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"One Man's
Challenge" |
The first known video of The Beach Boys performing "Surfin' Safari" live
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This is a documentary
film about one man's challenge
to open a California teen club in the early sixties. Produced, written and directed by Dale Smallin this black and white
film offers a real life glimpse of the early sixties with
The Beach Boys performing live at a real teen club wearing
Pendleton shirts. Actual Live Performance |
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Original instrumental background music
throughout the film by The Beach Boys and The
Raindrops. Opening theme "The Hitchhiker" by The Genteels, courtesy of
Capitol Records. Appearances also by Johnny Crawford and Gene Weed.
Narrated by Roger Christian. |
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This copy is from the archives of Dale Smallin,
who created the film. Dale Smallin, a year later, produced Wipeout
and Surfer Joe for The Safari's and is the man who did the laugh at the
beginning of Wipeout. Mr. Smallin passed away in
Sacramento, California in 2011. This video has been licensed for
distribution by Rudolf Music. Copyright 2000-2013 All Rights
Reserved. |
Actual footage from the film:
Full Documentary from 1962 now
available on DVD Here from CD Baby
or for digital download Here
from MoPix
Jon Stebbins
writes about the film at page 46 of his biography of David Marks, "The Lost Beach Boy."
On July 28, 1962 the group's
performance at the Azusa Teen Club of "Surfin' Safari" was filmed for this "low
budget documentary examining
the growing Southern California phenomenon of
teen delinquents with too much time on their hands. In the film,
the Azusa
club is held up as an example of a place where young people could gather to blow
off steam
while
dancing to their favorite combos. This is the only known performance
footage of the Pendleton-shirt era Beach Boys
.
During the
performance, David is seen smiling, tossing his surfer cut, and chopping away on
his sunburst Fender Stratocaster."
Customer quote: The video made me cry. (The
BBs
were so young!) It's a great addition to my unusual memorabilia
collection.
Thanks
again, Love, Care :~)
Also available
Surfin' Safari Live 1962
MP3
at CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon.com
Links:
International Movie Database
IMDb
From the book:
Hollywood Rock: A Guide to Rock n Roll in the
Movies
15-Star Movies from 1959-64
Listed at The
Idolator Music News Site
From The Beach Boys Fan Club
THE BEACH BOYS 50th Anniversary
Tour
