What you get is two songs from twelve different bands plus one song from three additional bands.

It's all recorded live so you hear audience applause in between tracks as well as the occasional song intro from a band or band intro from whoever is emceeing.

But what matters here is the music. Every single band is great, and staying true to the spirit of the music as it was more or less sixty years ago. No fancy effects or anything and the guitar playing generally trends toward the power side of things, Dick Dale being sort of the Charlie Christian of surf guitar playing.

There are, however, quite a few slow, pretty, atmospheric numbers. Whatever song it is, the playing is impeccable all the time. It's kind of astounding that there were this many great surf bands in one place back in 2017.

And now, in 2022, are there still as many? Maybe more?

No idea, but this particular collection is a must-have.