Surfin' Safari

Tracklist

Title		Composer
1 Surfin' Safari	HIT	B.Wilson/Love
2 County Fair		B.Wilson/Usher
3 Ten Little Indians	HIT	B.Wilson/Usher
4 Chug-A-Lug		B.Wilson/Usher/Love
5 Little Girl (You're My Miss America)		Catalano/Alpert
6 409	HIT	B.Wilson/Usher/Love
7 Surfin'	HIT	B.Wilson/Love
8 Heads You Win, Tails I Lose		B.Wilson/Usher
9 Summertime Blues	HIT	Cochran/Capeheart
10 Cuckoo Clock	GEM	B.Wilson/Usher
11 Moon Dawg		Weaver
12 The Shift		B.Wilson/Love

Reviews

• Surfin' Safari? Schmurfin' Safari! File under: gremmies getting laughed out of town by the real surfers, for the cornball, nursery rhyme filler they chose to pad out their cracking debut double-A side 45. Up and running at least, and, to be fair, 'too young to vote'!

  Sean Macreavy

• A little gold, a lot of dross. Don’t blame the Boys. The filler material has Murry’s bad ideas and supremely poor taste all over it. This is how record companies assembled pop albums in 1962, before the Beatles showed everyone, including Brian, how to do it. Completists only.

  Gene Dorney

• Not a bad first effort. Surfin' Safari and 409? Classics. The album also set up the Beach Boys weren't just Surfin' and Cars. Chug-a- Lug is about hanging with friends and The Shift has nothing to do with 4 speed transmissions. From the start, they weren't going to be just a fad.

  Rick Kiebiech

• The title track, 409 and Surfin’ all show tremendous promise. The rest is fine, but sounds like a lot of filler, and already, they had better songs in the bag, like Lonely Sea and Surfer Girl. Also, the vocal arrangements, while great for their time, are quite thin.

  Matthew Poloskey

Editions

• Surfin' Safari (180g Transparent Blue Vinyl Stereo Edition)

  • April 19, 2014
  • Not Now Music
  • EU
  • NOTLP002X
  • LP/7''
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  Limited edition for Record Store Day 2014 in the EU.
  
  From rear sleeve:
  Original album produced by Nick Venet, except for:
  'Surfin'' produced by Hite Morgan
  'Surfin' Safari' & '409' produced by Murry Wilson
  Recorded October 3rd, 1961, April 19th, August 8 & September 5-6, 1962
  Original album released on Capitol Records (DT 1808) Stereo
  
  Includes Bonus Edition 7'' Promo Of Beach Boys' First Single 'Surfin'/Luau'

• Surfin' Safari - The Definitive Remastered Edition (Mono/Stereo)

  • June 18, 2013
  • Hoodoo
  • UK/EU
  • CD
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  Bonus Tracks:
  
  Luau (B.Morgan)

• Surfin' Safari Dig-A-Log Vinyl+CD

  • March 26, 2013
  • Doxy
  • EU
  • LP/CD
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• Surfin' Safari Mono / Stereo (2LP Gatefold 180g Vinyl)

  • January 22, 2013
  • Not Now
  • EU
  • LP
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• Surfin' Safari Mono-Stereo

  • January 22, 2013
  • Not Now
  • EU
  • CD
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  Bonus Tracks:
  
  Luau (B.Morgan)

• Surfin' Safari / Surfin' U.S.A.

  • March 13, 2001
  • Capitol
  • US
  • CD
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  Bonus Tracks:
  
  Cindy, Oh Cindy (Barons/Long)
  Land Ahoy (B.Wilson)