http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beach-boys-covers-collected-for-good-vibrations-the-beach-boys-songbook-blu-spec-release/To mark the 50th and the guys's upcoming visit to Japan, Sony Music there is releasing a CD of 25 covers. Here's the tracklist:
1. ‘Good Vibrations’ – Todd Rundgren
2. ‘Don’t Worry, Baby’ – California Music
3. ‘Darlin” – Paul Davis
4. ’409′ – The Tokens
5. ‘Little Deuce Coupe’ – The Rip Chords
6. ‘Shut Down’ – The Rip Chords
7. ‘Surfin’ U.S.A.’ – The Astronauts
8. ‘Help Me Rhonda’ – Johnny Rivers
9. ‘Mr. John B (Sloop John B)’ – Sylvie Vartan
10. ‘Good Vibrations’ – Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
11. ‘California Girls’ – Leif Garrett
12. ‘Hawaii’ – Bruce & Terry
13. ‘Help Me Rhonda’ – Bruce & Terry
14. ‘Please Let Me Wonder’ – The King’s Singers
15. ‘God Only Knows’ – Andy Williams
16. ‘Caroline, No’ – Nick DeCaro and Orchestra
17. ‘Disney Girls’ – Cass Elliot
18. ‘Don’t Worry, Baby’ – The Tokens
19. ‘Good Vibrations’ – The Cowsills
20. ’409′ – The Rip Chords
21. ‘Shut Down’ – The Tokens
22. ‘J’ai Pas Le Temps (No-Go Showboat)’ – Petula Clark
23. ‘Good Vibrations’ – Floyd Cramer
24. ‘Disney Girls’ – Bruce Johnston
25. ‘The Warmth of the Sun’ – Melissa Manchester
Nearly all of these are on Youtube, but it may be the first appearance on CD for a few of these tracks. Bruce is on eight of them, by my count; Mike on one; John Cowsill on one. (Plus Brian on Rivers's HMR.) I'd never heard Floyd Cramer's take on GV so looked it up on YT. Peculiar vocal arrangement - it may have been done by either Ray Stevens or Tupper Saussy.
And some more news from the UCR site:
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beach-boys-bizarre-tour-rider-requests/Going Van Halen's no brown M&Ms one better, this says the band specifies in the tour riders that at each show they have at hand three - just three - Bic lighters. Which cannot be green in color. Scott, can you explain what this is about?
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