Music Review

Cowabunga! The Surf Box

Various Artists
Reviewed by Mike Flaherty | May 31, 1996
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Various Artists; Genres: Instrumental, Reissues

This four-CD, 81-track behemoth surveys the history of this distinctly American and strangely enduring hybrid: South Pacific-inflected, reverb-drenched rockabilly enhanced by once-revolutionary studio technology. Ranging from such trailblazers as the Chantays and Dick Dale to '90s revisionists like Man Or Astro-Man? and Laika & the Cosmonauts, Cowabunga! The Surf Box is a can't-miss romp for aficionados that will also jazz dabblers. A-

Originally posted May 31, 1996 Published in issue #329 May 31, 1996 Order article reprints

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