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ARTIST
SUNSETS, THE
TITLE
The Hot Generation Soundtrack Sessions
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BLANK RECORDS
CATALOG #
BRC 008LP
BRC 008LP
GENRE
SOUNDTRACK
RELEASE DATE
10/1/2021
2015 release. "While exhumation of the tapes used for the Black Diamonds box sets was in progress some unmarked magic was found on those tapes containing sides by The Sunsets. You most likely already know that if you've been following the bouncing ball that are our releases and the release of the previously shelved 1967 The Sunsets single, 'Animal/Uptight, Out of Sight' (BRC 007) that finally saw the light of day late last year. Well, you only got part of the story. Aside from those two snarling sides that were finally released as originally intended there were completely different extended takes on four songs specifically recorded to be used in the movie,
The Hot Generation
. Being that that this was the days prior to studio trickery of recording a song and then chopping it up to be extended, or edited to be a single, The Sunsets recorded completely different versions of the songs. Single versions that were specifically for release as sides on 45s and soundtrack versions that were for use in the Paul Witzig movie,
The Hot Generation
. Segments of those soundtrack versions can be heard accompanying the epic surfing footage all through the movie. Here are the complete Soundtrack versions. One of them,
The Hot Generation
, was used on the excellent compilation album
Down Under Nuggets
, the other three have been completely unheard or released in their originally recorded form. Something that is an extremely rare occurrence in 1960s Australian music, unearthing completely unreleased material. So what you get here is the three 7" singles on Side A. 'The Hot Generation' and 'Animal' 45's from
The Hot Generation
movie, and 'Theme From A Life In The Sun' 7".
A Life In The Sun
being the original Paul Witzig surf movie, segments of that footage was then used in
The Hot Generation
movie. Sadly, the original
A Life In The Sun
movie has been lost. Side B features the four extended workouts that are the Soundtrack versions. Listening to these versions, in particular the almost 8 minute 'Uptight, Out Of Sight' that's a genre in itself, progressive garage punk, you can see where the seeds were formed for The Sunsets transition into Tamam Shud and wonder how mindblowing an album recorded by The Sunsets would have been. This is as close as we'll ever get to knowing. Manufactured from original master tapes. Three completely unreleased tracks seeing the light of day for first time. Two tracks appear for the first time since original release. Liner notes by
The Hot Generation
film maker, Paul Witzig, along with lot's of eye candy from the movie."
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