About the Band

California Sun

The premier Japanese instrumental combo Rat Holic spent their summer combing the beaches of the Japanese surf, hot rod & garage rock scene and picked up a sparkling collection of rare sea shells for California Sun!

Band links:

THE WINDOWS
THE GREAT MONGOOSE
RAT HOLIC
JACKY & ENOCKY
THE PEBBLES
THE EL CAMINOS
THE TWINKLE ARROWS
TERRY SHIMAMURA GROUP

Japanese CDs

VARIOUS ARTISTS
RAT HOLIC presents California Sun

CD Compilation - JP078 $11.99

TRACK LIST:

  1. THE WINDOWS - Ali Baba
  2. THE GREAT MONGOOSE - Draggin' Waggin'
  3. THE GREAT MONGOOSE - Surfin' Monkey
  4. RAT HOLIC - Surfin' Chihuahua
  5. RAT HOLIC - Church Key
  6. JACKY & ENOCKY - Let's Go Bopping Tonight
  7. THE TEENIE CHEETAHS - You're Nuts
  8. THE TEENIE CHEETAHS - Teeny Smash
  9. THE PEBBLES - Surf To There
  10. THE PEBBLES - Train To Nowhere
  11. THE EL CAMINOS - Mr. Revel
  12. THE EL CAMINOS - Mogul Monster
  13. THE TWINKLE ARROWS - Engine Stop
  14. THE TWINKLE ARROWS - Miss. Camel
  15. JACKY & ENOCKY - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
  16. THE WINDOWS - Bombora
  17. THE WINDOWS - Falseta
  18. TERRY SHIMAMURA GROUP - Hillbilly Boogie
  19. TERRY SHIMAMURA GROUP - Danny's Boogie
  20. TERRY SHIMAMURA GROUP - Twelfth Street Rag

PACIFICTION REVIEW:

California Sun is a scintillating collection of Japanese surf, garage & hot rod music hand-picked by the premier Tokyo surf band RAT HOLIC! The comp blasts off on a magic carpet pipeline curl by THE WINDOWS doing "Ali Baba" who also appear later with the classic "Bombora" by THE ATLANTIC. Representing the Tokyo garage scene is THE GREAT MONGOOSE, and THE PEBBLES appear for some added 60's girl pop measure. THE EL CAMINOS & THE TWINKLE ARROWS both provide classic instrumental group sounds. JACKY & ENOCKY (two thirds of the infamous JACKY & THE CEDRICS) offer boppin' country swing with vocals which are nicely complimented by the rockabilly riot of the TERRY SHIMAMURA GROUP. And of course RAT HOLIC blares out some surf legends on a couple tracks of their own!