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Surf Rock Anyone?

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Radio Wreck

A colleague at work recently approached me about her father's 1960's era record collection which she inherited after he passed away a couple of years ago. She asked if I would look at them to see if I was interested in buying some of them. What I expected to find was the usual stacks of LP's and 45's that I have stored away since I converted my collection from that time period to CD's and MP3's a long time ago.

However, what I found was a very cool collection made up mostly of Surf Rock albums. About 60 LP's in all, mostly of The Ventures, Duane Eddy, Dick Dale, Sandy Nelson, Herb Alpert, Al Hirt, and Booker T and The MG's, etc., plus quite a few instrumental rock compilations. I had never seen most of these records, so I bought all of them.

I've heard that doo-wop is the forgotten part of Rock and Roll. Maybe it is in some areas, but in this area there has been enough doo wop exposure to last me a life time. It seems to me that instrumental rock (especially these surf rock tunes which I haven't heard) could actually be the forgotten part of Rock and Roll.

I don't remember hearing these tunes on the radio in Philadelphia. Does anyone know if these songs were even popular on the west coast? They sound very "Hawaii 5-0." I didn't know that so much of this music even existed. I looked at the Top 40 Book and only a handful of them even charted.

I'm loving this new collection! Good thing my turntable still works great. So why haven't I heard these songs on the radio? Could it be that people aren't interested in instrumentals? Or is it because a lot of these songs sound similar to one another?
 
Jim Nettleton played much of them on his Philly Gold Radio stream and on WCAU-FM 98 when he was PD. It was a cool niche. I had 3 older brothers, each had theirs. The oldest was into do wop and rockabilly. Next was Beatles and Folk Music like Dylan, Phil Ochs, Baez, Collins. Next brother was Beatles and soul Geatorite: Magnificent Men, Volcanos, Astors, Motown. I was Motown, Rascals-style blue-eyed soul and rock. helluva wait for the Silvertone record player at my house!
 
I am a big fan of the instrumentals from the 60's. The great instrumental hits are pretty much out of vouge these days, but I still love them. On Facebook, the WPEN tribute page and the WHAT tribute page feature those songs, with new links each day.
 
I had a wicked idea about having a radio format consisting of the following genres: "Graffiti Gold" (i.e. pre-British Invasion rock 'n roll), doo-wop, surf rock and R&B oldies. If appropriate, add Carolina 'Beach' music.
 
Back when WBT played music, they had a Beach Music show on Monday night. Funny host. I loved the music.
 
I had a wicked idea about having a radio format consisting of the following genres: "Graffiti Gold" (i.e. pre-British Invasion rock 'n roll), doo-wop, surf rock and R&B oldies. If appropriate, add Carolina 'Beach' music.
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I found a site that does just that. No DJ's or jingles that I've heard, just music.

Fusion Oldies.

fusionoldies.com
 
XM used to have a surf music show on Fungus 53 at lunch time. I think it was called "Cowabunga Uber Alles" I always listened to it... until they changed channel 53 to something crappy.
 
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