoss for your comments. I honestly don't feel deserving and am extremely humbled.

And Al Zombie, JimK, Mr. Teisco, Tiki, and all, I'll be back to drive you crazy again soon!

Your Friend,

Eek! The Cat

Day Two - GeorgeW’s Killer Kool Labor Day Party Mix


Derek Cooper and The Minis – Groovin’ On












Twang meet Booker T. and say “hello.” – Derek Cooper is an astonishing blend of splendid guitar and rockin’ soul organ – something like funky tv spy music for those made up organizations. It perks your ears up and is excellent groove music for hangin’ out or barbecuing in the back yard. Unfortunately, not the best original recording so it will sound a little bright. GW

Review –
"Derek Cooper and the Minis" -this fourth release on Simple Kool brings you more rocking blues intrumental soundtrack for your party life. DCM lays out an assortment of "ear candy" for your listening pleasure, ranging from funky blues, jazzy rock to rocking blues. Starting with funky drumbeats, rockin bass lines and bluesy 'boards, Derek Cooper let's it all go with his jazzy/rockin blues lead guitar lines, kinda like Albert Collins, Eric Clapton, Santana,and Duane Allman rolled into one trying to sound like Art Pepper. Fundamentally a "progressive" blues band, their funky rock and jazzy excursions suit the feel and vibe of the 21st century. CD Baby

01 - Gunja
02 - Record Heat
03 - Sounds Better
04 - Beetz
05 - Like Dat
06 - Gone Done It
07 - Show Me
08 - Funky6
09 - Fine Day
10 - Insist

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Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi
Chosen by The Thievery Corporation


















Bossa Nova, Jazz, Reggae and Lounge-Pop are what the Thievery Corporation is all about. The resurrection of the downtempo-lounge movement of recent years is a reflection/modernization of the original musical craze of over 40 years ago. This CD is a nice tribute compilation of various artists and gives us an idea of TC's inspirational roots.

Here are the roots of modern cool. Some of the starting points for acid jazz.

Imagine James Bond (the original Sean Connery) strutting with his eye on Pussy Galore, introducing himself as Bond.....James Bond with a martini in hand as the featured "For Mods Only " plays in the background by Chico Hamilton. This is music from the 60's, when spies were spies and Peter Sellers was shagadelic. This was the time when world music was spreading it's wings, east meets west with the introduction of sitars and tablas as in the catchy Richie Havens (he of the "Freedom" cry at Woodstock) number included here entitled "Something Else Again." It was a time when pop rock was making the crossover to jazz artists interpretations as in Astrud Gilberto's version of the Doors "Light My Fire". The musical boundries were beginning to be blurred. Some artists were experimenting with Latin rhythmns. The Latin flavors abound with some tasty offerings by one of the great vibe players Cal Tjader and his "Cuchy Frito Man." A few songs are on the fringe of straight ahead jazz like the the numbers by former John Coltrane pianist Wynton Kelly's Trio entitled "Escapade" or the jazz vocal stylings offered by The Jazz Renegades on "Do it the Hard Way ."

Good music is good music no matter when it was made. I find this compilation to be excellent. If you like Bossa Nova, or some groovalicious jazzy beats, then you'll probably like this disc. The music is lively but light. Perfect for party mixing. Give it a try, if you do, all your wildest dreams will come true. Ok, maybe not, but this is one fine CD.

Review ---

Get ready for your jazz education. These virgin, unremixed tracks taken from the 1960s Verve vaults were a major influence on Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza and Eric Hilton years before they spun epic documents like The Mirror Conspiracy. Their time capsule is a bubbling, Brazilian soul-jazz blast, starting with the sensuous "Menina Flor" by Stan Getz and Luis Bonfa. Jimmy Smith's "Road Song" is a classic of '60s hard bop, while Kenyon Hopkins's "Hard Latin" shows the kind of groovy organ jazz that was popular in bars from Philly to hot 'Lanta. Things go left with Cal Tjader's "The Fakir," a day-glo Middle Eastern track influenced by Coltrane's "My Favorite Things," while Astrud Gilberto pulls a Nancy Sinatra on another freaky standout, "Light My Fire." Walter Wanderley, Wynton Kelly, Chico Hamilton, and Elis Regina also light up the night, along with your hi-fi. --Ken Micallef

01 - Menina Flor - Stan Getz And Luiz Bonfa
02 - Chove Chuva - Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66
03 - Ogd (Road Song) - Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery
04 - Hard Latin - Kenyon Hopkins
05 - The Fakir - Cal Tjader with Lalo Schifrin
06 - Something Else Again - Richie Havens
07 - Light My Fire - Astrud Gilberto
08 - Bala Com Bala - Elis Regina
09 - Batacuda - Walter Wanderley
10 - Samba Triste - Jackie And Roy
11 - Cuchy Frito Man - Cal Tjader
12 - Lisa - Willie Bobo
13 - For Mods Only - Chico Hamilton
14 - Escapade - The Wynton Kelly Trio
15 - Do It The Heart Way - The Jazz Renegades

