Les Fradkin - A Day At The Beach

Supersonic surf guitar from the Internet`s #1 Surf Band. If you like The Ventures, The Shadows and Dick Dale with a dash of Jeff Beck, you`ll want this. Features 4 Songs from "Accidental Icon-The Real Gidget Story." Surf legend Eddie Bertrand makes a guest appearance on rhythm guitar on "Joy Of Man`s Desiring." Essential listening for anyone who ever rocked out to a Ventures album or thrilled to a Hank Marvin guitar solo, "A Day At The Beach" is as close to surf-rock paradise as it gets.The second full-length album by Les Fradkin & Get Wet, A Day At The Beach skillfully merges a number of majestic instrumental guitar styles and surf-rock influences. He won over guitar fans with his first surf-rock extravaganza, 1999s Splash!, yet with the 2001 release of A Day At The Beach Fradkin set a new standard of excellence. Although he grew up on early Ventures, Dick Dale and Duane Eddy, Fradkins penchant for musical drama and an appreciation for classical masters like Pagannini, Mozart and Bach?as well as hard rock guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen?comes across loud and clear on the sweeping, guitar-centric vision of A Day At The Beach. Leading off with the riff-roaring title track, A Day At The Beach?a reverb-soaked guitar wrangler that would fit perfectly on a ?60s Ventures album?Fradkin hits the bullseye repeatedly on exceptional tracks like Key West Sunset?with its noteworthy Shadows flavor?and the lofty Nature Calls. In addition to the fine originals, A Day At The Beach also finds the guitarist putting his own stamp on several covers, including a notable Get Wet take of the Beach Boys Good Vibrations and a visionary Becks Bolero, from the first Jeff Beck solo album, Truth. This 2004 expanded edition CD of A Day At The Beach is newly upgraded with 24 bit remastering, revamped cover art as well as a pair of live bonus tracks recorded in Denver a few years back by Les and his Get Wet touring ensemble. Tailor made for instro guitar enthusiasts as well as those looking to rediscover the classic surf-rock sound of the 60s, A Day At The Beach is bound to become a favorite among surf-rockers of all ages for years to come. Catch the wave!-"-20th Century Guitar.

" Back in the 60s, instrumental guitar aficionados were in paradise. England had The Shadows and America had The Ventures. More than four decades later, few American guitarists are capable of combining the spirit of the classic West Coast surf-rock sound of The Ventures and the Euro-tinged guitar instrumental sound of Hank Marvin & The Shadows better than Colorado-based guitar ace Les Fradkin. Forty plus years after the Ventures and Shadows early ?60s breakthroughs, Les Fradkin and his band, Get Wet, are in the midst of reviving the time-honored surf-rock instro sound and a whole lot more. Just in time for Summer 2004, Fradkin has re-launched the first two Get Wet albums?Splash! (from 1999) and A Day At The Beach (2001)?on his own RRO Records. Huge hits on mp3.com when released on CDR a few years back, Fradkin has shored them both up as definitive CD releases complete with 24-bit remastering, eye-catching new artwork and liner notes. Bonus tracks of Les Fradkin & Get Wet performing live in California and Colorado alongside a number of top players are featured on each?with the Splash! reissue spotlighting Les riffing out alongside legendary Eddie & The Showmen guitarist Eddie Bertrand. Colorful new artwork and top remastering makes these classic albums look and sound even better. The big, rocking guitar beat of Les Fradkin & Get Wet is essential listening for fans of surf-rock and symphonic rock instrumental sounds."-MWE3.com.

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