Surfer's Pajama Party

Here's an interesting album. I'm pretty sure it's the only live album in the Surf Genre. While Bruce Johnston is better known as a member of the Beach Boys Post 1965, before that he was doing numerous other stuff, including his own solo career (Surfin' Round The World (1963) and producing the Beach Boys sound-alike group The Rip-Chords with fellow rich kid friend and future producer Terry Melcher. Johnston and Melcher also recorded a few tracks under the name Bruce & Terry.

The actual album was recorded at the Sigma Pi Frat House at UCLA. The audio quality isn't great, but it's raw. There's a garage/punky spirit in this record that shines under the squeaky clean early 60's exterior. This is the mono version, and the stereo version is on CD and has bonus tracks, so seek that out.

Side 1:
01 - Ramrod
02 - Last Night
03 - Surfer's Stomp
04 - What'd I Say (Something On Your Mind)

Side 2:
05 - Pajama Party
06 - Kansas City
07 - Mashin' The Popeye
08 - Gee But I'm Lonesome
09 - Green Onions

And sorry there's been no posts recently. Lot of stuff going on, and not a lot of time to go record hunting (My collection of stuff that's kosher to post is shrinking).