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Released
  
1962

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Surf music

Producer
  
Jim Monsour

Label
  
Deltone Records

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Recorded
  
Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California

Surfers’ Choice(1962)
  
King of the Surf Guitar(1963)

Artist
  
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones

Similar
  
Surf music albums, Other albums

Surfers’ Choice is the debut album of Dick Dale and his Del-Tones, pioneers in the surf genre. It was released in 1962. The recording established the conventions of surf music and brought the concept to middle America. The album was mostly recorded live at the Rendezvous Ballroom, with overdubs added in the studio. The record was out of print for a long time but was reissued on CD by Sundazed Records in October 2006.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated

Side 1
  1. "Surf Beat"
  2. "Sloop John B" (Carl Sandburg, Lee Hays)
  3. "Take It Off"
  4. "Night Owl" (Tony Allen)
  5. "Fanny Mae" (Buster Brown)
  6. "Misirlou Twist" (Chaim Tauber, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds, Nicholas Roubanis)
Side 2
  1. "Peppermint Man" (Alonzo Willis)
  2. "Surfing Drums"
  3. "Shake 'n' Stomp"
  4. "Lovey Dovey" (Eddie Curtis, Nuggy)
  5. "Death of a Gremmie"
  6. "Let's Go Trippin'"

2006 Sundazed CD bonus tracks

  1. "Del-Tone Rock"
  2. "Jungle Fever" (a later version of "Surfing Drums" with jungle noises added)
  3. "Misirlou" (traditional)
  4. "Eight Till' Midnight"
  5. "Lovin' on My Brain"
  6. "A Run For Life"

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts – Album

  • 1963 Pop Albums No. 59

    • Billboard Music Charts – Single

  • 1962 “Let’s Go Trippin’” Pop Singles No. 60

    • Songs

    1Surf Beat2:38
    2Sloop John B2:17
    3Take It Off2:08

    References

    Surfers' Choice Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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