Surf beat
Subtitle: rock 'n' roll's forgotten revolution
By: Kent Crowley
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781617130076
Subjects: Rock music; History and criticism; Surf music
Notes: "Glossary of essential terms": p. 7.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246), discography (p. 241-244), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The day the music didn't die; title: Prologue. The surf also rises : commencing the last wave; title: The south swell 1957-1962. Secret surfin' spot ; Rebel rouser ; Let's go trippin' ; Mr Moto ; Stoked; title: The west swell 1962-1964. Moment Of truth ; Miserlou ; Dead man's curve ; Penetration; title: The north swell 1964-1972.  A new shade of blue ; Third stone from the sun ; The endless summer; title: The great swell 1971-1999. Don’t let your goodbye stand ; Rumble at Waikiki ; Surfers rule; title: Big Wednesday 1999-2007. Epilogue.