RAYBEATS - JACK THE RIPPER

[mksonic]

My all-time favorite Raybeats recording (and, in my opinion, best cover of a Link Wray tune EVER, as well)! Thanks for posting!

[dodger8912]

Trying to find "Tight Turn" with no luck. Really happy to have found the Raybeats after years! Any suggestions?

[makingofasoul]

@dodger8912 Message me if you still haven't found this, I will give you a download link for the album.

[hebneh]

Oh boy! Dig those crazy atoms, baby!

Like many others, I also saw this on "Night Flight" in the '80s, and I videotaped it, and then watched it again and again and again. I didn't know the title of the song, because the only title in the video itself is just "Raybeats".

Then, just minutes ago, I remembered "Raybeats" and searched on YouTube and here it is again. Life is good.

[tomfoolery815]

YES! I have been searching for this song/video intermittently since 1986. No exaggeration. I remember it from the end credits of the USA network "Night Flight" segment on the Cold War, atomic bombs and "Duck and Cover." The segment also featured Fishbone's "Party at Ground Zero." Man, it can be hard to track down an instrumental.

[tejastiger61]

The GREATEST MUSIC  VIDEO of ALL TIME ....!

[amelmater]

I still miss george

[amelmater]

still miss george

[FishnetsForever]

L@@K 1:27-I've got one of those in my pad too!

[blindtcjohnson]

I saw this band about 30 years ago at COD, Broadway and Devon, Chicago. 5*!

[johnnydelrey]

Nightflight !

[linusvanpelter]

@johnnydelrey Yeah, Johnny! That's where I saw it! Brings back memories when I could stay up all night drinking beer and watch late night television.

[johnnydelrey]

@linusvanpelter Night time is the right time. I think it was on USA. The early days of "videos" on tv. Don' forget New Wave Theatre. Up All Night and Elvira., too......

[linusvanpelter]

@johnnydelrey Yes, it was on USA. And for some unfathomable reason, New Wave Theater slipped under my radar. I was there when Elvira debuted. Bought my 3D glasses at the 7-11 for her feature of "House of Wax" starring the great Vincent Price.

[harvey1954]

One of the Raybeats ended up in the Straitjackets. I can remember seeing this on Nightflight back in the 80s.

[carlosduran]

awesome video

[draculascoffin]

Great album, bought this bands' album back in High School and use to listen to them all the time. They had another song called " doing the dishes " that was really good too.

[djgambitron]

fear not intrepid Raybeats fans for i shall be posting 5 rare & OOP Raybeats tunes here in HQ stereo!!!

Tight Turn

International Operator

Guitar Beat

Piranha Salad

Holiday Inn Spain (my favorite)

&

Andy's +1

if you dig through my channel, there are some other rare surf style tunes there too like Noodles by Michael Musburger & i'm cheking up on Halibuts, Laika & the Cosmonauts next to see if they're posted here yet

[djgambitron]

sadly it looks like the scumbag buttholes at WMG don't want ANYONE to EVER hear the Raybeats! i just TRIED to upload Tight Turn. it won't publish & there's an annoying "video is blocked in some countries" note. when i checked licensing, it's apparently owned by those EVIL WMG aholes!

this crap is freakin' long out of print! it's not like they're losing sales & if anything, posting it could create demand for re-releasing.

i tried. i still did upload halibuts though & some other surf tunes

[mahyday]

@djgambitron

Bring 'em on!

[djgambitron]

i WANT TO, but as it stands now, they are being censored by WMG, the scurge of youtube, but i have sent a formal request to Bar/None records for permission to post Raybeats as they're out of print and CDs are selling for insane prices as well as posted a protest with youtube because bar/none does not equal WMG.

what's the point in owning music that the world can't hear even if they're willing to buy it?

if anyone knows of a music streaming site that doesn't block WMG, i'll post them there

[djgambitron]

i see 9 views for tight turn. could someone verify that they can find this & listen? i'll post the other tunes as long as people can actually hear them and i'm not wasting my time.

