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"Surfin’ U.S.A." - Beach Boys

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Topic: "Surfin’ U.S.A." - Beach Boys

Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Surfin’ U.S.A." - Beach Boys
Date Posted: 08 August 2012 at 9:47pm

Commercial 45 copies of The Beach Boys' "Surfin' U.S.A." all have an actual run time of 2:27 (the printed time is 2:25 on 1963 pressings and 2:27 on 1974 pressings). I only post this because the song's database CD appearances run from 2:23-2:28.

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Posted By: mjb50
Date Posted: 22 September 2025 at 5:04am

The Rhino Surfin' Hits CD has the vocal track's left & right channels swapped as compared to a couple other masterings I have (e.g. the excellent 2012 reissue of the Surfin' U.S.A. album), and it has narrower stereo as well.

Something to watch out for if you're comparing versions.