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Montefiori Coctail -- Raccolta #2








People are always asking me who is this CD! Any disc that starts with a bossa version of the “Star Wars” theme has me at go. The musicianship of the two brothers is stunning. It’s great versions of lounge-jazz-samba-type tunes sound just familiar enough to get people of every age and musical taste walking around with a bit more style – making them more hip, nodding their heads and splashing their martinis. Some of the few vocals are in Italian, one of them is a hilarious update of that nasty weeper “Sunny” from the 60’s. The other vocal standout is their beatcentric version of Donna Summer’s hit – “I Feel Love”. Worth the price of admission for this cut alone! Will add a little klass to any get together. For great a positive lounge vibe, this is it.

Reviewer: Robert Dollinger "Calvaria"
Unique, addictive, bizarre. This release contains some of the coolest "tragically hip" lounge music ever. How can these guys play their horns so well with tongue so firmly implanted in cheek? The bari sax is worth the price of admission alone! Guaranteed to loosen up any stiff party (or party of stiffs). This music is just great fun!!! This is the ultimate party album. The music is completely goofy, but irresistible. You can't help but smile and dance. Horns and keyboards are all mixed up in a sound that might best be described as the love-child of Pee-Wee Herman and Robert Goulet. If you steadfastly refuse to take life seriously, this is the album for you.

Track Listing:

01 - Theme from Star Wars
02 - HuHa
03 - La Segreteria
04 - Sunny
05 - Babalu
06 - Sofisticata
07 - L’Albero Del 30 Piani
08 - Shampoo
09 - On A Clear Day
10 - I Feel Love (Count Indigo, vocal)
11 - Intervallo
12 - Stanotte
13 - Anonimo Veneziano
14 - Nana Nana
15 - Riviera Beat
16 - Anema E Core

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Calvert DeForest’s Erotic Experience


















This compilation sports lots of 60s "cool" music spanning pure jazz to strange cocktail sounds. Calvin DeForest aka Larry Bud Melman's Erotic Experience is a sampler of who's who in the cocktail lounge genre, including current modern martini mavens --- the Craftmatics, Combustible Edison and Tipsy, along with the classics - Dusty Springfield, Henry Mancini, Count Basie and Quincy Jones. This compilation has a sophisticated swank appeal, even though a few tracks are a bit cliché since Austin Power’s has made the genre more popular. As hokey as the title is -- Calvert sings on only 1 cut -- Tequila --like he was an 18 year old stud-muffin. I like it – it’s pretty fun. The disc does have a few selections not available anywhere else, so grab it, shake and stir, retro mod style!


Review -

Not a bad lounge collection, especially at this price, March 31, 2007
Danno, NY,Ny Amazon.com

Calvert DeForest is better known as Larry "Bud" Melman from the David Letterman TV show, and he lent his name and image to this late 1990s lounge compliation CD. In terms of song selection, the quality is nearly as good as the Ultra-Lounge series. Given that this is a late 1990s-CD, the artwork and song selection also play up the then-current "Austin Powers" movies and this CD has a lot in common with the music from those films. In fact, if you walked into a room and heard this playing you'd probably assume it *was* the Austin Powers soundtrack CD. If you like what you're hearing so far, just get the CD. You won't regret it.

If you're a Calvert DeForest fan, you'll appreciate his odd vocals on "Tequila." If you aren't a fan, don't worry - it's the last song on the CD and you can skip this typically surreal comedy.

1. Mr. Excitement - Tipsy
2. Laura's Aura - Combustible Edison
3. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones
4. The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield
5. Music To Watch Girls By - Bob Crewe Generation
6. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini And His Orchestra & Chorus
7. Thomas Crown Affair: A Man's Castle - Michel Legrand
8. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars - Barbara Acklin
9. Green Onions - Count Basie
10. The Shadow Of Your Smile - Arthur Lyman
11. Saturday Music - Dick Jacobs
12. This Guy's In Love With You - Gene Chandler
13. Light My Fire - Young-Holt Unlimited
14. Tequila - Calvert & The Craftmatics

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There you go!!!! I hope you enjoy your Labor day holiday and use these tunes as part of your party. If not, enjoy them anyway, and have fun RAWKIN’ or just LAZIN’ with a cool tall one in your hand, great tunes in your ears, and a bellyful of great food.

For those of you who have stuck it out this far -- here is a special surprise. After much inspiration and some urging from owners of great music blogs whose initials are Eek – I’m making the plunge into musical waters and starting my own music and etc. blog.

It’s the Fat City Cigar Lounge (http://fatcitycigarlounge.blogspot.com) and all are welcome to drop on by and enjoy the atmosphere – great variety of cool music, outstanding cocktails, good smokes, and lively conversation.

