Rare Early Recordings

by The Beach Boys

Overview

This is one of many low-budget albums made up of material recorded at the Beach Boys' first, pre-Capitol Records recording sessions with Hite and Dorinda Morgan in October 1961 and February and March 1962. While the material has historical interest, it is rudimentary compared to what the group achieved at Capitol only a short while later. This album contains eight tracks, seven of them the seven vocal tracks cut at the sessions -- "Surfer Girl," "Barbie" (here called "Barbee"), "Luau," "Surfin"' (the same as the Capitol version), "What Is a Young Girl Made Of?," "Surfin' Safari," and "Judy." There is also an instrumental version of "Little Deuce Coupe" recorded by someone other than the Beach Boys. Since the record sleeve doesn't alert buyers that these are, for the most part, not the familiar versions of these familiar songs, indeed, that one of them isn't even by the credited group, this album earns a "Poor" rating and should be avoided. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	04/20/2023
Label:	Good Time
UPC:	0730167334020
Rank:	1411

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Beach Boys   Primary Artist