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
Urban Surf Kings	Hrundi Goes West	Bang Howdy Partner	02:56
Les Jaguars	Oh délices	Pour La Danse	02:10
Surfdusters	Stubble Jumper	Surf After Dark	02:25
Metalunas	Tarzan	Interstellar Surf Party	01:51
Urban Surf Kings	Go Inky, Go!	Electric Buffalo	03:06
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels	Come On Down	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	02:17
Urban Surf Kings	Street Cleaner	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	02:43
Metalunas	Moon Relay	X-Minus-One	02:15
Diables Noirs	Surf Board	Guitares a GoGo	02:25
Urban Surf Kings	Longboard Serenade	Electric Buffalo	03:11
Huevos Rancheros	Rocket to Nowhere	Endsville!	02:52
Metalunas	Paradise Cove	Interstellar Surf Party	03:19
Huevos Rancheros	Trouble a Brewin'	Muerte del Toro	02:55
Corvets	Greenfields	The Corvet's Best "Dance Party"	03:34
Squires	Aurora	Mustang b/w Aurora	02:04
Huevos Rancheros	Endsville	Rocket to Nowhere	03:26
Surfdusters	Tyee Off Tsuquadra	Raincoast Rumble	03:11
Urban Surf Kings	Wig Your Way to Glamour	Electric Buffalo	03:02
Mel-Tones	Reef Patrol	Surf Sensation	02:18
Surfdusters	Phantom Train	Save the Waves	02:42
Diables Noirs	On va danser	Guitares a GoGo	02:45
Huevos Rancheros	The Lonely Bull	Get Outta Dodge	02:42
Saboteurs	Main Theme From 'The Smiler'	Espionage Garage	02:21
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Spy School Graduation Theme	Sport Fishin'	02:34
S'Quires	Day Dreams	Day Dreams b/w Green Surf	02:27
Metalunas	Main Theme From "Galactic Frontier"	Swingin' Planet	02:50
Surfdusters	The Reef	Save the Waves	02:42
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	Turning Point	Knock Me Out !	02:02
Mel-Tones	Orbitron	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:11
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	Jibbed Again	Knock Me Out !	01:53
Velvetones	Take Away	Take Away b/w Mustang	01:50
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Fortune Tellin' Chicken	Sport Fishin'	01:36
Huevos Rancheros	Where's the Bathroom	Dig In!	02:48
Huevos Rancheros	O Canada (vinyl only)	Dig In!	01:45
Mark Brodie	Frogs Can't Surf	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:35
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	Jellyfish Attack	Knock Me Out !	01:53
Huevos Rancheros	Go West Young Bee	Dig In!	03:22
Chessmen	Mustang	Mr. Meadowlands b/w Mustang	02:40
Gruesomes	Don't Waste My Time	Hey!	02:43
Jack Hammer & the Cyclones	Limbo Rock (Kal Mann, 1960)	Guitar Hits	01:55
Surfdusters	Banzai Rider	Save the Waves	02:18
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Shake Some Evil	Savvy Show Stoppers	02:49
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	What I Like About Grease	Sport Fishin'	02:21
Vampire Beach Babes	Bad Boys Bad Girls	Beach Blanket Bedlam	04:22
Saboteurs	Introduction	Espionage Garage	01:16
Surfdusters	Eclipse	Raincoast Rumble	04:38
Vampire Beach Babes	Surfing Swamp Monster from the Planet Zon	Attack of the Killer Bikinis	03:01
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Les Corvairs	Night Train	Mashed Potatoes Time	02:13
Diables Noirs	A Bit of Fuzz	Guitares a GoGo	02:44
Heatscores	Top Fuel Mama	Light 'Em Up!!	02:18
Mel-Tones	Carvin' the Drift	Surf Sensation	02:28
Saboteurs	The Hearse	Espionage Garage	02:52
Vampire Beach Babes	Attack of the Killer Bikinis	Attack of the Killer Bikinis	03:35
Huevos Rancheros	64 Slices of American Cheeze	Dig In!	02:36
Dick et Les Espions	Jack the Ripper	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:50
Mark Brodie	Montezuma's Revenge	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:53
Mel-Tones	Air Time II	Surf Sensation	02:25
Mark Brodie	Our Man Flint	Mark Brodie & The Saboteurs	01:53
Huevos Rancheros	Jack The Ripper	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	03:29
Hi-Tones	Arsenic	Do What You Did b/w Arsenic	02:58
Urban Surf Kings	Twisted Brain	Live in Hell	03:16
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
Huevos Rancheros	Please Pass the ketchup	Rocket to Nowhere	03:27
Mel-Tones	Suicide Clutch	Surf Sensation	02:17
Huevos Rancheros	Super Creep	Muerte del Toro	02:32
Surfdusters	Russian Dressing	Surf After Dark	02:28
Surfdusters	The Mighty Niagara	Save the Waves	02:54
Metalunas	The Cat's Pajamas	Instrumentals Of Terror!	01:34
Surfdusters	Wreck Beach	Surf After Dark	03:11
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Hot Box Car	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:33
Huevos Rancheros	Bring Me the Beard of Billy Gibbons	Muerte del Toro	02:34
Huevos Rancheros	Go West Young Bee	Go West Young Bee b/w Girl From N.A.N.A.I.M.O.	03:16
Mark Malibu And The Wasagas	The Swerve	Knock Me Out !	02:22
Huevos Rancheros	Secret Recipe	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	01:54
Dick et Les Espions	Rawhide	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	01:32
Les Corvairs	Movin And Groovin	Mashed Potatoes Time	01:49
Huevos Rancheros	Rawhide (CD only)	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	07:00
Surfdusters	The Lonely Spanish Hotel	Raincoast Rumble	03:16
Jack Hammer & the Cyclones	Never on Sunday (Manos Hadjidakis, 1960)	Guitar Hits	03:04
Mel-Tones	Bull in My China Shop	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:31
Surfdusters	The Friendly Martian	Surf After Dark	02:59
Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones)	For My Own	For My Own b/w Everything's Gone Wrong	02:31
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	That Wuz Ear Me Callin' a Horse	Sport Fishin'	02:57
Les Jaguars	Sauterelles	Pour La Danse	04:24
Mel-Tones	Papakolea Beach	Surf Sensation	02:29
Heatscores	The Bruce is Still Loose!	Light 'Em Up!!	01:37
S'Quires	Remember	Remember b/w Reach for a Star	02:20
Heatscores	Rumbleseat	Light 'Em Up!!	03:07
Metalunas	Out of Limits	Swingin' Planet	02:25
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	In My Room	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	02:13
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	We're Not a Fucking Surf Band	Sport Fishin'	00:28
Metalunas	Surf Party	Instrumentals Of Terror!	02:15
Gruesomes	I Can Dig It	Hey!	04:57
Chessmen	Mr. Meadowlands	Mr. Meadowlands b/w Mustang	02:28
Mongols	Donne-moi Raison - Nautiloid Reef	Sleepwalk	04:44
Huevos Rancheros	Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump	Muerte del Toro	04:13
Huevos Rancheros	Jezebel	Dig In!	03:07
Mel-Tones	Distant Shores	Surf Sensation	01:56

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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