[djgambitron]

OK kiddies. i posted ALL of the rest of the raybeats tunes worth hearing from the unobtanium "guitar beat" album. if you can't hear them, blame it on WMG & youtube as no one would confirm or deny they were hearing "tight turn"

i've done all i can to save you big bucks in an ebay bidding war to hear these uber-rare treats

if you CAN hear the tunes, do me a favor and give them 5 stars. that's the cheapest price for surfbeat sonic nirvana your going to find ANYWHERE!

[cruz5262]

I tried all day to find this video!

I remember seeing it on USA Night Flight.

I remember seeing this ironically in conjunction with Donald Fagans New frontier.

These two music videos are the most under rated music videos- THEY ARE SO COOL!!!

[SurfNinjaManque]

I love this version of Link Wray's "Jack the Ripper"! So much feedback! Danny Amis was already gone from the band when they did this album, but the rest of the band acquit themselves admirably. Los Straitjackets are also quite the rockin' combo. You gotta love the lucha libre masks!

[exeuroweenie]

Man,this is so incredibly 80's new wave.

[Kohntarkosz]

Believe it or not, MTV used to play this video back in the early days. It was one of the few instrumentals I remember seeing them show.

[deemilieu]

yes, i remember seeing this vid on mtv from about '84-on

[raydubo]

One of my fave bands of all time! Danny Amis rocks on in Los Straitjackets.

[potmehoot]

God, this should be called JACK THE TRIPPER

[allenfriel2]

The best of the Jersey sound!

[potaluca]

Don't forget Danny Amis!

[dovermoreno]

Awesome video.

BONZAI !!

(see GUGUG's version.....it's cool too)

[samatoid]

Oh Yeah, I forgot to point out (since I apparently have the floor) that the Raybeats song "Cocktails" on "Guitar Beat" is particularly memorable. This is a group that gave me hope for the 80s, unfortunately the 80s didn't quite pan out for me musicwise nor did the the direction of popular music.

What a great band the Raybeats were! I can't praise them enough given their lack of recognition.

[samatoid]

I have been listening to the Raybeats since the early 80s. I saw them at Irving Plaza and The Bottom Line. I really feel they deserved to be massively popular. A thought their liner notes were clever enough to make up for not having a singer. Unfortunately instrumental groups have very little chance. What a world!

[mgb11271950]

The Raybeats were one of the great post punk bands of NYC. I saw guitarist/saxaphonist Pat Irwin in both 8 Eyed Spy and the Raybeats... He was awesome. The last I heard Pat was playing second guitar in R.E.M.'s touring band. The other guitarist, Jody Harris was also a great guitarist who has played with everyone from the Contortions, to Robert Quine, to the Voidoids, to the Golden Paliminos.

[mikey42]

Wasn't Pat Irwin also playing for the B-52's?

[mgb11271950]

I think you're right. He may have done a stint with the B-52's as well. I think he may be based in Athens GA these days.

[thecapone45]

mankk, who sings the original version. cuzz here r a lot of ppl singing this song

[PumpkinPieces33]

I believe it's Link wray..... but I'm not positive.

[punkrockcowgirl]

This video used to play at The Ritz when they showed videos before bands came on. I saw The Raybeats numerous times in the 80's in clubs in NYC as well as Maxwell's in Hoboken. I've got great memories of Jody Harris's wiggling hips making all the girls in the front go crazy! I once passed Pat Irwin walking down the street in midtown Manhattan, carrying his sax case and eating a slice of pizza as he walked.

[BostonRocker51]

thanbks for posting a very cool video from a great band...

[titaniumpecker]

Back in the 80s, I saw The Raybeats at Irving Plaza in NY City. The Raybeats warmed up for The Fleshtones and it was a great show

[mikey42]

What a show! Damn, I LOVE the Fleshtones! I've met Peter and what a cool guy he is.

[titaniumpecker]

You met Peter Z! He seems like a really cool guy. The Fleshtones, in my opinion, are the kind of band that sounds much better live than on record (I'm showing how old I am by using the word "record").

[syr1811]

Dang Puppy, THIS is the SHIT!!!

[SingingGeo]

The other good version of this tune on youtube is by the safaris

[SingingGeo]

I was hunting through you tube archives of surf/instrumental and it was so good to re-discovered this video. Like alot of other people, I have not seen it since I was a teenager. It it still brilliant. I saw another cover of this tune on you tube. Could have been a recent incarnation of the Atlantics, not too sure...still searching for it.

