Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA | This single was issued on Bob Dalley's Surf Wax label, but he once told me it just used the label name - that he had nothing to do with it.
21 year old Richard Knight was the guitarist in the Ripp Tides from Newport Beach in 1981. He had literally only played guitar for 6 months when they recorded this single. The drummer Tom Doyle was only 15 and Randy Redmon on Bass was 17. Knight is in the photo on the cover of the Surf Raiders' "Raiders of the Lost Surf" album. |
Picks: Wild Surf, Silver Channel Stomp, Every Day, Race To San Miguel
Track by Track Review
Surf (Instrumental)
Pumpin' deep throated surf, glissandos galore, and a melody line that's mostly a progression, and a tuff break that's very cool. Rhythmic and interesting.
Surf (Instrumental)
Thrashy and progression dominated, "Silver Channel Stomp" is fast and spunky, but melodically ambiguous. A surf jam with a "Wipe Out" drum break.
Surf (Instrumental)
This is a really cool eighties wave-surf jam. The fast picking, the tone, and the melody line all speak early eighties post punk wave. Very cool!
Surf (Instrumental)
While this is more or less just a riff rocker in reverb, it's also a post punk new wave surf instro with a spunky pace and a magnetic riff. Cool glissandos and lots of energy!
