Wipe Out (album)

Wipe Out
Studio album by
Released1963 (1963)
GenreSurf rock
Length32:00
LabelDot
ProducerRichard Delvy
The Surfaris chronology
Wipe Out
(1963)
Play
(1963)
Singles from Wipe Out
  1. "You Can't Sit Down"/"Surfer Joe"
    Released: July 1965
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New Record Mirror[1]

Wipe Out is a Dot Records album credited to The Surfaris, released in 1963. It contains their best known song "Wipe Out". It turned out that only two tracks, "Wipe Out" and "Surfer Joe" were actually played by The Surfaris, therefore repressings were titled Wipe Out and Surfer Joe and Other Popular Selections by Other Instrumental Groups. The remaining tracks were played by members of The Challengers plus other musicians.. The Surfaris were signed to Decca Records, and their first album on that label was called Play (Decca DL 4470).

Dot released a single from this album in July 1965: "You Can't Sit Down", backed with "Surfer Joe", catalog number Dot 16757.

Background

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The album features cover versions of rock standards, minus the two originals, "Wipe Out" and "Surfer Joe". "Wipe Out" was written by all members of the band, whilst "Surfer Joe" was penned by drummer Ron Wilson.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wipe Out"Berryhill/Fuller/Connolly/Wilson/Pash2:12
2."Wiggle Wobble"Les Cooper2:40
3."Torquay"George Tomsco2:27
4."You Can't Sit Down"Muldrow/Clark/Sheldon/Upchurch4:15
5."Green Onions"Jackson/Jones/Steinberg/Cropper2:45
6."Tequila"Chuck Rio2:05
7."Wild Weekend"Todaro/Shannon2:33
8."Teen Beat"Egnoian/Nelson3:10
9."Yep"Eddy/Hazlewood2:45
10."Memphis"Chuck Berry2:52
11."Surfer Joe"Ron Wilson2:20
12."Walk, Don't Run"Johnny Smith2:09

Personnel

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(on "Wipe Out" and "Surfer Joe")

Production credits

References

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  1. ^ Watson, Jimmy (12 October 1963). "Big-Name LP's" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 135. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.