The Beach Will Never Die is the third album by the surf music band The Surfin' Lungs, released in 1990 on the Swiss label Lux-Noise. It was the first album by the new-look Lungs, with the keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist Clive Gilling and drummer Graeme Block in the band and marked a change in style, with Gilling's organ playing a prominent role and the production having a much crisper feel. Of the 13 tracks, 11 were written by the group. "Oh Oh I Love Her So" was a cover of a song by The Ramones, with a different arrangement, and "Anywhere The Girls Are" stayed true to the original version by The Fantastic Baggys.
Although the band's future drummer, Ray Webb, appears on the album cover, he does not actually play on any of the tracks as Graeme Block was unavailable at the time to do the photo shoot, which was taken at Studland Bay, in Dorset.
Graeme Block, another band member who did not provide vocals, had originally been in Steve Dean's brother's band called What The Curtains and they were extras in the movie Masters of the Universe after they had gone to Los Angeles to unsuccessfuly seek success in the music business.
Recorded in 1988, "Let 'Em Eat Surf" was the first track on which Gilling played as an official member of the group.
Some of the album was nearly produced by the surf/hot rod musician Gary Usher who had been impressed by the group's earlier release, Cowabunga, and approached them to record a few tracks.
"Anywhere The Girls Are" (The Fantastic Baggies cover)
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"Oceanside Park"
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Personnel
Chris Pearce – vocals, guitar
Steve Dean – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Clive Gilling – vocals, guitar, keyboards, organ
Graeme Block – drums, percussion
Producer
The Surfin' Lungs, along with Chris Broderick, Mark Hawkins and Mark Hunt
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