BB Recordings 1962-63

[Shane]

I sat down with the first two volumes of the SOT sets, and had an enjoyable listen today.  It seems to be a period of time that isn't often discussed by many fans (myself included) who tend to gravitate towards the 1965-1967 period.

After listening to this stuff, a few questions came to mind:

1.  The 1993 GV boxed set booklet shows a picture of an early tape box... its the "demo" tape that Murray took to Capitol.  It features two versions of Surfin' Safari, Judy, Lonely Sea, 409, and Their Hearts Were Full of Spring.  I was wondering if The Lonely Sea on this tape is the same version that appeared on the Surfin' USA LP.

2.  What was the Surfin' Safari album recorded on... 2 track or 3 track?  Sometimes it sounds as if only two channels of sound are being used,

[Ebb and Flow]

The demo version of Lonely Sea on that tape is supposed to be the same as the finished track from the album but without the backing vocals, which were overdubbed later on at Capitol.

And AFAIK, the whole thing was recorded on 3 track, at least the stuff recorded at Captiol's studio.  Some of the earlier recordings like 409 and Surfin' Safari have a different recording history.

[Andrew G. Doe]

The demo version of Lonely Sea on that tape is supposed to be the same as the finished track from the album but without the backing vocals, which were overdubbed later on at Capitol.

And AFAIK, the whole thing was recorded on 3 track, at least the stuff recorded at Captiol's studio.  Some of the earlier recordings like 409 and Surfin' Safari have a different recording history.

"Surfin'" was recorded at World-Pacific Studio, which was either 2-track or binaural.  "Surfin' Safari" & "409" were recorded at Western, on either 2- or 3-track. The remainder was cut at the  Capitol tower, on 3-track.