Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA Jan and Dean - All The Hits - From Surf City to Drag City
 | This 1996 double CD spans the long pop life of Jan and Dean with 74 tracks, starting with "Jenny Lee" and ending with their Drag City period, and includes alternates and instro variations, a long list of KFWB promos, plus some studio chatter. |
Picks: Quasimoto, Dead Man's Curve [backtrack], Surf City [backtrack], Drag City [backtrack], Ride The Wild Surf [backtrack]
Track by Track Review
Surf (Instrumental)
"Quasimoto" is a different treatment of "B Gas Rickshaw" with occasional actual surf guitar playing glissandoes. It's a little better, and a little more interesting, with thicker sound and more going on.
Dead Man's Curve [backtrack] Surf (Instrumental)
This is a backtrack, with no overdubbed lead melody. As such, it lacks focus and is little more than a curiosity.
Surf (Instrumental)
Another backtrack for the completist, with no melody line.
Surf (Instrumental)
Again, the backtrack, but this time with chorus vocals.
Ride The Wild Surf [backtrack] Surf (Instrumental)
This backtrack includes the chorus vocals, and is more capable of standing alone than the previous backtracks here.