The track was recorded to provide an opener for a sixties surf rock anthology assembled by Hoffman in 1989, and gained popularity when it was covered by the Pixies, also as an opener on their 1990 album Bossanova. Steve Hoffman co-wrote and recorded as a musician (drums and guitar) the surf rock instrumental "Cecilia Ann" with childhood friend Charles "Frosty" Horton, under the moniker of The Surftones. He was later fired from MCA, and has plied his trade with the Dunhill Compact Classics and Audio Fidelity labels, owned by Marshall Blonstein, former vice president of Ode Records. In 1985 he worked on a series of releases aimed at the CD market which bore the title "From the Original Master Tapes." This series included works of artists such as Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and John Coltrane. His primary focus was on jazz and big band recordings. For the next decade, he was responsible for compiling hundreds of budget cassette releases for MCA's Special Products division. During the late 1970s, Hoffman joined MCA Records as catalog research and development coordinator. In the early 1970s, Hoffman worked in radio and earned a degree in mass communications from California State University, Northridge.
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