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(ACE Records) 26 tracks (mostly stereo, 3 unissued) from the studio that also created the... more

Various: It Came From The Beach - Surf, Drag & Rockin Instros From Downey

(ACE Records) 26 tracks (mostly stereo, 3 unissued) from the studio that also created the Chantays 'Pipeline' and the Rumblers 'Boss'. - Killer instros from the 'Downey' vaults, with 20 page color booklet!


Any collectors who travelled to Southern California looking for rare vinyl anywhere between 1972-2002, will have visited Wenzels Music Town. The store was divided in two halves, with the more interesting stuff through to the left, through a doorway with a velvet rope across it. Permission was needed to pass the rope, and once you were in that room you were were unsupervised, surrounded by four walls racked out with 45s. This was the room that the recordings had been made. If you needed to use the bathroom, you had to ask again. That was situated through another door, in a back storeroom. Collectors who knew the score always told you to use the bathroom and when there to look up above your head. There, on a rickety old shelf were the original master tapes from the Downey studio and label. It was part of the experience of visiting Wenzels. The masters remained there in the dark, protected from the California sun until the store closed,. Now, after all these years, we are presenting some of these wonderful recordings, many of which will have never been heard before.

Bill Wenzel and his son, Jack, opened Wenzel’s Music Town in Downey, California in December 1958, selling hi-fi and its attendant software, records. Before long, utilising Bill’s electronic know-how, the Wenzels built a recording studio in one half of their store on Lakewood Boulevard. It was not until starting the Downey label in 1962 that Bill and Jack hit pay dirt. With a local instrumental group called the Pastel Six, who had been drawing a good crowd as resident band at the Cinnamon Cinder teen club, they released their first Downey sides, all instrumental. Pretty soon after that they found the Chantays. Although the Rumblers would give Downey its first real success, the Chantays’ ‘Pipeline’ would give it an international hit.

This compilation ties together all the surf and rocking instrumentals recorded at the Downey Studios or for Downey Records in the early 60s and includes tracks by: The Hustlers, The Blazers, The Nevegans, The Surftones, Sir Frog & The Toads, The Pastel Six, The Rumblers, The Riviaires, The Chevells and The Revels.

By 1965 the impact of the Beatles and the British Invasion had taken its toll on Southern California, at least as far as instrumental groups was concerned. Wenzel’s Music Town had sold records, stocking both local and national chart hits, since the business opened. Downey Records wound down its business as a record label and studio after Jack was diagnosed with leukaemia, and the studio closed for business by 1968.

By Brian Nevill (A limey who don’t surf)

Article properties: Various: It Came From The Beach - Surf, Drag & Rockin Instros From Downey

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  • Album titlle: It Came From The Beach - Surf, Drag & Rockin Instros From Downey

  • Genre Rock'n'Roll

  • Label Ace Records

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  • EAN: 0029667033923

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Various - It Came From The Beach - Surf, Drag & Rockin Instros From Downey CD 1
01 Surf Rat RUMBLERS
02 Kopout HUSTLERS
03 Bangalore BLAZERS
04 One Armed Bandit NEVEGANS
05 Cecilia Ann SURFTONES
06 Mustang SIR FROG & TOADS
07 Twitchin' PASTEL SIX
08 Hanging One RAMBLERS
09 A Go Go RUMBLERS
10 Beaver Patrol BLAZERS
11 Destruction RUMBLERS
12 Shore Break BLAZERS
13 Wailin' Out HUSTLERS
14 Mocolotion RIVIAIRES
15 Riptide CHEVELLS
16 The Hustler RUMBLERS
17 Downey Surf NEVEGANS
18 Wimo Stomp PASTEL SIX
19 Mozart Stomp RAMBLERS
20 Hi Octane RUMBLERS
21 Take It Off PASTEL SIX
22 Let There Be Surf CHEVELLS
23 Rendezvous Rods PASTEL SIX
24 Inertia HUSTLERS
25 Oblique RUMBLERS
26 Church Key REVELS
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Tracklist
Various - It Came From The Beach - Surf, Drag & Rockin Instros From Downey CD 1
01 Surf Rat
02 Kopout
03 Bangalore
04 One Armed Bandit
05 Cecilia Ann
06 Mustang
07 Twitchin'
08 Hanging One
09 A Go Go
10 Beaver Patrol
11 Destruction
12 Shore Break
13 Wailin' Out
14 Mocolotion
15 Riptide
16 The Hustler
17 Downey Surf
18 Wimo Stomp
19 Mozart Stomp
20 Hi Octane
21 Take It Off
22 Let There Be Surf
23 Rendezvous Rods
24 Inertia
25 Oblique
26 Church Key