Now and Then

Artist	The Tornadoes
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Crossfire
Producer	Greg Russo, Dave Aerni, Paul Johnson
Release Date	2008 05 20
Song List	1: Bottom Feeder [#] (2:52) 2: Southern Surf (3:39) 3: Dawn Patrol (2:25) 4: Old Surfer Blues (2:10) 5: Jailhouse Rock/One Night [#] (3:31) 6: My Prayer [#] (2:53) 7: Yakety Yak [#] (1:59) 8: What a Wonderful World [#] (3:49) 9: Born on the Bayou [#] (3:06) 10: Bustin' Surfboards [Single Mix] (2:24) 11: Beyond the Surf [Single Mix] (2:19) 12: The Gremmie, Pt. 1 [Single Mix] (2:28) 13: The Gremmie, Pt. 2 [Single Mix] (2:24) 14: Moon Dawg [Single Mix] (2:20) 15: The Inebriated Surfer [Single Mix] (2:36) 16: Shootin' Beavers [Version #1] (2:01) 17: Phantom Surfer [Single Mix] (2:23) 18: Vaquero (2:24) 19: Shootin' Beavers [Version #2] (2:15) 20: Pier Pleasure (2:25) 21: Bedlam (3:22) 22: Perfect Paradise (3:01) 23: Bustin' Surfboards [Live- Remix][#] (2:28) 24: Grunion Run [Live- Remix][#] (3:06) 25: Malagueña (Dark Eyes) [Live][#] (2:45) 26: Folsom Prison Blues [Live][#] (3:12) 27: (Hey Baby) ¿Qué Paó? [Live][#] (2:47) 28: Bumble Bee Stomp [Live][#] (2:59) 29: The Cruncher [#] (1:45)
Style.Categories	Surf, Instrumental Rock, Rock & Roll

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A mountainous collection, Now And Then is the aptly-titled story of a band who have been kicking around since the early 1960s, and who still sound as vital today as they did back then. No less than 29 tracks take the group from a clutch of tracks recorded back in 1962 -- "Bustin' Surfboards", "Beyond The Surf" and both sides of the remarkable "The Gremmie" single; leap into a handful of similarly themed sessions with engineer Frank Zappa; and onto the twin delights of 1964's "Phantom Surfer"/"Shootin' Beavers" single. We cut from there, as did the band, to the mid 1990s, and the Tornadoes dramatic return to action -- five previously released live cuts from 1995 lead up to the Bustin' Surfboards 97; further live and unreleased studio recordings bring the story up to 2005. All of which adds up to an album that could have been recorded at any time in the past 40 years, and isn't ashamed to admit it; "Old Surfer Blues", from 1997, is one of the funniest teenaged laments you've ever heard an older man sing, while the band's grip on classic rock'n'roll material (a Presley medley, "Yakkety Yak") reveals a versatility that makes a mockery of the band's reputation as singleminded surfers. The album's refusal to offer more than a passing nod to chronology does dent the listening pleasure a little -- the classic 60s material, for example, is stuck smack in the center, while the 1997 album peels out on either side of it. But when that's the biggest complaint one can come up with, you know you're in the presence of greatness! ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide