''Surf Route 101'' is a 1964 album by

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, one of

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's ad-hoc surf and hot-rod studio groups. The band's line up featured some of the best surf musicians of the period including

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. The title track "Surf Route 101" was a cover of a song from

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's 1963 album '' Drag City''.

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had collaborated with Usher on "My First Love" and "Muscle Beach Party" for the 1964 film ''

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'', where they were originally performed by Dick Dale and his Del-Tones. For the Super Stocks album Usher re-used the original backing tracks made for the film.

Track listing

#"Surf Route 101" #"Muscle Beach Party" #"Ventura" #"Santa Barbara" #"Redondo Beach" #"Surfin' Scene" #"Balboa Island" #"Oceanside" #"My First Love" #"Midnight Run" #"Malibu Blues" #"Newport Beach" The album came with a promotional single for another studio band, Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos with "Doin' the Surfink", B-side "Finksville, USA".''The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music, 1961–1965'' (1995). Page 54 1560750219 "Doin' The Surfink Finksville U.S.A. PRO-2644 PRO-2645 Capitol - 7/64 (Free promotional single included with the Surf Route 101 album by the Super Stocks)" Likewise that group's album contained a promo single for "Midnight Run" from the Super Stocks' album.

References

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