There is a complimentary post for more rockin’ and rarin’ music to groove by to add to your Labor Day holiday. See ya there !!!

Many thanks to Eek for his influence and support – he’s one great dude!!!

George W

GeorgeW’s Killer Kool Labor Day Party Mix

Hi Everyone:

As you know Eek has been real busy these past weeks setting up incredible posts and supervising compilation productions and he needs a break. He has kindly offered me the opportunity to guest host again and really turn on the juice. His birthday is right after Labor Day, so I thought everyone would really enjoy a party. These next posts are my programming for a killer Labor Day party that I think everyone would have a blast at. All the posts are programmed to go together for a full day/evening of fun and cool grooves. Eek has generously allowed the flexibility to add a different variety of music that you haven’t seen here previously. They reflect my style, more than Eek so – whether you like or don’t like a particular post – it all goes on me – not Eek. It’s always good to expose people to potentially new things – ENJOY and let us know how you think and feel!!

Instrumental Cool – Various


















Some of the greatest instrumental pop hits from the past 40 years are compiled on this fun double disc set. Unlike those late night TV only CD offers you’re always hearing about, Instrumental Cool is an instrumental collectors dream come true. There are no real liner notes or track info, and no real dogs or filler, simply 36 necessary instrumental tracks. 10 of the tracks are surf related faves -- including – fun stuff like – Sandy Nelson’s – (Let There Be Drums) and all time favorites from Henry Mancini ("Peter Gunn"), Vince Guaraldi ("Linus and Lucy"), Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz ("Desifinado") and Mason Williams ("Classical Gas").

Disc 2 of Instrumental Cool continues the party with classics from Jan Hammer ("Miami Vice"), Edgar Winter ("Frankenstein"), Al Caiola ("Bonanza") and The T-Bones ("No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In"). Sure to bring back a ton of memories for fans of instrumental music, especially ‘60s and 70’s instro pop fans. Instrumental Cool is one special double disc you won’t want to miss. Instant COOL. The fastest party starter ever. A solid collection for anyone who is interested in some of the best hits of those era’s.

Disc 1

1. Peter Gunn – Mancini
2. Batman Theme – Neal Helfi
3. Tequila – Champs
4. Popcorn – Hot Butter
5. Let There Be Drums – Sandy Nelson
6. Nut Rocker – B.Bumble and the Stingers
7. Magnificent Seven -- Al Caiola
8. Midnight Cowboy – Ferranto and Teischer
9. Cast Your Fate To The Wind – Vince Guaraldi
10. Desfainado – Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz
11. Java – Al Hirt
12. Hawaii Five-0 – Ventures
13. TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) – MSFB
14. Star Wars – Meco
15. The Lonley Surfer – Jack Nitzsche
16. Classical Gas – Mason Williams
17. The Entertainer –Orchestral Version- Marvin Hamlish

Disc 2

1. Telstar – The Tornadoes
2. Linus and Lucy -- Vince Guaraldi
3. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) - The T-Bones
4 Walk,Don’t Run – The Ventures
5. Mission Impossible – Lalo Schifrin
6. Also Sprach Zarathustra—Deodto
7. Frankstein – Edgar Winter Group
8. Miami Vice – Jan Hammer
9. Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
10. Summer Samba – Walter Wanderley
11. Rebel Rouser – Duane Eddy
12. Never On A Sunday – Don Castro
13. Bonanza—Al Caiola
14. James Bond – Leroy Holmes
15. Sleepwalk –Santo and Johnny
16. Yakety Sax – Boots Randolph
17. Green Hornet – Al Hirt and Billy May
18. Munsters Theme – Studio Musicians

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PW - eektcat


The Blue Hawaiians – Live At the Lava Lounge


















One of my favorite surf-exotica-rockers with a slightly dark edge to their sound. This is effectively the live version of A Savage Night, posted earlier by me under the Vanduras. (See post for reason). This is an explosive show, the energy builds to a fever pitch by the time they get to Link Wray’s “Jack The Ripper” and the Dick Tracy theme. Classics like Lee Hazelwood's "A Cheat," Tom Waits' "Jockey Full of Bourbon," and traditional surf hits - "Pipeline and Apache” get a full on treatment with EXCELLENT musicianship throughout. GW guarantee you will listen to this on more than once.

