I don't think there is a list, Hal Baine played drums on over 30,000 songs as a example and he couldn't even remember them all.

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Sessions (Backing tracks) was definitely one.)

Jan and Dean records was another,

The Pyramids - recorded at Goldstar studios, so assume some of the crew was on those records I would imagine ???

Glenn Campbell played on the Super Stocks LP's and so did a few others, not sure what studio that was being the crew played in like 4 different studios around LA.

Generally they played on a host of different genres and styles as well. I guess the only was to check would be to see if the info is on the original records which I doubt it would be being they didn't want the public to know all that music was created by the same 40 players.

The Marketts
Some recordings by The Challengers, The Ventures
Most of the Surfaris Wipe Out lp

Rev

Canadian Surf

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I'm kind of surprised that I've never seen some sort of index like that. It seems like a great subject for music nerds to crowd source, like the Cosimo Code

Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio

ElMonstroPorFavor wrote:

I'm kind of surprised that I've never seen some sort of index like that. It seems like a great subject for music nerds to crowd source, like the Cosimo Code

Yeah I'm totally Nerdsville when it come to this stuff and never found much on it either.

I think what happened was there is so much material created from 1962 to 1966, how could you even catalog that much information. look how many singles and LPs were made back then. You never think of how many songs were created and recorded in such a short time frame of only 4 years.

I looked on the net a lot, will post if I ever find anything, but not holding my breath to find anything.

Killer list, spskins!
Class is in session.

I can think of a few more: "Surf Beat Vol. 2" by the Surf Riders and "Sidewalk Surfin'" by the Good Guys are two LPs combining the guitar work of Paul Johnson, Art Fisher and John Anderson with Hal Blaine's drumming and the saxophone of Steve Douglas.
Then there are the LPs by Richie Allen & the Pacific Surfers, which were done by primarily by studio musicians like Richard Podolor and Sandy Nelson; two names not primarily associated with the Wrecking Crew.

Actually I don't think the Wrecking Crew or studio musicians were as important for surf music as they were for general pop music at that time. In the documentary movie the claim is often repeatet, that "40 musicians played on all the hit records", but wasn't the larger bulk of surf recordings done by teenagers in smaller studios? (Also I remember that they mixed up some record covers in the movie in cases, where there were releases aided by the Wrecking Crew and releases done by the bands themselves, as in the case of the Surfaris.)

Surfing_Sam61 wrote:

Glenn Campbell played on the Super Stocks LP's and so did a few others, not sure what studio that was being the crew played in like 4 different studios around LA.

As far as I know, the primary lead guitar player on the Super Stocks records is Richard Podolor (aka Richie Allen), and it pretty much sounds like him all the way, too.

Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin)
"Postcards from the Scrapyard" Vol. 1, 2 & 3 NOW available on various platforms!
"Chaos at the Lobster Lounge" available as LP and download on Surf Cookie Records!

Interestingly enough, Discogs lists two other Surf/Hot Rod projects with Glenn Campbell and other "wreckers" as members: The Knights (with Gary Usher, Hal Blaine and Steve Douglas) and the Glaciers (again with Hal Blaine):
https://www.discogs.com/artist/175776-Glen-Campbell

They don't list the Super Stocks though... My initial information about their line-up came from Phil Dirt's Reverb Central Database (just to be complete):
http://reverbcentral.com/reviews/s/super1852.html

Since the names of the musicians are not on the record sleeve, I don't see myself in the position to make a final call on the line-up. But I trust Phil Dirt's research a little more than that of Wikipedia.

Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin)
"Postcards from the Scrapyard" Vol. 1, 2 & 3 NOW available on various platforms!
"Chaos at the Lobster Lounge" available as LP and download on Surf Cookie Records!

Yes, we have to be careful with the term "Wrecking Crew" a loose group of session musicians in LA in the late 50s, 60s and 70s. We tend to assume it was always Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, and Tommy Tedesco, but this was not always so. It was a revolving door. To my ear, Earl Palmer is on more of the "surf" dates than Hal Blaine and then, as mentioned, guitarists like Richie Podolor and Davie Allan were brought in for The Hondells and Super Stocks tracks, maybe since they were more "well-versed" in surf guitar than Tommy Tedesco or Glen Campbell, but probably because they were cheaper than those guys per hour. Gary Usher wasn't yet GARY USHER.
The surf/hot rod instrumentals were also pretty forgetful to the Wrecking Crew. Why would you remember an easy surf song you knocked out in one take, when later that day, Brian Wilson, Phil Spector or Bones Howe came in and challenged you with a pop masterpiece that would go to no. 1 and stay in heavy rotation on the airwaves for the next 50 years and beyond? It was trashy filler for them.

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https://satanspilgrims.bandcamp.com/
http://www.surfyindustries.com

Stephen J.McParland has written 5 books about Gary Usher and his many
"groups". Saying that Richie Podolor was "The Super Stocks" is very
V E R Y short sighted.
Please do some more research - many good books,magazins, articles and countless cds and dvd´s are available.
Check this site please:
https://cmusicbooks.wordpress.com/page/
RUEDIGER
PS: John Blair´s book "The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music 1961- 1965" from 2008 and the "Illustrated Discography of Hot Rod Music 1961 - 1965" from 2016 are stillavailable from John´s homepage.
Buy these great books and find out who was when in what band!!!!

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Yeah I just looked up the Stephen J.McParland books on eBay, looks like they go for about 99 dollars now I never heard of those three books till now . .. interesting.

I didn't get around to get Discography of Hot Rod Music 1961 - 1965 yet, I have the other one. Amazing how many bands recorded surf back then.