Lost Jan and Dean album on the way from Rhino?

Click the words "surfs up" in the "upcoming" section of the Rhino Handmade site and you hear a snippet of "Little Old Lady from Tijuana." Yes, "Tijuana."

Collectors speculate this means an official release of Jan and Dean's "lost" Carnival of Sound album is on the way and, indeed, this under-construction official site confirms it.

Sure, they get eclipsed by the Beach Boys, but J&D created some superb, imaginative surf and sunshine pop. I have a great double-LP J&D best-of which features a great chart detailing when they recorded particular tracks, how many vocal overdubs they featured (lots), what cars they were driving at the time, and which girls they were dating. Brilliant!

Looking forward to this release.

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