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.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Huevos Rancheros	Wild Turkey Surprise	Muerte del Toro	04:01
Mel-Tones	Reef Patrol	Surf Sensation	02:18
Hi-Tones	Bull Dog	Hi Jump	01:39
Metalunas	Swingin' Planet	Swingin' Planet	02:57
Metalunas	The Curse Of Pier 13	Instrumentals Of Terror!	02:55
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Bennett Cerf	Savvy Show Stoppers	01:35
Huevos Rancheros	Cindy With An 'S'	Endsville!	02:51
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Aunt's Invasion	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:51
Saboteurs	Into the Shadows	Espionage Garage	02:27
Urban Surf Kings	Groovy Haberdashery	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	02:22
Surfdusters	Eclipse	Raincoast Rumble	04:38
Dick et Les Espions	Bikini Drag	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:03
Huevos Rancheros	Gump Worsley's Lament	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	02:46
Les Jaguars	Guitare Jet	Vol-2	02:30
Mel-Tones	Satellite Swing	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:17
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	KMO Radio Ad	Knock Me Out !	00:52
Corvets	The Mystery Clock	The Corvet's Best "Dance Party"	02:57
Les Jaguars	Guitare Strip	Vol-2	02:12
Saboteurs	Mission- Unsurfable	Espionage Garage	02:47
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Egypt Texas	Savvy Show Stoppers	02:29
Huevos Rancheros	Whiteout in Wyoming	Dig In!	01:58
Metalunas	Tarzan	Interstellar Surf Party	01:51
Urban Surf Kings	Hot Pig Bits	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	01:58
Mel-Tones	Wave Runner	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:27
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	5 American 6 Canadian	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:26
Vampire Beach Babes	Stars in your Eyes	Beach Blanket Bedlam	04:00
Mel-Tones	Break Point	Surf Sensation	02:27
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	Reef Break	Knock Me Out !	02:16
Gruesomes	Don't Waste My Time	Hey!	02:43
Diables Noirs	Stick Shift	Guitares a GoGo	02:19
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	I Know a Guy Named Larry	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:19
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Farbs	Sport Fishin'	02:53
S'Quires	Green Surf	Day Dreams b/w Green Surf	02:41
Surf Riders	Loop	Ten Tons of Wet	02:23
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels	So Fine	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	01:57
Surfdusters	Haunted Surf	Surf After Dark	07:28
Huevos Rancheros	Hotel Lonliness	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	03:33
Metalunas	Lost On the Moon	Swingin' Planet	03:17
Mel-Tones	Mission to Mazatlan	Surf Sensation	02:20
Urban Surf Kings	Wig Your Way to Glamour	Electric Buffalo	03:02
Jack Hammer & the Cyclones	Apache (Jerry Lordan, 1960)	Guitar Hits	03:07
Jack Hammer & the Cyclones	Wheels (String-A-Longs, 1960)	Guitar Hits	02:17
Surfdusters	Banzai Rider	Raincoast Rumble	02:22
Corvets	Greenfields	The Corvet's Best "Dance Party"	03:34
Les Jaguars	Course au bonheur	Vol-2	01:50
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Babywetsitself	Sport Fishin'	03:01
Huevos Rancheros	Girl From N.A.N.I.A.M.O.	Dig In!	02:35
Bob And The Messengers	Splash Down	Splash Down b/w Bob's Groove	02:27
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham (Reprise)	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	00:48
Heatscores	Vengeance On Wheels	Light 'Em Up!!	02:11
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	D. Tour	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:53
Huevos Rancheros	Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump	Muerte del Toro	04:13
S'Quires	Melody of the Woods	Melody of the Woods b/w Electrocution	02:32
Les Jaguars	Un peu plus chaque jour	Pour La Danse	03:33
Mel-Tones	Sands Go Vermilion	Surf Sensation	03:06
Velvetones	Unending Love	Think About Me b/w Unending Love	03:15
Saboteurs	Espionage Garage	Espionage Garage	02:42
Saboteurs	Do the Creep	Espionage Garage	02:37
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Shake Some Evil	Savvy Show Stoppers	02:49
Metalunas	The Cat's Pajamas	Instrumentals Of Terror!	01:34
Huevos Rancheros	Wild 'n' Wendy	Endsville!	02:37
Heatscores	The Sunset Flip	Light 'Em Up!!	02:52
Metalunas	Terror In Space	Swingin' Planet	05:07
Metalunas	Munster Mosh	Instrumentals Of Terror!	02:20
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	On the Way to Warrington	Knock Me Out !	02:45
Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones)	Everything's Gone Wrong	For My Own b/w Everything's Gone Wrong	02:22
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	KMO Intro	Knock Me Out !	00:22
Strangers	Wild Weekend	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:07
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	Kick Trick	Knock Me Out !	02:05
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Algoma Reflections	Sport Fishin'	02:53