[Kohntarkosz]

Oh this is too cool! I remember MTV used to play this back in the very early days. It was one of the few instrumentals I remember them playing.

[tejastiger61]

Thank the Good Lord some kind soul finally made this music video available again after 23 long years. This is still the BEST and GREATEST MUSIC VIDEO ever created bar none. The music is classic LINK WRAY SUPER-CHARGED by 3 DADDY-O'S , c/o the "RAYBEATS" drenched in FENDER REVERB and matched with video that tops anything to come out of the 1980's MTV, then or now or any time in between. THE SINGEL GREATEST MUSIC VIDEO OF ALL TIME ! ! ! NOW OR EVER ! !

[pfxzhrej]

FYI, the animation they use in this vid is a hokey 1950's-era PSA called "A is for Atom" Cool to see them use it here!

[susantyrellfan]

I heard "Guitar Beat" used in an indie film once, but I still think that it would make a great theme song or one to run on the ending credits.

There are also unreleased songs of them with vocals, as well as recordings that they did with Philip Glass.

Pat has been working on animated TV shows such as "Class of 3000".

[HildebrandJohnson]

Twenty years ago or so I saw this video on USA's Nightflight. I knew the song was Link Wray's Jack the Ripper, but until this moment I had no idea who had done it. Thanks!

[johnozed]

Man I miss the Raybeats, they rocked! I also wish Pat Irwin was still playing with the B-52's. What happened with that?

[squinkque]

Like others said I too used to watch this on Nightflight, it must've been a few times because the crazy L7 dude waving a pipe around at the beginning really seems familiar. What a great song. Before I saw it on Nightflight I used to listen to on a mix tape I stole from my sister who stole it from a fraternity kegger. I think it's hightime they re-released the Raybeats on emusic or something.

[9ideal]

unfortunately there is no surf in salt lake city

[djtet53]

The video was directed by Rocky Morton and Anabel Jankel, creators of Max Headroom. While cool, its kind of a rip-off of (homage to?) the found footage style pioneered 20 years earlier by experimental filmmaker Bruce Conner.

This is a relic of a kind of PoMo golden age, when the high-art avant garde mixed with pop culture and actually got on TV. The Raybeats themselves, alumni of the No Wave scene, were doing a similar mix musically, adding a.g. embellishments to surf instrumentals.

[dustups]

This is one of the best ever covers of LW! We're all still tryin' to catch up to his inspiration.

[mikey42]

I have'nt seen this brilliant video since the 1980's. I would watch it on "Night Flight." Too cool.

[ChaKoKanYon]

It's Only a Movie...play it again...LOUDER THIS TIME!

God bless The RayBeats and their fans...a great time.

tears of sonic joy on this one.

xo ChaKo

[skogga]

Man I saw this video decades ago! So happy it's been found again!!

[thefamilycat]

I got the album they made in the UK-at the same studio the Human League used.

But nice name-Raybeats-Link Wray-geddit?

[shadoogie5]

Great version! Done with justice! Possibly one of the most entertaining videos of all time!

[poughkeepsiejohn]

Surf music meets "The Atomic Cafe"---Australian style!

[titaniumpecker]

This song rocks harder than a Roman Candle. I love the smell of surf music in the morning.

[glidaren79]

from what movie is the japanese war fotage from?

[cloonmore]

Wow! An appropriately cool vid for one of the coolest NY bands ever. I only saw 'em once, on a double bill w/Johnny Thunders I think back in 1980, but they were terrific.

[mcylinder]

I was lucky enough to see them perform this as their encore. Tore my head completely off. The video certainly brings me back.

[takao20001]

is this taken from Popper's MTV?

[technoforbeer]

Truely appreciating this posting!!

Many intricate "sound-visual synchronization" embedded..

Kessaku ! (Too great)

[jayzilla]

Finally!!!

[dvdlrth1978]

No kidding - so great!

[barrystock]

Fab video, great footage, muchos gracias.

[jeffn66]

Thank you thank you thank you for posting this! I remember seeing this on MV3 (local LA video show) way back in 1983 and being blown away by the cool cold war visuals. Great memories.