A phenomenal pair of lists, and a phenomenal job by everyone at NSSR.
Great job folks!!!

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I listened from 730 - 3:30 today, what great shows! Niels, thanks for providing this amazing service.

As for "Ewa on the Beach" moving up a spot to #3, I can not believe it! I wish I knew how to thank each person who voted, for keeping that song in mind and close to your heart. I genuinely thought it would have fallen off the list. Thank you all so much!

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Enjoyed it pretty much!
Thanks to Niels and Jonpaul.

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The Top 10 classics are very well defined. Over the three years that the 101 list has been tallied, the rankings may have changed but the tracks have stayed almost exactly the same. Only two tracks have ever entered or left the top 10: “Squad Car” and “Everybody Up!” The 2013 and 2015 lists contain exactly the same tracks.

Here's the Top 10 by average ranking over the past three votes:

1. The Chantays - "Pipeline"
2. The Fender IV - "Mar Gaya"
3. Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "Misirlou"
4. The Sentinels - "Latinia"
5. The Lively Ones - "Surf Rider"
6. The Trashmen - Malaguena""
7. The Belairs - "Mr. Moto"
8. The Astronauts - "Baja"
9. The Pyramids - "Penetratrion"
10. Eddie & The Showmen - "Squad Car"

And a question: Is there a compilation CD with The Fender IV's tracks currently available (not out of print)?

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Perfect. Thanks, homerhead.

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I just realised I forgot to post all those nice stats that we have gathered from the list so here we go:

• Hundreds of emails with personal Top 10's coming in
• 444 tracks for the Classic Surf Top 101

• 912 tracks for the Surf Revival Top 101

• Record number of 17 new entries in Surf Revival Top 101 of which the highest entry at an atonishing #44 position.

• 3 of the new entries are from 2014, first year these are eligible

Number of tracks by decade:
6 x 80's (of which 4 by Jon & The Nightriders)
49 x 90's
29 x 00's
17 x 10's (first five years of current decade)

Number of tracks by region:
56 USA
35 Europe (was 36)
7 Latin America (was 6)
2 Asia
1 Australia

Years with most entries:
11 tracks from 1998
8 tracks from 1995
7 tracks from 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2008
6 tracks from 1994

a total of 53 artists in the list:
2 artists with 6 entries (Satan's Pilgrims, The Space Cossacks)
4 artists with 5 entries (Jon & The Nightriders, Slacktone, The Fathoms, The Treble Spankers)
2 artists with 4 entries (Los Straitjackets, The Ghastly Ones)
5 artists with 3 entries (Laike & The Cosmonauts, Los Coronas, Man or Astro-Man?, The Bambi Molesters, The Phantom Four)
6 artists with 2 entries (Daikaiju, Langhorns, Los Twang! Marvels, The Madeira, The Surf Coasters, Insect Surfers)
plus 34 artists with 1 entry

Albums with most tracks featured in the list:
4 tracks taken of:
The Ghastly Ones - "A-Haunting We Will Go-Go", USA, 1998
3 tracks taken of:
Jon & the Nightriders - "Surf Beat '80", USA, 1980
The Space Cossacks - "Tsar Wars", USA, 2000
The Treble Spankers - "Araban", NL, 1994

Record labels with most releases in list:
12 Musick Recordings
8 Double Crown Records

Tracks falling from the list with their position in the previous editions:
(2014) (2013)
(101) (87) The Bambi Molesters - "Point of No Return"
(100) NOT The Tormentos - "New Wave"
(99) (86) The Tomorrowmen - "Phistful of Photons"
(98) NOT The Taikonauts "Fatal Radiation Overdose"
(97) (90) Phantom Frank - "dead man surfing
(94) NOT Insect Surfers - "Black Sea"
(92) (95) The Beat Tornados - "Nøkken Surfacing"
(88) (72) The Madeira - "Burning Mirage
(87) (75) The Space Cossacks - "The Jewel of Duende"
(86) NOT Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - "Egypt,Texas
(85) (70) The Phantom Four - "Morgana"
(84) (66) The Bangles - Bitchen Summer
(82) (71) The Tormentos - "Dragstrip Night"
(81) (88) The Phantom Four - "Paganini"
(79) (58) The Apemen - "Percolator Stomp"
(77) (68) Messer Chups - "Twin Peaks Twist"
(74) (63) Slacktone - "Nocturne"

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Holy Number Crunching Phantom Man!

I would hazard a guess that shifts (lower or off the list) from previous years are an indicator of the phenomenal amount of great new music that quickly provided "informational overload" to avid listeners.

More of the " I can only pick 10 ?!?" syndrome.

Wes
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Thank you for all your hard work, Niels, that is all truly impressive!

I'm completely blown away how well the Space Cossacks did - thanks to all of you that voted for the Cossacks as well as the Madeira!

Ferenc, I have a strong feeling Ewa On the Beach is going to stay close to the very top of these polls for as long as they're carried out! To my ears it was obvious the first time I heard it that it was an instant classic. You've created something truly special with that song.

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Last edited: Jan 04, 2016 06:15:11