JERRY COLE 1963 STEREO SURF LP & RARE PHOTO DRAGSTER

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    This is an original 1963 album on Capitol Records by Jerry Cole and the Spacemen titled "HOT ROD DANCE PARTY" in STEREO! It comes with the original photo insert which is in excellent shape and carries the album number on it ST-2061. In other words, this photo is not interchangeable with other albums.   Of all these Capitol "Special Issues", the Jerry Cole album is the most difficult to locate with the photo in it (Dick Dale's "Summer Surf" is the most common).   This album still retains the shrink wrap and has a cover that easily grades at NEAR-MINT 8 which includes the top and bottom seams, the spine, the printing on the spine (which is clear and complete) and the back. There are NO creases or bends on the cover.   The record as graded under a bright light is also NEAR-MINT 8 with NO needle or paper scratches and NO paper scuffs. There are just a few super light streaks in the vinyl which are inherent in the vinyl itself (as manufactured and not at all aesthetically compromising). This baby is coming out of my personal stash and it is cherry! Please see the pictures below!    :)

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BRIEF HISTORY OF SURF

Gidget and the Era of Modern Surfing

In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, there were adventurous men and women-- like Ball, Kekai, Kelly, Cole, Van Dyke, Fletcher and Napoleon-who followed in the noble tradition of Duke Kahanamoku and the ancient Hawaiians. Then, along came a young surfer girl named Gidget who was immortalized in a book by her father and then in the movie that bears her name. Gidget the movie brought surfing to international attention for the first time.

Then came the Beach Blanket Bingo movies, the driving surf guitar of Dick Dale, the sweet surf harmonies of the Beach Boys, and, by the mid-sixties, everybody was going surfing. Where once there had been dozens of people surfing, now there were thousands. Surfboards were made of plastic and mass-produced, a far cry from the ceremonial chants and hand-carved hardwoods of ancient Hawaii. Surfing grew relatively slowly from 1779 through 1960, but with growing media exposure over 40 years, surfing has grown from a clique sport to a vast industrial complex. Where Doc Ball and LeRoy Grannis and a few others took photos of the scene and published books, now there are dozens of surf magazines and websites all around the world. The surf video has replaced the touring surf movie, and the easy access to quality video equipment has resulted in a surfing world that is relentlessly recorded and packaged. Where kings and commoners once competed in the surf, risking status, property, life and limb, now there is a multi-million dollar international professional surfing circuit, with a tour that covers the globe from Hawai'i to South Africa and back to Tahiti.