VARIOUS ARTISTS: Good Vibrations - 30 Carolina Beach Music Classics

Various Artists

Good Vibrations - 30 Carolina Beach Music Classics

© 2007 Ripete Records, Inc (028437237721) (format: CD-R)

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Carolina Beach Music is a style of music originated by authentic 60's sweet soul artists and augmented by white southeastern USA acts that emulated the sound in their recordings and live performances.

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SHAMA LAMA DING DONG- FABULOUS SHAG VERSION OF THE FAMOUS ANIMAL HOUSE PARTY ANTHEM FROM THE BAND OF OZ, ONE OF THE
PREMIER BEACH BANDS ON THE CIRCUIT.

MYRTLE BEACH DAYS/ FANTASTIC SHAKERS AN ABSOLUTE STAPLE IN BEACH CIRCLES, CUT IN THE LATE 70'S AND INCLUDED
IN RIPETE'S VERY FIRST COMPILATION "BEACH BEAT CLASSICS" FROM 1979.

SUMMERTIME'S CALLING ME/ THE CATALINAS ONE OF SEVERAL SONGS FROM THE MID 70'S THAT LED THE RENAISSANCE OF CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC IN THE LATE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S

DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABY'S LOVE ONE OF THE MOST COVERED BEACH TUNES OF ALL TIME, AND ACCORDING TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
THE GREATEST FRATERNITY ROCK SONG OF ALL TIME. SWINGIN'
MEDALLIONS RULE.

THE CHEATER BOB KUBAN & IN-MEN ALTHOUGH BOB KUBAN IS NOT
A SOUTHERN NATIVE (MISSOURI), HE SURE NAILED THE SOUND DEAD
ON THE HEAD. A MAJOR WORLD WIDE HIT.

MAY I/ MAURICE WILLIAMS & ZODIACS FIRST RELEASED ON VEE JAY IN 1964, BEFORE HITTING BIG WITH ITS RE-RELEASE ON DEE SU RECORDS OUT OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1966. BIG HIT COVER VERSION BY BILL DEAL & RHONDELS.

I GOT THE FEVER/ THE PROPHETS FEATURING BILLY SCOTT
MONSTER BEACH HIT FROM 1968, AND THE SONG THE REALLY MOVED
THE GROUP INTO TRUE STARDOM. SONG WRITTEN BY AGUSTA , GA
NATIVE, ROY SMITH.

SHE SHOT A HOLE IN MY SOUL A SIDE OF THE TWO HEADED BEACH
MONSTER THAT CARRIED WE'RE GONNA HATE OURSELVES IN THE MORNING. BOTH SONGS BROKE OUT AT MYRTLE BEACH EASTER 1967.

I'VE BEEN HURT ONE OF THREE BIG INTERNATIONAL HITS BY BILL DEAL & RHONDELS THAT WERE COVERS OF PREVIOUS BEACH HITS. A 1969 RELEASE BY THE VIRGINIA BEACH GROUP.

KIDNAPPER FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF LOUISIANA, JEWELL & RUBIES DELIVER A TALE OF SUSPENSE UTILIZING EVERY ONE
FROM PERRY MASON TO BOSTON BLACKIE TO TRACK DOWN HIS LOST
LOVE. MAJOR 60'S BEACH GEM.

FAR AWAY PLACES THE SONG THAT "MADE" THE EMBERS WHEN IT
SCORED MAJOR CLUB AND RADIO PLAY IN 1969. THE SONG IS A
COVER OF THE OLD PERRY COMO CLASSIC.

HOLY COW MORE NEW ORLEANS MAGIC FROM LEE DORSEY, AND A TUNE PRODUCED BY ALLEN TOUSSAINT AND N C NATIVE MARSHALL
SEHORN. COVERS OF THE SONG BY DELBERT MC CLINTON & SUGARBEES.

GET ON UP THE ESQUIRES HAIL FROM CHICAGO IL, AND THEY DELIVER A SMOOTH AS SILK SOUL OFFERING FROM 1967 THAT
BECAME A MAJOR BEACH TUNE AND A HUGE INTERNATONAL HIT.

OCEAN BOULEVARD GREAT ORIGINAL TUNE AND MAJOR HIT IN THE
BEACH MARKET UPON ITS RELEASE IN EARLY 80'S BY BAND OF OZ.

THE TAMS MEDLEY LONG BEFORE MEDLEYS BECAME THE RAGE BILL
LOWERY TROTTED OUT HIS ATLANTA TAMS TO RUN THROUGH A STRING
OF THEIR SIGNIFICANT SONGS, WEAVING THEM ALL TOGETHER IN A
PLEASING FORMAT. A 1970 RELEASE.

I LOVE BEACH MUSIC WRITTEN IN 1979, THIS IS CONSIDERED THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF BEACH MUSIC. JACKIE GORE EXCELS ON LEAD
VOCALS.