Review by Glenn Swan
Live at the Lava Lounge is a fireball of hipster cover tunes performed by the swingers of the surf torch, the Blue Hawaiians. Earning points for authenticity, the quartet members pay tribute to the likes of Jerry Cole and Lee Hazlewood, but they'll frequently pepper things up with wild cards like the jazz staple "Caravan," Lionel Hampton's "Red Top," and even a pulped-up version of "Jockey Full of Bourbon" by Tom Waits. Dreamy slide guitar shorelines segue to inner-city Thunderbirds in the endless pursuit of cool. Mark Fontana's crooning on a couple of these tracks (notably "A Cheat") throws a sort of David Lynch haze over the ears. Initially, this style of music seldom lends itself to any performances of wild abandon, but the musicians all take turns sneaking a little extra heat onto the stage over the course of the hour, until the band is so warmed up that the chairs have started to melt. The call and response of "Jet Black" clicks out an edgy switchblade tango, and "Jack the Ripper" is a cross between a gang rumble on the pier and Gidget with a whip. Any hints at crime noir along the way finally get their cover blown by the explosive "Dick Tracy" theme, a fall over backwards finale to a show that has steadily grown in energy and aggression. For a live set it's a great recording, and there's no denying the solid musicianship and energy. Equally important is that everyone -- on-stage and off -- was having a good time.


1 The Wipe Out - Johnson 3:13
2 Pipeline/Endless Sleep - Carman, Nance, Reynolds, Spicard ... 4:54
3 Surfin' Tragedy - Hafner, Hilder 3:30
4 A Cheat Ford - Hazlewood 6:00
5 Latin'ia - Hilder, Nunes 3:39
6 Apache - Lordan 3:21
7 Red Top - Hampton, Kynard 2:24
8 Jockey Full of Bourbon - Waits 3:45
9 Baja - Hazlewood 3:47
10 Caravan - Ellington, Mills, Tizol 6:04
11 Theme for Young Lovers - Welch 2:40
12 Jet Black - Harris 2:42
13 Soul Surfer - Sudetta 3:22
14 Jack the Ripper - Wray 4:35
15 Slave Girl - Farina 3:08
16 The Jester Frey - Messina 3:18
17 Dick Tracy - Bogle, Edwards, Taylor, Wilson 5:19

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Laika and the Cosmonauts -- Laika Sex Machine

A buddy of mine came back from Finland where he was visiting his fiancée and gave me a tape of “this whacked out Finnish surf band” which he said was right up my alley – and he was right. I loved the tape and it took years to find out who it was.

Review –
Finland's favorite retro-rockers rev up with a generous 26-song, 75-minute set of music recorded live, predominantly in 1998 and on their home turf. Except for some brief introductions in both English and the band's native tongue, this is a non-stop roller coaster ride through instrumental rock & roll. The quartet plays with fire and fury whether covering genre classics like "Telstar" or obscurities such as Roy Budd's theme to "Get Carter." Not surprisingly, a Ventures tune gets worked in, but the group digs deep into the California band's catalog to unearth "Fugitive." The foursome charges through a unique combination of Bernard Herrmann's themes from Psycho and Vertigo in a composite renamed "Psyko." "Mission Impossible" also gets the Laika treatment as they speed and trash it up in a breathless version that doesn't break the two-minute mark. While not as recognizable, the group churns out originals with as much flair touching on hard rock with a slight Spanish matador approach on "Look! No Head!" and the "Walk Don't Run"-styled "Floating" which stands as a contemporary surf classic. Many of these tracks appear in less frantic fashion on the band's studio albums, but the live approach electrifies these versions. Certainly you'll never hear "Ode to Billy Joe" the same way after experiencing Laika's take on the song (which they rename "Sauna-Soul" for no apparent reason). With its extended playing time, there is plenty of room for experimentation on a low-down run-through of Henry Mancini's "Experiment in Terror," a showcase for Matti Pitsinki's distorted organ sounds. The rhythm section is spry but stays out of the way of the lead guitar and keyboards that drive this music. Crowd noise is minimal to non-existent, smartly keeping the focus on the tight musicianship and superbly well-recorded tunes. Better and more lively than the group's slightly less compelling studio albums, this is a rousing live performance from one of contemporary music's most talented and creative instrumental combos. Hal Horowitz


1 The Hypno-Wheel - Haavisto, Pitsinki 4:23
2 Disconnected - Pitsinki 4:11
3 Syncophant - Pitsinki 2:19
4 Tantrum - Pitsinki 2:06
5 Floating - Lankinen 2:36
6 Turquoise - Lankinen 2:52
7 Boris the Conductor - Pitsinki 2:10
8 Look! No Head! - Lankinen 3:03
9 Experiment in Terror - Mancini 3:30
10 The Avengers - Johnson 1:57
11 Circumstantial Evidence - Haavisto 4:22
12 Hi & Lo - Lankinen 3:16
13 Café Equator - Haavisto, Pitsinki 1:52
14 Lands End - Nyman 2:24
15 Psyko - Herrmann 1:54
16 Mission Impossible - Schiffrin 2:00
17 Get Carter - Budd 4:02
18 Global Village - Haavisto 2:13
19 Enchanted Rock - Haavisto 3:06
20 C'mon Do the Laika! - Haavisto, Pitsinki 1:28
21 Fugitive - Josie 2:12
22 Ba-Ha-Re-Bah! - Ericson, Gillette, Moulton 4:11
23 Fadeaway - Lankinen 3:06
24 Sauna-Soul - Gentry 4:04
25 Telstar - Meek 2:46
26 Vendetta

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Four Piece Suit – Ready To Where


















If you have seen the TV show, “Sex In The City,” you have heard Four Piece Suit already. They do the opening theme and some of the incidental background score for the show.

