Surfin' Safari/Surfin Usa
The Beach Boys
CD Rel Date: 2001-03-13
The group's first two LPs were compiled together and upgraded in March of 2001. They hold up remarkably well 40 years later. 'Surfin' Safari' was recorded in such a rush after the title track became a hit but there's some very good music here beyond 'Surfin' Safari,' '409,' and 'Surfin': the lost surf hit 'Chug-a-Lug'; the doo wop-style 'Little Miss America '. 'Surfin' U.S.A.' was done with a little more time and more control. From the opening title cut, the album never let's up - 'Farmer's Daughter' is a gorgeous surf tune with a killer lead falsetto by Brian; 'Miserlou,' 'Stoked,' 'Honky Tonk,' 'Surf Jam,' and 'Let's Go Trippin' were brilliant instrumentals showing o- the group's virtuosity.
Tracklist:
- Surfin Safari - (mono)
- County Fair - (mono)
- Ten Little Indians - (mono)
- Chug-a-Lug - (mono)
- Little 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)