Surfer's Choice

Dick Dale | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Label: Sundazed Music
• Total Length: 48:43
• Genres: Pop/Oldies, Pop/Pop Rock, Rock/Oldies & Retro
• ASIN: B000S59AGM
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,497 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speed Metal From 61!, August 21, 2007

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Stanley Runk "Runkdapunk" (Camp North Pines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surfer's Choice (Audio CD)

It's great the guys at Sundazed finally got the lead out and rereleased these old Dick dale albums. Up until recently, the only way you were gonna get your mitts on them is if you bought the vinyl. Any old Dale tracks on cd could only be heard on "Best of" compilations. Not No Mo!!! Surfer's Choice was the first of the bunch that Sundazed released, and Dale's first album. Excellent stuff. It's easy to see why this singlehandedly started a craze back in 61. It's very energetic, catchy, hell even the vocal tunes are good, and I'm not a big surf vocal guy. A word of warning though to those surf instrumental fans, there are quite a few vocal tunes here. I would prefer a few less with a few more instrumentals. Definitely worth checking out if you want a prime example of the original California surf sound. Plus, you can finally have that version of Miserlou as used in Pulp Fiction without having to suffer through Urge Overkill!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the real deal!, January 30, 2007

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lighten_up_already2 "lighten_up_already2" (Kirkland, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surfer's Choice (Audio CD)

The Miserlou Twist is worth the price of admission. Best rendition of that instrumental standard I've ever heard!

Some of the recordings sound rather raw, but the energy is there. Surf music simply doesn't get any better than this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Surf, January 20, 2007

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Gerald J Reynolds (Stevenson Ranch, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surfer's Choice (Audio CD)

Indeed, it sounds as if the contents of the original LP are from the original master tapes, and these songs sound great. I'm not sure about the source for the "bonus tracks". I have a hard time believing that Miserlou is from the original tapes...any other opinions???