I love their "spy/surf" music the most, but their mix of old time rock and roll, Latin themes, beach party music, and other unclassifiable tunes is very ear-catching from start to finish. David Sholl's sax is better than having a lead singer, and Milt Reder's guitar work is outstanding. Dean Cassell on bass and Lorne Entress on drums are showcased on a few songs as well.

You haven't heard a band like them. But you'll almost certainly like them.

Review – Stevie “8”
This band rocks! They swing! They swagger! They're the absolute most - to say the very least! Hailing from the greater Boston area, Four Piece Suit lays to rest those nasty rumors that the East Coast has no swing!
Choice cuts: "A Shot in the Dark", "Theme From Exodus", "Something for Cat" and "Dark Eyes" all are guaranteed to get your happy feet moving on the dancefloor - whether you want to swing, twist, frug, or just do that drunken frat-boy shuffle. Throughout it all, David Sholl's sax wails one its sexy-siren call above the grooving guitars.
Picture a beach party where Frankie Sinatra drops Ava Gardner for Annette Funicello. THIS is the CD they'd be playing!

1. A Shot In The Dark
2. Mondo Bondo
3. Jam Up
4. Theme From Exdous
5. Something For Cat
6. Kolme Kitaraa
7. Strip Search
8. Walter And Conny
9. In Pain In Paris
10. El Cumbanchero
11. Hey Hey My My (Out Of The Blue)
12. Rambunctious
13. Lonesome Lover
14. Human Jungle
15. Dark Eyes

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PW - eektcat

Tune in tomorrow morning for much more!

George W.

Eek! The Cat Presents:

The Space Cossacks - Interstellar Stomp


















Talk about "Style ..." These guys had it in spades! After two albums and a "Best Of," they called it quits, but Croatian lead guitarist, Ivan Pongracic, has moved on to the band, "The Madeira." They have one Full length CD, Sandstorm, out, and one EP, Ruins, which personally, I think is MUCH better than the full length album. But Ivan's style, buckets of reverb and Middle Eastern scales lead the band in a new direction while maintaining their roots.

Anyway, The Space Cossacks are where they got good, and so here, in 192K, is Interstellar Stomp!

Track Listing:

The Space Cossacks - Intersteller Stomp - 192K

01 - 3rd Star to the Left
02 - Red Sunrise
03 - Solaris Stomp
04 - Neutron Sabre
05 - Black Sand
06 - The Cossack
07 - Spy Satellite
08 - Planet of the Apes
09 - War of the Worlds **
10 - Gunmetal Express
11 - Transatlantic Orbit
12 - Moroccan Adventures
13 - Mir Rescue
14 - Bombora
15 - Space Victory Theme
16 - Navajo Star

** LP Only! Not on CD

PW - eektcat
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Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"


This Weekend:

I am turning the Cat House over to GeorgeW for this weekend, and Man does he have some surprises and goodies for you!! So tune in around 6:00 EST tomorrow evening for a well planned out party DJ'd by one of the best in the business.... But I'll let George tell you more about it!

Have a GREAT weekend!

Eek!

Eek! The Cat Presents:

The Atomic Mosquitos - The Atomic Mosquitos


















Aaaiiieeee!! It's Mothera! No, it's Rodan! No, it's The Atomic Mosquitos! And they ARE a monster band with a great sound! Remember when we were talking about bands that were slightly "generic" sounding? Well, there's NOTHING generic about these guys! I first stumbled upon their website a couple of years ago, and they had two songs available for free download. It was KILLER instro, but I couldn't find the album anywhere! I've had a folder called "Atomic Mosquitos (Misc)" on my hard drive for those two years. It now has five songs in it, including "Flight Of The Mosquitos." It sat there in between "Aqualads and "Atomic Regulators" until either Al Zombie or Mr. Teisco offered up their complete first album, the self-titled The Atomic Mosquitos, in 320K! Woo Hoo!

That was back in May. About a week ago, Mr. Teisco passed along what I think is their second album, Release the Mosquitos!, from 2005, and also in 320K! Man, it doesn't get any better than putting these two albums on back to back! And you don't even have to worry about Bird Flu! ... OR Rodan! :>} (No, it's not supposed to make sense!)

Anyway, without further ado or adon't, I give you: The Atomic Mosquitos!

