The Challengers ‎– Lloyd Thaxton Goes Surfing With The Challengers (LP 1963)

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The Challengers ‎– Lloyd Thaxton Goes Surfing With The Challengers (LP Vault, Vault LP-101, abril de 1963). 

Produtor – Richard Delvy. 

Género: Rock, Surf. 

“Lloyd Thaxton Goes Surfing With The Challengers” é o segundo álbum da banda de surf rock The Challengers. Este fantástico LP foi lançado pelo selo Vault, em abril de 1963, no auge da "onda de surf", no sul da Califórnia. 

Lloyd Thaxton foi o produtor e anfitrião do The Lloyd Thaxton Show, um dos espectáculos musicais mais bem referenciados de Hollywood, favorito não apenas por adolescentes, mas também pelos pais, porque o concerto era mais do que uma simples festa dançável, pois tinha também uma variedade de outras diversões. 

Com o lançamento deste álbum, na primavera de 1963, a banda tornou-se um dos grupos musicais mais visíveis e influentes do sul da Califórnia. O álbum apresenta-nos versões instrumentais únicas de surf rock instrumental do final da década de 50 (músicas de Duane Eddy, The Fireballs e The Ventures) juntamente com os originais dos Challengers. 

The Challengers foi uma excelente banda instrumental de surf music de Los Angeles, formada no final de 1962, por Richard Delvy e Jim Roberts, ex-The Belairs. O grupo foi um dos primeiros "e um dos melhores" conjuntos de surf da Califórnia. The Challengers eram liderados pelo baterista e produtor Richard Delvy, e surgiram após The Bel-Airs se terem separado. O grupo esteve em actividade entre 1962 e 1970. 

A banda será sempre recordada por clássicos como, "Mr. Moto", "Pipeline", "Apache", "Telstar", “Wipe Out”, “Mr. Rebel” ou “Foot Patter”, entre outros. 

Em 1995, após 25 anos sem novas gravações, The Challengers reuniram-se com alguns novos membros para lançar o álbum "New Wave", produzido pelo líder e fundador da banda, Richard Delvy, que faleceu em 6 de fevereiro de 2010. 

Faixas/Tracklist: 

A1 – Moondawg (D. Weaver) 2:48 

A2 – (Dance With The) Guitar Man (Eddy, Hazlewood) 2:14 

A3 - Comin' Home Baby (B. Tucker, B. Dorough) 2:14 

A4 - You Can't Sit Down (Clark, Upchurch, Muldrow) 2:53 

A5 - Foot Patter (G. Tomsco) 2:23 

A6 – Rampage (G.Grey) 2:15 

B1 - Ventures' Medley (Smith, Leeds, Dominguez) 2:59 

B2 - Surfer's Pony (R. Delvy) 2:12 

B3 - The Twomp (D. Wilson) 1:59 

B4 - Tidal Wave (Bertrand) 2:13 

B5 - Satan's Theme (B. Meyer, D. Gant) 2:23 

B6 - So What (R. Delvy) 2:09 

Músicos Intervenientes/Personnel: 

Líder e Bateria – Richard Delvy 

Guitarra Solo – Glenn Grey 

Baixo – Randy Nauert 

Teclados – Jim Roberts 

Guitarra Ritmo – Don Landis 

Saxofone – Nick Hefner 

LP gentilmente cedido pelo nosso amigo Harry Bancroft, a quem agradecemos.

The Challengers ‎– Go Sidewalk Surfing! (LP 1964)

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The Challengers ‎– Go Sidewalk Surfing! (LP Triumph Records, TRI LP-100, 1964). 

Produtor: Richard Delvy. 

Género: Rock, Surf. 

“Go Sidewalk Surfing!“ é o quinto álbum de surf instrumental do conjunto The Challengers, gravado em setembro de 1964, uma das mais populares bandas de surf do sul da Califórnia. O grupo foi formado pelo baterista Richard Delvy depois deste ter deixado a banda The Bel-Airs. O grupo gravou diversos LPs nos dois anos seguintes. A maioria do seu repertório consistia em versões de temas populares de rock e surf. 

Neste álbum, The Challengers voltaram a sua atenção para o crescente desporto do skate, como demonstram os títulos das músicas como "Asphalt Spinner", "Skinned Shins" e "Delvy's Sidewalk Capers". O disco também contém temas em que a banda homenageia as suas raízes no surf, com interpretações arrebatadoras como "Pipeline", "The Cruel Sea" ou "Banzai Washout". 

