In response to this post the other day, Tony (writing from Spain, no less!) wants to know what surf music I have in my surf music mix. Well Tony, first of all, thanks for writing! That being said, the basis for my mix comes from the following CDs:

The Endless Summer – The Sandals
The Spirit Of Surf – The Sandals
Wild As The Sea – The Sandals
Surfin’ Hits – Various Artists
Toes On The Nose: 32 Surf Age Instrumentals – Various Artists
Supertones Surf / Modern Surf Band Spotlight – Various Artists
Surfin’ Safari / Surfin’ USA – The Beach Boys
Surfer Girl / Little Deuce Coupe – The Beach Boys
Summer In Paradise – The Beach Boys
Sounds Of Summer – The Beach Boys
Surf Route 101 – The Super Stocks

… all of which are available at Amazon.com, plus a whole bunch of other tunes I downloaded from Napster. Lemme tell ya, you will be hard-pressed to find a better mix of classic and modern surf music anywhere, if I do say so myself. But enough with the formalities – here are five CDs (artist names included)…

Disc 1:

1. Summer’s Gone – The Sandals
2. (Theme From) The Endless Summer – The Sandals
3. Scrambler – The Sandals
4. 6-Pak – The Sandals
5. Driftin’ – The Sandals
6. Good Greeves – The Sandals
7. Decoy – The Sandals
8. Out Front – The Sandals
9. Wild As The Sea – The Sandals
10. Trailing – The Sandals
11. Jet Black – The Sandals
12. Lonely Road – The Sandals
13. TR6 – The Sandals
14. School’s Out – The Sandals
15. Winter Spell – The Sandals
16. Agunus Night – The Sandals
17. Yellow Night – The Sandals
18. Soul Something – The Sandals
19. Coming Down Slow – The Sandals
20. Side Slippin’ – The Diamond Heads
21. Torque Wrench – The Nebulas
22. Bawunga Bob – The Brainwashers
23. Dented Fender – The Diamond Heads
24. Media Nocturne – Von Rippers
25. Last Ride – The Cocktail Preachers (great band name!)
26. Warmth Of The Sun – The Beach Boys
27. Surfer Girl – The Beach Boys
28. Catch A WAve – The Beach Boys
29. The Rocking Surfer – The Beach Boys
30. Boogie Woodie – The Beach Boys
31. T-16 – The Nebulas
32. Spanish Fly – Ralph Rebel

Disc 2:

1. Stoked – The Beach Boys
2. Honky Tonk – The Beach Boys
3. Surfin’ Safari – The Beach Boys
4. Flamenco Surf – The Sharkskins
5. The Mild Bunch Rides Again – The Sharkskins
6. Do It Again – The Beach Boys
7. (Theme From) Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures
8. Perfidia – The Ventures
9. Sleep Walk – Eddie Montana’s Seal Beach Band
10. Gridiron Goodie – The Super Stocks
11. Lanky Bones – Eddie & The Showmen
12. Faraway Places – Eddie & The Showmen
13. Girls On The Beach – The Beach Boys
14. The Wedge – Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
15. Surf Beat – Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
16. Surf Man – Richie Allen & The Pacific Surfers
17. Mr. Eliminator – Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
18. Peter Gunn – Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
19. The Wet Set – The Metalunas
20. Dr. Yes – The Retroliners
21. Midnight Surfer – Jerry Cole & His Spacemen
22. University Blvd. – Los Straightjackets
23. Morpheus – The Surf Kings
24. The Tower – The Surf Kings
25. Floating – Laika & The Cosmonauts
26. Walk, Don’t Run – The Ventures
27. Rumble In The Stratosphere 2002 – The Retroliners
28. Sand Pumper – The Brainwashers
29. Wingnut – Bustin Surfboards
30. Moonshot Part 3 – Mighty Surf Lords
31. Your Summer Dream – The Beach Boys
32. The Surfer Moon – The Beach Boys

Disc 3:

(From The Sandals’ “The Spirit Of Surf” CD):

1. (Theme From) The Endless Summer
2. Wingnut’s Theme
3. Mexico
4. Pleasure Point
5. August Rain
6. La Madre
7. Ooh La La
8. Wingnut’s Theme (Slow Version)
9. Summer Breeze
10. Sax On The Beach
11. Mundacca

(From The Super Stocks [Featuring Gary Usher] “Surf Route 101” CD):

12. Untitled Demo
13. Surf Route 101
14. Muscle Beach Party
15. Ventura
16. Santa Barbara
17. Redondo Beach
18. Surfin’ Scene
19. Balboa Island
20. Oceanside
21. My First Love
22. Midnight Run
23. Malibu Blues
24. Newport Beach
25. Santa Barbara (Alt. mix)
26. Untitled Demo
27. Coffin Nails
28. Beat ’65
29. Free Fall
30 – 32. Untiitled Demos

Disc 4:

(From The Sandals’ “The Endless Summer” CD [2000 re-recording of original 1965 soundtrack]):

1. The Endless Summer Composite
2. (Theme From) The Endless Summer
3. Driftin’
4. Scrambler
5. Wild As The Sea
6. Outer WAve
7. Decoy
8. TR-6
9. Jet Black
10. Out Front
11. 6-Pak
12. Route 1
13. Lonely Road

(From The Aqualads’ “Surf! Surf! Surf!”):

14. Tarantula
15. Creeper
16. Folly Beach
17. Oasis
18. Pier #9
19. Rodeo Gals
20. Snowboarding
21. Speedshifter
22. Sun Poison
23. Surf! Surf! Surf!
24. The Dog

Disc 5:

1. Foolin’ Around Playa del Ray – The Bitch Boys
2. Did You Bring Your Brass Knuckles – The Bitch Boys
3. Voodoo Juice – The Ghouls
4. The Quiet Surf – Richie Allen & The Pacific Surfers
5. Movin’ – Eddie & The Showmen
6. Moon Probe – The Vulcanes
7. Casbah – Sandy Nelson
8. Ride The Wild Surf – Jan & Dean
9. Wipe Out – The Surfaris
10. Pipeline – The Chantays
11. Misirlou – Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
12. Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen
13. Out Of Limits – The Marketts
14. Surf Rider – The Lively Ones
15. Surf City – Jan & Dean
16. Penetration – The Pyramids
17. Let’s Go Trippin’ – Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
18. Surfer Joe – The Surfaris
19. Mr. Moto – The Belairs
20. Boss – The Rumblers
21. Surfer’s Stomp – The Marketts
22. The Lonely Surfer – Jack Nitzsche
23. Mexico – The Sandals
24. Lonely Sea – The Beach Boys
25. Legends – The Ho-Dads
26. The Last Walk – The Super Stocks
27. Surfin’ – The Beach Boys (“Summer In Paradise” version)
28. Still Surfin’ – The Beach Boys
29. Surfin’ USA – The Beach Boys
30. Surf Route 101 – The Super Stocks

Believe me, Tony – you create yourself any mix of the music contained on these CDs for your surf party, and you’ll have one bitchin’ summer! I only wish I could be there with you. Enjoy, and “Surf’s up!”