The Astronauts - Competition Coupe (1964) + Astronauts Orbit Kampus (1964) [1997] [img]http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/260/269792.jpg[/img] Includes: Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor ([url]www.poikosoft.com[/url]) Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail). All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. (Includes 10 page folder.) AMG Bio.txt AMG Review.txt Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent) Bio from All Music: Along with Minnesota's Trashmen, the Astronauts (from Colorado) were the premier landlocked Midwestern surf group of the '60s. They recorded numerous singles and albums and achieved vast regional popularity, but only scored one modest national hit, "Baja." With little material of their own, they judiciously tapped heavyweights like Lee Hazelwood (who wrote "Baja"), Roger Christian, and Gary Usher, as well as covering tunes by Dick Dale and Henry Mancini. The group shone brightest on their instrumentals, which used mounds of Fender reverb and two rhythm guitars; when they sang, the results were much less successful. Taken From: [url]http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:h9fqxqr5ldae[/url] All Music Album Review: Collectables' single disc release of Competition Coupe/Orbit Campus collects two 1964 albums from the Astronauts. Competition Coupe was the Astronauts' attempt at a hot rod album and its surprisingly enjoyable. There's not many classic hot rod songs -- "Our Car Club" comes the closest -- but it's a speedy, trashy delight with such songs as "The Hearse," "Devil Driver's Theme," "Happy Ho-Daddy," "Devil Driver," "Chevy Scarfer," "El Aguila," 4:56 Stingray" and "650 Scrambler." Orbit Campus is the Astronauts' take on frat-rock classics, which means there's a bunch of rock & roll oldies -- "Johnny B. Goode," "Be-Bop-A-Lu-La," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Bony Moronie," "Roll Over Beethoven," etc. -- plus the odd collegiate folk song like "Greenback Dollar." The end result is a fun, if unremarkable, rock & roll record, much like this single-disc compilation. Taken from: [url]http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9fwxqyjldae[/url] Entries for the individual albums exist, but they lack reviews: Competition Coupe: [url]http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3pftxq85ld0e[/url] Astronauts Orbit Kampus: [url]http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpfrxq85ld0e[/url] Track List: 01. Little Ford Ragtop 02. Competition Coupe 03. The Hearse 04. '55 Bird 05. Devil Drivers Theme 06. Happy Ho-Daddy 07. Our Car Club 08. Devil Driver 09. Chevy Scarfer 10. 4:56 Stingray 11. El Aquila 12. 650 Scrambler 13. Johnny B. Goode 14. Be-Bop-A-Lu-La 15. Good Golly Miss Molly 16. Let The Good Times Roll 17. Linda Lou 18. Bony Moronie 19. Diddy Wah Diddy 20. Roll Over Beethoven 21. Shop Around 22. Greenback Dollar 23. Summertime 24. Sticks And Stones My other torrents: [url]http://www.demonoid.com/files/?uid=3919015&seeded=2[/url]