Jan & Dean

Jan & Dean: Heart & Soul of Jan & Dean

CD / Hallmark Recordings (UK) / 2012-08-28

Artists: Jan & Dean

Jan & Dean: Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfin'

CD / EMI / 2012-06-05

Artists: Jan & Dean

Jan & Dean's first Liberty album is overall slightly more successful than its successor and holds up very nicely -- as rock & roll, it's not in a league with, say, Elvis Presley's best music of the pe...continue...

Jan & Dean: Surf City

CD / EMI / 2012-06-05

Artists: Jan & Dean

Jan & Dean's second original Liberty LP is a musical travelogue of the United States that didn't seem too inspired as a concept even in 1963 -- although one has to wonder if the travelogue idea stuck ...continue...

Jan & Dean: Ride the Wild Surf

CD / EMI Music Distribution / 2012-06-05

Artists: Jan & Dean

This album is fairly uneven, ranging from the bracing title track and encompassing rock novelty hits such as "Sidewalk Surfin'" to poor filler cuts, like "Skateboarding-Part 1," that are more sound ef...continue...

Jan & Dean: The Little Old Lady from Pasadena

CD / EMI Music Distribution / 2012-06-05

Artists: Jan & Dean

Having moved on from their late-'50s doo wop style, Jan & Dean rode out the first half of the '60s as a surf and hot rod group influenced by both Dick Dale and the Beach Boys. In fact, Jan & Dean left...continue...

Jan & Dean: Dead Man's Curve

CD / EMI / 2012-06-05

Artists: Jan & Dean

An interesting, two-disc set of Jan & Dean song demos, alternate takes, and assorted live tracks, this collection is interesting maybe one time through, particularly on tracks like the live version of...continue...

Jan & Dean: Drag City

CD / EMI Music Distribution / 2012-06-05

Artists: Jan & Dean

Drag City has been described by Dean Torrence as Jan & Dean's first concept album, with all of the songs written or chosen around a very specific theme. Predictably for such a made-to-order effort, th...continue...

Jan & Dean: Surfs Up! *

1 CD / Fuel 2000 / 2012-05-15

Tracks: Sidewalk Surfin'; Surfin' Safari; Honolulu Lulu; Ride the Wild Surf; Surf City; Surfin' USA; Drag City; Little Deuce Coupe; Dead Man's Curve; I Get Around; Little Old Lady from Pasadena; Fun, Fun, Fu...
Artists: Jan & Dean

Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.

With a string of spirited, bright surf and hot rod hits in the early '60s, Jan & Dean, along with mentors Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, helped put California on...continue...

Jan & Dean: Carnival of Sound

CD / Rhino (Label) / 2010-11-30

Artists: Jan & Dean

It's difficult to know how to assess this album. On the one hand, it's enjoyable listening, and it's an essential archival release -- if not as well-known as Brian Wilson's Smile, Carnival of Sound is...continue...

Jan & Dean: Popsicle

1 CD / Sundazed / 2006-03-21

Tracks: Popsicle; Restless Surfer, The; She's My Summer Girl; Down at Malibu Beach; Summer Means Fun; Tennessee; Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown); Surfer's Dream, A; Surf Route 101; Surfin' Wild; Waimea ...
Artists: Jan & Dean

Personnel: Donald Peake, Tommy Tedesco , Billy Strange, Bill Pitman (guitar, guitars); Glenn Ross Campbell (guitar); Glen Campbell (guitars); Steve Douglas & the Rebel Rousers, Plas Johnson (saxophone...continue...

Jan & Dean: Ride the Wild Surf/Folk 'n Roll

1 CD / Beat Goes On / 2004-10-28

Tracks: Ride the Wild Surf; Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'; Waimea Bay; She's My Summer Girl; Restless Surfer, The; Skateboarding, Pt. 1; Sidewalk Surfin'; Surfin' Wild; Down at Malibu Beach; Surfer's Dream, A; Walk o...
Artists: Jan & Dean

Jan & Dean's third & fourth albums from 1964 and 1965 respectively. Remastered 2-on-1 release with slipcase and new sleevenotes. BGO Records. 2004....continue...
2 LPs on 1 CD: RIDE THE WILD SURF (1964)/FOLK N' ROLL (1965).

Personnel: The Fantastic Baggys (background vocals).

Audio Remasterer: Andrew Thompson .

Liner Note Authors: Shelley ...continue...