The Atomic Mosquitos - The Atomic Mosquitos - 320K

01 - My Fellow Mosquitos
02 - 77 No Pest Strip
03 - Rancho Relaxo
04 - Love Canal
05 - Danger Island
06 - Mexican Jumping Bean
07 - Hang 'Em Low
08 - Forbidden Romance
09 - Alien Round-up
10 - Spanish Imposition
11 - Cool Action Space Tune
12 - Bone On The Nose
13 - Flight Of The Mosquitos

And:


















The Atomic Mosquitos - Release the Mosquitos! - 320K

01 - Slaughter Beach
02 - Souixnami
03 - Toxic Train
04 - Death Sea Stroll
05 - Planet from outer Space
06 - Sizzler
07 - Beach Blanket Inferno
08 - Kid of Speed
09 - Wild Wild Midwest
10 - Axis of Evil
11 - Whole Larva Love
12 - Are You Lonesome Tonight
13 - Pope of Chile Town
14 - Mr - Exterminator
15 - Dreamside

(Don't ya LOVE that art work!!?)

PW - eektcat
Link's in the Comments

Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

PS - Thanks to Trou for The Bomboras' Swingin' Singles @320K! Here is the Russian iFolder link: http://ifolder.ru/3118038, and here is the direct download link (one is Tiny URL and the other is the full link) :
http://tinyurl.com/2aep4n
or
http://stg363.ifolder.ru/download/?3118038&5ohoT6OZ6J%2FN8ZkL24GOZg%3D%3D

Eek!

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Robert Johnson & The Punchdrunks - The Birdnest Years


















Sorry it has taken so long to get this album yo you. Sharebee has been giving me all kinds of problems. I even tried uploading the first of 2 CDs to Rapidshare, but, it, like Sharebee, "Reset the connection" about half-way through. But finally, here it is! :>}

I had this album for a loooong time before I finally decided to listen to it. In fact, I had it more than a year! Now I can but think "All that wasted time without RJ & The PD!" The Great and Powerful JimK turned me on to it with the highest recommendation, but for some reason, it just kept getting shuffled to the "back of the stack." I think JimK even asked me about them a couple of times, and I mumbled around one answer or another. I think it was the name, "Robert Johnson." It evokes connotations of an old blues player on an out-of-tune acoustic guitar with strings so high off the frets that you have to use a slide and "chicken" chords. I could even hear (in my mind's ear) the pops and crackles coming from the old 78 RPM vinyl, with the 16 penny nail as a needle.

Yeah, I know that this Robert Johnson isn't that Robert Johnson. And now I'm the one doing the recommending! Listen and love it! I'm not going to try to describe it. It'll be a surprise. :>} Just be prepared for something ... different - but excellent!! And it's presented in 320 VBR from JimK through Al Zombie!

Track Listing:

Robert Johnson & The Punchdrunks - The Birdnest Years Disc 1 - 320 VBR

01 - Buzz Aldrin
02 - Tigercharm
03 - The Whip
04 - Camelwalk
05 - Surfbeat
06 - Jack The Ripper
07 - Hangin' On
08 - Asiatic Flu
09 - Thunder
10 - Punchdrunks Drives A Dragster
11 - Ghost Train
12 - Long Ride
13 - Ramblin' Reckless Hobo
14 - Bird Bath
15 - Have Guitar Will Travel
16 - Ali Boom A Lay
17 - Ramrod
18 - Wipe-Out
19 - Safari
20 - Genocide
21 - Mustang
22 - Hoss
23 - Triggerhappy
24 - Rumleweed
25 - 2000 Ib Bee
26 - Dragster


Robert Johnson & The Punchdrunks - The Birdnest Years Disc 2 - 320 VBR

01 - Getaway
02 - Thrilla In Manila
03 - Aloha From Havana
04 - Lex Luthor
05 - The Fuzz
06 - Les Adventures De Tintin
07 - Theme From The Persuaders
08 - Link's Voodoo
09 - Spy Vs Spy
10 - Do The Punch
11 - Garlic Chicken & Shots
12 - Cecilia Ann
13 - Stuck In Tunisia
14 - I'm Branded
15 - Gladys' Pills
16 - Lothar Goes Berserk
17 - Dope Safari In Casbah
18 - Crossfire
19 - Jungle Run
20 - Drums Fell Off The Cliff
21 - Lynxtail
22 - Nightrider
23 - Bo Diddley On A Catwalk
24 - Comanche

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"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

The Friends Of Eek! The Cat Present:

Eeksperiment In Terror





































Correction!

Some of you might have noticed a little error in spelling that slipped passed all of us! Thanks (again) to Ryp, it has been fixed! The above are the corrected "Banzai Pipeline" covers! :>}

Okay! Here it is, Folks! Vol. 1 of our Single Song comps!! GeorgeW did most of the work on this volume, and you'll never guess who is responsible for this AWESOME cover art work .... come on, you gotta make at least one guess ... You're ALL wrong except you and you! No, not you ... you! Yeah! :>}

They (the Front and Back covers) were created by none other than Ryp, from Twilight Zone!! Talk about talented! Click the Front and Back covers to see the close-up detail.

