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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Beach Party

The legendary L.A. label Del-Fi deliver a cool collection of sutf-rock classics.

This came out in 1998 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Since Pulp Fiction, you can’t venture into a record store without being swamped by the waves of surf music — most of which is a wipe-out.

Not so this swinging collection from L.A. surf masters Del-Fi. These 15 classics (including early tracks by Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, David Gates of Bread and Love‘s Arthur Lee) are all gems full of twangy guitar, honking sax, falsetto harmonies and bongo rock. Hang 10 and shoot a curl, baby.