Surfers' Choice

Surfers’ Choice
Studio album by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
Released	1962
Recorded	Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California
Genre	Surf rock, rock and roll
Label	Deltone
Producer	Jim Monsour
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones chronology
Surfers’ Choice (1962) King of the Surf Guitar (1963)

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Surfers’ Choice is the debut album of Dick Dale and his Del-Tones, pioneers in the surf genre. It was released in 1962. The recording established the conventions of surf music and brought the concept to middle America. The album was mostly recorded live at the Rendezvous Ballroom, with overdubs added in the studio. The record was out of print for a long time but was reissued on CD by Sundazed Records in October 2006.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated

Side 1

1. "Surf Beat"
2. "Sloop John B" (Carl Sandburg, Lee Hays)
3. "Take It Off"
4. "Night Owl" (Tony Allen)
5. "Fanny Mae" (Buster Brown)
6. "Misirlou Twist" (Chaim Tauber, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds, Nicholas Roubanis)

Side 2

7. "Peppermint Man" (Alonzo Willis)
8. "Surfing Drums"
9. "Shake 'n' Stomp"
10. "Lovey Dovey" (Eddie Curtis, Nuggy)
11. "Death of a Gremmie"
12. "Let's Go Trippin'"

2006 Sundazed CD bonus tracks

13. "Del-Tone Rock"
14. "Jungle Fever" (a later version of "Surfing Drums" with jungle noises added)
15. "Misirlou" (traditional)
16. "Eight Till' Midnight"
17. "Lovin' on My Brain"
18. "A Run For Life"

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts – Album

• 1963 Pop Albums No. 59

Billboard Music Charts – Single

• 1962 “Let’s Go Trippin’” Pop Singles No. 60