Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2021 June 04 • Friday

Happy birthday!

Fifty-nine years ago today, when somebody I know was turning one, The Beach Boys released their second single, "Surfin' Safari" b/w "409".

The "409" is a hot rod, a "four-speed, dual-quad, positraction 409", to be precise.

What could any of that mean? We looked at the April 1961 issue of Hot Rod magazine to find out.

Hot Rod is actually a pretty technical magazine and we were not enlightened. Does it refer to the four-barrel carburetor or the dual head pipes? No idea.

Presumably all of that means that it's real fine.