Vintage

We've raided the archives for these classic surf tunes from the early ‘60s! You’ll hear my earliest band, the Belairs (including primitive home recordings) and my other bands of the era, including PJ & The Galaxies (tracks we cut in my garage-studio). Also: selections from album projects and session work I did during this period


	'61

Mr Moto
The Belairs

a PJ original This is it - the original hit version! I was 14 when I wrote this tune, and we recorded it (in my very first recording session) just after my 15th birthday. And the rest is history...

Origins of Surf Music


	'64

Kamikaze
The Good Guys

a PJ original Richard Delvy (Challengers) produced this session that put me and some of my local pals in the studio with some of the top session musicians of the day. This was a LOT of fun!

Sidewalk Surfing


	'64

Belly Button
PJ & the Galaxies

a PJ original NAMING instros is half the fun! Here´s one I wrote in ´64...

Rare Surf, Vol 1


	'64

Memphis Beat
Wheely McSidewalk & The Ball Bearings

Featuring a young Larry Carlton on lead (and me on rhythm) in a spontaneous jam session caught on tape in my garage studio.

Rare Surf Vol. 2


	'63

(They Call the Wind) Mariah
PJ & Artie

Art & I learned this from the Kingston Trio... that´s studio great Plas Johnson on sax - he played on more early rock ´n roll hits than anyone can number.

Rare Surf, Vol 1


	'64

Ghost Riders in the Sky
The Surfriders

A studio project produced by Richard Delvy. Art Fisher plays lead here on a hot version of the Ramrods instro hit from early ´61. Phil Pruden (of the Challengers) is blowin´ sax.

Surfbeat Vol 2


	'62

Bulldog
The Belairs

The Fireballs were a huge influence on me - they were the model for the two-guitar style that Eddie and I developed. This was one of their early hits.

Volcanic Action


	'64

Rise and Fall of the Flinglebunt
PJ & the Galaxies

We learned this from England´s legendary instro band, the Shadows.

Rare Surf, Vol 1


	'64

Small Fry
The Good Guys

a PJ original Richard Delvy (Challengers) produced this session that put me and some of my local pals in the studio with some of the top session musicians of the day. This was a LOT of fun!

Sidewalk Surfing