Bustin Surfboards

Tornadoes, Tornadoes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1964
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B000003GX0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,840 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists > Surf Guitar
  • #18 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists
  • #20 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Oldies & Retro

Track Listings

1. Bustin' Surfboards

2. Malagueña

3. Summertime

4. The Tornado

5. The Gremmie

6. Bumble Bee Stomp

7. Moon Dawg

8. Vaquero

9. Old Shep

10. Shootin' Beavers

11. Johnny B. Goode

12. The Inebriated Surfer

13. The Gremmie (Pt. 2) [*]

14. Beyond the Surf [*]

15. Charge of the Tornadoes [#][*]

Editorial Reviews

You'd think they'd be worried sick about getting sand in their sax, but you'd be wrong. The carefree Tornadoes didn't give a rat's ass about anything but surfin' and baggin' beavers. And the world became a better place for their callous indifference to fine brass plating. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Cool, Though Not Everything Works!, August 6, 2004

By 

K. Brown "El Rudo Lucky Pierre!" (Walnut, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bustin Surfboards (Audio CD)

When they are at the top of their game on this CD, The Tornadoes are pure 100% Surf-Guitar, nothing watered down! Starting off mellow & cool with "Busting Surfboards," then going into the exotic "Malaguena" (same melody as the Russian folk song "Dark Eyes"), and then into... "Summertime?" That, and "Old Shep" really seemed out of place on a surf CD. Both of these songs had vocals, which were not one of The Tornadoes' stronger points! Their cover of "Johnny B. Goode" wasn't terrible, but... sorry, Chuck Berry is the only one who can do that one "just right!"

The rest of the CD is very good. This is one of those bands that should have stayed away from vocals; their tunes with lyrics seem to mask their too-cool surf-sound, but their instrumental pieces are incredible!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Go, Roly, go!, August 28, 2003

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bustin Surfboards (Audio CD)

"Bustin' Surfboards" was a forgotten surf instrumental, until it was included in Pulp Fiction. Because of that new publicity, The Tornadoes' only album was reissued on CD. The album includes a lot of great surf instrumentals, especially "Bustin' Surfboards", "The Gremmie" and "Shootin' Beavers". Unfortunately, the album also includes three mediocre vocal songs ("Summertime", "Old Shep" and "Johnny B. Goode"). These songs don't really fit in with the feel of the rest of the album. But that's what the "skip" button is for on your CD player, right?