"........Finally by the New Arrivals.The disc starts off with an interesting combination of fuzz guitar and multi part vocal harmony with "Scratch your Name". Sort of a strange concept, wanting to scratch a gal's name above his bed so thoughts of her will come and fill his head. The New Arrivals sort of touch on a few different styles, all pop, but touching a bit of almost everything. According to the liner notes, they started as an instrumental group [ala Ventures], and their twangy assed version of "Goldfinger" shows that they were adept at this, regardless of how essentially simple twangy assed guitar can be. It does strike me as odd that they harmonize as well as they do as an instro outfit. Perhaps there is more to it than I know, but the vocals are good here.Other highlights include "Wake Me Shake Me" ,"Funny Feeling", and a pretty good [a little nicer perhaps] cover of "Time Won't Let Me", which itself is no small feat. "God Help the Teenager" is good for a laugh, being one of your real hip pre-protest songs [though it was dated at 1967], and "When I Needed You" is a real nice love song, "Hey Little Girl" [not the one by another San Jose band, the Syndicate of Sound] sounds like a bit of a Beach Boys rip, but why wouldn't someone want to borrow the early sound of Brian Wilson and Co.? At least it isn't about a car or surfboard.The cd is rounded out by "Just Outside My Window", which is damn near worth the price of admission by itself. Some tasty McCartney bass runs, primitive electronic keyboards, and lots of drum fills make this one of the best overlooked sugary pop gems of the 60's."
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