Chasing the Sun: Greatest Songs of Summer

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 4
• Label: Time Life Records
• ASIN: B000O78LIM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,039 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. California Sun -- The Rivieras

2. Walk-Don't Run -- The Ventures

3. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow -- The Rivingtons

4. Let's Go Trippin' -- Dick Dale and His Del-Tones

5. Surfin' U.S.A -- The Beach Boys

6. Miserlou -- Dick Dale and His Del-Tones

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Disc: 2

1. Girl Watcher -- The O'Kaysions

2. With This Ring -- The Platters

3. At the Club -- The Drifters

4. Anna (Go to Him-- Arthur Alexander

5. Backfield in Motion -- Mel and Tim

6. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy -- The Tams

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Disc: 3

1. Summertime -- Billy Stewart

2. Dancing in the Street -- Martha and the Vandellas

3. Groovin' -- The Young Rascals

4. The Warmth of the Sun -- The Beach Boys

5. Cruel Summer -- Bananarama

6. In the Summertime -- Mungo Jerry

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good fun, great music!, February 9, 2012

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trekker - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chasing the Sun: Greatest Songs of Summer (Audio CD)

If you're looking for a soundtrack for your summer get-together, or just want to enjoy some fun sun n' surf themed tunes, this is the collection for you! The songs are the originals and not re-recordings done by the artsts at a later date.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but not that perfect 7th wave, December 23, 2007

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Arthur Shuey "daddyvoice" (Wilmington, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chasing the Sun: Greatest Songs of Summer (Audio CD)

This set divides surf music into three categories -- "Surf Songs," which mention and/or follow the rhythm of the waves, "Shag Songs," which are what the aging East Coast navy blazer and weejuns crowd calls "beach music" and "Summer 1950-1990," which celebrates the reasonable surfing season.

Actually, there's nothing here prior to 1958, which wouldn't even round down to 1950, but that's not too huge a problem. If the producers couldn't find anything surf-oriented from before '58, well, surely they diligently searched. How they decided to do the shag songs, which are more about the Seabreeze, North Carolina to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ambiance than about surfing erodes one's faith in their judgment, however. Need another disc? How about filling it with "Beach Blanket Bingo," "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," "K-39," "Under Water," "Moondawg," "Thunder," ... Save the shag stuff for another anthology, boys. It would sell to the weejun crowd, no problem, and leave space for a more historically complete and interpretive set in this groovy, miniature cooler-packaged, accompanied by a great surfing DVD set.

I'm sorry, but I've come to expect more from Time-Life.