Greatest Hits 1961-1976 features an exciting and memorable collection of surf guitar king Dick Dale's music recorded from 1961 through 1976. In the words of Dale, "My music is more native than intricate or technical. It's a sexual sensual drive...that low rumbling sound, when I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you take off and go for the drop and when the wave is lipping over the top of you it makes this hissing sound...and that's what the intermittent squeals on the top that I do with my guitar. The music is a collective togetherness between the ocean's power, the animal power, and the human power that we have inside our abdomen."
The record
| 1 | The Scavenger | 1:53 |
| 2 | Surf Buggy Instrumental Guitar | 2:06 |
| 3 | Hot Rod Racer | 2:19 |
| 4 | Misirlou Instrumental Guitar | 2:41 |
| 5 | Surf Beat Instrumental Guitar | 2:05 |
| 6 | Grudge Run | 3:04 |
| 7 | The Victor Instrumental Guitar | 3:18 |
| 8 | Peppermint Man | 4:40 |
| 9 | Mr. Eliminator Instrumental Guitar | 2:01 |
| 10 | Surfing Drums | 4:50 |
| 11 | Mag Wheels | 1:57 |
| 12 | Sloop John B | 2:51 |
| 13 | Night Rider Instrumental Guitar | 1:46 |
| 14 | Let's Go Trippin' Instrumental Guitar | 2:35 |
| 15 | King Of The Surf Guitar | 2:19 |
| 16 | The Wedge Instrumental Guitar | 2:22 |
| 17 | Those Memories Of You | 2:26 |
| 18 | Del-Tone Rock Instrumental Guitar | 2:42 |
| 19 | Death Of A Gremmie Instrumental Guitar | 2:47 |
| 20 | Get Back The Feelin' | 2:51 |
| 21 | Peter Gunn Instrumental Guitar | 3:31 |