Please turn away now if you hate the word 'compilation' but I am looking for something so rare I haven't been able to unearth even the faintest whiff of this seemingly impossible to find vinyl 33'

I thought it went under the name of Hawaii Northern soul' or maybe 'Surfing Northern soul.'  The cover was a colour cartoon style painting of a typical surf scene - the artwork was done by Jonny Timlin, who people might know on the Northern/6Ts scene. I thought it was a Kent collection, but having gone through everything they have put out, I can't find it...! so maybe it was a Charly records outing, or something similar.

Can anyone help out! Massive thanks and Keep the faith! 

Sal 

Doesn't ring a bell. I have most Northern LP compilations but nothing on Hawaii or surfing. As a surfer, no recollection on LP art featuring surfers. I have the Kent Northern albums and again no help. You need to contact Jonny Tomlin to confirm the existence of this LP. On another theme, the music industry in Hawaii is alive and flourishing - a brand of reggae/rocksteady plus the usual rap-stuff exists, the former being particularly tuneful and even soullful at times. Hang loose...

Thanks Frankie. This album definitely existed! I had a copy! Mr Timlin is hard to track down - does he ever come to these parts I wonder...