Beyond Surf

Tornadoes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B00000K1JM
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,515 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bustin' Surfborads

2. Beyond The Surf

3. Moon Dawg

4. Shootin' Beavers

5. Bumble Bee Stomp

6. The Swag

7. The Gremmie

8. The Inebriated Surfer

9. Malaguena

10. Phantom Surfer

11. Who Was That?!?!

12. Vaquero

13. The Tornado

14. Johnny B. Goode

15. Charge Of Tornadoes

16. The Gremmie Pt. 2

17. Raw-Hide

18. Lightnin'

19. The Tornadoes Talk!

Editorial Reviews

This Sundazed release collects the best of the group's material from their ultra-rare album & scarce singles, plus adds 3 vintage, massive reverb swats that have remained unissued for over 35 years! 'The Swag', 'Who Was That?!?!' & 'Raw-Hide'. A total of 18 tracks-plus an onboard gab-session with all five of the original members.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not To Be Confused With The Tornados Of "Telstar" Fame, October 10, 2003

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Mike King "Mike Vegas King" (Taunton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beyond Surf (Audio CD)

The Tornadoes consisted of Gerald Sanders on lead vocals and bass guitar, Norman "Roly" Sanders on lead guitar, Jesse Sanders on rhythm guitar, George White on saxophone and Leonard Delaney on drums. Their signature song, "Bustin' Surfboards," was one of the first regional, surf instrumental hits to receive national airplay in 1962. The sound of crashing waves gives way to the drums playing a stomping beat, followed by a twangy guitar playing the memorable melody. "Beyond The Surf" was a slow song, which featured a heavily echoed guitar, while the drummer played the cymbals to simulate the sound of waves. Gerald Sanders sings the tale of the "Phantom Surfer," an unfortunate dude who died in a mean riptide, and whose ghost surfs the waves for all eternity! This collection concludes with a 1999, 25 minute talk by all five members of the group discussing the good old days. Like most early surf instrumental groups, the Tornadoes only lasted long enough to release one album in 1964, before Beatlemania put an end to the surf instrumental craze. Quentin Tarantino included the song "Bustin' Surfboards" in his movie Pulp Fiction and its subsequent soundtrack album. The popularity of that led to the Tornadoes reuniting and recording the album "Bustin' Surfboards '98," some 34 years after their first album!

4.0 out of 5 stars great surf music, June 29, 2003

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COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond Surf (Audio CD)

the tornadoes are one of the most overlooked surf bands from the early 60's. This CD has a lot of great, raw, surf music that any fan of the genre will enjoy. Some of the tracks were recorded, produced and engineeered by Frank Zappa/Paul Buff at their Cucamonga recording studio (infamously known throughout the free world as Studio Z). I love surf music and this CD is one of my favorites........

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Caught In The Storm, August 13, 2006

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Stanley Runk "Runkdapunk" (Camp North Pines) - See all my reviews
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This is a good cd....a damn good cd. The tornadoes were one of the heavyweights of the surf music scene(and the first band to have a "surf" related single) back in the good ol' days. Any big fan of surf music knows this. For those just getting the surf bug and are looking for some excellent recordings from the early 60s, this is definitely a cd you should invest in. It can be difficult for a newcomer to know what to purchase since there is so much available out there. Well, personally I have yet to hear any surf music I think "sucks", so you can't really go wrong with any 60s surf bands, but the Tornadoes are certainly top drawer. This cd gives you some slow, haunting tunes(Beyond The Surf), some more up tempo stuff(Vaquero), some humor(The Gremmie), some cover tunes(Johnny B Goode). Even the few tracks with vocals are very good! The Phantom Surfer(a vocal tune) is an excellent, creepy little number. Not bad for a bunch of kids.