ILLUSIONS

ILLUSIONS

WER WEISS MEHR ÜBER DIE GRUPPE?

COLLAGEN VON ROCKINPETE

HARDI

Gee Dee hat 1998 eine CD (Surfin´ & Stompin´ - the complete story)
mit vielen unveroeffentlichten Aufnahmen herausgebracht.
Die Single auf Round ist sehr gut, eine mit Marlow Stewart "Earthquake"
ebenso.
Der Rest war auf Acetates gespeichert, aber nie auf Vinyl gepresst worden.
Die Bildhuelle (s/w) von Earthquake!!! befindet sich in dem booklet
zu der CD Box "Surf Age Nuggets", 2012, Seite 45 oder in John Blair´s Buch 2008.

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As the popularity of surf music spread inland from word of mouth or radio exposure, surf bands quickly started to appear in nearly every city across Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The Illusions were from Bellflower, about 15 miles from the nearest beach. By the end of 1963, they became the house band at the Lido Ballroom in Long Beach. They were approached one night by a KLFM disc jockey who wanted to record them backing his son, guitarist Marlow Stewart. The result was a surf instrumental called “Earthquake,” released in 1964 with a rare picture sleeve (below). Posing in the photograph at right are, from left to right, (first row) Larry Ellis, Randy Ritter, and Bob Mason; (second row) Roy Alvila, Tom Brown, and Colin Clark. (Right, courtesy of Tom Brown.)

(John Blair)