Pebbles, Volume 4


Pebbles, Volume 4 is a compilation album in the Pebbles series that has been issued in both LP and CD formats. Unlike other volumes in the series – which compile obscure garage rock and psychedelic rock music – Volume 4 collects rare examples of surf rock. The LP is subtitled Summer Means Fun, while the CD is subtitled Surf N Tunes. Another Pebbles, Volume 4 was issued on CD a few years earlier by ESD Records and has completely different tracks.

Release data

This album was released on BFD Records in 1979. AIP Records kept the LP in print for many years.
AIP Records issued this volume in CD format in 1992. Although having a different cover, the two formats are largely the same album and even have similar catalogue numbers.
Although two box sets that purport to be the first five volumes of the Pebbles series have been released – the Pebbles Box on LP and the Trash Box on CD – none of the tracks on Pebbles, Volume 4 are included on either box set.

Omitted tracks on the CD

[Image:Pebbles-Volume-04-cdcover.jpg|thumb|left|CD Cover]
When AIP Records issued the early volumes of CDs, they omitted some tracks from the corresponding LP for the stated reason that they were already widely available on other anthologies. In this case, only about half of the tracks on the LP were included on the CD; even the opening cut on the LP from which the subtitle is taken – "Summer Means Fun" by Bruce & Terry – was left off; thus, the CD has a different subtitle, "Surf N Tunes". The numerous bonus tracks on the CD include the corresponding "School is a Drag" by Superstocks to go with the curious pro-school song by The Wheel Men.

Track listing

LP

Side 1:
  1. Bruce & Terry: "Summer Means Fun"
  2. The Fantastic Baggys: "Anywhere the Girls Are"
  3. The Four Speeds: "R.P.M."
  4. Jan & Dean:
  5. California Suns: "Masked Grandma"
  6. The Dantes: "Top down Time"
  7. The Pyramids: "Custom Caravan"
  8. The Rivieras: "California Sun '65" – rel. 1965
  9. The Trashmen: "New Generation"
Side 2:
  1. The Survivors: "Pamela Jean"
  2. Gary Usher: "Sacramento"
  3. Sharon Marie: "Thinkin' 'bout You Baby"
  4. The Knights: "Hot Rod High"
  5. The Wheel Men: "School Is a Gas” – rel. 1964
  6. Lloyd Thaxton: "Image of a Surfer"
  7. The City Surfers: "Beach Ball"
  8. Dave Edmunds: "London's a Lonely Town"
  9. The Ragamuffins: "The Fun We Had"

CD

  1. California Suns: "Masked Grandma"
  2. The Dantes: "Top down Time"
  3. The Pyramids: "Custom Caravan"
  4. The Rivieras: "California Sun '65" – rel. 1965
  5. The Knights: "Hot Rod High"
  6. The Wheel Men: "School Is a Gas” – rel. 1964
  7. Superstocks: "School is a Drag"
  8. Lloyd Thaxton: "Image of a Surfer"
  9. The City Surfers: "Beach Ball"
  10. Dave Edmunds: "London's a Lonely Town"
  11. The Ragamuffins: "The Fun We Had"
  12. Rally Packs: "Move Out Little Mustang"
  13. Reveres: "Big 'T'"
  14. Readymen: "Shortnin' Bread"
  15. Bleach Boys: "Wine, Wine, Wine"
  16. Esquires: "Flashin' Red"
  17. Del-Vettes: "Ram Charger"
  18. Gamblers: "LSD-25"
  19. Brian Lord: "The Big Surfer"

Release history

LP

BFD Records — 1979
AIP Records – several reissues

CD

AIP Records — 1992