The Tikis has been played on NTS in shows including Lavender Kite Audio Research Hour w/ Barnaby Bennett, featured first on 28 October 2018. Songs played include If I've Been Dreaming, True Love Is Hard To Find and Bye Bye Bye.

The Tikis were a surf/British beat-style quartet from Santa Cruz, California, who released a pair of above average singles for Autumn Records in 1965. And had it not been for a chance decision by the band to change their name on an experimental recording in early 1967, they'd likely be better known today.

Rhythm guitarist Dick Scoppettone had played folk music with his high school…