For a long fourth dimension this was i of the few surf music collections out in that place too it even too hence rates a high recommendation amid the other contenders out there. For i affair it acre includes alone the instrumental shape of surf music, the shape the surfing crowd liked too acknowledged. The vocal music of the Beach Boys too Jan & Dean was less well-received, partially because they weren't all surfers too also because they helped popularize the scene plenty to convey huge crowds to the beaches too surfing spots. As surf instrumentals go, all the national hits are hither every bit good every bit a practiced release of the bands who had regional hits similar Dick Dale, The Belairs, Tornadoes, Challengers too Lively Ones. This CD sticks alongside the actual surf music hits too does non teach into the roots of surf inward 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 fantabulous "Birth of Surf" CD yesteryear Ace which also has a lot of the same tracks every bit are on here, though it's even too hence worth having both.
The rails fellowship is a footling strange inward that it's non chronological every bit most collections would be. I imagine the producers felt unopen to 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 footling one-time alongside its un-reverbed guitar sandwiched betwixt Point Panic too Surf Rider. The producers also include a release of tunes that aren't considered truthful surf music yesteryear purists too I'm glad they did because Earth perceived them every bit surf music, too hence it presents a fair portrait of the times. These are: Surfer's Stomp yesteryear The Mar-Kets because in that place was no existent Mar-Kets band; they were but studio musicians. But Surfer's Stomp was the get-go vocal to choose "Surf" inward the championship inward January, 1962. Jack Nitzsche was a producer too engineer working alongside Phil Spector at Gold Star, too his "The Lonely Surfer" is actually an orchestral musical note poesy form nearly surfing but non actually surf music. It's corking to come across it hither though because non alone is it ultra-rare but also clearly an inspired slice of music.
Everything else is what you'd expect: corking surf music yesteryear corking surf bands. I'm happy they included The Challengers too Eddie & the Showmen, both split-offs from The Belairs( too also chose Mr. Rebel too non Squad Car which gets dull on repeated listenings). You won't teach incorrect alongside this surf music collection.
This is an fantabulous collection of surf classics. Great album to teach if you lot desire to teach the 'standards' without buying all the diverse master copy albums they came on. Quite a few of the actually corking pieces are here, inward i set. Really took me dorsum to my childhood inward southern California!
Sticker on exterior of CD promises all lyrics included (in an INSTRUMENTAL album) -- all inward all, practiced 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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