The last 2 tracks are "Cyclon"/"Sally-Jo", the A-side of a 1961 single by and the sole release of Jim Thaxter and the Travelers, a band which The Trashmen grew out of. The next 12 tracks are singles by the Trashmen. The first 12 tracks of it comprise the original Surfin' Bird LP, in the same track order. Īl Frazier, Carl White, Turner Wilson Jr., Sonny Harrisįred Wise, Milton Leeds, Nick Roubanis, Bob Russellīob Demmon, Dennis Linsey, Jim Gallagher, Rich FifieldĪl Frazier, Carl White, Sonny Harris, Turner Wilson Jr.Ī label called Request Record released a CD called Surfin' Bird in 1990. This release uses a different track order, and adds four extra songs. In 1995, the album received an official CD reissue by Sundazed Music. The 1995 reissue has Fifield listed in the credits, not Patterson. For reasons unknown, some copies of the album credit Rich Fifield, but not Jon Patterson, while others credit Patterson, but not Fifield. "Kuk" is a song originally by the Astronauts. Following legal threats by the group, the song was re-attributed to all four members of the Rivingtons. "Surfin' Bird" is actually a fusion of two songs by the Rivingtons: "The Bird's the Word" and " Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow". The LP incorrectly credits the title track to Steve Wahrer, the band's drummer and vocalist.
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