Cowabunga! The Surf Box

Cowabunga! The Surf Box

Cowabunga! The Surf Box
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Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1996-05-21
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Bulldogg - The Fireballs
  2. Moon Dawg! - The Gamblers
  3. Church Key - Barbara Adkins, Revels
  4. Underwater - The Frogmen
  5. Mr. Moto - The Bel-Airs
  6. Let's Go Trippin' - Dick Dale & the Del-Tones,
  7. Surfer's Stomp - Mar-Kets
  8. Surfin' - The Beach Boys
  9. Paradise Cove - Surfmen
  10. Latin'ia - The Sentinals
  11. Bustin' Surfboards - The Tornadoes
  12. Misirlou - Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
  13. Surf Beat - Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
  14. Cheater Stomp - Fabulous Playboys
  15. Pipeline - The Chantays
  16. Surfer Joe [Long Version] - The Surfaris
  17. Wipe Out [Long Version] - The Surfaris
  18. Rising Surf - Richard Allen
  19. Surf Rider - The Lively Ones
  20. Shoot That Curl - Chris & Kathy,
Music CD 2
  1. KFWB Jungle [Life][Live] - The Beach Boys
  2. Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
  3. Jezabel - The Illusions
  4. Body Surf - Aki Aleong & The Nobles
  5. Surf Bunny
  6. Soul Surfer - John Fortune
  7. Shoot the Curl - The Honeys
  8. Baja - The Astronauts
  9. Pintor - Pharos
  10. Cat on a Hot Foam Board - New Dimensions
  11. Surf City - Jan & Dean
  12. Breakfast at Tressels - Rhythm Rockers
  13. King of the Surf Guitar - Dick Dale & the Del-Tones,
  14. Surfin' at Mazatland - The Centurions
  15. Surfin' Hootenanny - Al Casey,
  16. Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche
  17. Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys
  18. Beaver Patrol - Blazers
  19. Fiberglass Jungle - Crossfires
  20. Mr. Rebel - Eddie & the Showmen
Music CD 3
  1. Penetration - The Pyramids, Pyramids
  2. Bombora - The Surfaris
  3. Heavies - The Rotations
  4. Moment of Truth - Dave Myers & the Surftones
  5. My Little Surfin' Woodie - Sunsets
  6. Let There Be Surf
  7. Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
  8. Ski Storm - Snowmen
  9. Disintegration - The Ready Men, The Readymen
  10. Beach Party - Annette
  11. Theme from Endless Summer - The Sandals
  12. New York's a Lonely Town - The Trade Winds
  13. K-39 - The Challengers
  14. Tell 'Em I'm Surfin' - The Fantastic Baggys
  15. On the Run - Rondels
  16. Walk-Don't Run '64 - The Ventures
  17. I Live for the Sun - The Sunrays
  18. Malibu Run - Fender IV
  19. Miserlou [Live] - Bobby Fuller Four
  20. Hit the Surf - Sea Shells
Music CD 4
  1. Storm Dancer - Jon & the Nightriders
  2. Goin' to Malibu - Malibooz
  3. Wave Walk'n - Surf Raiders
  4. Night of the Living Wedge - Wedge
  5. My Beach - Surf Punks
  6. Tan Punks on Boards
  7. Rebel - The Cruncher
  8. Polairs
  9. Chumming - The Halibuts
  10. Save the Waves - The Surfdusters
  11. Desert Bound - Looney Tunes
  12. Pier Pressure - Teisco del Rey
  13. Night in Tunisia - Laika & the Cosmonauts
  14. Reverb 1000 [Live] - Man or Astro-man?
  15. Banzai Run - The Phantom Surfers
  16. Spanish Blue - Aqua Velvets
  17. Xke! - Boss Martians
  18. Killer Dana - The Chantays
  19. Honeybomb [Live] - Mermen
  20. Punta Baja - The Eliminators
  21. Wingnut's Theme - The Sandals
  22. Esperanza - Dick Dale

Music reviews of Cowabunga! The Surf Box

Music Review: Surfin' is the only life, the only way for me.
Rating: 4 Stars

This is a four disc collection of surf music. Most of the "classic" surf music is included, as well as a number of rarities. One complaint I have is that a lot more music could have been included on these four discs. With the exception of the fourth disc, which features the surf music "revival", the discs are well under an hour long. Plus, the discs are padded out by including about two minutes of the sounds of waves crashing at the end of each disc. But it is still quite enjoyable if you are a fan of surf music.

Description of Cowabunga! The Surf Box

California may be the largest state in the Union, but it's only one state nuzzling one ocean, with only so many people living near the coastline, and a small minority of them have attempted to navigate waves on a board, much less possess the fetching physique to do so in public. Obviously, then, surf music isn't for surfers. If it were, Rhino would put out a greatest-hits EP instead of a four-disc box set. Cowabunga! is all the permanent-wave stuff most people will ever need. The discs are arranged in a curious manner: disc 1, "Ground Swells," chronicles the years from 1960 to 1963; disc 2 features nothing but recordings from '63; the third CD runs from '63 to '67; and the coda captures the postpunk renaissance that began in '77. Curious, isn't it, that there was so little going on in surf between '67 and '77? Maybe Jimi Hendrix almost killed it when he promised (in 1967!), "You'll never hear surf music again" on "Third Stone from the Sun." But Hendrix is dead, and Dick Dale lives! So, too, do the Revels, the Beach Boys, the Surfaris, Annette Funicello, the Ventures, and dozens of others. At least they do in this anthology. By the way, "cowabunga" is "a yell of excitement by a surfer." You learn that from the helpful glossary included in the excellent liner notes by John Blair, leader of Jon & the Nightriders. As to the lasting appeal of surf music, perhaps it has something to do with the fact that it's mostly instrumental. People make jokes about dumb California blonds, but the ones who made most of the classic surf sides knew one thing: it's wise at times to keep your mouth shut and play! --Steven Stolder

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