NEW Wipe Out - The Surfaris DES Stereo 1963

1963.....#2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #5 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #5 UK Singles, #5 Canada Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound. This DES stereo video has been abridged to support the hard work of its creators. Without sales of the CD on which this first-time DES song appears there can be no more new stereo like this based on mono originals. Please visit to order and express your support! To find out more about spectral editing and sound source separation, go to “Wipe Out“ is a surf rock instrumental composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. Composed in the form of twelve-bar blues, the tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris, who became famous with the single in 1963. The single was first issued on the independent labels DFS (#11/12) in January 1963 and Princess (#50) in February and finally picked up for national distribution on Dot as 45-16479 in April. Dot reissued the single in April 1965 as 45-144. The song—both the Surfaris' version as well as cover versions—has been featured in over 20 films and television series since 1964, appearing at least once a decade. “Wipe Out“ spent four months on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1963, reaching number 2, behind Stevie Wonder's “Fingertips“. Meanwhile, the original A-side “Surfer Joe“, sung by Ron Wilson, only attracted airplay in the wake of “Wipe Out“'s success, peaking at number 62 during its six-week run. “Wipe Out“ returned to the Hot 100 in 1966, reaching number 16 on the Hot 100 (and number 63 for the year), peaking at number 9 on the Cash Box chart, selling approximately 700,000 copies in the U.S. The single spent a grand total of 30 weeks on the Hot 100. Wilson's energetic drum solo for “Wipe Out“ (a sped-up version of his Charter Oak High School marching band's drum cadence) helped the song become one of the best-remembered instrumental songs of the period. Drummer Sandy Nelson issued different versions on multiple LPs. In 1970, “Wipe Out“ peaked at number 110 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.