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John,
I meant surf 45 silly.
or did Eddy invent surf beofre Dick did in 55? hahaha!!!
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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> No, Eddy Arnold had the first 45 (RCA, 1949).
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> [SurfGuitar101] Re: Dick
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> 09/02/2005 06:00 invented Surf in the
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> What' about 45 rpm singles, did Dick have the first one of
> those?
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> Then the other bands just beat him to the Punch on the LP market?
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> Jeff(bigtikidude)
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> --- In , john.blair@s... wrote:
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> > > I recently took a look at Dick Dales myspace bio.
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> > >
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> > > I was surprised to read that Dick Dale "invented surf music in
the
> > > 1950's."
> >
> > While Dick certainly practiced his unique guitar style in the 50s,
> the term
> > "surf music" wasn't connected to his playing until 1961. There
was
> a
> > specific time and place, and set of conditions that allowed that
to
> happen.
> >
> > > I'm also quite confused by the claim that Dick Dale's Surfer's
> Choice
> > > was the first surf album ever released, but perhaps that's
> debateable
> > > in how you interpret the sentence...but I am pretty sure that it
> was
> > > not released in the 50s...
> >
> > Don't be confused. "Surfer's Choice" wasn't released in the 50s.
> It was
> > released in 1962. First surf album? Debatable. Most likely,
that
> claim
> > goes to the Challengers' "Surfbeat." Even the Mar-Kets' "Surfer's
> Stomp"
> > album was released before "Surfer's Choice."
> >
> > > "Dale had already been titled 'King of the Surf Guitar' by his
> surfer
> > > friends before his creation of the Fender Reverb, Dale's first
> album
> > > called 'Surfer's Choice' was the first Surfing album to be
> > > commercially sold with a picture of Dale surfing by the pier in
> San
> > > Clemente, Ca. with a surfing title on it. This album alone sold
> over
> > > eighty-eight thousand albums in the late 50's and today in the
> 90's it
> > > would be like 4 million."
> >
> > The above paragraph was poorly written, inaccurate, and
> misleading. It's
> > true that "Surfer's Choice" sold like hotcakes, primarily in
> Southern
> > California. I don't know how accurate the 88,000 figure is, but
> the number
> > was certainly quite large and in the many thousands. It just
wasn't
> > released in the late 50s.
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> >
> > john blair
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