Richie Allen & Pacific Surfer The Rising Surf (1963)

(2006/SUNDAZED) 12 tracks First playing guitar on Sandy Nelson's TEEN BEAT, then as a session man for many Gary Usher-produced surf sides, Richie Allen would cut two stellar albums of pier-shooting, California magic of his own for imperial Records. Whether engineering or producing rock legends ranging from Iron Butterfly to the Electric Prunes, Allen (under his real name of Richie Podolor) would strongly make his mark on the recording industry. 1963's RISING SURF, the first of his solo LPs, is a pounding slice of raw surf music, the way it was intended to be: foam-flecked but dangerous!