Track Listing

1. Surf City
2. The Little Old Lady
3. Hang On Sloopy (My Girl Sloopy)
4. Honolulu Lulu
5. Surfin' Safari
6. Dead Man's Curve
7. Walk Like A Man
8. Little Deuce Coupe
9. Summer Means Fun
10. Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
11. Heart And Soul
12. Tennessee
13. Linda
14. Ride The Wild Surf
15. Sidewalk Surfin'
16. The New Girl In School
17. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
18. Drag City
19. (Here They Come) From All Over The World
20. I Get Around (Live)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15335 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Sixties surf music
Jan Berry and Dean Torrence made music that was very similar in many ways to the early Beach Boys music. Actually Jan often collaborated with Brian Wilson on songwriting - Surf city, Drag city, Dead man's curve and Ride the wild surf being among the songs they wrote together. Further evidence of their close ties is provided here by the inclusion of several covers of Beach Boys classics. Although not included here, Barbara Ann (originally released on the Beach Boys Party album) features one member of Jan and Dean as lead singer - I've seen different reference source naming Jan or Dean so I can't say which one.

Jan and Dean's music was about more than just surfing as some of their other recordings (Linda, Heart and soul, a cover of Norwegian wood) but if you don't enjoy surf music, you won't find much to get excited about here. The duo's career ended abrubtly when Jan nearly died in a horrific accident. He recovered sufficiently to be able to record again in the seventies but was unable to recapture past glories. Meanwhile, Dean quit music and established a successful career in graphics design, though Jan and Dean re-united to provide the support act for the 1978 Beach Boys tour.

If you enjoy the early music of the Beach Boys, you'll probably enjoy this too, especially as Brian Wilson contributed so much tothese recordings.