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Les Fradkin and his instrumental surf-rock band, Get Wet, are once again making waves in the music world. Rounded out with live bonus tracks featuring Les and surf legend Eddie Bertrand, the reissues of the first Get Wet album, Splash!?as well as a simultaneous reissue of the second Get Wet album, A Day At The Beach?are essential listening for ?60s surf-rock enthusiasts. Les Fradkin has a keen desire to bring his own dynamic surf-rock instrumental sound into the new millennium and he has a penchant for musical drama which dates back to his performances in the George Harrison role of the ?70s Broadway smash, Beatlemania. With the expanded edition reissues of the two Get Wet albums?Fradkin is bringing his own personal sound into surf-rock overdrive. The very first Get Wet CD release in ?99, Splash! 's spirit of freewheeling instrumental guitar sounds comes across loud and clear on this reissue which features Fradkin performing on a smorgasbord of classic guitars. That classic vintage surf sound mixed with his own approach is fully realized on Splash!  with covers of classics like "Apache" and "Bombora" as well as the symphonic surf sound of the original "Surfin The Classics" (Parts 1 and 2 ). Decked out in style with near 3-D underwater cover art and four live bonus tracks Les recorded with the Get Wet live band with special guest Eddie Bertrand of Eddie and the Showmen, this 2004 reissue of Splash! reveals yet another layer of Fradkin?s multi-faceted musical vision.