"Rare Surf" Vol 3 - Johnny Fortune & Johnny Barakat and The Vestells 1996

There are only two acts represented on the third of AVI's surf band compilations, Johnny Fortune and Johnny Barakat & the Vestells…...In contrast to most of the other acts in this series Johnny Fortune actually recorded and released a whole album, Soul Surfer (cut with Fortune's ten-year-old brother on drums for the title track), which appears on this CD in its entirety, and a single, "Soul Surfer," that did well enough to get him on TV, on the Lloyd Thaxton Show, among other venues. It isn't bad, even if it wouldn't make Dick Dale look too hard over his shoulder at the younger competition - Fortune's sound is lithe and dexterous, not so much overpowering as simply lively. Johnny Barakat and the Vestells, by contrast, have a heavier sound, the honking sax sharing the spotlight with the guitar in a more conventional surf band configuration, in what is essentially more conventional dance-type music. The sound on their contribution is somewhat flawed after the Johnny Fortune stuff, a bit substandard but not fatal. The notes are exceptionally well detailed, much more so than many reissues of much more prominent artists. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

trax:
Johnny Fortune
1. Soul Surfer 2. Midnight Surf 3. Chinese Surfer 4. Surfer's Trip 5. Lone Surfer 6. Wild Weekend 7. Surf Rider 8. Sunset 9. Soul Traveler 10. Moonglow And Theme From Picnic 11. Siboney 12. Dragster
Johnny Barakat & The Vestells
13. Surf Madness 14. Static (Take 1) 15. Sophisticated Surfer 16. Go Surfer Mo (El Zebra) 17. 5-4-3-2-1 Surf 18. Surfin' Bread (Shortnin' Bread) 19. Surf Riders In The Sky (Ghost Riders In The Sky) 20. Smack 21. Happy Time 22. Long Ride 23. Static (Take 2) 24. Wedge
all trax in glorious monoloudarama!
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