Surf-Age Nuggets / Various Surf-Age Nuggets / Various CD

Surf Age Nuggets is a four-disc box set featuring the unsung heroes of the surf instrumental genre, "Surf Age Nuggets" traces the attitude of surf instrumental music from 1959 through it's demise in 1966. From long boards and short hair to short boards and long hair, the collection celebrates the lesser-known purveyors of the sound. All musical tracks are instrumentals and many are indeed obscure and they're supplemented by vintage station IDs and some unexpected audio treats from that era. This compilation accurately reflects the first time that music, sport and teenage lifestyle came together and confirms the attitude that surfing has always been a "rebel sport", one that continues to grow every year. Surf music was perfect for everything with it's twangy mixture of basic, pure-yet-raw '50s rock & roll, minus the teen-idol baggage. Suddenly, surfing and surf music were front and center, featured in comic books, advertising, movies and television series such as Batman, Mr. Ed and The Flintstones. The sound became pervasive and songs like Link Wray's "Jack the Ripper", performed here by the Valiants, perfectly capture it's essence. The set contains four discs, a complete track-by-track annotation by surf experts Alan Taylor and Dave Burke from Pipeline magazine, plus pop culture surf memorabilia and vintage commercials.

1. The Velvetones - Doheny Run 2. The Shan-Tones - Sheba 3. The Valiants - Jack the Ripper 4. The Vaqueros - Echo 5. Johnny McCoy and the Cyclones - Scrub Bucket 6. Surf Teens - Moment of Truth 7. Surf Teens - the Ramrods 8. The Emeralds - Earthquake 9. The Runabouts - Surfer's Fright 10. Avengers VI - Slaughter on 10th Avenue 11. The Phantoms - X-L3 12. The Vistas - Moon Relay 13. The Scouts - Mr. Custer Stomp 14. The Vibrants - the Breeze and I 15. 4 of Us - Batman (Freefalling) 16. Crescents - Pink Dominoes 17. The Pace-Setters - Mustang 18. The Reekers - Don't Call Me Fly Face 19. The Lincoln Trio - Garden of Eden Pt. 2 20. Dick Dale ; His Del-Tones - Jungle Fever 21. Vaqueros - 80 Ft. Wave 22. Steve Rowe ; the Furys - Minor Chaos 23. Kan Dells - Cloudburst 24. Unknown Artist - KHJ Radio Jingle 1963 25. The Roadrunners - Quasimodo 26. The Emotionals - Miserlou 27. Revelairs - the Cruel Sea 28. The Safaris - Kick Out 29. The Velvetones - Mr. X 30. Robin and the 3 Hoods - the Marauder 31. Unknown Artist - Vox Instruments Radio Commercial 32. The Ric-A-Shays - Turn on 33. The Travelers - Windy ; Warm 34. The Vulcanes - Cozimoto 35. King Rock ; the Knights - Scandal 36. Reveliers - Hanging Five 37. The Hollywoods - Scramble 38. The Mockers - Madalena 39. The Royal Coachmen - Loophole 40. Rich Clayton ; the Rumbles - Flip Side 41. The Losers - Snake Eyes 42. The Carnations - Scorpion 43. Gestics - Rockin' Fury 44. Pipeline Pete - Commercial 45. The Ron-De-Voos - Pipeline "66" 46. The Torquetts - Side-Swiped 47. Sinders - Sinner 48. The Royal Flairs - One Pine Box 49. The Nautiloids - Nautiloid Reef 50. Unknown Artist - Surfing Soft Drink Commercial 51. The Squires - Batmobile 52. The Roadrunners - Road Runnah 53. Rhythm Surfers - Like Getting Pinched on a 502 54. The Ree-Gents - Downshiftin' 55. The Tradewinds - Gotcha 56. Irridescents - Swamp Surfer 57. The Creations - the Crash 58. Jerry ; the Silvertones - Ce'NY 59. Monzels - Sharkskin 60. Unknown Artist - "The Horror of Party Beach" Movie Trailer 61. Vy-Dels - Unknown 62. The Countdowns - Do It 63. The Avantis - Wax 'Em Down 64. The Cherokees - Uprisin' 65. The Royal Flairs - One Pine Box 66. Unknown Artist - James Bond Trailer 67. The Twilights -.007 68. Debonairs - High Wall 69. The Motivations - Motivate 70. The Persuaders - City of Atlantis 71. The Sherwoods - Tickler 72. The Sting Rays - One 'Mo' Gin 73. 'The Tempests - Lemon Line 74. Bobby Fuller - Stringer 75. The Vibrants - Scorpion 76. Newport Nomads - Blue Mallard 77. The Breakers - Jet Stream 78. Manuel ; the Renegades - Rev-Up 79. The Telstars - Spaghetti Strap 80. Unknown Artist - "The Birds" Movie Trailer 81. The Motivations - the Birds 82. The Frogmen - Beware Below 83. The Hollywood Surfers - King of the Stomp 84. Charades Band - Sophia 85. Calvin Cool - El Tecoloto 86. Dave ; the Customs - Ali Baba 87. Jim Head ; His Del Rays - Haren Bells 88. The Fugitives - the Fugitive 89. The Torquays - the Other Side 90. Unknown Artist - Baja, California Radio Id 91. The Turks - Baja 92. St. John ; the Cardfinals - the Rise 93. Five More - Avalanche 94. The Mosriters - on the Run 95. Elite U.F.O. - Tarantula 96. The Buddies - Pulsebeat 97. Vaqueros - Desert Wind 98. The Dantes - Dragon Walk 99. The Decades - Strange Worlds 100. Unknown Artist - "House on Haunted Hill" Movie Trailer 101. Kenny ; the Fiends - House on Haunted Hill 102. Marlow Stewart ; the Fiends - Earthquake!! 103. Toads - Morpheus 104. The Vistas - No Return 105. Unknown Artist - Bonus Montage