Editing Surfers' Choice

{{Infobox album
| name       = Surfers’ Choice
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Dick Dale|Dick Dale and His Del-Tones]]
| cover      = Surfer's Choice.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = November 1962
| recorded   = Rendezvous Ballroom in [[Balboa, California|Balboa Beach, California]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Instrumental rock]], [[surf music]]<ref name=AllMusic>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r34591|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| length     =
| label      = [[Deltone]]
| producer   = [[Jim Monsour]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[King of the Surf Guitar]]
| next_year  = 1963
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AllMusic/>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Surfers’ Choice''''' is the debut studio album of [[Dick Dale]] and his Del-Tones, pioneers in the surf genre. The album was released in November 1962.  The recording established the conventions of [[surf music]] and brought the concept to middle America. The album was mostly recorded live at the [[Rendezvous Ballroom]], with overdubs added in the studio.<ref name=AllMusic/> The record was [[out of print]] for a long time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} It was [[reissue]]d on CD by [[Sundazed Music]] in October 2006.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 1055-2685| volume = 32| issue = 25| pages = 22| title = Disc News| work = Goldmine| accessdate = 2021-05-02| date = 2006-12-08| url = http://www.proquest.com/docview/1503675/citation/ACCCFE6AFD8A46EBPQ/2}}</ref> The album was rereleased by Not Now Music with a bonus disc of singles as ''Surf Beat''.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002491031|pure_url=yes}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated
;Side one
#"Surf Beat"
#"[[Sloop John B]]" ([[Carl Sandburg]], Lee Hays)
#"Take It Off"
#"Night Owl" (Tony Allen)
#"Fanny Mae" (Buster Brown)
#"Misirlou Twist" (Chaim Tauber, [[Fred Wise (songwriter)|Fred Wise]], Milton Leeds, Nicholas Roubanis)
;Side two
#<li value="7">"Peppermint Man" (Alonzo Willis)
#"Surfing Drums" 
#"Shake 'n' Stomp"
#"Lovey Dovey" (Eddie Curtis, [[Ahmet Ertegun]])
#"Death of a Gremmie"
#"[[Let's Go Trippin']]"

===2006 Sundazed CD bonus tracks===
<ol start="13">
<li>"Del-Tone Rock"</li>
<li>"Jungle Fever" (a later version of "Surfing Drums" with jungle noises added)</li> 
<li>"[[Misirlou]]" (traditional)</li>
<li>"Eight Till Midnight"</li>
<li>"Lovin' on My Brain"</li>
<li>"A Run For Life"</li>
</ol>

===2013 Not Now Music bonus disc===

<ol>
<li>"Ooh-Whee Marie"</li>
<li>"Stop Teasin'"</li>
<li>"St. Louis Blues"</li>
<li>"Jessie Pearl"</li>
<li>"We'll Never Hear the End of It"</li>
<li>"The Fairest of Them All"</li>
<li>"Del-Tone Rock"</li>
<li>"Let's Go Trippin'"</li>
<li>"Shake 'N' Stomp"</li>
<li>"Jungle Fever"</li>
<li>"Misirlou"</li>
<li>"Eight 'Til Midnight"</li>
<li>"Peppermint Man"</li>
<li>"Surf Man"</li>
</ol>

==Chart positions==
[[Billboard Music Charts]] – Album
*1963 Pop Albums No. 59

Billboard Music Charts – Single
*1962 “Let’s Go Trippin’” Pop Singles No. 60

==References==
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[[Category:1962 debut albums]]
[[Category:Dick Dale albums]]
[[Category:Sundazed Music albums]]