For a long fourth dimension this was ane of the few surf music collections out in that place as well as it notwithstanding rates a high recommendation alongside the other contenders out there. For ane matter it apparently includes solely the instrumental shape of surf music, the shape the surfing crowd liked as well as acknowledged. The vocal music of the Beach Boys as well as Jan & Dean was less well-received, partially because they weren't all surfers as well as also because they helped popularize the scene plenty to convey huge crowds to the beaches as well as surfing spots. As surf instrumentals go, all the national hits are hither equally good equally a proficient publish of the bands who had regional hits similar Dick Dale, The Belairs, Tornadoes, Challengers as well as Lively Ones. This CD sticks with the actual surf music hits as well as does non larn into the roots of surf inwards the instrumental hits of bands similar the Ventures, Johnny & the hurricanes, Duane eddy, Link Wray or The Fireballs. For that in that place is the first-class "Birth of Surf" CD past times Ace which also has a lot of the same tracks equally are on here, though it's notwithstanding worth having both.
The rails social club is a piffling strange inwards that it's non chronological equally most collections would be. I imagine the producers felt roughly songs went ameliorate later sure others. It plays well, though a actually early on rails similar Dick Dale's Let's Go Surfin' sounds a piffling quondam with its un-reverbed guitar sandwiched betwixt Point Panic as well as Surf Rider. The producers also include a publish of tunes that aren't considered truthful surf music past times purists as well as I'm glad they did because the populace perceived them equally surf music, then it presents a fair portrait of the times. These are: Surfer's Stomp past times The Mar-Kets because in that place was no existent Mar-Kets band; they were but studio musicians. But Surfer's Stomp was the kickoff vocal to accept "Surf" inwards the championship inwards January, 1962. Jack Nitzsche was a producer as well as engineer working with Phil Spector at Gold Star, as well as his "The Lonely Surfer" is actually an orchestral musical note poetry form virtually surfing but non actually surf music. It's swell to encounter it hither though because non solely is it ultra-rare but also clearly an inspired slice of music.
Everything else is what you'd expect: swell surf music past times swell surf bands. I'm happy they included The Challengers as well as Eddie & the Showmen, both split-offs from The Belairs( as well as also chose Mr. Rebel as well as non Squad Car which gets ho-hum on repeated listenings). You won't larn incorrect with this surf music collection.
This is an first-class collection of surf classics. Great album to larn if you lot desire to larn the 'standards' without buying all the diverse master copy albums they came on. Quite a few of the actually swell pieces are here, inwards ane set. Really took me dorsum to my childhood inwards southern California!
Sticker on exterior of CD promises all lyrics included (in an INSTRUMENTAL album) -- all inwards all, proficient fun.
Track listing:
1 –Chantays - Pipeline 2:23
2 –The Belairs - Mr. Moto 2:12
3 –The Surfaris - Wipe Out 2:41
4 –The Frogmen - Underwater 2:08
5 –Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Miserlou 2:16
6 –The Ventures - Diamond Head 2:04
7 –The Astronauts - Baja 2:28
8 –The Mar-Kets - Surfer's Stomp 1:59
9 –The Tornadoes - Bustin' Surfboards 2:30
10 –The Pyramids - Penetration 2:05
11 –Eddie & The Showmen - Mr. Rebel 1:59
12 –The Crossfires - Fiberglass Jungle 2:14
13 –The Challengers - K39 2:14
14 –The Surfaris - Point Panic 2:19
15 –Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Let's Go Trippin' 2:09
16 –The Lively Ones - Surf Rider 3:22
17 –Johnny Fortune - Soul Surfer 2:34
18 –Jack Nitzsche - The Lonely Surfer 2:35
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