"Pipeline" it is a song composed by Bob Spickard and Brian Carman and released in compact form by the local label Downey in 1962 (Santa Ana, CA). While The Chantays became known for surfing instrumentals, Carman was not an avid surfer.
The song, originally called "Liberty's Whip", after actor Lee Marvin's whip-flicking bad guy in the film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" (1962 - American western film) .
It was renamed "Pipeline" after Spickard and fellow Chantay Warren Waters saw a surfing film (Bruce Brown film) showing scenes from the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii. Changing the theme of the song, the origin completely changes.
In 1963 with a new Label Dot Records with national distribution, the band formed by them The Chantays, took this song to the 4th place in the US charts.
The song, originally called "Liberty's Whip", after actor Lee Marvin's whip-flicking bad guy in the film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" (1962 - American western film) .
It was renamed "Pipeline" after Spickard and fellow Chantay Warren Waters saw a surfing film (Bruce Brown film) showing scenes from the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii. Changing the theme of the song, the origin completely changes.
In 1963 with a new Label Dot Records with national distribution, the band formed by them The Chantays, took this song to the 4th place in the US charts.
In the US, The Ventures released the album "SURFING" by the Label Dolton (Liberty) with this song in April 1963. Producer: Bob Reisdorff. On the cover photo the famous "Big Wave Rider" Sammy Lee and on the back the Ilima Kalama "West Coast Surfing Champion".
In Japan, success came with The Ventures, which released a compact in 1964. And all the young guitarists of the time, copied and played this song.
The term "Pipeline" in the surfing grossaly means "tube" very wide, it is also called the wave that forms in Noth Shore, Oahu, Hawaii. One of the most dangerous waves and coveted by surfers.
Los Increibles - "OS INCRÍVEIS" (former The Clevers) of Brazil (click for details), through the Argentina Label CBS - Columbia Records in 1965, also recorded a very interesting and fascinating version (with tubular echo?!) of this song with the name "OLEODUCTO" (Oil Pipeline).
* [...With the coming of The Beatles and the other bands in the British invasion, surf music receded. As Vietnam protests and the counterculture mushroomed, it began to seem quaint. On his debut album in 1967, Jimi Hendrix promised his listeners that "you'll never hear surf music again."...
...Surf music today is “completely happening,” said Cooley, the UC Santa Barbara ethnomusicologist. Surf bands evolved into garage bands and punk bands, he said, but the form over the years has revived. ...]
* (source link: https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-brian-carman-20150306-story.html )
* [...With the coming of The Beatles and the other bands in the British invasion, surf music receded. As Vietnam protests and the counterculture mushroomed, it began to seem quaint. On his debut album in 1967, Jimi Hendrix promised his listeners that "you'll never hear surf music again."...
...Surf music today is “completely happening,” said Cooley, the UC Santa Barbara ethnomusicologist. Surf bands evolved into garage bands and punk bands, he said, but the form over the years has revived. ...]
* (source link: https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-brian-carman-20150306-story.html )
Check out the memorable three versions below:
The Chantays - "Pipeline" (Liberty's Whip) - 1963
The Ventures - "Pipeline" - 1963
Los Increibles (Os Incríveis - ex The Clevers) "Oleoducto" - 1965 (Brazil)
