Surfer's Choice [Import] (Bonus Tracks) 6/20/1997 a first take satisfied him

a first take satisfied him -- "Maggie's Farm" and "Gates of Eden" are two prime examples -- but often he'd find he could do a song better or at least do it differently

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who succumbed to lung cancer just days after the album's release -- Seeds has a palpable sense of moving on for TV on the Radio

Radiohead's creative breakthrough arrived when the band embraced electronica -- which was nearly a clich

Surfer's Choice [Import] (Bonus Tracks) 6/20/1997 a first take satisfied himVery few early rock & roll albums were true groundbreakers, but this is one: not only did it single handedly establish the surf music genre (and Dick Dale's hegemony over it), but also sold the entire concept to mass America, where surfing in landlocked regions was only a state of mind. Largely recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach Dale's ruling home turf, where one can clearly hear the kids screaming in anticipation at the start of