THE DEADLY ONES
It's Monster Surfing Time (Collectables)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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From the first wave of surf, this 1964 oddball remains one of the best examples of how surf music can work as Halloween party music. It needs help, of course, and that help came in the form of howls, screams, and evil voices saying any number of strange things. Originally released on Vee Jay Records (you remember, the little indie that was the only label in America with the intelligence to put out the first Beatles record) it has been dusted off and released on CD by Collectables, and it sounds maaaahvelous. The voices are infinitely clearer as they moan such things as "there's a creature in the surfer's lagoon," "hey, got a match?," "Igor, quit tormenting the sharks and get back on your surfboard!" or "oh please!!! Make it stop!!" Hey, guy, I feel your pain, but the CD keeps playing. It may be the simplest of 60s surf, but it's decorated for Halloween and I'm in the mood.

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