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They partnered with World Pacific Records for the release, which allowed them to come in contact with Bruce Brown, who was then just beginning editing work on his next documentary project, The Endless Summer.\r\n\r\nBrawner and the Georis brothers met with Brown, hoping to sell him one of their songs for use on Brown's new film. Brown, however, was so impressed by their music that he agreed to use a number of their songs in the film. It was agreed that all film profit would go to Brown, and all soundtrack profit to go to The Sandells. The group used the studio time that working on the film gave them to release a number of LPs and Singles during this period. Jim King[disambiguation needed] worked with the group at this time, producing a number of songs, including \"Always\" and \"All Over Again\", both of which received limited national radio airplay. The group also slightly modified their name during this time, to the surf-inspired \"The Sandals\". For a time, the group toured with the film, providing live backing for the live narration by Bruce Brown.\r\n\r\nAfter The Endless Summer film reached nationwide distribution, The Sandals recorded the song \"Endless Summer\", one of their first songs with vocals. The song was a departure in a number of ways, and not just relating to the vocals. They were attempting a Beach Boys-esque sound, with mixed results. The also re-released the Scrambler! LP as The Endless Summer, along with new single records similarly retitled.\r\n\r\nIn 1967, Dick Barrymore hired The Sandals to score his skiing documentary, The Last of the Ski Bums. As on Scrambler!, Danny Brawner's songwriting skills were at the forefront of the album — 10 of the 12 songs contained at least some of his input. However, this album also marked Danny's departure from the band after he refused to leave San Clemente, California, where the band had been based, for Riverside, California. He was replaced by Steve Ekwall, who played on the album.\r\n\r\nSoon after the release of the Last of the Ski Bums album, the group broke up. The Georis brothers went on to start a restaurant in Carmel, California; Danny Brawner worked for Mobile Surfboards. John Blakeley remained involved in music, joining Stoneground in 1971.\r\n\r\nThere have been two reunions to date: in 1994, the Georis brothers and Blakeley reformed the band, and released a few albums, most notably working on The Endless Summer II. In 2002, the Georis', Blakeley, Gibson, and Brawner played at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California, to a packed house.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"endless-summer-1","title":"Endless Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e1966 surf soundtrack classic that has only been reissued once on vinyl in Japan in 1981. You never know when the magic is going to happen. Witness the saga of The Sandals' 1966 album \u003ci\u003eThe Endless Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. The San Clemente, CA-based surf group The Sandells had released their album \u003ci\u003eScrambler! \u003c\/i\u003eon the World Pacific label in 1964 to little notice when they met up with surf documentary maker Bruce Brown. Brown had already made five surf-oriented movies, also largely ignored, but had hit upon an intriguing idea for his next one: tracking two surfers across the world as they followed the Summer sun from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere and back in search of the perfect wave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrown was just beginning to edit his footage when The Sandells played him tunes from Scrambler!, hoping to sell him a song for the film. 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