Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA The Cousins - Collection 1962
 | Continuing in the same vein as the earlier collection, Belgium's Cousins occasionally cut a cool instro. Two appear here. |
Picks: Apache, The Robot
Track by Track Review
Surf (Instrumental)
In some ways, this is more interesting than the Shadows which likely inspired it. Not that it's great or anything like it, but it's slower and much ore dramatic. Aside from Sonny James' vocal version and Jorgen Ingmann's take, most from 1960-61 were copies of the Shadows. An original arrangement and relaxed pace combine to create a welcome diversion from the sea of copies.
Rock (Instrumental)
Surf chunk progressional repetition with round reverby guitar and a non-Euro characteristic tone. This Belgian band also issued "Buddha" c/w "Kana Kapila." The Czech word for slave was robota, from which came the word robot. Pretty nifty. This band is The Cousins from Belgium.