Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, by Various Artists

Lost Legends of Surf Guitar

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1.	The Royal Coachmen - Loophole 02:39	info
2.	The Ebb Tides - Big Noise from Waimea 02:57	info
3.	Dave Myers and His Surftones - Gear! 01:55	info
4.	Steve and the Emperors - The Breeze and I 01:48	info
5.	The Original Surfaris - Failsafe 02:17	info
6.	Scott Engel - Devil Surfer 01:44	info
7.	Zorba and the Greeks - Shockwave 03:15	info
8.	The Tandems - The Rising Surf 01:51	info
9.	The Pyramids - Contact 01:54	info
10.	The Original Surfaris - Surfs Up 02:04	info
11.	The Essex - Cemetery Stomp 02:24	info
12.	The Jesters - The Jester 02:27	info
13.	The Royal Coachmen - Repeating 02:34	info
14.	The Pyramids - Pressure 03:09	info
15.	The Menn - Iam Fleming Theme 02:13	info
16.	The Essex - Pray for Surf 02:33	info
17.	The Surf Teens - Point Surf 01:50	info
18.	The Centurions - Ishamatsu 02:34	info
19.	The Original Surfaris - Exotic 01:53	info
20.	The Tandems - Beyond the Surf 02:23	info
21.	Jan Davis - Fugitive 02:39	info
22.	The Surfaris - Jack the Ripper 02:32	info
23.	The Catalinas - Banzai Washout 02:26	info
24.	Jerry Cole & His Spacemen - Point Panic 02:04	info
25.	Gene 'The Draggin King' Moles - Burning Rubber 02:05	info
26.	The Trasmen - Walk, Don't Run 01:57	info
27.	The Tornadoes - Shootin' Beavers 02:02	info
28.	The Rhythm Rockers - Moondawg 02:29	info

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It's hard to think of a musical style that's more quintessentially American than surf music. Springing up along the California coast in the early 1960s, the surf sound–characterized by "wet"-sounding guitar reverb that echoed the sound of the sea and pummeling rhythms that emulated the ocean's currents–was originally inspired and nurtured by the culture that surrounded the sport. Despite its provincial origins, the surf genre captured the imagination of teenagers around the world, and spawned a remarkably large body of highly original music, with an emphasis on innovative guitar instrumentals that would influence rock axemen for decades to come.

Lost Legends of Surf Guitar gathers a rousing, roaring assortment of underground surf classics and underappreciated gems by such notable surf combos as the Challengers, the Pyramids, the Tornadoes, Jerry Cole & His Spacemen, the Catalinas, the Centurions, the Essex, the Jesters, the Rhythm Rockers, the Royal Coachmen, the Tandems and Dave Myers and His Surftones, as well as numbers by both the Surfaris and the Original Surfaris! There's also a rarely-heard track by legendary Minnesota surf-garage kings the Trashmen, the out-there "Devil Surfer" by Scott Engel (who would soon go on to pop stardom and cult acclaim as Scott Walker) and scarce versions of such surf anthems as "Jack the Ripper," "Point Panic" and "Moondawg."

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released October 1, 2017

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