Product Description
In the autumn of 1961, cousins Brian Wilson and Mike Love composed a song on surfing, titled "Surfin'" at the behest of Brian's younger sibling, Dennis Wilson. They quickly formed a band, bringing in the youngest Wilson brother Carl on lead guitar and Brian's high school friend Al Jardine on rhythm guitar. Brian took up bass, Dennis the drums and Mike would be the frontman, while they all would harmonize vocals arranged by Brian. Released that December, produced by Hite Morgan, and backed by "Luau", "Surfin'" made number 75 in the US Top 100 in early 1962. Father Murry Wilson became the band's manager. He submitted a professionally recorded demo tape to Capitol Records that spring. The Beach Boys were signed and "Surfin' Safari" b/w "409" (from the April 1962 demo tape) was released as a single that June. Al Jardine left the band before the demo session, rejoining the band in the fall of 1963. With both "Surfin' Safari" and "409" becoming hits (the former reaching US number 14), Capitol Records approved a full album. Brian Wilson, who regularly collaborated with Mike Love and Gary Usher, contributed the songs that made up the bulk of the LP. The official production credit on Surfin' Safari went to Nick Venet, though some[who?] have reported Brian Wilson contributed to the production.[citation needed] The second single, "Ten Little Indians", was less successful, reaching only number 49, with Brian feeling that "Chug-A-Lug" would have made a far better follow-up. Though Mike and Brian are the most prominent singers, Dennis makes his first vocal appearance on "Little Girl (You're My Miss America)" (shown as "Little Miss America" on the album cover).

• This package contains the very first Beach Boys album plus all the earliest recordings leading up to that LP
• Includes the original Randy 7” 45 sides issued under the name of Kenny & The Cadets also the great No.1 hits Surfin’ & Surfin’ Safari
• Unpublished photographs
• Liner notes by Author Dick Porter
• Presented in gatefold cardboard soft pack.

CD 1: Remastered
1. Surfin' Safari
2. County Fair
3. Ten Little Indians
4. Chug-A-Lug
5. Little Girl (You're My Miss America)
6. 409
7. Surfin'
8. Heads You Win – Tails I Lose
9. Summertime Blues
10. Cuckoo Clock
11. Moon Dawg
12. The Shift

Recorded October 3, 1961; April 19, August 8, September 5–6, 1962, Capitol & Hite Morgan Studios, California.
Originally Released 1st October 1962 As Surfin' Safari.

CD 2: The Earliest Recordings
1. Studio Chatter
2. Surfin’ (First Attempt) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love)
3. Studio Chatter
4. Surfin’ (Master Take X-301, Candix 301,331 Capitol LPT-1081) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love)
5. Studio Chatter
6. Lau (First Attempt) (Bruce Morgan)
7. Luau (Bruce Morgan) (Master Take B-Side Of X-301, Candix 301,331)
8. Surfin’ Safari
9. Studio Chatter
10. Surfin’ Safari (Master)
11. Studio Chatter
12. Surfer Girl (Master)
13. Judy (Take 1)
14. Judy (Master)
15. Beach Boys Stomp (Karate) (Carl Wilson)
16. Surfin Safari Overdub Demo
17. Lavender (Dorinda Morgan)
18. Luau (Bruce Morgan)
19. Surfin (Brian Wilson/Mike Love)
20. Barbie (Bruce Morgan) (Stereo)
21. What Is A Young Girl Made Of (Bruce Morgan) (Stereo)

Tracks 1-7 First Beach Boys Session 3rd Oct 1961
Tracks 8-16 Candix Recording Session Of February 8th 1962
Tracks 17-19 Recorded As The Pendeltones 15th September 1961 Hite Morgan's Living Room.
Tracks 20/21 Recorded As Kenny & The Cadets On March 8th 1962 Issued On Randy -442.

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Disc 2 appears to be a re-issue of this title.

Yeah, I have that one. I believe Steve Hoffman did the re-mastering as well.

Rick A.

Disc 1 is their first Capitol album. As this is from the UK, should we assume this is one of those "out of British copyright" titles?

Yes. What distinguishes this release is that it's being put out by Easy Action, who have done plenty of legitimately licensed CDs of rare vault material (Yardbirds, Renaissance, Marc Bolan, et. al.). So I have some hope that this could be a worthwhile remaster, especially of Disc Two. It also looks like the pre-Capitol tracks have been resequenced into the actual recording order.

That Lost And Found collection was reissued on DCC (one of their few aluminum discs) with a better cover:



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Both versions are long out of print.

Disc 2 of the above was also this reissue from 2000. Per Discogs, the label is NMC Music - Pilot 62, licensed to Burning Airlines. Anybody know if this was a legit release? (this label was also responsible for The Yardbirds "Cumular Limit" from 2000)



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Hard to imagine the DCC could be improved upon by a remaster. I do like the second (albeit anachronistic) DCC cover, but I ended up with the office cover.

Are these actually stereo mixes on Disc 1?

The solicitation from Easy Action doesn't say one way or the other, however, the fact that some tracks on CD 2 are specifically noted as stereo makes me think that the whole of CD 1 will be in mono.