The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari/Surfin' U.S.A.
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Artist: The Beach BoysEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-03-13
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Surfin' Safari - (mono)
- County Fair - (mono)
- Ten Little Indians - (mono)
- Chug-a-Lug - (mono)
- Little Girl (You're My Miss America) - (mono)
- 409 - (mono)
- Surfin' - (mono)
- Heads You Win Tails I Lose - (mono)
- Summertime Blues - (mono)
- Cuckoo Clock - (mono)
- Moon Dawg - (mono)
- Shift, The - (mono)
- Surfin' U. S. A. - (stereo)
- Farmer's Daughter - (stereo)
- Misirlou - (stereo)
- Stoked - (stereo)
- Lonely Sea - (stereo)
- Shut Down - (stereo)
- Noble Surfer - (stereo)
- Honky Tonk - (stereo)
- Lana - (stereo)
- Surf Jam - (stereo)
- Let's Go Trippin' - (stereo)
- Finders Keepers - (stereo)
- Cindy Oh Cindy - (mono, bonus track)
- Baker Man, The - (mono, bonus track)
- Land Ahoy - (stereo, bonus track)
Free Music Notes for Surfin' Safari/Surfin' U.S.A.
Free Music Review: Bouncing Baby Beach Boys
Hit: 3 Stars
Literally just a bunch of kids from the burbs, but one of them happened to be on FIRE, and the Fates conspired...(and who would have guessed that at nearly the very same moment across the Atlantic...)
Arguably the very first American rock and roll GROUP. Innocent and naive but with exuberance and imagination in plenty. Surfin' Safari (and its companion Surfin' USA) are monuments of the bands early proto-garage, guitar driven infancy. Ostensibly Produced by Capital Records' Nick Venet (though Brian could be said to have "co-produced" Surfin' USA) both albums are hinged to the surf and turf double whammy of their first two hit singles - 409/Surfin' Safari and Surfin' USA/Shut Down respectively. Though the debut single is excellent, the follow up improves on both sides. Surfin' USA take Safari's theme of hunting for the perfect waves and delivers an absolute anthem. This is the song that broke the band to a major audience. Similarly, Shut Down ups the amps on 409.
The other songs on each album are for the most part slight, but good and often charming. Surfin' USA contains several gems though in Farmers Daughter and Lonely Sea. It also contains several instrumentals, which some find to be a detriment, but the surf music genre was based in intrumentals and Surfin' USA sees the band at its truest representation of that genre.
These albums stand up admirably against the Beatles debut as well. The major difference is experience and chops. On Please Please Me The Beatles (who were also only really just kids)play and sing with with a confidence and drive. Their trial by fire Hamburg apprenticeship is clearly evident. The beach Boys on the other hand were still pretty wet behind the ears, but in some ways this only serves to make these two albums more amazing.
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Seeking to Capitol-ize on their local L.A. indie-label novelty hit, "Surfin'," the Beach Boys and their nascent sound (tales of innocent SoCal hedonism set to equal parts doo-wop vocal influences and Chuck Berry licks) were produced on these initial releases by the A&R exec who signed them, Nik Venet. But if Brian Wilson's production genius was yet untapped, his songwriting knack, trademark arrangements, and soaring falsetto were already coming to the fore, even on Surfin' Safari, the band's hastily recorded, low-budget debut album--"Surfin'," "Surfin' Safari," and "409" are ample testament to his hitmeister potential. Released just five months later, Surfin' USA both insured the band's national appeal and testified to the rapid development of their harmonies on cuts such as "Farmer's Daughter" and "Lana." The band sounds more confident throughout, and Wilson hints at the greatness to come with the moody ballad "The Lonely Sea." The flip side to Wilson's fragile emotionalism is, of course, Mike Love's nasal, fun-seeking twang; those voices revolving--often tensely--around a hub of incomparable harmony became one of rock's most indelible archetypes. These are the humble, charmingly awkward beginnings of that legend. Three unreleased bonus cuts are also featured: "Cindy, Oh Cindy," "The Baker Man" (a nursery rhyme take on the Olympics' "Hully Gully"), and the nautical "Land Ahoy." The latter two tracks are notable as Brian's official producing debut. This twofer edition features comments by Brian and the astute liner notes of music historian David Leaf. --Jerry McCulley
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