"Surf Me Up" / The Origins 1960 - 2008 CD 1 of 3

Excellent surf music boxset, conceived, an that is unusual, by a French critic, Alain Gardinier……And he did a good job. The first CD includes surf classics from the 60s, with the obvious choices and some not so obvious. The second CD covers from the 70s to the 90s; the sound is mostly the same, with some harder guitar play. And the 3rd CD covers "today's artists/surfers" (because some surfers do music), with a great variety of styles which mostly do not relate to the classic surf sound. The interesting booklet is both in French and English, the cover painting by a Biarritz artist, François Lartigau (Biarritz is France's surf capital city). I might write something more consistent after further listenings. - chrismass61

trax:
1. Surf Beat - Dick Dale & the Del-Tones 2. Wipe Out - The Surfaris 3. Walk don't run - The Ventures 4. Pipeline - The Chantays 5. Surfer stomp - The Mark-Kets 6. Biarritz - Bruce Johnston 7. Surfin USA - The Beach Boys 8. Surf City - Jan and Dean 9. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys 10. Surfin Queen - Larry Bright 11. Surfboard - Renee and Ray 12. Sammy The Siidewalk Surfer - The Surfettes 13. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys