Surfing the 49th Parallel

More than 50 slabs from the icy shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific's pounding waves — and every reverb-drenched garage in between — Canada’s surf scene has carved its own gnarly path. This playlist rides the line between classic twangy instrumentals, retro-inspired surf rock, and uniquely Canadian takes on the genre. Grab your board (or toboggan), crank the reverb, and let the Northern waves crash.

Featuring: vintage surf gems, modern Canuck shredders, and enough twang to melt a glacier.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Jaguars, Les	Quoi de neuf	Pour La Danse	02:52
Strangers	Rik A Tik	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:57
Huevos Rancheros	Get Outta Dodge	Get Outta Dodge	03:35
Metalunas	The Curse Of Pier 13	Instrumentals Of Terror!	02:55
Canadian Downbeats	Surf Party	Surf Party b/w White Sands of Paradise	01:55
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Three Piece Suit	Sport Fishin'	02:22
Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als	I'm Happy	Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy	02:07
Mel-Tones	Orbitron	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:11
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Run Chicken Run	Savvy Show Stoppers	01:39
Dick et Les Espions	Madness	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:16
Huevos Rancheros	Ace O' Spades	Endsville!	03:03
Corvets	Mambo No. 5	The Corvet's Best "Dance Party"	01:52
Saboteurs	The Hearse	Espionage Garage	02:52
Metalunas	The Cat's Pajamas	Instrumentals Of Terror!	01:34
Gruesomes	El Diablo	Hey!	01:57
Mel-Tones	Surf Clam!	Surf Sensation	02:44
Huevos Rancheros	Branded	Cindy with an 's'	02:48
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Honey, You're Wasting Ammo	Sport Fishin'	03:37
Strangers	House of the Rising Sun	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	03:17
Skyliners	Greensleeves	Yé-Yé Guitares	02:19
Mel-Tones	Agent Provocateur	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:23
Surfdusters	Border Run	Save the Waves	02:52
Metalunas	High Wall	Interstellar Surf Party	03:13
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	We're Not a Fucking Surf Band	Sport Fishin'	00:28
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Peas Porridge Rock	Sport Fishin'	01:27
Saboteurs	Unabomber	Espionage Garage	02:35
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore	Sport Fishin'	02:29
Huevos Rancheros	Shadow of the Apache	Get Outta Dodge	02:42
Metalunas	Celluloid Planetoid	X-Minus-One	02:07
Mel-Tones	Surf Before Sunrise	Surf Sensation	02:00
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	(Relax) You Will Think You're a Chicken	Sport Fishin'	02:48
Surfdusters	March of the Invisible Traffic Cops	Save the Waves	01:37
Surfdusters	Eclipse	Save the Waves	04:35
S'Quires	Reach for a Star	Remember b/w Reach for a Star	01:45
Jaguars, Les	Hot Pants	Pour La Danse	04:03
Urban Surf Kings	Rumble Ranchero	Bang Howdy Partner	03:04
Vampire Beach Babes	Attack of the Killer Bikinis	Attack of the Killer Bikinis	03:35
Surfdusters	The Moons of Jupiter	Waves of Pleasure	03:43
Metalunas	Moon Relay	X-Minus-One	02:15
Corvairs, Les	Movin And Groovin	Mashed Potatoes Time	01:49
Mel-Tones	Wave Runner	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:27
Huevos Rancheros	Gutbomb	Endsville!	02:06
Urban Surf Kings	Hrundi Goes West	Bang Howdy Partner	02:56
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels	Honeybun	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	02:27
Urban Surf Kings	Let's Surf!	Electric Buffalo	02:58
Dick et Les Espions	Rumble	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:38
Strangers	Wild Weekend	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:07
Mel-Tones	Villa of Mysteries	Surf Sensation	02:31
Huevos Rancheros	Whiteout in Wyoming	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	01:53
Gruesomes	What Am I Doing This For?	Hey!	03:07
Surfdusters	Eclipse	Raincoast Rumble	04:38
Metalunas	Jupiter Doo Dah	X-Minus-One	02:16
S'Quires	Day Dreams	Day Dreams b/w Green Surf	02:27
Urban Surf Kings	Gringo Beans	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	03:16
Velvetones	Think About Me	Think About Me b/w Unending Love	02:38
Surfdusters	Raincoast Rumble	Raincoast Rumble	04:26
Surf Riders	Hash Board	Ten Tons of Wet	02:17
Mel-Tones	The Last Papaya	Surf Sensation	02:10
Bigfoot Rocketship	Super Stock	ST	03:59
Metalunas	Main Theme From "Galactic Frontier"	Swingin' Planet	02:50
Saboteurs	Main Theme From 'The Smiler'	Espionage Garage	02:21
Huevos Rancheros	Ace of Spades	Rocket to Nowhere	02:45
Corvairs, Les	Ram-Bump-Shush	Mashed Potatoes Time	01:00
Corvairs, Les	Well All Right	Mashed Potatoes Time	02:54
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Exit From Vince Lombardi High School	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:30
Heatscores	The Bruce is Loose	Light 'Em Up!!	01:40
Huevos Rancheros	Rocket to Nowhere	Rocket to Nowhere	02:54
Surfdusters	Gruesome	Save the Waves	03:12
Regals	Deep Sea	Deep Sea b/w Stranger	02:35
Brodie, Mark	Jezebel	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:21
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Shadowy Countdown	Savvy Show Stoppers	00:47
Metalunas	Stone Age Stomp	Interstellar Surf Party	02:07
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Who Painted Whistler's Mother	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	02:16
Diables Noirs	Sleepwalk	Guitares a GoGo	03:28
Mongols	Chicken Walk	Sleepwalk	02:25
Huevos Rancheros	Gutbomb (CD only)	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	02:19
Metalunas	Go-Go Gremlin	Instrumentals Of Terror!	04:26
Hammer, Jack & the Cyclones	Anna	Guitar Hits	02:26
Monster Stalkers	Do the Sasquatch	Do the Sasquatch b/w Wailin' Wolf/ (Don't Go to) Forbidden Plateau (picture sleeve)	03:00
S'Quires	Green Surf	Day Dreams b/w Green Surf	02:41
Vampire Beach Babes	Dark Kind of Ecstacy	Attack of the Killer Bikinis	03:23
Urban Surf Kings	Undercover Overcoat	Electric Buffalo	04:07
Huevos Rancheros	Meximix (CD only)	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	01:03
Vampire Beach Babes	Hot Foot	Beach Blanket Bedlam	04:00
Huevos Rancheros	Beach Blanket Blackout	Muerte del Toro	02:10
Huevos Rancheros	Rockin' in the Henhouse	Dig In!	02:41
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham (Reprise)	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	00:48
Metalunas	Death Comes at Midnight	Instrumentals Of Terror!	03:46
Urban Surf Kings	Haunted Tide	Electric Buffalo	03:53
Brodie, Mark	Secret Service	Mark Brodie & The Saboteurs	02:32
Mel-Tones	Carvin' the Drift	Surf Sensation	02:28
Mel-Tones	Blueprint Girl	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:39
Huevos Rancheros	Rocket to Nowhere	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	03:26
Jaguars, Les	Course au bonheur	Vol-2	01:50
Mel-Tones	Quick Pick	Surf! Spy! Space!	01:59
Huevos Rancheros	Interstate Deathe Toll	Get Outta Dodge	02:18
Strangers	Journey to the Stars	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:49
Hammer, Jack & the Cyclones	Never on Sunday (Manos Hadjidakis, 1960)	Guitar Hits	03:04
Surfdusters	KGB-In	Surf After Dark	02:00
Surfdusters	Radar Hill	Surf After Dark	03:39