Jan & Dean: Surf City/Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl in School

1 CD / Beat Goes On / 2004-07-30

Tracks: Surf City; Memphis; Detroit City; Manhattan; Philadelphia, Pa.; Way Down Yonder in New Orleans; Honolulu Lulu; Kansas City; I Left My Heart in San Francisco; You Came a Long Way From St. Louis; Talla...
Artists: Jan & Dean

Digitally remastered collation of two original albums on a single CD of the surf duo's first two releases as they appeared in the U.K. Both...continue...
2 LPs on 1 CD: SURF CITY (1963)/DEAD MAN'S CURVE (1964).

Jan & Dean: Dean Torrence, Jan Berry (vocals).

Personnel: Glenn Ross Campbell , Tommy Tedesco , Billy Strange, Bill Pitman (guita...continue...

Jan & Dean: All the Hits: From Surf City to Drag City

2 CD / EMI Music Distribution / 2004-07-27

Tracks: Jennie Lee; Baby Talk; Heart and Soul; Sunday Kind of Love, A; Tennessee; Your Heart Has Changed Its Mind; My Favorite Dream; Fiddle Around; She's Still Talking Baby Talk; Linda; Best Friend I Ever H...
Artists: Jan & Dean

Personnel includes: Jan, Dean (vocals); Phil Sloan, Steve Barri, The Matadors (background vocals); Ron Ralke's Music.

Producers: Jan Berry, Joe Lubin, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler, Snuff Garrett.
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Jan & Dean: Greatest Hits [Collectables]

1 CD / Collectables / 2003-05-20

Tracks: Linda; Surf City; Honolulu Lulu; Drag City; Dead Man's Curve; New Girl in School, The; Little Old Lady from Pasadena, The; Ride the Wild Surf; Sidewalk Surfin'; You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy
Artists: Jan & Dean

Jan Berry and Dean Torrence took doo wop vocal techniques and grafted them on to the heavily echoed, surf-guitar style, creating, along with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, a California beach sound t...continue...

Jan & Dean: The Very Best of the Early Years

1 CD / Collectables / 2002-03-12

Tracks: Baby Talk; Clementine; Judy; My Heart Sings; Rosie Lane; Oh Julie; You're on My Mind; There's a Girl; Jeanette, Get Your Hair Done; Cindy; Don't Fly Away; White Tennis Sneakers; We Go Together; Gee; ...
Artists: Jan & Dean

Includes liner notes by Michael "Doc Roc" Kelly.

Liner Note Author: Michael Kelly .

Before Jan & Dean hit the jackpot in the early '60s with several huge surf and hot rod hits, they reco...continue...

Jan & Dean: As Easy as 1-2-3

1 CD / Raven / 1998-08-11

Tracks: Popsicle (Popsicle Truck); Restless Surfer, The; She's My Summer Girl; Down at Malibu Beach; Tennessee; Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown); Surfer's Dream, A; Surf Route 101; Surfin' Wild; Waimea B...
Artists: Jan & Dean

Super Australian Release Of 33 Tracks Compiling 3 Original Albums: Popsicle, Little Old Lady From Pasadena, & Drag City....continue...
This CD contains the 3 LPs, POPSICLE, THE LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA and DRAG CITY.

Originally released as 3 separate LPs.

Personnel: Glen Campbell, Phil Sloan (guitar, background voc...continue...

Jan & Dean: Save for a Rainy Day

1 CD / Sundazed / 1996-06-04

Tracks: Yellow Balloon; Here Comes the Rain; Lullaby in the Rain; Taste of Rain; Yellow Balloon; Here Comes the Rain; Pocket Full of Rainbows; When Sunny Gets Blue; Like a Summer Rain; Raindrops; Rain on the...
Artists: Jan & Dean

SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY, never officially released, is a concept album. Both the original stereo and original mono mixes are included for each track.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.
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Jan & Dean: Greatest Hits

1 CD / EMI-Capitol Special Markets / 1991-04-27

Tracks: Linda; Surf City; Honolulu Lulu; Drag City; Dead Man's Curve; New Girl in School, The; Little Old Lady from Pasadena, The; Ride the Wild Surf; Sidewalk Surfin'; You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy
Artists: Jan & Dean

Jan Berry and Dean Torrence took doo wop vocal techniques and grafted them on to the heavily echoed, surf-guitar style, creating, along with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, a California beach sound t...continue...