A holiday mood, summer, sun and sand are evoked by the 200 songs in this full-to-bursting CD box. Surf music, which spread in the 1960s from California, was party and easy-going, but essentially an instrumental off-shoot from Rock’n’Roll. Guitars effects exploited to a maximum dominate these 10 CDs on which world-famous groups and performers such as “The Fireballs”, “The Shadows”, “The Ventures”, and Duane Eddy can be heard. As best-known representatives of this genre “The Beach Boys” are a must; their vocal harmonizing was influenced by African-American Doo Wop groups. Our compilation also offers collectors a whole series of sought-after rarities, very difficult to come by as original vinyl singles nowadays.
