Surfin 'safari
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | ||||
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Publication |
1962 |
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| Label (s) | Capitol Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
24 min 53 s |
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Nick Venet |
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Studio (s) |
Capitol Studios, Hollywood , California |
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Surfin 'Safari is the first album of the Beach Boys . It was released on October 1, 1962. The recordings lasted from April to September 1962. The album was produced by Nick Venet .
Emergence
Murry Wilson, father of Carl , Dennis and Brian Wilson , and the band's first manager, had made an appointment in May 1962 with Nick Venet, a young producer from Capitol Records . He brought a demo tape of Beach Boys songs to the appointment. Murry Wilson played the pieces to Venet, who was delighted. Venet immediately suspected that he had a hit single for Capitol at hand with Surfin 'Safari and 409 . Venet wanted to publish 409 as the A-side, band leader Brian Wilson called for Surfin 'Safari as the A-side. Venet got his way, but a little later it turned out that Brian Wilson was right, and Capitol switched sides. Surfin 'Safari made it to # 14 on the Billboard charts and made the Beach Boys nationwide stars.
Beach Boys founding member Alan Jardine can be heard on the tracks Surfin ' , Surfin' Safari and 409 . The remainder of the album was played by David Lee Marks, a neighbor of the Wilsons who replaced Alan Jardine for two years.
With the exception of the cover versions Little Girl (You're My Miss America) , Summertime Blues and Moon Dawg , all tracks were composed by Brian Wilson. Mike Love wrote the lyrics for three Wilson compositions. Gary Usher , who is named as co-writer on the remaining pieces, was a friend of Brian Wilson's and made a career as a singer, composer and producer in the mid-1960s.
The song Land Ahoy , which was first released on Beach Boys Rarities (1983), was also written during the sessions for the album . Capitol Records added the song to the new edition Surfin 'Safari / Surfin' USA (2001). The song Cherry, Cherry Coupe from the album Little Deuce Coupe is based on the melody of Land Ahoy .
All recordings are in mono .
The album reached number 32 on the US Billboard charts and stayed there for 37 weeks.
Track list
- Surfin 'Safari (B. Wilson / M. Love ) - 2:05
- County Fair (B. Wilson / G. Usher) - 2:15
- Ten Little Indians (B. Wilson / G. Usher) - 1:26
- Chug-A-Lug (B. Wilson / G. Usher) - 1:59
- Little Girl (You're My Miss America) (Catalano / Herb Alpert ) - 2:04
- 409 (B. Wilson / G. Usher) - 2:04
- Surfin ' (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 2:10
- Heads You Win, Tails I Lose (B. Wilson / G. Usher) - 2:17
- Summertime Blues ( E. Cochran / J. Capehart) - 2:09
- Cuckoo Clock (B. Wilson / G. Usher) - 2:08
- Moon Dawg (Derry Weaver) - 2:00
- The Shift (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 1:52
Additional information about the songs
Surfin 'Safari was produced by Chuck Britz, who was also involved as a sound engineer on the subsequent recordings of the Beach Boys.
County Fair was written in ten minutes , according to co- songwriter Gary Usher .
Ten Little Indians was released as the second single, but could only reach number 49. B-side became County Fair .
Little Girl (You're My Miss America) was the first song on which Dennis Wilson took over the main vocal part. The song was written by Vincent Catalano and Herb Alpert . The first version is from Dante & His Friends .
409 reached number 76 on the charts as the B-side of Surfin 'Safari . The song is about a Chevrolet Impala 409, Gary Usher's dream car. The engine noise in the song comes from Usher's 348 Chevrolet.
Surfin 'was released as a single on the small record label Candix Records in 1961 and became a top 5 chart success (No. 2) in California. Nationally, the song could only reach number 75. The version released on this album had, however, been re-recorded.
Summertime Blues is a well-known garage rock classic by Eddie Cochran .
Moon Dawg was written by producer Nick Venet under the pseudonym "Derry Weaver". The original was released in 1959 by the first surf band The Gamblers . It is unclear whether Derry Weaver, the group's guitarist, is identical to Nick Venet or whether Venet just used his name.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Booklet of the CD Surfin 'Safari / Surfin' USA , Capitol Records 2001
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000625284
- ↑ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000625284
- ↑ http://www.pipeline-operaglass.moonfruit.com/Surfin'%20Safari%20Front%20Cover/4516998357