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Complete Sandals 1964-1969: Wild As the Sea

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the sandals really are great. this cd will surprise you, i know about the songs off endless summer. i never heard any thing off ski bums and was not any thing i thought it would be like. its really good music and makes for a great cd.

This is hardly the complete Sandals. While I appreciate the fact that you get a great clean version of the Endless Summer Soundtrack, which I have had on Vinyl forever, I can do without the Sky Soundtrack. But I know bands evolve.
There is a segment in the Bruce Brown Movie Called "Surfin Short" that has a whole skate board section with Music By the Sandals. It's not here.
Also there was at least one other song in the Endless Summer where they are surfing S Africa (instro song) that has to be them. I realize there is a lot of incidental music in the film and master tapes can get lost over the years. If nothing else get it for the clean copy of Endless Summer.
Pass on the Tri Surf Reissue. They re-recorded it with others on bass and drums. It is just OK. Not worth the price some are asking.

Being a compilation, it has everything (well, almost) on it. And, as you might expect, a lot of it is not good. There are too many simple surf songs with motorcycle sounds to kick the song off or end it. And there are some awful vocals. Yes, the Endless Summer songs are there, but after that it gets thin. There is a lot of movie soundtrack music that is completely unmemorable. And after you hear them play "Cloudy" you'll never want to hear that song again (maybe you don't already!). I don't think its worth the price, even used, just to get the Endless Summer theme. Find it elsewhere if possible. The lead guitarist and main composer for this group, John Blakeley, is still recording and has a very nice album out, Tan Mantis that is much more listenable than this album. From a historical standpoint this is a necessary album, but its not one you'll play very often even if you are a surf music fan.