Monday, 18 September 2017

Spies Who Surf "Calling All Martians" 1993

Spies Who Surf were a local Chicago band until their break up in 1997 - they played regularly in Chicago, and the venues they played were always packed. This CD will give you a taste of some of that - I only wish they had released a few more. If you like spy/surf music, you will love this CD. - amazonThe only real mistake the Spies Who Surf made was coming too soon. They were playing surf to enthusiastic crowds around Chicago before there was any kind of surf revival on a larger scale. Perhaps if they’d been a touring band they could have started it themselves, but if they were around today the crowds that dig Link Wray, Dick Dale, Los Straitjackets and the Exotics to name just a few would totally be into the Spies. Their one and only release was this 1993 disc "Calling All Martians" and for ages even this was really hard to find.Spies Who Surf:
Bass - Marty Busca / Drums - Tim Mulvena / Guitar - Todd Colburn, Tommy Klein / Tenor, Soprano, Saxophone - Mars Williams (tracks: 3, 13)

trax:
01 Intro_ Walk Of The Zombie 02 Spy Beach 03 Cyanide Junkie 04 Ecology Trilogy: Suicide Spree / Destroy All Pollution / Evacuation Earth 2000 05 Boss X Blowout 06 Stakeout 07 Calling All Martians 08 Xenophobia 09 Keys To Her Ferrari 10 The Creep 11 Black Earth 12 Surf Nazi Clambake 13 Necrophiliac

6 comments:

RYP said...

Spies Who Surf "Calling All Martians"
gitit! pw: rideyourpony
http://www6.zippyshare.com/v/t0l9uDYe/file.html

luis said...

Thanks Ryp
see a good stuff

AmericanSamourai said...

Thanks, RYP!

Anonymous said...

Thank you, RYP!

Crab Devil

Anonymous said...

Thanks again!

Unknown said...

Ryp,

Thanx for making this available. I was one of those mentioned that packed the small clubs to see Spies who Surf. They were a great band and put on some awesome shows. Check out their live version of Immigrant Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0BMDTQyA_I

Tommy Klein recently put the band back together for the Exotica show this summer at Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn. The band was great and sounding just as tight as ever. The crowd would have let them play all night, but Tommy announced that they played every song they rehearsed and didn’t have anymore. I talked to Tim after the set and I sounds like they might do more rigs in the future.

I have 2 cassette tapes I bought from them in the very years which (imo), blow the cd versions of the songs away. But due to age and dampness in my basement they are now longer playable. One of those tapes turned me on to the importance of Interstellar Overdrive.

Cc5