First CD:

First record:

Can't find a pic, but it was the Manuel & The Renegades "Rev Up" b/w "Trans-Miss-Yen" 45.

First real exposure to the genre: (Shigeo Naka did the soundtrack, though it's credited to the Surf Coasters.)

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

skeeter
Local progressive radio WHFS used to play this album often in the early eighties. I already had a few first wave 45s by then and I was a fan of the Insect Surfers when they were here in DC. But this was the first full length full-on surf album I owned.

HFS was awesome! I loved listening to Weasel! Friday nights he'd always play "Wild Weekend" by Duane Eddy, "Wild Night Tonight" by Skafish & some tune by Joe King Carrasco before his shift ended. I taped parts of his AMAZING interview with Mojo Nixon in 1987 & I hear it's still being bootlegged amongst Mojo fans.

Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH.
http://radiofreebakersfield.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Free-Bakersfield/172410279636
http://www.sandiegojoe.com/rfb.htm

Ruhar

That was my first instrumental surf album. Great selection of classics sprinkled in with lesser known gems by such groups as The Avantis, Bobby Fuller, PJ and the Galaxies.

Almost as important to me are the liner notes by Jon Blair (despite the mix up with Glen Frey). There is a wealth of info in that little booklet, and one could do worse than this comp for a solid introduction.

This was the first place I learned that Messina used to play surf, that Bobby Fuller had this other side, and most surprisingly, that several of the Crossfires would become the Turtles ("Happy Together")

This really drove home to me what an ephemeral, short lived phenomenon first wave surf music was. It seemed to develop quickly with bands disappearing just as quickly.

Speaking of the Crossfires, the tone on that lead is still definitive for me. That is the closest a non-surfer like me can get to the power of the surf, musically. It howls, and wails--just drenched in reverb and the sound of springs--still gives me chills every time.

track list:

1. Run For Life, A - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
2. Surf Rider - The Lively Ones
3. Beyond - The Chantays
4. Latin'ia - The Sentinels
5. Baja - The Astronauts
6. Squad Car - Eddie & The Showmen
7. Tidal Wave - The Challengers
8. Tally Ho - P.J. & The Galaxies
9. Diamond Head - The Ventures
10. Soul Surfer - Johnny Fortune
11. Bombora - The Original Surfaris
12. Jester, The - Jim Messina & The Jesters
13. Gypsy Surfer - The Avantis (bonus track)
14. Our Favorite Martian - Bobby Fuller & The Fanatics
15. Bustin' Surfboards - The Tornadoes
16. Point Panic - The Sufaris
17. Mar Gaya - The Fender IV (bonus track)
18. Fiberglass Jungle - The Crossfires

If I recall correctly it was a promo cd, called "Surf This" in the summer of 96.
it has some track by the Aqua Velvets, and The Mermen, and then some songs from the Blazing Longbaords soundtrack cd. I paid 50 cents for it at the swap meet, soon after I went to Tower records looking for the Mermen and Aqua velvets cds, and saw the Cowbunga Box set had just come out.
and I got that.

then I saw the Insect Surfers in Nov. of 96, and got their cd of Death Valley Coastline. Everytime I saw a band at the Doll Hut on a sun nite, I would buy whatever they had for sale, cd, vinyl, tapes, etc...

then I went to the Surfing Museum in Feb or March of 97, and saw that they had a cd section of about 50 or so cds, and I fipped out.
Summer of 97. I made a trip out to Go Boy records in Redondo Beach
on a tip from someone that they had a huge surf section.
I saw about 300 or so cds, and my eyes almost popped out of my head.

10s of thousands of dollars later.
I think I am hooked.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

burtrocket

Mine too! Still give it a regular play as well

https://www.facebook.com/lostremoleros/

OK... I admit it.... i am an old Guy! I was listening to the first wave on my transistor radio! I used to tie it to my bicycle handlebars and ride around. I bought sever surf 45s, but my first surf LP was The Ventures "Play Batman Theme". I still love it to this day! My records are in really bad shape because I played them so much on crappy record players.
Thanks
Guy

I remember playing my Mom's copy of The Wild Angels Vol 2 when I was 5 (not surf, but mostly instro).

The first one I bought on my own was Dick Dale's Greatest Hits followed by The Many Moods of Teisco Del Rey, and the first Los Straitjackets.

Rev

Canadian Surf

http://www.urbansurfkings.com/

JakeDobner

RK
I remember not being overly thrilled by my purchase of

[image](http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1789931.jpg)

Because Wipe Out! is a terrible song!

My first surf CD was Destroy all Astromen.

I really am drawing a blank on my first surf album. I guess I could say the Beach Boys Surfin Safari...

FWIW, Jake, Wipe Out is a terrible song but, I got paid a lot of money to play that song when I toured with the Surfaris.

Count me in as a whore who cashed in on the great surf music boom of the 90's...

Jeff Utterback

Mine was Dick Dale and the Del Tones "Mr. Eliminator" on vinyl,which I bought for a nickel at a flea market.

Great first buy.

Jeff(bigtikidude)