When surf songs promoting life on the beach became big hits on the charts it spawned many new groups. Groups like the Atlantics, the Surfaris, the Beach Boys, the Tornadoes, Jan and Dean, the Ventures, etc. While the Beach Boys were the ones to shoot to super stardom, a close second in the surf music category goes to Jan and Dean. Many say that their fame was only because of their friendship with the Beach Boys. However, the two of them together make up one Brian Wilson. I am glad that the Beach Boys were a family band but I think Brian could have been a hit as a solo artist. Jan Berry was musical genisus and the high falsettos of Brian's could only be equaled by Dean Torrance. Here is what the makers of this CD have to say about their new Jan and Dean CD.A big part of our job here at Collectors' Choice Music is to survey the pop music landscape (or in this case, seascape) for artists whose collections don't really do them justice, and we think there's a strong case to be made that Jan & Dean are at the head of the line. Sure, their classic Liberty recordings have been anthologized, but never comprehensively, and almost always in re-mixed stereo, NOT in their original mono. Well, not this time. We've gone back to the original mono single tapes of EVERY one of Jan & Dean's Liberty singles, both their A and B-sides, then checked and checked again to make sure they were the RIGHT tapes, to bring you the ORIGINAL MONO SINGLE VERSIONS of these songs, exactly as they were released and exactly as they sounded when they climbed the charts and blared out of your Woody's car radio. The package includes extensive liner notes by Ed Osborne and David Beard featuring interviews with those close to the action, like engineer/producer Bones Howe, Jan Berry friend/co-writer Don Altfeld and Dean Torrence himself, plus photos of Jan and Dean and shots of some of the single's label and jacket art.
Below is a listing of the songs on the CD
| 1. A Sunday Kind Of Love |
| 2. Poor Little Puppet |
| 3. Tennessee |
| 4. Your Heart Has Changed Its Mind |
| 5. My Favorite Dream |
| 6. Who Put The Bomp |
| 7. Frosty The Snowman |
| 8. She's Still Talking Baby Talk |
| 9. Linda |
| 10. When I Learn How To Cry |
| 11. Surf City |
| 12. She's My Summer Girl |
| 13. Honolulu Lulu |
| 14. Someday (You'll Go Walking By) |
| 15. Drag City |
| 16. Schlock Rod (Part 1) |
| 17. Dead Man's Curve |
| 18. The New Girl In School |
| 19. The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) |
| 20. My Mighty G.T.O. |
| 21. Ride The Wild Surf |
| 22. The Anaheim, Azusa And Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review And Timing Association |
| 23. Sidewalk Surfin' |
| 24. When It's Over |
| 25. (Here They Come) From All Over The World |
| 26. Freeway Flyer |
| 27. You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy |
| 28. It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3 |
| 29. It's A Shame To Say Goodbye |
| 30. The Submarine Races |
| 31. I Found A Girl |
| 32. A Beginning From An End |
| 33. Folk City |
| 34. Norwegian Wood |
| 35. Batman |
| 36. Bucket 'T' |
| 37. Popsicle |
| 38. Fiddle Around |
| 39. Surfer's Dream |
| 40. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) |
| 41. The Universal Coward |
| 42. Can't Wait To Love You |
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I find it interesting that you want to preserve the art but don't mention the artists. The album Jan and Dean are holding was done by Leo Monahan, who did most of the Liberty albums, before they went with in-house designers. When I asked him about this one he related an interesting side note, "Dean Torrance, on the right, went to Chouinard not long after I left the school and started Studio Five. He showed up at the studio one day and said: Leo, I want to have something to say about the design of my albums, I'm going to Chouinard you know.... I said: That's great, Dean. I teach there... I never saw him again."
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