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Side A:
California Girls 2:50
Side B:
California Girls (Remix Version) 3:10
The Brief:
The first of three singles from his 1985 ‘Crazy From The Heat’ EP. “California Girls” is a cover of the Beach Boys classic tune from 1965. It was the highest entry for the week of January 19, 1985 on the Billboard Hot 100 at #43. It spent 16 weeks on the chart and reached #3, which was also the peak position the Beach Boys reached with it, 20 years prior. It also hit #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and got to #29 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The remix on the B-Side has never been available on CD. Songwriter Brian Wilson’s brother, Carl, provided background vocals on Dave’s version.
The Source:
Label: Warner Brothers Records
Catalog#: 7-29102
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
Trader’s Little Helper
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Adobe Photoshop 7.0
The Links:
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password is: funwithvinyl
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Many thanks for all the DLR!
I LOVE that single art. Surfboards, spandex and a sercurity monitoring system. Videodrome meets DLR’s version of SoCal. Looking forward to the remix!