1982 Sealed Day Glow Record Surf Punks Locals Only Vinyl LP 1ST PRESS RELEASE
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Original 1982 Sealed Day Glow Record Surf Punks Locals Only Vinyl LP 1ST PRESS RELEASE. This is not a remake, it is an original unopened, factory sealed lp from Dennis Dragon's Estate.
If you're a huge fan of the Surf Punks and Dennis Dragon, there will be a live auction at EJ'S AUCTIONS in Glendale, Arizona on September 14 th, Online bidding started. They have guitars listed that are not from Dennis Dragon's Estate. There are over 200 more items to be listed in the auction. But you'll get a much better deal here on EBay. The auction house charges us much higher fees but in turn sells everything for a higher amount.
Wikipedia says:
The Surf Punks were a pop punk band formed in 1976 by Malibu residents Dennis Dragon (son of the symphony conductor Carmen Dragon, brother of Captain & Tennille's Daryl Dragon and ex-drummer of The Byrds and The Beach Boys in the early seventies)Dennis recruited the additional talents of Malibu residents Drew Steele, Tony Creed AKA the "Hulk", for lead guitar and blues harp, fellow bodysurfer/frisbeeist John Hunt on the bass, and South Bay resident John Heussenstamm for lead guitar. This was the original core group, produced and engineered by Dennis in his garage studio across the street fromZuma Beach, his favorite body surfing spot. Mark Miller joined them on "Locals Only."Jeff Eyrich- AKA "Ray Ban" - joined the Surf Punks on bass when John Hunt left the group. Surf Punks Origin Malibu, California, United States Genres Surf rock Pop punk Years active1976c. 1988 Labels Epic, Engima, Shelter, Day-Glo,Restless Past members Dennis Dragon, Drew Steele, Mark "The Shark" Miller Andrew, Jackson Jerry Weber, Kevin Roberts, Tony "Hulk" Creed, John Hunt, John Heussenstamm, Scott Goddard, Jeff "Ray Ban", Eyrich Scott Goddard (b. 1952d. 2006) later joined as lead vocalist on a few songs. Record producer and then Malibu resident Denny Cordell saw merit in the group and released their first recordings on a single, "My Beach" b/w "My Wave", in Australia on Shelter Records. Their subsequent first album, an independent release on their own label, Day Glo Records, garnered them enough airplay on the then fledgling L.A. alternative radio station KROQ-FM to lead to a re-release of the album on Epic Records in 1980, and the release of two further albums,Locals Only and Oh No, Not Them Again on Enigma Records, with Mark Miller, keyboard player Jerry Weber and lifeguard/guitarist Andy Jackson. Surf Punk members Dennis Dragon and Hulk also provided the theme song to KLOS disc jockey Frazer Smith's signature show bumper, "Cool Patrol". Heavy rotation on KROQ-FM was largely responsible for the band selling out their first live performance ever at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The Surf Punks were road managed from 1980 to 1983 by Michael Parenti (the artist, not the political writer),[1]who also provided many of the T-shirt designs for the band. At one time, rock legend Johnny Rivers showed interest in the band by co-producing with Dennis a single titled "Surfs Up Medley", released on his own Soul City label. TV Producer Chris Bearde also managed the band for a short time and tried with movie producer Brian Grazer and Rivers to procure a Hollywood movie deal for the band. The live shows of the Surf Punks, in the heyday of the punk explosion in L.A., were full of wild abandon. High points of the show were "I Can't Get a Tan" and "Big Top". The lyrics of the band centered primarily on the in-group/out-group experiences of "locals" (surfers living on the beach in Malibu) and "valleys" (commuters from the San Fernando Valley to the private and public beaches of the exclusive Malibu Beach community). Never truly "punk" in the traditional sense of the word, the Surf Punks were sort of a "Beach Boys" of the punk world, offering an intelligent take on the "turf wars" over the southern California beaches and its waves. The band made at least five music videos: "My Beach",[2]"Big Top", "Welcome to California", "Shark Attack" and another for their cover of "Come on-a My House", which was originally a hit for Rosemary Clooney.
Condition is New in Original Factory Seal.
RETURNS CAN ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF ITEM REMAINS SEALED AND UNDAMAGED.
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