The Challengers foi uma excelente banda instrumental de "surf music" de Los Angeles, formada no final de 1962, por Richard Delvy e Jim Roberts, ex-The Belairs. O grupo foi um dos primeiros "e um dos melhores" conjuntos de surf da Califórnia. The Challengers eram liderados pelo baterista e produtor Richard Delvy, e surgiram após os Belairs se terem separado. O grupo esteve em actividade entre 1962 e 1970. 

Mais informação sobre esta excelente banda, já se encontra inserida neste blog. 

Faixas/Tracklist: 

A1 - Pipeline (Brian Carman/Bob Spickard) - 3:01 

A2 - Asphalt Spinner (Ross At Sunset) (T. Starr) - 2:57 

A3 - Raunchy (Bill Justis /Sid Manker) - 2:52 

A4 - Hop Scotch (Channel Nine) (E. Fournier) - 2:25 

A5 - Big Shot (Paul Johnson) - 2:40 

A6 - Johnny October (Lee Hazlewood) - 2:40 

B1 - Skinned Shins (E. Fournier)- 1:52 

B2 - Delvy's Sidewalk Capers (G. Page) - 2:19 

B3 - Bust Your Buns (J. Cerami) - 1:31 

B4 - Cruel Sea (Mike Maxfield) - 2:27 

B5 - Banzai Washout (S. Douglas) - 2:04 

B6 - The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt (Bennett/Marvin/Rostill/Welch) - 2:48 

Músicos/Personnel: 

Art Fisher: guitarra solo 

Ed Fournier: guitarra ritmo 

Randy Nauert: baixo 

Phil Pruden: saxofone 

Richard Delvy : bateria e líder 

LP gentilmente cedido pelo nosso amigo Harry Bancroft, a quem agradecemos.

The Challengers ‎– K-39 (LP 1964)

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The Challengers ‎– K-39 (LP Vault ‎– 107, 1964).

Produtor – Richard Delvy.

Género: Rock, Surf

Este LP, "K-39", é o mais prestigiado dos primeiros 4 álbuns que o grupo lançou inicialmente.

Destaca-se a faixa-título (o seu desempenho é fabuloso), e insere também excelentes versões de "Telstar" e "Mark Of Zorro", entre outros grandes temas, com algumas incursões pela música hot rod.

The Challengers foi uma banda instrumental americana de surf que se formou no final de 1962, originários de Los Angeles. Eles representaram um crescente desejo e gosto pela música de surf e ajudaram a tornar este género mais famoso e popular. 

A biografia do grupo já se encontra inserida neste blogue.

Faixas/Tracklist:

A1 K-39 (R. M. Burns) 2:10

A2 Out Of Limits (M. Z. Gordon) 2:04

A3 Wipe Out (The Surfaris) 2:30

A4 Mr. Rebel (E. Bertrand) 2:10

A5 Telstar (J. Meek) 2:37

A6 Mark Of Zorro (Page, Kaffel) 2:02

B1 Back Beat (Petze, Petze, Collins, Pizzi) 3:00

B2 One Mint Julep (R. Toombs) 2:40

B3 Bedlam (P. Johnson) 2:12

B4 Chiflado (P. Johnson) 2:49

B5 Just Drums (R. Delvy) 4:40

Músicos/Personnel:

Baixo – Randy Nauert

Bateria - Richard Delvy

Guitarras – Art Fisher, Ed Fournier

Saxofone – Phil Pruden

LP gentilmente cedido pelo nosso amigo Harry Bancroft, a quem agradecemos.

The Challengers - Surfbeat [1963]

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The Challengers - Surfbeat foi um álbum que na sua versão original teve a referência - LP Vault 100, 1963.

The Challengers foi uma banda instrumental de surf que se formou no final de 1962. Eram de Los Angeles. O seu álbum de estreia "Surfbeat", foi o álbum mais vendido de surf de todos os tempos e ajudou muito a expansão da “surf music” da Califórnia para o resto do mundo.