RAINY DAY BELLS YES IT IS THE REAL GLOBETROTTERS WITH NONE
OTHER THAN MEADOWLARK LEMON ON LEAD. WRITTEN BY 60'S POPSTER, NEIL SEDAKA, AND PULLED FROM THE DON KRISHNER STABLE OF TUNES.

39-21-46 GENERAL JOHNSON WROTE SOME EXTREMELY MEMORABLE SONGS IN HIS CAREER, NONE MORE SO THAT THIS LITTLE DITTY FIRST RELEASED ON MINIT IN 1964 AND RE-RELEASED AGAIN IN
1966. THE THIRD MOST COVERED BEACH TUNE OF ALL TIME.

SHAKIN'THE SHACK MODERN DAY DANCE FLOOR MONSTER FROM
NORTH CAROLINA'S FANTASTIC SHAKERS. LEAD SINGER BO SCHRONCE TURNS IN A STERLING VOCAL PERFORMANCE OF A GREAT
FREDDY TRIPP PRODUCTION.

BAREFOOTIN' ROBERT PARKER'S ONLY HIT, BUT ENDURING CLASSIC
AND YET MORE GREAT MUSIC TO EMANATE FROM THE CRESCENT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. 1966

BACKFIELD IN MOTION HUMOROUS RENDERING FROM MEL AND TIM
THAT CLICKED IN A MAJOR WAY IN BEACH CIRCLES AND STRUCK A
CHORD WITH AUDIENCES AROUND MANY PARTS OF THE GLOBE.

YOU HAVEN'T THE RIGHT GREAT 1967 CLASSIC FROM THE CATALINAS WITH TOMMY BLACK ON LEAD VOCALS. THE SONG WAS
WRITTEN BY TOMMY PLYLER, AND THE GROUP GETS MAJOR KUDOS FOR
PULLING OFF AN UNCANNY PRODUCTION REMINISCENT OF THE FOUR
SEASONS.

CALIFORNIA THIS JANET HELM WRITTEN CLASSIC WAS INITIALLY
ENTITILED "C A R O L I N A". IN 1970, THE GROUP OPTED FOR
A CHANGE OF STATES FOR THE NAME, AND THE SONG BECAME AN
INSTANT CLASSIC UPON ITS RELEASE BY THE GEORGIA PROPHETS.
BILLY SCOTT ONCE AGAIN SHINE.

COLOR HIM FATHER THE WINSTONS, A RICHARD SPENCER LED GROUP SCORED A MAJOR HIT WITH THIS 1969 RELEASE. THE GROUP'S NEXT RELEASE, LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE, FOUND FAVOR IN BEACH CIRCLES AS WELL.

HEY HEY BABY IT'S THE FAMILIAR BRUCE CHANNEL TUNE WITH
AN ALTERED TITLE AND DONE IN ROCKIN' RAVE UP VERSION BY THE
KINGS OF PARTY ANIMAL ROCK, THE SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS. A 1969 RELEASE.

WE'RE GONNA HATE OURSELVES IN THE MORNING ARTHUR ALEXANDER
WROTE AND DID THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS TUNE, BUT CLIFFORD CURRY MADE IT FAMOUS. CURRY IS KNOXVILLE TN NATIVE.

IF I DIDN'T HAVE A DIME BOB COLLINS & FABULOUS 5 FEATURING
DONNY TREXLER TAKE THE GENE PITNEY TUNE INTO A WHOLE NEW TERRITORY. A JOKER THREE RECORDS MID 60'S RELEASE. RON MOODY & CENTAURS COVERED THE TUNE FOR HIS VIRGINIA AUDIENCE

WHAT KIND OF FOOL(DO YOU THINK I AM) ONE OF THREE MAJOR HITS FOR BILL DEAL & RHONDELS IN 1969, AND COVER OF THE TAMS MAJOR HIT FROM 1964.

GONNA MOVE ACROSS THE RIVER BILLY PINKNEY CUT THIS TRACK
WITH HIS ORIGINAL DRIFTERS GROUP IN 1989, LAYING DOWN THE
LEAD VOCAL TRACK IN ONE POWERFUL TAKE. PINKNEY PASSED AWAY
DURING THE SUMMER OF 2007, THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL DRIFTERS GROUP FROM 1953.

OVER THE RAINBOW- WHAT COULD MAKE MORE SENSE THAN FOR THE BAND OF OZ TO COVER THE SONG FROM WHENCE CAME THEIR GROUP NAME. BIG JOHN THOMPSON DELIVERS THE WELL KNOWN ICON OF A SONG IN A POWERFUL BARITONE DELIVERY THAT IS CLASSIC IN ITS
OWN RIGHT. A 1988 RELEASE.

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