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''Surfers’ Choice'' is the debut studio album of
Dick Dale Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scale (music), scales and experimenting with reverb eff ...
and his Del-Tones, pioneers in the surf genre. The album was released in November 1962. The recording established the conventions of
surf music Surf music (or surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1958 to 1964 in two major forms. The first is instrumental s ...
and brought the concept to middle America. The album was mostly recorded live at the
Rendezvous Ballroom The Rendezvous Ballroom was a large dance hall built in 1928, located on the beach of Balboa Peninsula in Orange County, Southern California, between Los Angeles and San Diego. The 1920s were the beginning of the heyday of public dancing to the mu ...
, with overdubs added in the studio. The record was
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for a long time. It was
reissue In the music industry, a reissue (also re-release, repackage or re-edition) is the release of an album or Single (music), single which has been released at least once before, sometimes with alterations or additions. Reasons for reissue New aud ...
d on CD by
Sundazed Records Sundazed Music is an American independent record label based in Coxsackie, New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s. In 2000, Sundazed had a staff of 15 and two mixing studios, including a vintage audio ...
in October 2006. The album was later rereleased by Not Now Music with a bonus disc of singles as ''Surf Beat''.


Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated ;Side one #"Surf Beat" #"
Sloop John B "Sloop John B" (originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription by Richard Le Gallienne was published in 1916, and a version was included in Carl Sandburg's ''The American Songbag'' in 1927. Since ...
" (
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, Lee Hays) #"Take It Off" #"Night Owl" (Tony Allen) #"Fanny Mae" (Buster Brown) #"Misirlou Twist" (Chaim Tauber, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds, Nicholas Roubanis) ;Side two #
  • "Peppermint Man" (Alonzo Willis) #"Surfing Drums" #"Shake 'n' Stomp" #"Lovey Dovey" (Eddie Curtis, Nuggy) #"Death of a Gremmie" #"
    Let's Go Trippin' "Let's Go Trippin'" is an instrumental by Dick Dale and The Del-Tones. It is often regarded as the first surf rock instrumental and is credited for launching the surf music craze. First played in public in 1960 at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Bal ...
    "


    2006 Sundazed CD bonus tracks

    1. "Del-Tone Rock"
    2. "Jungle Fever" (a later version of "Surfing Drums" with jungle noises added)
    3. "
      Misirlou "Misirlou" ( el, Μισιρλού < tr, Mısırlı 'Egyptian' < ar, مصر ''Miṣr'' 'Egypt') is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The original author of the song is not known, but Arabic, Greek, and Jewish musicians wer ...
      " (traditional)
    4. "Eight Till Midnight"
    5. "Lovin' on My Brain"
    6. "A Run For Life"


    2013 Not Now Music bonus disc

    1. "Ooh-Whee Marie"
    2. "Stop Teasin'"
    3. "St. Louis Blues"
    4. "Jessie Pearl"
    5. "We'll Never Hear the End of It"
    6. "The Fairest of Them All"
    7. "Del-Tone Rock"
    8. "Let's Go Trippin'"
    9. "Shake 'N' Stomp"
    10. "Jungle Fever"
    11. "Misirlou"
    12. "Eight 'Til Midnight"
    13. "Peppermint Man"
    14. "Surf Man"


    Chart positions

    Billboard Music Charts The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, p ...
    – Album *1963 Pop Albums No. 59 Billboard Music Charts – Single *1962 “Let’s Go Trippin’” Pop Singles No. 60


    References

    {{Authority control 1962 debut albums Dick Dale albums Sundazed Records albums