Jan & Dean – Gotta Take That One Last Ride

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Collections: Surf : Rockabilly : Garage

Product type: Used Vinyl

Vendor: Power Plant Records

$40.00

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Year/Genre/City: 1975, Surf Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Matrix #: UA-LA341-H2
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good, light marks

Cultural Facts:

  1. Legal Trouble: Jan Berry’s 1966 car crash ended the duo’s touring career, freezing their public image in a tragic, unfinished chapter that reshaped how the catalog was framed afterward.

  2. Family Ties: Their closest collaborator was Brian Wilson, who co-wrote and produced key material—an unusually deep Beach Boys connection that blurred authorship lines.

  3. Media Narrative: This LP leaned into nostalgia-era reframing, presenting Jan & Dean less as hitmakers and more as symbols of pre-crash California youth culture.

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