  surfin' safari is the debut studio album by american rock band the beach boys, released on october 1, 1962 on capitol. surfin' safari peaked at number 32 in its 37-week run on the us charts and would be the lowest charting beach boys album until smiley smile in 1967. ==history== in the autumn of 1961, cousins brian wilson and mike love composed a song on surfing, titled "surfin'" at the behest of brian's younger sibling, dennis wilson. they quickly formed a band, bringing in the youngest wilson brother carl on lead guitar and brian's high school friend al jardine on rhythm guitar. brian took up bass, dennis the drums and mike would be the frontman, while they all would harmonize vocals arranged by brian. released that december, produced by hite morgan, and backed by "luau", "surfin'" made number 75 in the us top 100 in early 1962. father murry wilson became the band's manager. he submitted a professionally recorded demo tape to capitol records that spring. the beach boys were signed and "surfin' safari" b/w "409" (from the april 1962 demo tape) was released as a single that june. al jardine left the band after the recording of the song "surfin'" but before the demo session and album session, replaced by wilson-family friend david marks&mdash; jardine would rejoin to form a six-member band in the fal
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