How about Sun Ra with Dan and Dale playing tunes from Batman? Yes, there really is such a record.
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Robin-Sensational-Guitars-Dale/dp/B00005K9XU
-- Ian
I have that on 12" Picture disc. Not really representative of the rest of Sun Ra's ouvre, but certainly fun.
There are really two 'Surf' musics. One is 'Surf' which id the lightweight harmony, Beach Boys style stuff that evokes the carefree lives of beachbums and never ending summers. The other is 'Drag'. This is down and dirty and evokes the sounds and excitement of drag racing meets.
I prefer the latter and it's what most people mean when they talk about 'surf' music.
Link Wray, Walkin' with the Link, an LP from the late 60's is great, but I can't seem to find a, ahem, link to it.
Davie Allen and The Arrows are pretty good too.
This would be a good primer, although, like Dick Dale, his tone gets a bit 'metal' on the more recent stuff. They also did the soundtrack to the biker flick 'The Wild Angels' which is worth seeking out in it's own right.
On a more contemporary bent, Man or Astroman have made some good tracks, but none of their LP's are that consistent. There is an LP by a band called 'The Finks' from the early 90's which is one of the best surf LP's I have ever heard, but I only have this on vinyl and cannot find anything on the web about them at all - there were probably only 500 copies of this LP pressed, which is a great shame as it's fantastic.
edit: I tell a lie, The Finks on CD
here or for free
here.
As for Hawaiin steel, try
King Benny Nawahi, he's probably the earliest recorded proponent of Hawaiin steel and a virtuoso to boot. 'Singin' in the Bathtub' is bound to put a smile on your face......