This volume contains multi versions of three songs (all written by Henry Mancini): Experiment In Terror, A Shot In The Dark, and Banzai Pipeline! Y'all really need to thank GeorgeW for all of his hard work in going through all of the versions submitted, choosing the best versions, keeping track of who submitted what at what bitrate and renaming all of the songs to include the "submitter" and the bitrate.

So here is Volume 1 of the Friends of the Eek! Blog Surf Comp:

COMP 1 – Experiment in Terror, A Shot in the Dark, and Bonzai Pipeline
All covers of songs by Henry Mancini

Track Listing:

Experiment in Terror:

Al Caiola – 320K
Danny Morris – 320K
The Champs – 160K
Davie Allen and the Arrows – 320K
Henry Mancini – 320K
Impala – 320K
Laika and the Cosmnauts – 320K
The Moonrays – 320K
The Blue Hawaiians – 320K

Contributors -- GeorgeW, Frisian, Eek!

A Shot in the Dark:

Treble Spankers – 320K
Big Ray and the Futuras – 320K
Four Piece Suit – 320K
Henry Mancini – 320K
John Zorn – 320K
Whiskey Buscuit – 128K
Creed Taylor and his Orchestra – 160K
Chris Mancini and Leonard Maven – 128K
Girl Trouble – 320K
Jimmy Haskell – 320K
The Moonrays – 320K

Contributors – RYP, GeorgeW


Banzai Pipeline:

Henry Mancini – 320K
The Astronauts – 160K
The Boardwalkers – 320K
Thee Phantom 5ive – 320K
The Raybeats – 160K
The Blue Hawaiians – 192K
The Moonrays – 160K

Contributors: Eek and GeorgeW

The next volume will be out shortly!

PW - eektcat
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Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

The Razorblades - The Dark Side Of The Beach


















Good morning! If you've EVER taken my word for the quality of a band, then get this one! From the first tune, Surf like an Egyptian, it kicks out the jams with harmony guitars and doesn't let up! We've talked about bands not having their own style, or sounding generic before, but these guys DO NOT fit into that category! I haven't been this excited about a new album in a while, and even though I've had this album for several months, I JUST got around to giving it a listen. In fact, I'm listening to track 5, Clubflat, right now and all I can say is Holy Crap! Like Ryp says, "Git It!!!!" And it's in 320K, too! It either comes to us from Mr. Teisco or Al Zombie, but I just can't remember which. I believe it was Mr. Teisco.

Oh, and sorry about making you read that short short story. I've never heard the crickets chirruping after a post before ... :>} It was muy weirdo.

One last thing, you prolly already know this, but if you click on the album cover, it will usually lead you to a larger version, but most of the time, the covers and stuff are included in the rar files.

Track Listing:

The Razorblades - The Dark Side Of The Beach - 320K

01 - Surf like an Egyptian
02 - The Wake Up Call
03 - Beach Racer
04 - Let´s Go Crazy
05 - Clubflat
06 - Into The Unknown
07 - Yes Sir, I Can Surf!
08 - Family Picnic
09 - Do You Wanna Be My Mermaid-
10 - Girl In The Front Row
11 - Longboard Queen
12 - Headshaker
13 - Deep Blue Me
14 - Love Hurts, But You Can Dance Your Pain Away
15 - Rock´n Roll Zombie
16 - The Ancient Tune Of The Baboon
17 - Teenage Angst
18 - Beat Girl Stomp
19 - Sometimes The World Is A Lonely Place

This album is in two independent rar files, so you will have to extract each rar into the same folder.

PW - eektcat
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Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

PS - If you need a good, free app to handle the Rar files here, I highly recommend 7-Zip. You can get it at 7-zip.org: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html. For Windows, download the very top link. It will handle Rar, Zip and just about any other compre4ssed files along with passwords. It's totally free and totally spyware/adware free too! - Eek!

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Bombora Day!


















First up, thanks to our Russian friend Trou, The Bomboras' It Came From Pier 13! in 320K. And it's presented in "Horrvision" too! :>}

Track Listing:

The Bomboras - It Came From Pier 13! - 320K

01 - It Came From Pier 13 (Main Theme)
02 - Kamikaze
03 - The Tomb
04 - Guitar Grinder
05 - Pier Thirteen
06 - The Creeper
07 - She'll Do Ya Wrong
08 - The Ninth Wave
09 - Bombora Stomp
10 - Hypnotica
11 - David's Mood
12 - Red River Valley
13 - Stormy
14 - It Came From Pier 13 (Reprise)



















Next up is The Bomboras' Savage Island! at 192K. This one was pretty tricky to get from the iFolder site! The "30 Second" counter was only counting one second every fifteen seconds.

