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Blue Stingrays | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epitone Records
• ASIN: B000001INM
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,033 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #3 in Music > Rock > Oldies & Retro > Surf Rock
  • #58 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Punk

Track Listings

1. Monsoon

2. Echo Park

3. Goldfinger

4. Brave New World

5. Russian Roulette

6. Moon Over Catalina

7. Malibu Babylon

8. Blue Venus

9. Land of the Unknown

10. Surfer's Life

11. Stingray Stomp

12. Zuma Sunset

13. Ju Ju Beads

14. Green Sea

15. Super Hero

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beat The Winter Blues With The Blue Stingrays!, February 17, 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: Surf-N-Burn (Audio CD)

It's heartbreaking to realize how few people have heard of the Blue Stingrays, much less know the names of the group members. The CD's cover photo, the liner notes, even including Side 1 and Side 2 for the song titles, all remind me of those great surf instrumental albums of the early sixties. You can almost hear the sound of the needle dropping onto the vinyl as the party sounds fade in, followed by the opening notes of "Monsoon." The appropriately named "Echo Park" is drenched in reverb, and sounds as fresh today as when it was first recorded. Covering "Goldfinger" was no doubt a tip of the hat to the Ventures, who have played that song in concert countless times. The 1-2 punch of "Surfer's Life" and "Stingray Stomp" elevate this CD to classic status. After the closing notes of the last song, "Super Hero," you can almost hear the scratchy fadeout of a vinyl album. Speaking of albums, "Let's Go!", "Surf Party" and "Valley Of The Rays" are virtually impossible to find. Maybe a major rock star could help to get the Blue Stingrays' back catalog reissued. I understand that Tom Petty is a big fan of the group!

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I am so Amused!, March 7, 2001

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Tom (Palatine, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surf-N-Burn (Audio CD)

Jokes on us!

While there may never have been a group called the Blue Stingrays, there probably should have been.

The artists (Petty's boys? Is that what I have heard?) go to great lengths to recreated the wonderful surf sound that made the Ventures and the Surfaris such fun.

The first cut is so authentic sounding, right down to the gradual fade in, I thought it WAS a vintage Ventures cut.

Later in the disc, the boys get frisky, and the sound becomes more of a rock/surf fusion...which is really a very good thing.

I love the fake liner notes, and the cover art is priceless.

I am so glad that the surf sound is appreciated to this day...and this album pays due homage to a great, and largely lost, sound.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where did they come from?!, September 30, 2003

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Sandy (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surf-N-Burn (Audio CD)

I discovered the Blue Stingrays about a few years ago. I was moving my stuff into my new place and found the CD sitting on some used piece of furniture among other stuff. I listened to it and felt like I had just robbed a bank and gotten away with it. I was so lucky to find that CD and luckily, it had no owner. I asked around about them because it does not list the players or any other info - the playing sounds so fresh and new, especially the drummer. I've heard they are Tom Petty's Heartbreakers but I've also heard they are some younger guys from the Epitaph Label. I think my favorites are Surfer's Life, Echo Park and their version of Goldfinger. Tone is so drenched with richness!! So, I really don't know who these guys are, but they're phenomenal. I recommend the Blue Stingrays for anyone who is a lover of instrumental music, surf guitar, reverb or just damn good melodies and tone. It's definitely a classic in my music collection.