I don't even know what's available anymore, but I've got a Ventures double-album of their greatest hits.  I can't for the life of me remember what it's called but I know it's red!  I've also got "The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull" on vinyl.  I burned it to a CD and added "Walk, Don't Run" as a bonus track since it's not on the album.  Lastly, I recommend... bugger, I think it's "The Roots of Rock: Rockin' Insturmentals."  It's a bunch of insturmentals from the Ventures and other artists.  Good stuff.

Haha&#33; I&#39;ve got Walk Don&#39;t Run as my mobile ringtone. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
I&#39;ll concur with the above as far as Los Straitjackets and Man Or Astroman? go. Especially Destroy All Astro-Men and Experiment Zero.
You&#39;ll also need some Satan&#39;s Pilgrims and Bomboras too.
You may get some inspiration from the compilations; Surfin&#39; Around The World and Hang 11 (Mutant Surf Punks) if you can find them. They aint 60&#39;s but they rock&#33;

If you feel the urge to absorb some sugary sweet sounds of the summer then you wont go wrong with the perfect pop of Honeyrider.

Woooo lots of recommendations&#33; I didn&#39;t think this thread would take off quite like it did&#33; Thanks guys&#33; [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

Well, as per my original post, I did order The Batman Theme by The Marketts. It&#39;s a perfect cross section of 1966 space age bachelor pad lounge and surf rock. I can&#39;t wait to get my grubby little hands on it&#33; [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

I held off on buying anything by The Ventures, although I may pick up something with "Walk Don&#39;t Run" on it in the months ahead.

I&#39;m not so much looking for compilation albums, since they are rarely cohesively sequenced and therefore do not flow well from song to song, but I will check them out online.

I was not aware that the music of Los Straitjackets was so HOT (read: popular)&#33;&#33;&#33; I was definitely looking for vintage (read: 60s) surf rock albums but now I&#39;m thinking of just buying a Los Straitjacket&#39;s CD&#33; I previewed their Christmas disc and thought it was pretty nifty - I imagine their non-holiday stuff is equally enjoyable.

And, BigCheese327, I also listen to the Beach Boys in the summer&#33; How can you not? I have two of their CDs, The Sounds of Summer and Pet Sounds. Classic&#33;

Peace,
Pete

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I realise that some people love comps and some people hate &#39;em but what do you mean by "cohesively sequenced"? Me, I prefer a genre-specific compilation to be as varied as it possibly can within it&#39;s stated remit and that a compilation is good just so long as the tracks are good.

It&#39;s obviously all subjective, but the fact that comps don&#39;t flow appeals to me. It&#39;s like opening your presents on xmas morning. I love that they may all relate to a certain era/genre/interest  but I&#39;d be a bit disappointed if they were all part of a set of something. If you see what I mean.

Summer makes me crave rockabilly.

There&#39;s always Wanda Jackson; I&#39;ve also got a lot of Big Sandy, The Starlight Drifters, the Two-Timin&#39; Three, The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (country, really); the man in black himself, oh, quite a bit of stuff&#33;

Oh, a Detroit band to check out: Cash O&#39;Reilly and His Downright Daddies. Good stuff.

What about Dick Dale, the "King of Surf Guitar"?  He played the theme they used in Pulp Fiction and has done a whole album on hot rod rock, that kind of mixes surf and 60s rock.  You can&#39;t go wrong with him&#33;