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| Michael Draine's Twisted
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| The
Lively Ones |
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| Hang Five!!! The
Best of The Lively Ones Vol.1 |
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| Heads Up! The Best
of The Lively Ones Vol.2 |
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| While lacking the
originality and aquatic |
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| menace of Dick
Dale, the Lively Ones were one |
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| of the tightest and
most exuberant of all |
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| instrumental surf
bands. Now known for the |
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| end-credits
appearance of their version of the |
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| Ventures'
"Spudnik" (retitled "Surf Rider") on |
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| the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, the Lively Ones |
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| were astonishingly
prolific, releasing four |
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| albums in 1963. Hang Five documents the |
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| group's flair for
rearrangements, including a |
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| epic take of the
theme to Exodus, the sleazy |
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| surf-strip tune
"The Caterpillar Crawl," and a |
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Music Review Index |
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| driving
work-up of Dick Dale's "Surf Beat." |
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| The Lively Ones
could sound overly |
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| professional--even
with a noirish sax solo, |
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| the group is too
slick to pull off a convincing |
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| cover of Link
Wray's ‘50s fuzzfest "Rumble." |
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| While Hang Five offers the stronger program, |
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| the mere existence
of a second, 23-track |
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| collection
testifies to the group’s sustained |
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| inspiration. A
meticulous transfer captures |
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| every trace of
vintage echo and twang. |
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| published in Vendetta #13, 1999 |
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| http://www.del-fi.com/ |
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