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Hi Rudiger,

Well, the Astronauts were one of several bands that got cut. It was originally 24 tracks, not 15 but, when Sony picked it up, they gave each band 500 dollars but cut the amount of bands way down. One of the best reviews mentioned the CD was too short.... they loved everything on it but it ended too quickly. I don't know now where the original band list for the compilation is, but yeah, there were more bands. It was supposed to be the definitive comp for that era because I chose what I felt the best songs by all those groups were, not some random track the band sent me of their own discretion. It was designed that way, which is why "Surf's You Right" was the Laika cut, and so on.
The guy on the Bikini World cover... not Dennis. It was an ad for a guitar company out of Florida, so those are all Florida people. It just happened to be the best picture for the cover, which Frank Kozik did with Mike LaVella. Frank passed away, sadly. But he also did the cover of Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom, which is coming out in a revised edition this summer.

Hang 10,

Domenic Priore