The Beach Boys — The Beach Boys - Surfin Safari (LP)

Before the orchestral ambition of Pet Sounds and the fractured genius of Smile, there was this — The Beach Boys at their most sun-bleached and unguarded. Surfin' Safari captures the group in their earliest flush, translating the California dream into close harmonies and twelve-string jangle. It's rock and roll refracted through surf culture, owing as much to Chuck Berry's rolling rhythm and blues as to any Pacific coastline. This Wax Time reissue brings that breezy, salt-air energy back to vinyl, a reminder of how simply and purely it all began.

Tracklist

Surfin' Safari 2:05 County Fair 2:15 Ten Little Indians 1:30 Chug-A-Lug 2:00 Little Miss America 2:05 409 1:58 Surfin' 2:10 Heads You Win - Tails I Lose 2:18 Summertime Blues 2:10 Cuckoo Clock 2:08 Moon Dawg 2:00 The Shift 1:54