THE ATLANTICS "The Complete CBS Recordings" Vol. One + Two

One of the greatest instrumental surf groups did not even hail from America. The Atlantics, despite their name, were an Australian combo who not only emulated the sound of California surf music, but ranked among its very best practitioners. Featuring a reverb-heavy, extremely "wet" sound, the Atlantics attacked original material, standards, and movie themes with a nervy blend of precision and over-the-top intensity. As in Dick Dale's music, touches of Middle Eastern influences can be detected in the rhythms of melodies (some members of the group claimed Greek and Egyptian heritage). Their second single, "Bombora," went to the top of the Australian charts in 1963, and the follow-up, "The Crusher," was also a big hit. But Beatlemania spelled commercial death for the Atlantics, as it did for U.S. surf combos, in 1964 and 1965. After several albums and a few more equally fine instrumental singles, the Atlantics became a vocal group in the last half of the '60s, but are most renowned for their instrumental recordings. by Richie Unterberger, AMGtrax:
vol 1
01 The Boys 02 Moon Man 03 Dark Eyes 04 Bombora 05 Greensleeves 06 Adventures in Paradise 07 The Gremlin King 08 Glassy Walls 09 Turista 10 Surfers Paradise 11 Blue Bottles 12 The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 13 Free Fall 14 The Crusher 15 Hootenanny Stomp 16 Coral Island 17 Tequila Stomp 18 Tahitian Waters 19 The Teddy Bears' Picnic Stomp 20 The Gremlin from the Kremlin 21 Shark Attack 22 SOS (Stomp On Stomp) 23 Stompede 24 Arabian Surf 25 Stomping Time
Vol 2
01 War Of The Worlds 02 The Bow Man 03 Dimitrius 04 Express To Bagdad 05 Secret Love 06 The Sheriff Of Nottingham 07 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 08 The Lost Legion 09 Windward 10 Rondo A La Turk 11 On The Rampage 12 Three Coins In The Fountain 13 Rumble And Run 14 The Wild Ones 15 Teensville 16 Boo Boo Stick Beat 17 Giant 18 Mirage 19 Goldfinger 20 Bumble Boogie 21 Peter Gunn 22 Chief Wooping-Koff 23 Whirlpool 24 Then I'll Know It's Love 25 Teensville (unreleased)
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