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But that hasn't stopped other pop music historians from claiming Dick Dale's was the first surf record. Then a year later, Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, clearly inspired by the sound of Moon Dawg, cut an instrumental they named Let's Go Trippin' which wasn't strictly about surfing either. Okay, so that record is considered by many pop music historians as "the first surf record" even though it didn't have anything to do with surfing. And then the final element-producer Nik Venet, howling at the moon.

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It's not born fully formed -it's a thin, wiry sound, without the reverb and distortion that would define the genre- but the phrasing is all there, paving the way for Dick Dale that is to come. This is the birth of surf guitar right here. Then enter the Bass, just a low rumble here from Larry Taylor, no hint yet of the virtuoso who would play with everyone from the Monkees to Tom Waits, just holding the low end down, adding a bit of throb.Īnd then those staccato piano chords come in And forty seconds in we finally have the lead guitar, from Derry Weaver. Except this is a year before surf music, before Dick Dale and His Del-Tones start playing music like this to surfers, gremmies, and even the odd hodad, and before the sound of a reverbed Fender becomes synonymous with the waves.













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