This is Skateboard Music compilation.

I remember in the 70s, before the main feature played in the cinema, they'd always show short films. The ones I recall better than others were the Frisbee championship type & the skateboarding ones. So when this compilation came out late last year, on CD & double gatefold vinyl via the German label Diggler, it reminded me of a style of music that has totally dissapeared. It also shows how extreme the soundtrack to skateboarding has changed in the last 30 odd years. Your contemporary skater would piss his pants listening to this stuff. It was a time & it was definitely a place. A very Californian sound circa 1975. Have a listen at Movie Grooves. It even has its own dedicated website.

Sydney band Youth Group recently did an brilliant cover version of the early 80s track Forever Young by Alphaville (it was in Napolean Dynamite). It's an impressive cover version that is leagues ahead of the original. While the Alphaville's version was classic new romantic, Youth Group having given it a dreamy sunshine pop sound. Apparently some popular teen drama on US TV has been using it for awhile now. So why have I provided you with this information? Becasue the videoclip has some excellent archival footage of Aussie skateboarders from the 70s & is worth a viewing. Watch it here.