Surf Party!: The Best of the Surfaris Live!

• Artist: The Surfaris
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1983
• Total Time: 41:30
• Type: Compilation (best of), Live
• Genre: Rock

Review

Here's an album that shouldn't work, but somehow does in spite of the odds being stacked against it. Take what's left of the Surfaris (three original members), the drummer from the Crossfires, and a session lead guitar player who worked with them in the '60s, and record them live running through their hits and a set of appropriate covers in front of an enthusiastic crowd of car club folks. The band adds a few modern touches to their sound (electronic sax manipulations, keyboards out of Pash); some of the tunes are just played too damn fast for comfort, and Don Murray's vocals fall pretty flat in comparison to original drummer Ron Wilson's, but you can't fault the band's enthusiasm or the crowd's very real response. All reunion albums should be this much fun. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Wipe Out	Ron Wilson, Jim Fuller, Berryhill, Patrick Connolly	The Surfaris	(2:30)
Tequila (Lyrics)	Chuck Rio	The Surfaris	(2:43)
Shake 'N' Stomp	Dick Dale	The Surfaris	(2:27)
Surfer Joe	Ron Wilson, Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller	The Surfaris	(3:25)
Point Panic	Ron Wilson, Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller, Jim Pash	The Surfaris	(2:07)
Pipeline	Brian Carman, Bob Spickard	The Surfaris	(2:04)
Eddie Cochran Medley/Summertime Blues/Somethin' Else	Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart, Sharon Sheeley	The Surfaris	(3:39)
The Nobles Medley: Earthquake	Ralph Geddes	The Surfaris	(2:26)
The Nobles Medley: Hiawatha	Ralph Geddes	The Surfaris	(3:41)
Louie, Louie	Richard Berry	The Surfaris	(2:53)
Apache	Jerry Lordan	The Surfaris	(2:53)
Scatter Shield	Jim Fuller	The Surfaris	(2:13)
Dick Dale Medley: Let's Go Trippin/Surf Beat/Misirlou	Dick Dale	The Surfaris	(8:27)

Credits

Don Murray (Drums), Rose Landauer (Assembly), John Strother (Editing), Don Murray (Vocals), Jim Pash (Guitar), Jim Pewter (Liner Notes), John Strother (Assembly), Jim Fuller (Bass), Mark Banning (Art Direction), Rose Landauer (Editing), Jim Pash (Photography), Bob Berryhill (Guitar), Neil Norman (Mastering), Leroy Grannis (Photography), Bob Fisher (Mastering), Jim Pewter (Photography), Jim Pash (Producer), Don Murray (Liner Notes), Jim Pash (Keyboards), Jim Fuller (Vocals), Jim Pash (Saxophone), Neil Norman (Executive Producer)