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Surfers’ Choice is the debut studio album of Dick Dale and his Del-Tones, pioneers in the surf genre. The album was released in November 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. [1]
Oct 17, 2006 · On his debut album, Dick Dale managed to capture on tape the ferocious surf sound he was creating for over-the-top audiences at the Rendezvous Ballroom. Songs like “Let’s Go Trippin’,” “Misirlou Twist” and “Surf Beat” helped define the surf genre and send untold aspiring guitarists in search of their own Stratocasters and Fender ...
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Oct 1, 2018 · The LP was called Surfers' Choice, credited to Dick Dale And His Del-Tones. It featured another classic surfer shot taken at the San Clemente Pier by John Severson, founder of Surfer magazine.
- Let’s Go Trippin’
- Surf Beat
- King of The Surf Guitar
- Life’S A Beach
- Credits
- Standout Guitar Moment
“I’m not a guitar player. I don’t know what an augmented ninth or thirteenth is” Said the 72 year old Dick Dale in an interview with The Intertia. “I don’t give a shit. I make my guitar scream with pain or pleasure, and that’s what it does.” Dale’s rejection of musical orthodoxy is perhaps why even today, mesmerizingly modern-sounding guitar outbur...
Dale’s new original sound would eventually be dubbed surf rock – a guitar-oriented style of music that sonically intends to conjure the rushing surge of waves via a propulsive forward momentum and a spacious, ocean-sized reverb. It was also very, very danceable. Dale made sure that his instrumental cuts such as Surf Beat and Surfing Drumswere roote...
The best document of this period is Dale’s 1962 debut LP, Surfer’s Choice. The album, partly recorded live at the Rendezvous Ballroom, is largely considered surf rock’s year zero. Aside from the thrilling intensity of the performances captured here, the album provides undeniable evidence of Dale’s matchless guitar playing abilities. Of particular n...
Following the release of Surfer’s Choice, Dale released four more LPs, though the ‘surf rock’ niche had subsequently grown into a more radio friendly variant that added layered vocals to proceedings (as popularised by The Beach Boys). Sadly, Dale’s career was put on hold due to a diagnosis of colorectal cancer in the mid-sixties which he was able t...
Dick Dale – Guitar, vocalsArt Munson – GuitarNick O’Malley – GuitarBryan Dietz – BassSurfer's Choice by Dick Dale, Dick Dale & His Del-Tones released in 1962. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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