Rare 1962 Orig THE BEACH BOYS SURFIN' SAFARI Surf HOT ROD GARAGE BRIAN WILSON
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- ORIGINAL 1962 STEREOPHONIC FIRST PRESS
- RAINBOW CAPITOL RECORDS
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- SURFING' SAFARI
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- USA - (rainbow) CAPITOL - DT 1808 (STEREOPHONIC)
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- ORIGINAL ~~~ 61 years ago STEREO 1964 RAINBOW CAPITOL !
- 1962 first pressing vinyl of the very first BEACH BOYS album on the highly collected RAINBOW Capitol label.
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The Beach Boys’ very first album was released only months before the Beatles’ debut, ensuring that retrospective comparisons are inevitable. Overall, the Beatles’ album stands up better but the Beach Boys’ Surfin’ Safari must be admired for containing a greater amount of original material, no matter how weak. Nine original tracks was an astounding achievement for most albums released as early as 1962.
Inevitably, it is the title track and hit single “Surfin’ Safari” that remains the best known and most effective track on the Beach Boys’ debut. In reality only Dennis Wilson, the heart-throb of the band, was actually a surfer. Brian Wilson was exploiting a fad of the time for his own commercial intentions, a despicable act by today’s standards but par for the course during rock ‘n’ roll’s infancy. Whether or not he knew a surf board from an ironing board, Brian certainly observed the fad accurately enough to convince everyone of his authenticity. Along with his band-mate and fellow non-surfer Mike Love, Brian put together a winning, uplifting track packed with surfing jargon and a very tight vocal arrangement, the like of which the Beach Boys would become well-known for. It’s an uplifting, feel good summer song with a peppy, amusingly nasal lead vocal from Mike which is instantly recognizable. “Surfin’ Safari” remains the one track from the album that has stood the test of time.Some of the other tracks are modeled exactly after the lead singles (Heads I Win, Tails I Lose : Surfin’ Safari, The Shift: 409) and nearly all the lyrical content will offer nothing beyond a good feeling. But hey, this is what the people wanted, and they got it: Beach music.
The songs (as was the standard for the time) are all tightly wrapped and nicely packaged and you won’t feel bored during the album. It’s somewhat interesting hearing how The Beach Boys started and comparing that to where they came from.
There are incredibly quick glances into the vocal talents of Brian & Dennis Wilson (primarily on the verses) as well, even if not through the entire song. “Little Miss America” and “Cuckoo Clock”. There is even a pretty interesting song, “Moon Dawg”, consisting of pretty much as heavy of a jam you will get on this album, with occasional backing vocal support.
This the Beach Boys finding it easy to fit in the growing popularity of the Surf Rock trend at that moment and fortunately, thanks to the hit singles such as "Surfin' Safari", "409" or "Surfin'", they managed to break into the mainstream and later would develop the successful career full of sensational music.
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- The cover: "EX" (excellent) the 1962 cover is a very strong colorful striking artifact some 61 years later !!!
- no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, no writing
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- The vinyl: Rated: VG(+) to VG+ and better ... a few minimum visible hairlines/ scuffs, yet both "deep-groove" sides contain enjoyable audio, despite some random light imperfections in play grade, not overall an issue as tested here! ...
- Both stereo rainbow Capitol labels are clean
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A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING! On May-06-23 at 23:55:04 PDT, seller added the following information:
ATTENTION: Thanks to the keen insight of not just any viewer : this is a MONO 1964 Original rainbow Capitol Records record with "duophonic" cover ... Please be aware - otherwise stands as cover/record described
On May-06-23 at 23:57:07 PDT, seller added the following information:^ Check that, cover & record are original from 1962 (not 1964)
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