Mark Brodie	Frogs Can't Surf	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:35
Skyliners	Greensleeves	Yé-Yé Guitares	02:19
Surf Riders	Hash Board	Ten Tons of Wet	02:17
Gruesomes	Thanks For Nothing	Hey!	03:47
Urban Surf Kings	Abeja Espanola	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	02:39
Huevos Rancheros	American Sunset	Dig In!	03:19
Mark Brodie	Phantom Wave	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:31
Gruesomes	El Diablo	Hey!	01:57
Jack Hammer & the Cyclones	Limbo Rock (Kal Mann, 1960)	Guitar Hits	01:55
Huevos Rancheros	Telstar	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	02:04
Urban Surf Kings	Slipstream	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	02:51
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels	Do-Wah-Diddy Diddy	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	02:09
Dick et Les Espions	I'm Branded	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:16
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels	Rattlesnake	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	02:12
Mel-Tones	Distant Shores	Surf Sensation	01:56
Surfdusters	The Reef	Save the Waves	02:42
Diables Noirs	A Bit of Fuzz	Guitares a GoGo	02:44
Heatscores	Top Fuel Mama	Light 'Em Up!!	02:18
Heatscores	Rumbleseat	Light 'Em Up!!	03:07
Surf Riders	Joe the Hype	Ten Tons of Wet	02:09
Huevos Rancheros	Gutbomb (CD only)	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	02:19
Jack Hammer & the Cyclones	Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini , 1959)	Guitar Hits	02:39
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	In My Room	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	02:13
Surfdusters	Phantom Train	Save the Waves	02:42
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	Love in Liverpool	Knock Me Out !	02:29
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Ben Hur Picked Off in a Gazebo	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	00:53
Metalunas	Go-Go Gremlin	Instrumentals Of Terror!	04:26
Mark Brodie	Bad Hair Day	Shreddin' And Surfin'	03:11
Velvetones	Take Away	Take Away b/w Mustang	01:50
Les Corvairs	Peppermint Style	Mashed Potatoes Time	01:51

Surfing the 49th Parallel

Tracks

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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Wow Flutter Hiss

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Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Knock Me Out !

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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Sport Fishin'

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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Savvy Show Stoppers

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

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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham

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Huevos Rancheros - Muerte del Toro

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Huevos Rancheros - Get Outta Dodge

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Huevos Rancheros - Dig In!

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Huevos Rancheros - Longo Weekendo Fiesta!

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Huevos Rancheros - Endsville!

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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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Huevos Rancheros - Cindy with an 's'

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Huevos Rancheros - Rocket to Nowhere

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Chessmen - Mr. Meadowlands b/w Mustang

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Jack Hammer & the Cyclones - Guitar Hits

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Vampire Beach Babes - Attack of the Killer Bikinis

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Canadian Downbeats - Surf Party b/w White Sands of Paradise

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

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Regals - Deep Sea b/w Stranger

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Mel-Tones - Surf Sensation

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Mel-Tones - Surf! Spy! Space!

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Saboteurs - Espionage Garage

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Surfdusters - Waves of Pleasure

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Surfdusters - Raincoast Rumble

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Surfdusters - Surf After Dark

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Surfdusters - Save the Waves

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

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Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels - Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)

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S'Quires - Remember b/w Reach for a Star

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