Surfin' The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides of the 1960s, by Various Artists

Surfin' The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides of the 1960s

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• Deep cuts and unissued gems from Sundazed's Kay Bank Studios Master Tape Archive

• Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at Citizen Vinyl on Black Vinyl!

• Includes notes by John Blair (author of the Illustrated Discography Of Surf Music)

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Surfin' The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides of the 1960s - CD w/ Bonus Tracks!
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• Includes 6 CD-only bonus tracks!
• Deep cuts and unissued gems from Sundazed's Kay Bank Studios Master Tape Archive!
• Includes notes by John Blair (author of the Illustrated Discography Of Surf Music)

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	1.	Jonah - The Vaqueros 02:32
	2.	Heaven's Devil - The Boss Tweads 02:49
	3.	Caliente - The Marauders 02:56
	4.	Island In Paradise - The Vaqueros 02:13
	5.	Shot In The Dark - The Mustangs 02:24
	6.	Disintegration - The Readymen 02:45
	7.	Comin' Home - The Vaqueros 02:25
	8.	Girl Don't Tell Me - The Satisfactions 02:45
	9.	80 Foot Wave - The Vaqueros 02:52
	10.	Za Boo - The Valients 02:35
	11.	Bird Gasp '65 - The Trashmen 03:08
	12.	Surfin' Blues - The Readymen 02:31
	13.	Little Queenie (Instrumental) - The Furys 02:56
	14.	Space Journey Ranger 7 - The Vaqueros 02:02
	15.	Surf Beat - The Chancellors 03:12
	16.	Greensleeves - The Trashmen 01:45
	17.	Wine, Wine, Wine - The Bleach Boys 02:25
	18.	Baba Yaga - The Pagans 02:18
	19.	Beach Girl - The Valients 02:18
	20.	Hey Little One - The Shandells 02:24
	21.	Shortnin' Bread - The Readymen 02:39
	22.	Lizzy Lost Her Beach Ball - T Lawrence Sherwood Greens 02:16

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Outtasite surf & garage sounds from landlocked America!

This compilation of unreleased & rare tracks from the Twin Cities’ Kay Bank Studios features 16 rip rollin’ cuts of some of the best surf and garage rock Kay Bank had to offer. Features The Trashmen, The Vaqueros, and more!

Kay Bank Recordings in Minneapolis was certainly one of these historic studios. It was named after the wife of owner Vernon Bank. Although he had been involved in the recording business since the late 1940s, Bank’s recording studio operation got underway in 1957 when he moved into a building that was large enough to also establish a pressing plant. The studio provided a 3-track Ampex recorder, a 12-input recording console, and a live echo chamber.

According to a 1958 article in the Minneapolis Star newspaper, Kay Bank was pressing 60,000 records each week, and Vernon Bank claimed that his studio provided the most complete facility of any other studio “between Pennsylvania and California.” The sign above the building’s entrance stated, “A Complete Recording Service From Master Tape to Pressed Record.”

Sundazed Music recently acquired a large archive of the existing Kay Bank master tapes. Some of the surf, and related, recordings in that archive are included in this compilation, all recorded between June 1964 and August 1966- at a time when the British Invasion was ravaging the sales charts.

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released September 29, 2023

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