Another Halloween tune, a specter inspired instrumental from Californias The Surfmen. The Ghost Hop is the flip to their most popular song, the slow and dreamy Paradise Cove. But, this is the side that has stood the test of time. It was apparently considered, but passed over, for the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Not long after The Ghost Hop was released in 1962, just as instrumental surf rock was gaining momentum, the groups guitarist and the guy who wrote todays selection, Ray Hunt, left The Surfmen. He was replaced, but the same fate soon followed for all other members apart from the drummer. Since they were pretty much a new group anyway, they decided to rename themselves The Lively Ones. In 1963 The Lively Ones released Surf Rider, which did make it onto the Pulp Fiction soundtrack thirty odd years later.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:16:38 +0000