Lançado em Janeiro de 1963, "Surfbeat" foi o primeiro álbum gravado por este grupo de Los Angeles de surf rock e um dos primeiros álbuns de música surf a chegar às lojas. Eles gravaram o álbum numa sessão de 3 ½ horas em finais de 1962. O álbum foi lançado no início de 1963 e tornou-se um grande sucesso, ajudando a impulsionar o género surf. O álbum é quase uma história de surf music em si próprio, ou pelo menos mostra as suas raízes, com excelentes faixas inseridas de rock And roll como "Red River Rock", "Ramrod", "Movin’ And  Groovin", e "Torquay". Com semelhanças a Dick Dale e aos Beach Boys, o grupo também fez as suas versões de "Surfin 'Safari", "Miserlou", "Let' s Go Trippin '" e "Beat Surf". Este não é apenas um álbum historicamente importante, mas também um verdadeiro disco de Rock.

Faixas / Track Listing:

1. Bulldog (Tomsco) – 1:53

2. Kami-Kaze (Johnson)– 2:19

3. Let's Go Trippin' (Dale) – 1:48

4. Ramrod (Case– 1:34

5. Mr. Moto (Delvy/Johnson) – 2:05

6. Red River Rock (King/Mack/Mendleson) – 1:56

7. Miserlou (Tauber/Rubanis/Leeds) – 2:44

8. Latin'ia (Nunes/Miller)– 2:29

9. Surfin' Safari (Wilson/Love) – 2:20

10. Movin' And Groovin' (Hazlewood/Eddy) – 2:08

11. Vampire (Delvy/Johnson) – 3:03

12. Torquay (Tomsco) – 2:41

Bonus Tracks:

13. Penetration (Leonard) 3:33

14. Surf Beat (Delvy's Drums) (Dale) 2:11

Músicos / Personnel:

Glenn Grey: lead guitar (except on #2 and #11)

Don Landis: rhythm guitar (except on #2 and #11)

Jim Roberts: piano and organ

Randy Nauert: bass guitar

Richard Delvy: drums

Nick Hefner: saxophone (on #9 only)

Paul Johnson: lead guitar (on #2 and #11)

unknown: rhythm guitar (on #2 and #11)

unknown: saxophone (on #2 and #11)

Álbum gentilmente cedido por Luís Futre, a quem agradecemos.

The Challengers - Killer Surf! (The Best Of The Challengers)

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The Challengers - Killer Surf! - The Best Of The Challengers (60's Instrumental Surf Rock).
- Album Crescendo GNPD 2229 -

The Challengers were an instrumental surf rock band in the 1960s, located in Los Angeles. They started early in the game and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album Surfbeat is the biggest selling surf album of all time and almost single-handedly brought surf from California to the rest of the world.

The band was formed out of the ashes of The Belairs. The Belairs were just high schoolers at the time, but had a hit with "Mr. Moto." Their potential was cited by many, but, ironically, it was an argument about use of the then-new Fender Reverb Unit that led to their breakup. The Belairs were originally formed by two guitarists, Eddie Bertrand and Paul Johnson, both 16 years old at the time they recorded "Mr. Moto". In early 1963. Eddie Bertrand heard Dick Dale using the Fender Reverb unit, and wanted to start incorporating heavy reverb into the Belairs' songs, since he felt reverb was the sound that would come to define Surf Music. Even at 17, Johnson was something of a "stick-in-the-mud" and told Bertrand that the Belairs had done quite well without reverb, and HE didn't see any reason at all to begin using it. The argument escalated until Bertrand finally left the band, which then broke up for good shortly after. Johnson confirmed this story in the liner notes he contributed to the Belairs reunion album released in 1986.

During their peak years, from late 1960 to Summer 1963, the Belairs had TWO drummers who played gigs with the band alternately, original Mouseketeer, Dickie Dodd, and another local school chum, Richard Delvecchio, who adopted the stage name, Richard Delvy, and who like a minor Mike Curb, began a career of managing and producing local bands, ultimately recording numerous Southern California bands in the latter part of the 1960s.

The year before the Belairs breakup, Delvy left the Belairs to form a new band. From The Belairs, he brought only Jim Roberts (keyboards) with him, and recruited Randy Nauert (bass guitar). For guitar, Glenn Grey was brought in for lead and Don Landis for rhythm, With Nick Hefner on Saxophone, they became The Challengers. They played at high school and local dances and such, and eventually earned enough to rent a jazz studio, World Pacific, to record. Nick Hefner played on only one track. In about three and a half hours, they had an album. Surfbeat was released in January 1963 and quickly went up the charts. Just months earlier, The Beach Boys' released a vocal single, "Surfing Safari" and some months after the Challenger's "Surfbeat" release, Dick Dale's first album was released. The surf culture was becoming a national phenomenon and The Challengers helped put it in full gear. The album contained songs that were early influences on surf rock, including numbers by The Fireballs and Duane Eddy.

