Just got this press release from Groovie Records, a cool label based in Portugal:
THE PHANTOM SURFERS & DICK DALE – CONQUER YOUR WORLD – LP – GROO 027LP (lmt 500 copies)
The history of the Phantom Surfers is fairly uneventful. They have been consistently paying tribute to Los Angeles’ surf music and to the North West’s garage-rock.
Here with the reissue of their 1996 album, with nothing less than the surf guitar king, Dick Dale.
The lp came with 3 unreleased tracks and a new artwork for this Groovie Records release.
If you are a fan of …

The big surf music news this week is the Dick Dale reissue LP’s from Sundazed – 7 LP’s in all, including the hard-to-find “Live At Ciro’s” LP and a new Singles Collection ’61-65 2 x LP set. Although it’d be cool to have these, I was planning to give them a pass since I don’t play vinyl very much at home these days (two kids jumpin’ around all of the time – the needle hardly stays on the record!). However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Sundazed has also …

Sundazed is releasing seven early Dick Dale 180 gram vinyl LP’s in March, including a 2 LP set compiling his early singles from ’61-’65.
Here’s the full lineup:
• DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES: Singles Collection ’61-65 2-LP Set
• DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES: Surfers’ Choice
• DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES: King of the Surf Guitar
• DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES: Checkered Flag
• DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES: Mr. Eliminator
• DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES: Summer Surf
• DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES: Rock Out with Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (Live at …

In a town starved for surf music (with the exception of The All-Nighters, which are an excellent instrumental/surf rock band that we’re extremely lucky to have), it’s rare when the King Of The Surf Guitar comes to town. Every 3-5 years is the norm, yet I just go the news via Facebook that he’s coming back. He was just here in late June, and successfully busted the eardrums of a couple hundred fans. Sadly I’ll be out of town for this encore appearance, but if you’re in town (or anywhere …

Dick Dale is making the rounds up here in the Northwest for the first time in several years. A chance to see the King of the Surf Guitar is not to be missed – catch him live at the Nightlight on June 28th.