Surfin Safari
Surfin' Safari is the debut album by the legendary American rock band the Beach Boys, originally released on October 1, 1962 on Capitol Records. The official production credit went to Nick Venet, though it was Brian Wilson with his father Murry who contributed substantially to the album's production; Brian also wrote or co-wrote nine of its 12 tracks.[2] The album peaked at No. 32 in its 37-week run on the US charts. The album was preceded by two singles: ""Surfin'"" and ""Surfin' Safari"", which charted at Nos. 75 and 14, respectively. The success of ""Surfin' Safari"" helped secure a full album for the group while an additional single, ""Ten Little Indians"", was issued, charting at No. 49. The early demos were recorded in a session engineered by Chuck Britz, who recorded most of the Beach Boys records from 1963 to 1966. Britz was credited with helping Brian Wilson develop as a musician, being called his ""second ear"". ""County Fair"" was inspired by Gary Usher and Brian Wilson visiting a county fair in San Bernardino, the song was written in about ten minutes. ""Ten Little Indians"" saw the group trying to emulate the style of the song Running Bear. According to Usher, Capitol chose the song as the second single due to thinking that surf music was a fad.
The Beach Boys   Format: Audio CD
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