Chasing the Sun: The Greatest Songs of Summer

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: May 22, 2007
• Number of Discs: 4
• Label: Time Life Records
• ASIN: B000O78LIM
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #209,171 in Music (See Bestsellers 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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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Featuring everyone from Dick Dale to the Beach Boys to Katrina and the Waves, this collection of the summer's greatest hits sets the mood for summertime fun. This collection includes 59 incredible songs on 3 CDs and a DVD portraying the allure of the ocean's waves in a documentary called Liquid Stage:The Lure of Surfing.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Arthur Shuey "daddyvoice" (Wilmington, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.