Beach Boys 7" 45 Candix 331 Surfin / Luau Collectable
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Hello again! you are considering bidding on a Beach Boys 7" 45 Candix 331 Surfin / Luau Collectable - we think this issue is first before X label - Good condition with lots of light scuffs and some label wear - Good for the collections.
Beach Boys* ?– Surfin / Luau
Label: Candix ?– 331 Format: Vinyl, 7", SingleCountry: US Released: 1961 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Surf
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A Surfin Written-By – Brian Wilson, Mike Love 2:15 B Luau Written-By – B. Morgan* 2:10 Barcode and Other Identifiers- Matrix / Runout: Side A: CD-TS-1
- Matrix / Runout: Side B: CD-TS-2
Most people will point to David Leaf's book as the source, and the date indeed is mentioned there, but David picked it up from an earlier source. It wasn't Byron Preiss' book (which preceded David's by only a matter of some months), nor was it Ken Barnes' thin tome of several years earlier (the first book ever done on the BBs). Neither of them referenced Dec. 8, 1961 at all. No, the original source of the Dec. 8 date was in the Nov. 11, 1971 "Rolling Stone" article by Tom Nolan. And, surprisingly, Nolan was quoting MURRY WILSON! Specifically, Murry said, "Eight months before the record 'Surfin'' of Dec. 8th, 1961, is when The Beach Boys really started." In that one comment, Murry tied the record to that date forever!
But notice that Murry really doesn't say that the record was released that day. He could very well mean that's the day it won the "Battle Of The Bands" on KFWB. Or he could mean that's the day Candix had it pressed and the BBs received test pressings (with the actual release date a few days to a week later). There's no way to know exactly what he meant, but I've got to say that given everything else Murry told Tom Nolan in that interview, I really can't consider his statement as authoritative documentation of a release date!
So where does that leave us? I went back through everything the Dix brothers had told me. You've got to understand these guys are old and sometimes they'll contradict themselves in recalling facts. Nevertheless, you can usually sort out the chaff from the wheat if you try hard enough.
Anyway, I ran across a statement they made at one point that Candix 331 came out in late November. Immediately, it struck me how that's right in line with the Delta number dating!
So my current thinking is that a late November release date for Candix 331 is probably more accurate than Murry's Dec. 8th date. In fact, I'm not even sure that the Dec. 8th date has any real significance as far as release dates go. X 301 seems to date from mid-December, when the Alco deal was hatched. And Candix 301 dates from January, when Pacific and Era picked up distribution.
Fwiw, barring any further informational finds, this is how I date the Candix/X singles:
Candix 331 -- late November 1961
X 301 -- mid December 1961
Candix 301 (both with and without the Era notation) -- January 1962
Surf's up!
Brad
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