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Hailed as "magnificent" by the Los Angeles Times, director Dale Davis' film The Golden Breed captured surfing at the height of its longboard era. Featuring the sport's top stars, it was beautifully shot in Hawaii, California and other scenic locales. However, when the film was released in 1968, surfing was in the midst of a revolution. Australian Nat Young won the 1966 World Championship using a shortboard, which was 3 to 4 feet shorter than a longboard, allowing greater maneuverability and increased speed. This feat sparked a mass move toward shortboards, making longboards appear passe in comparison. In other words, longboards were no longer cool in 1968 and as a result, The Golden Breed quickly disappeared from theaters.

Scored by Mike Curb, Jerry Styner and Harley Hatcher, the film's soundtrack is just as evocative and vivid as its aquatic footage. Curb assembled a "first call" set of studio musicians to record it, including Curb soundtrack veteran Davie Allan on guitar. Trimming the fuzz and turning up the reverb, Allan turns in a superb performance with his guitar lines often juxtaposed against Tijuana Brass-style horns to great effect. Curb recruited members of The Riptides as vocalists as well as Mike Clifford, who sang the film's title track. This aggregate group of musicians and vocalists was dubbed "The Back-Wash Rhythm Band" on the LP's liner notes, obscuring their true identities. Capitol Records released the album as Capitol # 2886 but without a successful movie to promote it, it sold few copies and was duly deleted.

In the years since its release, the superb quality of the soundtrack earned it a well-deserved spot among the best recordings of the surf genre. Collectors eagerly sought it, guaranteeing high prices when an elusive copy was found. But just as longboards have made a big comeback, Sundazed Music now brings this classic album back from the beach for your listening pleasure. Sourced from the original Capitol analog tapes, it sounds better than ever!
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Allan, Davie - Apache 65 - CD
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Allan, Davie - Apache '65 - CD
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    LIMITED QUANTITIES!The Style that's attracting all this admiration is built around the funky guitar of Davie Allan, a young but extremely successful Hollywood studio musician who decided he would rather make music with his own group. The writhing, pulsing rhythm of The Arrows is supplied by Steven Pugh on electric bass, Larry Brown on drums, and Mike Curb on keyboards -- an expert combination, as you can hear for yourself!--original LP liner notesTrack Listing:1. Apache '652. Tee Pee3. Blue...

    Allan, Davie - Cycle Breed - CD
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    Allan, Davie - Cycle Breed - CD
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      ***LAST REMAINING COPIES!!!***Sixties biker flicks were second only to beach party films as the highest grossing youth movies, and Davie Allan & the Arrows provided the fullthrottled music for many of them! Cycle Breed gathers 16 of the Arrows’ best and rarest, hitting the pavement with a collection of scorching guitar instros from the two-wheeled triumphs The Wild Angels, Devil’s Angels and The Glory Stompers; the teen-exploitation classics MaryJane and Wild in the Streets; the surfing...

      Allan, Davie - Cycle-Delic Sounds - CD
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      Allan, Davie - Cycle-Delic Sounds - CD
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        LIMITED QUANTITIES! Building on the roaring radio success of Blue's Theme, Davie Allan & the Arrows went full throttle on Cycle-Delic Sounds! While known primarily for his aggressive attack, the album features a variety of guitar tones and offers full evidence of Davie's wide-ranging guitar prowess. The standout selection is the epic, almost seven minute title track, which sees Davie's Mosrite Fuzzrite battle for supremacy with his wah-wah pedal, resulting in victory for guitar fanatics...

        Allan, Davie - Devils Rumble: Anthology 64-68 - LP
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        Allan, Davie - Devil's Rumble: Anthology '64-'68 - LP
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          ***LAST REMAINING COPIES!!!***Through exclusive arrangement with Curb Records, Sundazed is thrilled to announce the release of the ultimate, fuzzed-out ‘60s gems by the legendary Davie Allan & The Arrows! Davie Allan & The Arrows recorded the most frenzied instrumentals the world has ever heard! Allan’s fuzzed-out guitar was an audio compass pointing towards freedom, sex, danger and violence, his trashy fretboard riffs exploding behind flickering celluloid images of cycle runs, biker fights,...

          Allan, Davie - Golden Breed Original Soundtrack - LP
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          Allan, Davie - Golden Breed Original Soundtrack - LP
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            One of the rarest surf soundtrack albums of all time!Original Soundtrack Recording!Introducing. . .The Back-Wash Rhythm Band featuring DAVIE ALLANHailed as ?magnificent? by the Los Angeles Times, director Dale Davis? film The Golden Breed captured surfing at the height of its longboard era. Featuring the sport?s top stars, it was beautifully shot in Hawaii, California and other scenic locales. However, when the film was released in 1968, surfing was in the midst of a revolution. Australian Nat...