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(Sundazed) 21 tracks, digisleeve - featuring 3 CD only bonus tracks The five-piece of shaved,... more

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PYRAMIDS: Penetration! The Best Of The Pyramids (CD)

(Sundazed) 21 tracks, digisleeve - featuring 3 CD only bonus tracks

The five-piece of shaved, saxophone-blowing, reverb-stomping maniacs mixed up the stages of unsuspecting West Coast teenagers and were brought to the big screen by the 1964 B-movie "Bikini Beach."

The album features the hit track "Penetration," one of the undisputed cornerstones of surf history! In the 1960s, when surf music was played up and down the beaches of the Southern California coast, it was often just a gimmick that set one band apart from the rest. The Surfaris had the laugh at the beginning of "Wipe Out." The Chantays had the great guitar run at the beginning of "Pipeline." The Tornadoes tried their hand at "Shootin' Beavers"; the Pyramids had just great surf music ... And bald heads.

Their big hit, "Penetration," stayed in the Top Ten (Billboard) for 13 weeks and even reached #4 nationally; only the Beatles prevented the song from rising higher. The Pyramids appeared on American Bandstand (twice), The Bob Eubanks Show, Shebang, Dave Hull's Hullabaloo and The Lloyd Thaxton Show. The band recorded a handful more great singles and an album before breaking up in 1965. Now, after 25 years, the Pyramids are back in action and ready to rock!

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Interpret: PYRAMIDS
Album titlle: Penetration! The Best Of The Pyramids (CD)
Genre Rock
Label SUNDAZED
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0090771558022
weight in Kg 0.06

Pyramids, The - Penetration! The Best Of The Pyramids (CD) CD 1
01	Penetration	The Pyramids
02	Road Runnah	The Pyramids
03	Koko Joe	The Pyramids
04	Sticks And Skins	The Pyramids
05	Paul	The Pyramids
06	Here Comes Marsha	The Pyramids
07	Walkin' The Dog	The Pyramids
08	Everybody	The Pyramids
09	Out Of Limits	The Pyramids
10	Contact	The Pyramids
11	Pressure	The Pyramids
12	Pyramid Stomp	The Pyramids
13	Custom Caravan	The Pyramids
14	Midnight Run	The Pyramids
15	Record Run	The Pyramids
16	Bikini Drag	The Pyramids
17	Do The Slauson	The Pyramids
18	Louie Louie	The Pyramids
19	Carol Ann	The Pyramids
20	Long Tall Texan	The Pyramids
21	Pyramid's Stomp	The Pyramids

Producer Tony Hilder changed the group’s name to The Charades and was listed as producer of Surf... more

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Producer Tony Hilder changed the group’s name to The Charades and was listed as producer of Surf N’ Stomp, written by Al Garcia and Ray Jiminez for George Sherlock’s Northridge Records, even though The Charades’ website states that Garcia and Charade Ray Baradat handled production on the 1963 single. Hilder produced their followup for dance legend Fred Astaire’s Ava label later that year, Please Be My Love Tonight.

Their trademark shaved heads glistening, The Pyramids performed Bikini Drag in the 1964 film ‘Bikini Beach’ while comic Don Rickles wore a giant bird on his head, a guy in an ape suit shared a table with actor Keenan Wynn, and Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello glowed with beautiful youth nearby. The Pyramids’ choreography was as exciting as their music, lead guitarist Skip Mercier doing a mid-solo somersault off the stage. The quintet may have been the only integrated Southern California surf outfit thanks to southpaw guitarist Willy Glover; they were rounded out by saxist Tom Pitman, bassist Steve Leonard, and drummer Ron McMullen.

Hailing from Long Beach, California, the band formed in high school and made their debut 45, Pyramid’s Stomp, for the Long Beach-headquartered Best label at the close of 1962. Their John Hodge-produced instrumental surf classic Penetration made it to #18 on the Hot 100 in early ’64, again on Best. Despite its exposure in ‘Bikini Beach,’ Bikini Drag, written by surf titans Garry Usher and Roger Christian, didn’t appear on vinyl at the time.

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