"Ripples" - Vol 5 - Beach Bash (British Surf Pop & Frat Rock Rarities)

The UK's take on American surf music was.... interesting. This isn't the strongest release in this series, possibly because too many of the groups are trying to sound American. - RGraves321
Vol 5 is a curious entry in The Ripples Series as it focuses on British Bands covering mostly Surf Pop. The versions aren't bad just totally redundant. As the sleevenotes say '...most surf & dance classics meant diddlysquat in the UK' and were relegated to b-sides. Sure it's a fun listen and I defy even the most ardent abstainer from dance-floors to keep their feet still even if, like mine, they're surreptitiously tapping beneath a desk. And yes, the virulently patriotic amongst you who refuse to buy products not stamped 'British', will roar like a lion knowing that your next beach bash on the stoney shores of Brighton will swing to the sound of California as played by Croydonites! - Levy
trax:
1. Beach Bash - Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band 2. Mighty Morris Ten - The Episode Six 3. Go Granny Go - The Freshmen 4. Just Like Romeo And Juliet - Peter's Faces 5. I Don't Care - The Chants 6. Wipe Out - The Saints 7. Almost Grown - The Ivy League 8. Louie Louie - The Kinks 9. 1 To 7 - The Gates Of Eden 10. The Dum-Dum Song - The Imp-Acts 11. Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key) - The Lancastrians 12. Ya Ya Twist - Petula Clark 13. Pipeline - The Eagles 4. Papa Oom Mow Mow - The Freshmen 15. Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp Bomp Bomp) - The Viscounts 16. Mashed Potatoes - The Undertakers 17. The Tracker - Kenny Bernard & The Wranglers 18. We're Having A Party - The Ivy League 19. Baby Roo - Eileen Reed & The Cadets 20. Baja - John Paul Jones 21. Love Potion No. 9 - The Searchers 22. The Run-Run - Carousels 23. Good Times - The College Boys 24. Come Go With Me - The Chants 25. Pop Pop Pop-Pie - Simone Jackson 26. Cleopatra's Needle - Ahab & The Wailers 27. Dance To The Locomotion - The Ivy League 28. Limbo Rock - Jimmy Justice 29. La Bamba - The Roulettes 30. Let's Start The Party Again - Karen Young