mom_surfing wrote:

looking at my list i'm thinking i'm wrong on the era of the clee shays. i can't find when the tune 'beyond' was written by spickard/carman but the CD i have is a 1998 release.

The Clee-Shays were an alternate presentation of The Challengers, both directed by Richard Delvy after he left the Bel-Airs. Their recording career ended by 1970 (except for one CD with a different incarnation of the Challengers made by Delvy in 1995). So all Clee-Shays recordings qualify as Classic Surf, and they first appeared in vinyl.

Perhaps one of my two most collectable vinyl LPs is by The Clee-Shays. I have several in unopened cellophane that I bought in the 1960s. Likewise I have at least one LP by "Mel Taylor and The Magics" still unopened.

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Last edited: Nov 16, 2013 22:27:17

Here's my list - man this is so hard!! I could probably do a pretty solid top 100, but I can definitely say that this list contains songs that I just never get sick of.

Margaya - Fender IV
Bahareeba - The Trademarks
Time Bomb - The Avengers VI
Unknown - The Vy-Dels
High Tide - The Lively Ones
The Enchanted Sea - The Islanders
The Wedge - Dick Dale
Bombora - The Original Surfaris
Bombora - The Atlantics
The Spotnicks Theme - The Spotnicks

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Surf CD's / Vinyl / Fanzines / DVD's
The Desolate Coast - Without A Planet CD
Hipbone Slim aka Sir Bald - Wiggin' Out With CD
Continental Magazine - Issue #36 w/21 Song CD

Last edited: Nov 19, 2013 18:14:47

Ran
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1. Fender IV - Mar Gaya
2. The Avengers VI - Time Bomb
3. The Atlantics - Bombora
4. Fender IV - Everybody Up!
5. The New Dimensions - Cat on a Hot Foam Board
6. Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - The Victor
7. The Original Surfaris - Bombora
8. The Lively Ones - High Tide/Tranquilizer
9. The Phantoms - X-L3
10. The Creations - Crash

Much harder than I thought, I had to just take out:
Dave & The Customs – Ali Baba
And there are a few others I would have included.

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For the final tallying, how are the counts going to be dealt with for people who didn't number/rank/prioritize and for those who put more than ten songs in?

There are two important rules that I keep in mind:
1) I am asking people to submit 10 favourite tracks, not more.
2) The order of the tracks does matter, your number 1 will receive the most points in the Top 101, your number 10 will receive the least points.

If somebody comes up with a list of more than 10 tracks I simply do not assign any points to the bottom tracks of that list (regardless of the order). A Top 10 is a Top 10. Totally fine with me if people want to display a Top 11, Top 15 or even a Top 50 up here but the Top 10 tracks are the only ones gaining any points.

As for as the order, if people come up with a list on alphabetical order or if they specifically mention the list is in no particular order I give all 10 tracks equal points. I do however strongly like to discourage this since it will make the actual Top 101 far less distinctive. Please take some more time and decide on the order of your tracks. If you had to make a choice to bring only one track to that remote tropical island? Which track would that be? And what if you could bring a second one? etc. etc. Should be possible for everybody.

If people have a list that is not numbered, not on alphabetical order and they do not mention there is no particular order I assume the top entry is #1 and the bottom entry # 10 of their list.

All entries so far have been accounted for and I will not be making any changes to those entries since I made the rules perfectly clear at the start of this thread.

For future entries I would like to kindly like to ask everybody to come up with a NUMBERED TOP 10 IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE! If you want to show the people on the forum more than 10 tracks, absolutely no problem to include more track at the bottom, as long a you realize it is the Top 10 that will receive all the points.

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Good to know, thanks for posting those Neils

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1. Dick Dale - Miserlou
2. Link Wray - Jack The Ripper
3. The Trashmen - Malaguena
4. The Ventures - Out of Limits
5. Sandy Nelson - Casbah
6. Yuzo Kayama - Black Sand Beach
7. The Ventures - I Like It Like That
8. The Sentinals - Latin’la
9. Eddie & The Showmen - Squad car
   10.The Pyramids - Penetration

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Last edited: Nov 18, 2013 15:38:52

BTD, I think your comment warrants a response, as it could potentially be interpreted as derogatory and/or condescending towards the songs you cited, all of which are overwhelmingly respected and revered, as proven by the voters participating in this list.

The purpose of this list isn't about coming up with the most obscure, rare, or seldom heard songs, it's about "your all-time favorite Surf Instrumental tracks." The difficult part for some might be digging deep inside and removing all of the years of influence that may have clouded one's interest in said songs. Have we all heard those songs more than any others in the repertoire? Of course. Does that mean that they don't deserve to be favorites on the list? Certainly not, as has been clearly proven by the voters.

Sure, we've all seen the eyes roll from the disillusioned and jaded Surf concert-goers when "Pipeline," "Wipeout," "Misirou," or "Penetration" is played, but one has to keep perspective when considering the songs in the context of a list like this. To say a list might contain "just" those songs, as in--those songs are lesser or some kind of compromised choice--is disrespectful to those songs and those that included them. When was the last time that you tried to strip away all outside influence, sit down and listen to those songs intently and actively and appreciate them for what they are? Just because they're played more often and better known, doesn't mean that it's any kind of cop out to include them in a list of favorites.

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p.s. sure, when I first heard "Misirlou" by Dick Dale it made all my hairs stand up straight and made me want to break speed limits on the highway. But playing hundreds of shows with The Phantom Four experiencing hundreds of unexperienced DJ´s that all felt with a surf band in the house they should play "Misirlou" that feeling barely occurs anymore. I simply heard it too often.

"Exotic" by The Original Surfaris now does that for me and that´s why that track is my number 2 and "Misirlou" is not even in my list (anymore). And a year from now that could very well have changed. That is what will make this list interesting for the years to come. Which tracks have gained popularity and which tracks are fading?

If we would want to compile the ultimate historical 101 classics in surf music we should let some historians and music journalists make a Classic Top 101 and we can write that in stone and will never have to look back again. It would be a one off. By letting people´s current taste do the work the list will remain organic and interesting.

Niels Jansen
Program Director
North Sea Surf Radio

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Last edited: Nov 20, 2013 06:09:11

Does Classic 101 mean..
What is the most popular surf music songs?
Because most popular isn't always the best examples.

As I said in my post, I´m not looking for the best examples. We can let historians and journalists argue over that. It´s about what the most popular surf music songs are to the surf music lovers taking the time to vote.

Is this a
1) What is the most popular surf song to the general public?

Well, let´s say to the general surf public.

2) What are the best surf songs? or

No we are not looking for that.
Who decides what is best? History? Journalists? Sales?
We are looking for the most popular songs (songs favoured by the biggest amount of people).

3) What are my favorites surf songs?

YES, that´s what this is about. What are YOUR favourite surf tracks. And in the end if we have enough votes that tells us 1) see above

Niels Jansen
Program Director
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You wouldn´t be the first Lars, but then again, your list has been processed already. Darn, has to be next year then

Niels Jansen
Program Director
North Sea Surf Radio

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