Surfers' Choice

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated

Side one

1. "Surf Beat"
2. "Sloop John B" (Carl Sandburg, Lee Hays)
3. "Take It Off"
4. "Night Owl" (Tony Allen)
5. "Fanny Mae" (Buster Brown)
6. "Misirlou Twist" (Chaim Tauber, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds, Nicholas Roubanis)

Side two

7. "Peppermint Man" (Alonzo Willis)
8. "Surfing Drums"
9. "Shake 'n' Stomp"
10. "Lovey Dovey" (Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegun)
11. "Death of a Gremmie"
12. "Let's Go Trippin'"

2006 Sundazed CD bonus tracks

13. "Del-Tone Rock"
14. "Jungle Fever" (a later version of "Surfing Drums" with jungle noises added)
15. "Misirlou" (traditional)
16. "Eight Till Midnight"
17. "Lovin' on My Brain"
18. "A Run For Life"

2013 Not Now Music bonus disc

1. "Ooh-Whee Marie"
2. "Stop Teasin'"
3. "St. Louis Blues"
4. "Jessie Pearl"
5. "We'll Never Hear the End of It"
6. "The Fairest of Them All"
7. "Del-Tone Rock"
8. "Let's Go Trippin'"
9. "Shake 'N' Stomp"
10. "Jungle Fever"
11. "Misirlou"
12. "Eight 'Til Midnight"
13. "Peppermint Man"
14. "Surf Man"

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts – Album

• 1963 Pop Albums No. 59

Billboard Music Charts – Single

• 1962 “Let’s Go Trippin’” Pop Singles No. 60