Another slammer in the series of classic compilations from the folks at Contact Records in Oakland. The description is real simple - thirty nine '60s surf instrumentals. I think about Jim playing the Ventures In Japan record when we were rolling back home from the last SHIT COFFINS trip (which seems like it was forever ago), and I feel like we all would have been well chuffed to put the mix on immediately afterwards. A few familiar names (as with any good mix), but lots of super deeps cuts from the likes of , THE VELVETONES, New Jersey's THE TOADS, Kansas act THE TORQUAYS, and pre-RARE EARTH outfit THE SUNLINERS. Oh yeah....a couple of cuts from THE VENTURES too. As with Astral Maps and Pop Magic that followed, this comp is at once an amazing introduction for the uninitiated and a brilliantly comprehensive mix that will delights the obsessive. Let us all hope that the Ack Ack Ack series continues...
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