Surfing the 49th Parallel

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Velvetones - Take Away b/w Mustang

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Brodie, Mark - Mark Brodie & The Saboteurs

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Huevos Rancheros - Go West Young Bee b/w Girl From N.A.N.A.I.M.O.

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Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones) - Submerge b/w The Sheik and His Harem

Serf, Les - Le temps ne les attend pas b/w Mademoiselle ye-ye

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Strangers - Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1

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Surf Riders - Ten Tons of Wet

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Saboteurs - Espionage Garage

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Regals - Deep Sea b/w Stranger

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Mel-Tones - Surf Sensation

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Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel) - Early Roots

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Brodie, Mark - Shreddin' And Surfin'

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Huevos Rancheros - Get Outta Dodge

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Hi-Tones - Hi Jump

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Huevos Rancheros - Rocket to Nowhere

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Metalunas - Swingin' Planet

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Urban Surf Kings - Electric Buffalo

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Surfdusters - Surf After Dark

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Jaguars, Les - Pour La Danse

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Chessmen - Mr. Meadowlands b/w Mustang

Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als - Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy

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Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels - The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels

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Corvairs, Les - Mashed Potatoes Time

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Charlots, Les - Cougar - GT b/w Ocean Bleu (Blue Ocean)

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Diables Noirs - Guitares a GoGo

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S'Quires - Day Dreams b/w Green Surf

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Jaguars, Les - Vol-2

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Metalunas - Interstellar Surf Party

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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Love Without Words (picture sleeve)

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Metalunas - X-Minus-One

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