Genre: Surf rock
Places I remember: Santa Monica Record Shop
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bulldog
Gear costume: Red River Rock, Mr. Moto
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bulldog
Gear costume: Red River Rock, Mr. Moto
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
Active compensatory factors: This album, and The Challengers were a big deal in 1963. The surf music craze was in its beginning stages and Surfbeat met a need.
Active compensatory factors: This album, and The Challengers were a big deal in 1963. The surf music craze was in its beginning stages and Surfbeat met a need.
It's mostly instrumental rock, the kind that The Beatles and The Beach Boys (ironically) would quickly kill off, but for a time it was the happening thing!
The Challengers saw the potential in Dick Dale & His Del-Tones and The Beach Boys and rode that wave. This album is historically important and it's also one that holds up well in 2026.
Where do they all belong? A foundation album in surf rock. Happy to find this mint copy while visiting Los Angeles a few years ago.
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