The Avalanches - Ski' Surfin'

Talk about 'high concept!' Hollywood's hottest surfing sessionmen - drummer Hal Blaine, guitarists Billy Strange and Tommy Tedesco and, on bass, future superstar David Gates five years before Bread - combined forces on this album to pound out surf-style renditions of songs about... skiing? Unlikely as the combination was, this early-'60s album remains hotly pursued by surf aficionados, and appears here with notes by Richie Unterberger which telemark their way through the ins and outs of how this project came to be.

1) Ski Surfin'
2) Winter Wonderland
3) Avalanche
4) Midnight Sun
5) Along the Trail with You
6) Sleigh Ride
7) Snowfall
8) I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
9) Winter Evening Nocturne
10) Canadian Sunset
11) Slalom
12) Baby It's Cold Outside