A rare original 1961 pressing of the Beach Boys debut single, ‘Surfin/Luau,’ on X Records. This is the second–and rarest– of three original pressings that pre-date their signing to Capitol Records. From Discogs: The original issue was Candix 301 in November 1961. The song became a big hit in the southern California region and when […]
Here’s an impossibly rare Beach Boys collectible which we’ve never seen before–an original 1966 Capitol Records slick for the Beach Boys unreleased Smile album. This isn’t a latter day reproduction, but an original 1966 slick. We personally acquired this from a longtime music business executive who worked in a high position at Capitol Records, among […]
A sealed first pressing of the self-titled 1970 album by South African band The Flame, on the Beach Boys’ Brother Records. Beach Boy Carl Wilson produced this, the only non-Beach Boys album released on Brother Records. Ironically, after the album’s release, the band broke up and members Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar joined the Beach […]