Track Listing:

The Bomboras - Savage Island! - 192K

01 - Monsoon
02 - Knuckle Dragger
03 - Lord Hunt Surf Party
04 - Yacky Doo
05 - Slinky
06 - The Hollow
07 - Tortilla
08 - Earthquake
09 - Spanish Fly
10 - The Creature From The Lava Lagoon
11 - Camel-Toe Stomp
12 - The 7th Veil



















And then we have The Bomboras' Swingin' Singles at 192K. Nice cover ... (I know - a sexist remark ... oh well!) and great music inside!

Track Listing:

The Bomboras - Swingin' Singles - 192K

01 - Forbidden Planet
02 - Moon Probe
03 - Time Bomb
04 - Surfin' Bull
05 - Last Call
06 - Drag Strip Tease
07 - Chunky
08 - Outlaw
09 - Twice Pipes
10 - The Clutch
11 - Rodan
12 - Lil' Drummer Boy
13 - Tube City
14 - Slingshot
15 - Skater Dater



















And lastly, from our very own Al Zombie, an upgrade to a previously posted The Bomboras' Head Shrinkin' Fun in glorious 320K with fresh scans in the rar!

Track Listing:

The Bomboras - Head Shrinkin' Fun - 320K

01 - Land of the One Percenters
02 - War of the Satellites
03 - Project Zero
04 - Run and Hide
05 - Go-Go Bombora
06 - Adventures Through Inner Space
07 - Night of the Bomboras
08 - Hot Line
09 - Beyond the Sound of Time
10 - Mystery Planet
11 - Keep in Touch
12 - Swingin' on Pier 13
13 - Mile Zero
14 - Playa de Los Muertos
15 - (You've Got To) Get in Line

Whew! Thanks Trou and Al!

PW - eektcat
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Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

Eek! The Cat Presents:

Hypnomen - Supersonico!


















"Come ..... here!" and "You have a strong will ... Vannnn Helsing ..." Bela Lugosi may have been the master of hypnotism (and that great finger thing he did when "commanding" his victims), but could he play guitar? No! But his band from Finland, Hypnomen, sure can!

Today I have two albums from this great, but under-exposed group. I'm not positive, but I believe this is their first album which was released in 1996. If you've never heard them, you're in for a treat! And I believe that these Hypnomen albums come to us from Master Al Zombie at 320K!

Track Listing:

Hypnomen - Supersonico! - 320K

01 - Back In The Cage
02 - Mediacation-a-go-go
03 - Brainwasher
04 - Panorama Red
05 - Death Came From Durango
06 - Vernon Is Crying
07 - Bwana Huevo
08 - Morfoman
09 - Zipgun
10 - Won Ton Hop
11 - Psycho From Ipanema
12 - Delinquente
13 - Blue Dervish
14 - Bamboola
15 - Urge

* * * * * *
Intermission
* * * * * *

It's Story Time here at the Cat House (I gotta come up with a better name!)! Hopefully y'all aren't so young that you don't know what microfiche is!

Gone Fishing
by Eek! The Cat

Mr. Peavy leaned his frail, 100 pound frame back into his reading chair and rubbed his tired, steel grey eyes under his wire-rimmed glasses. He was excited; it felt like watching a lightning storm from an open doorway.

He had discovered that he could will himself into any book. No, that's not quite right, he thought. He willed himself into the reality that the author had created. And now, so close to his retirement, he had a Grand Idea.

He had always wanted to be a hero but had instead become head librarian at the Library of Congress. Now he could be all heroes.

When the assistant librarian showed up for work the next morning, she was puzzled. In all of the fifteen years that she had worked with Mr. Peavy, he had never failed to open the library on time. Now here it was nine-fifteen, and the library doors were still locked. As she fumbled in her purse for her keys, she sighed, "What a funny old man."

"Oh, Mr. Pee-vee!" she called as she looked through the empty offices for him. When she came to the micro-film vault, she saw that the door was ajar.

As she peered through the open door, she saw several boxes of micro-film open on the counter, and there was a note lying next to them with three words on it. When she read it, she just shook her head and said to herself, "What a funny, funny old man!" The note said:

GONE FICHEING,
PEAVY

The End

* * * * * *

Next up:

Hypnomen - Watusi 99


















Released in ... you guessed it! 1999! More kick butt Finnish Surf! But you've had enough words from me! Let's get to the music!

Track Listing:

Hypnomen - Watusi 99 - 320K

01 - Watusi 99
02 - Orson
03 - Helveteen
04 - Aleikum
05 - Astrotica
06 - Lucumba
07 - Fuss and Fight
08 - Satan at the Wheel
09 - Dubrovnik (city of love)
10 - Shalamar
11 - Intruder
12 - El Exorcista
13 - Mescalina
14 - Bossa Coma

PW - eektcat
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Eek! The Cat

"Gee, it never hurts to help!"

PS - I forgot to mention: Alex - See the Comments Section for Satan's Pilgrims for the answer to your SP video question! - Eek!