VA - I'm Amped, 50 Cranking Surf Instrumentals (A Butterboy Compilation) + VA - I'm Amped, Rare Surf (A Butterboy Compilation) (3 x CD's)

SURF INSTRUMENTALS 

VA - I'm Amped, 50 Cranking Surf Instrumentals (A Butterboy Compilation) + VA - I'm Amped, Rare Surf (A Butterboy Compilation)

Surf music is a subgenre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1962 to 1964 in two major forms. The first is instrumental surf, distinguished by reverb-drenched electric guitars played to evoke the sound of crashing waves, largely pioneered by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. The second is vocal surf, which took elements of the original surf sound and added vocal harmonies, a movement led by the Beach Boys.

Surf music emerged in the late 1950's as instrumental rock and roll music, almost always in straight 4/4 (or common) time, with a medium to fast tempo. The sound was dominated by electric guitars which were particularly characterized by the extensive use of the "wet" spring reverb that was incorporated into Fender amplifiers from 1961, which is thought to emulate the sound of the waves. The outboard separate Fender Reverb Unit that was developed by Fender in 1961 (as opposed to reverb that was incorporated as a built-in amp feature) was the actual first "wet" surf reverb tone. This unit is the reverb effect heard on Dick Dale records, and others such as "Pipeline" by the Chantays and "Point Panic" by the Surfaris. It had more of a wet "plucky" tone than the "built in" amp reverb, due to a different circuitry.

Guitarists also made use of the vibrato arm on their guitar to bend the pitch of notes downward, electronic tremolo effects and rapid (alternating) tremolo picking. Guitar models favored included those made by Fender (particularly the Jazzmaster, Jaguar and Stratocaster guitars), Mosrite, Teisco, or Danelectro, usually with single coil pickups (which had high treble in contrast to double coil humbucker pickups). Surf music was one of the first genres to universally adopt the electric bass, particularly the Fender Precision Bass. Classic surf drum kits tended to be Rogers, Ludwig, Gretsch or Slingerland. Some popular songs also incorporated a tenor or baritone saxophone, as on The Lively Ones' "Surf Rider" (1963) and The Revels' "Comanche" (1961). Often an electric organ or an electric piano featured as backing harmony. (Wikipedia)

Dick Dale developed the surf sound from instrumental rock, where he added Middle Eastern and Mexican influences, a spring reverb, and the rapid alternate picking characteristics. His regional hit "Let's Go Trippin'" (1961) launched the surf music craze, inspiring many others to take up the approach. The genre reached national exposure when it was represented by vocal groups such as the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean. Dale is quoted on such groups: "They were surfing sounds [with] surfing lyrics. In other words, the music wasn't surfing music. The words made them surfing songs. ... That was the difference ... the REAL surfing music is instrumental."

Here are 50 Great Surf Instrumentals track plus a bonus 25 tracks or Rare (mostly) Instrumental Surf tracks. Enjoy!