The Challengers moved on and continued to record albums. During the recording of On The Move, Hefner, Grey and Landis all left the band. Hefner was replaced by Phil Pruden, while Art Fisher and Eddie Fournier filled in the guitar spot. In 1964, they released the album K-39. The title track became a big hit and is their best-known song. The group continued their career, recording several albums a year, shocking by today's "one album every two years" pattern. They also had their own TV show, Surf's Up. LA cartoonist Rick Griffin, who later designed posters for groups during the psychedelic period, drew several cartoons for the band featured on the LP sleeves.

In 1965, as music changed, so did The Challengers. They began recording more pop-oriented music, like an instrumental version "Kicks" by Paul Revere & The Raiders. By 1966, they had gone the way of all other surf bands,and stopped performing live, but still continued recording and releasing albums. A 1970 release of the band was titled, fittingly Where Were You In The Summer Of '62.

The Challengers were involved with former Bel-Airs guitarist Paul Johnson, who also was involved with PJ & the Galaxies.

Fonte: Wikipedia

Faixas/ Tracklist:

01. Lanky Bones 

02. Telstar 

03. Duck Waddle 

04. A Taste Of Honey 

05. Kami-Kaze 

06. Pipeline 

07. Scratch 

08. The Work Song 

09. The Wedge 

10. Surf-Ari 

11. Rebel Rouser 

12. Collision Course 

13. Memphis 

14. Camel Back 

15. Penetration 

16. Sidewalk Surfer 

17. Tequila 

18. Small Fry 

19. Raunchy 

20. Cruel Sea 

21. Lonely Bull 

22. Mr. Moto 

23. The Man From Uncle 

24. Out Of Limits 

25. Wipe Out 

26. Roller Derby 

27. Happy Guitars 

28. Walk, Don't Run 

29. Kicks 

30. K-39

Álbum gentilmente cedido por Luís Futre, a quem agradecemos.

The Challengers - On The Move (LP 1964)

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The Challengers - On The Move (LP 1964).

The Challengers were an instrumental surf music band started in late 1962. They were located in Los Angeles. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album "Surfbeat" was the biggest selling surf album of all time and helped bring surf music from California to the rest of the world.

Faixas/Track List:

Foot Tapper
On Broadway
Happy Cowboy
The Breeze And I
Hava Nagila
Dance On
Apache
Guitar Tango
Adventures In Paradise
On The Move
Stick Shift
Roadrunner
Lead Foot
Rev-Up

LP disponibilizado por Carlos Santos.
Ripado do vinil. Digitalização e masterização, por João Romão. 

The Challengers - On TV (LP 1965)

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The Challengers On TV - Suirf's Up! - LP Vault Records - Vault 109, 1965.

The Challengers were an instrumental surf music band started in late 1962. They were located in Los Angeles. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album "Surfbeat" was the biggest selling surf album of all time and helped bring surf music from California to the rest of the world.

The band was formed out of the pioneer surf band called The Bel-Airs. The Bel-Airs were still in high school at the time, but scored a hit with an instrumental song titled "Mr. Moto." Their potential was cited by many, but it was an argument about use of the then new Fender reverb unit that led to their breakup. The Bel-Airs were originally formed by two guitarists, Eddie Bertrand and Paul Johnson, both 16 years old at the time they recorded "Mr. Moto". In early 1963, Eddie Bertrand heard Dick Dale using the Fender reverb unit and wanted to start incorporating heavy reverb into The Bel-Airs songs. He felt reverb was the sound that would come to define surf music. Even at 17, Johnson was something of a independent thinker and told Bertrand that The Bel-Airs had done quite well without reverb and he didn't see any reason at all to begin using it. The argument escalated until Bertrand finally left the band which then broke up for good shortly after. Johnson confirmed this story in the liner notes he contributed to The Bel-Airs reunion album released in 1986.

They didn't invent it, but the Challengers shaped and refined surf music like no other performers in the beach firmament. Most of their repertoire consisted of covers of popular rock and surf tunes; undeniably exciting at the time, their lack of originality can make their work generic to wade through.

LP gentilmente cedido por Luís Futre.
Ripado do vinil. Digitalização (capas e áudio) e masterização, por Carlos Santos.