Real Cool Hits

by Avengers VI

Overview

No mere footnote in surf music history, the Avengers VI were an exceptional group of clean-cut rockers in matching suits from Anaheim, CA, whose somewhat forgotten classic, "Time Bomb" was covered in recent years by both Man or Astro-man? and the Bomboras. This reissue of their first recording, which came out in 1966, was originally intended to be promotion for the Good Humor Ice Cream Company. The cover features them on top of and around an ice cream truck sporting matching aqua-colored suits. Nearby, an ice cream man displays a Popsicle. But the album is also a very impressive and enjoyable collection of originals and covers including a knockout take on "Downtown," as well as Henry Mancini's "Mr. Lucky" and more obvious choices like "Pipeline" and "Peter Gunn." It's the originals, though, that make the case for the band being a forgotten gem amongst the legions of '60s surf groups. Featuring scintillating organ riffs and three guitars going berserk, songs like "None But the Brave" and "The Avengers Stomp" prove the Avengers VI to be a crucial, though mostly forgotten chapter of the surf music era. ~ Adam Bregman

Product Details

Release Date:	10/14/2014
Label:	Bacchus
UPC:	0053477115517
Rank:	59935

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Avengers VI   Primary Artist
George Garabedian   Recorder

Technical Credits

George Garabedian   Producer
Tony Hatch   Composer
Bob Spickard   Composer
Weber Drummond   Composer
Anne Dudley   Composer
Dave Shultz   Digital Mastering
Henry Mancini   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Brian Carman   Composer
Rick Bastrup   Composer
Len Horowitz   Mastering,Tape Transfer
J.J. Jeczalik   Composer
Jimmy Cauty   Composer
Jim Ferguson   Composer,Arranger
Robert J. Dalley   Liner Notes