Beach Boys / Best of the Beach Boys
Japan ONLY LP


Capitol CP - 7228

Appendices: "G/F Cover”, “Insert”, “Inner-Bag” & "Red Wax”
( OBI is missing )

Description: This is scarce Japan ONLY best album ( released in 1960's ) of Beach Boys, comin' with rare appendices. The gate-fold cover shows inside "Japanese description" & "Photo of members". The disc is beautiful red-wax, issued only for its 1st press. Though obi is missing, it’s still hard to find this album with red-wax even in my country nowadays. Scarce item from Japan to serious collector.

Side A: Little Honda, Dance dance dance, I get around, Fun fun fun, Hawaii, Be true to your school, Surf jam

Side B: Do you wanna dance, Surfer girl, Little deuce coupe, Surfin’ USA, Surfin’ safari, 409, Surfin’


Condition: G+/G+ ( Cover / Disc )


COVER: Cover is partly worn on corners & the right-edge. It’s lightly scraped on the surface of front & back, with light ring-wear on the back. It’s stained with brown spots on the top-rim inside gate-fold. Otherwise it has no tear, dent, strip & writing...OK.

DISC: Disc has slight scuffs ( including slight hairlines ) here and there on each side. There're light marks of stain with some spindle-marks on each label. Otherwise it has none of any scratch, which is to be rated as "G+". All flaws are so slight that it plays strong on each track.

OBI: OBI is missing.

INSERT: G, being aged, stained & lightly creased on the surface of each side.

INNER-BAG: G+, being creased with ring-crease & stained on the surface of each side. The top-flap is creased.