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CD1

01 Strangers - Caterpillar Crawl 1959 2:20 1959

02 Belairs - Mr. Moto 1961 2:10 1961

03 Sharkskins - Flamenco Surf 2003 1:51 2003

04 Dick Dale & the Del-Tones - Misirlou 1962 2:13 1962

05 Surfaris - Wipe Out 1962 2:16 1962

06 Los Straitjackets - Surf Rider 1962 2:44 1962

07 Bustin' Surfboards - Spanish Fly 2003 2:18 2003

08 Surfaris - Bombora 1963 2:05 1963

09 Zps - The Sweet Ride 2003 2:08 2003

10 Shadows - Apache 1960 2:57 1960

11 Ventures - Walk, Don't Run 1960 2:08 1960

12 Illusions - Jezabel 1963 2:20 1963

13 Pyramids - Penetration 1963 2:01 1963

14 Scarlets - Stampede 1959 1:56 1959

15 Busters - Bust Out 1963 2:33 1963

16 Pharos - Pintor 1963 2:17 1963

13 Astronauts - Baja 1963 2:24 1963

18 Deniz Tek - Riders in the Sky 1961 2:31 1961

19 Spotnicks - Amapola 1963 1:51 1963

20 Tornadoes - Bustin' Surfboards 1963 2:29 1963

21 Kan Dells - Cry Girl 1964 2:16 1964

22 Fender Iv - Malibu Run 1965 2:27 1965

23 Chantays - Pipeline 1963 2:19 1963

24 Frantics - Werewolf 1960 2:02 1960

25 Frogmen - Beware Below 1961 2:25 1961

CD2

26 Ventures - Hawaii Five-0 1968 1:45 1968

27 Blazers - Beaver Patrol 1963 2:47 1963

28 Vaqueros - Echo 1964 2:39 1964

29 Marketts - Out of Limits 1963 2:05 1963

30 Denvermen - Avalon Stomp 1963 2:10 1963

31 Chandelles - El Gato 1963 2:24 1963

32 Red Elvises, Brian Tyler - Surfing in Siberia 1998 4:40 1998

33 Fireballs - Bulldog 1959 2:11 1959

34 Centurions - Bullwinkle Pt Ii 1963 2:20 1963

35 Sentinals - Latin'ia 1962 2:29 1962

36 Bitch Boys - Did You Bring Your Brass Knuckles 2003 3:51 2003

37 Decades - Strange Worlds 1964 1:53 1964

38 Vibrants - Scorpion 1962 2:31 1962

39 Stage-Men - Rock Casual 1960 2:32 1960

40 Jerry and the Silvertones - Ce'ny 1965 1:49 1965

41 Los Belking's - Ilusiónate Chica 1966 2:16 1966

42 Long Boards - Moment of Truth 2006 2:38 2006

43 Royal Flairs - One Pine Box 1966 1:42 1966

44 Surfmen - The Breakers 1963 2:39 1963

45 Irridescents - Swamp Surfer 1963 2:39 1963

46 Chevells - Let There Be Surf 1963 2:10 1963

47 Brainwashers - Sand Pumper 2003 1:52 2003

48 Sting Rays - One Mo' Gin 1960 1:56 1960

49 Crossfires - Fiberglass Jungle 1963 2:13 1963

50 Sandals - Theme From Endless Summer 1966 2:52 1966

CD3 Rare Surf

01 Digger Revell & the Denvermen - Surfside 2:38

02 Pj & Artie - Mariah 2:44

03 Journeymen - Work Out 2:10

04 Davie Allan - Beyond the Blue 2:02

05 Vibrants - The Breeze & I 2:25

06 Piltdown Men - Night Surfin' 2:21

07 King Curtis & the Noble Men - Beach Party 2:35

08 Surfmen - Casanova 2:04

09 Little Pattie - Stompin' at Maroubra 1:45

10 Gary Lewis & the Playboys - The Cat Walk 2:12

11 Pj & the Galaxies - Tally Ho 2:19

12 Genteels - Take it Off 1:55

13 Revelairs - San-Ho-Zay 2:07

14 Johnny Fortune - Chinese Surfer 2:28

15 Honeys - Pray for Surf 2:16

16 Arthur Lee & the L.A.G.'s - Rumble-Still-Skins 2:24

17 Shadows - The Rise and Fall of Flingel Blunt 2:46

18 Nocturnes - Nocturnes - Surfer Street 2:07

19 Wheely McSidewalk & the Ball B - Surf Beat 1:57

20 Invaders - California Sun 2:18

21 Wayne Newton - Someonels Ahead of You 2:30

22 Lost Acapulco - Las Calaveras De Justicio 3:02

23 Digger Revell & the Denvermen - Lisa Maree 2:09

24 Johnny Barakat & the Vestells - The Wedge 2:33

25 Sunsets - A Life in the Sun (Theme From) 2:39

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