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found this on the web
an interesting perspective:
Surfer's Choice (1962)
by Cub Koda, All Music Guide
Very few early rock & roll albums were true groundbreakers,
but this is one: not only did it singlehandedly establish
the surf music genre (and Dale's hegemony over it), but
also sold the entire concept to mass America where surfing
in landlocked regions was only a state of mind. Largely
recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach --
Dale's ruling home turf, where one can clearly hear the
kids screaming in anticipation at the start of "Surf Beat"
-- this lays out the vocal highlights from Dick's set list
("Peppermint Man," "Lovey Dovey," "Night Owl," "Fanny Mae,"
and "Sloop John B.," sounding very odd here with overdubbed
strings) up against the instrumentals that truly forged the
style. "Miserlou Twist" -- a different version than the
original Deltone single -- and the original, pre-reverb
single version of "Let's Go Trippin'" appear to be the only
studio tracks aboard. But the live takes on "Surfing Drums"
(later retitled "Tribal Thunder" on one of Dale's comeback
albums), "Take It Off," "Shake 'N' Stomp," and the lowdown
stomp of "Death of a Gremmie" just as clearly delineate the
wild, reverbed excitement of the new style in its native
habitat. Without a doubt, surf guitar's finest hour, the
genre's equivalent to Charlie Parker's Dial recordings.
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