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Title: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: thr33 on November 30, 2020, 03:09:45 PM If not, how would you improve their track listings (you can extend volume 3 to 12 tracks if you'd like)?
Volume 1 (released July 5, 1966): Side 1 No. Title Original album Length 1. "Surfin' U.S.A." (Brian Wilson/Chuck Berry) Surfin' U.S.A., 1963 2:28 2. "Catch a Wave" (B. Wilson/Mike Love) Surfer Girl, 1963 2:18 3. "Surfer Girl" (B. Wilson) Surfer Girl 2:26 4. "Little Deuce Coupe" (B. Wilson/Roger Christian) Surfer Girl 1:50 5. "In My Room" (B. Wilson/Gary Usher) Surfer Girl 2:13 6. "Little Honda" (B. Wilson/M. Love) All Summer Long, 1964 1:51 Side 2 No. Title Original album Length 1. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (B. Wilson/M. Love) Shut Down Volume 2, 1964 2:18 2. "The Warmth of the Sun" (B. Wilson/M. Love) Shut Down Volume 2 2:50 3. "Louie, Louie" (Richard Berry) Shut Down Volume 2 2:23 4. "Kiss Me, Baby" (B. Wilson/M. Love) The Beach Boys Today!, 1965 2:35 5. "You're So Good to Me" (B. Wilson/M. Love) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 2:13 6. "Wendy" (B. Wilson/M. Love) All Summer Long 2:22 Volume 2 (released July 24, 1967): Side 1 No. Title Original album Length 1. "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert) Beach Boys' Party!, 1965 2:11 2. "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) The Beach Boys Today!, 1965 2:01 3. "Long, Tall Texan" (Henry Strezlecki) Beach Boys Concert, 1964 2:30 4. "Please Let Me Wonder" (B. Wilson/M. Love) The Beach Boys Today! 2:45 5. "409" (B. Wilson/M. Love/Gary Usher) Surfin' Safari, 1962 1:59 6. "Let Him Run Wild" (B. Wilson/M. Love) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 2:20 Side 2 No. Title Original album Length 1. "Don't Worry Baby" (B. Wilson/Roger Christian) Shut Down Volume 2, 1964 2:47 2. "Surfin' Safari" (B. Wilson/M. Love) Surfin' Safari 2:05 3. "Little Saint Nick" (B. Wilson/M. Love) The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, 1964 1:59 4. "California Girls" (B. Wilson/M. Love) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 2:38 5. "Help Me, Rhonda" (B. Wilson/M. Love) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 2:46 6. "I Get Around" (B. Wilson/M. Love) All Summer Long, 1964 2:12 Volume 3 (released August 5, 1968): Side 1 No. Title Original album Length 1. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) Pet Sounds, 1966 2:49 2. "Dance, Dance, Dance" (B. Wilson/Carl Wilson/Mike Love) The Beach Boys Today!, 1965 1:59 3. "409" (B. Wilson/Love/Gary Usher) Surfin' Safari, 1962 1:59 4. "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (B. Wilson) 1965 single 2:36 5. "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins) The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, 1964 1:54 6. "Girl Don't Tell Me" (B. Wilson/Love) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 2:19 Side 2 No. Title Original album Length 1. "Surfin'" (B. Wilson/Love) Surfin' Safari 2:11 2. "Heroes and Villains" (B. Wilson/Van Dyke Parks) Smiley Smile, 1967 3:36 3. "She Knows Me Too Well" (B. Wilson/Love) The Beach Boys Today! 2:27 4. "Darlin'" (B. Wilson/Love) Wild Honey, 1967 2:12 5. "Good Vibrations" (B. Wilson/Love) Smiley Smile 3:35 Title: Re: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: B.E. on November 30, 2020, 03:49:54 PM I'm dropping the following without a second thought:
-Louie, Louie -Long, Tall Texan -409 (the duplicate on Vol. 3) -Frosty The Snowman -Girl Don't Tell Me -Surfin' Title: Re: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: phirnis on November 30, 2020, 11:48:02 PM I love Girl Don't Tell Me and Surfin', always wondered why the latter wasn't included on Endless Summer. Could definitely do without Louie Louie. Vol. 3 included only one song off Wild Honey and no Friends material at all - ouch!
Title: Re: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: chrisb on December 01, 2020, 08:33:15 AM The track listings of these three albums in the UK were very different and to be honest I much prefer. I guess they came out that bit later and were able to include more contemporary tracks.
Title: Re: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: B.E. on December 01, 2020, 03:58:39 PM I'm dropping the following without a second thought: -Louie, Louie -Long, Tall Texan -409 (the duplicate on Vol. 3) -Frosty The Snowman -Girl Don't Tell Me -Surfin' There's a lot of competition to fill these spots. First check out the charting songs (top 100) left off (in chronological order): -Ten Little Indians #49 -Shut Down #23 -Be True To Your School #6 -Do You Wanna Dance #12 -Sloop John B #3 -Wouldn't It Be Nice #8 -Wild Honey #31 -Friends #47 -Do It Again #20 (cutting it close, but this was released prior to Vol. 3) Then consider some of these quality album tracks (in chronological order): -Lonely Sea -Hawaii -Ballad of Ole Betsy -Car Crazy Cutie -Custom Machine -Keep An Eye On Summer -All Summer Long -We'll Run Away -Hushabye -Girls On The Beach -Don't Back Down -Good To My Baby -In The Back Of My Mind -There's No Other (Like My Baby) Also, consider that "God Only Knows" was the only Pet Sounds track included! Craziness! Title: Re: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: Cabinessenceking on December 03, 2020, 03:58:37 AM These compilations are actually quite mercurial even to this day. One must wonder if the Capitol Records guy who made this had even listened to it when he decided to put Frosty The Snowman on one of them.
Really poor choices all around in track sequencing, selection and timing. Do both God Only Knows and 409 really belong together on the same vinyl? Title: Re: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: SMiLE Brian on December 03, 2020, 05:23:45 AM Its crazy how the BBs brilliance could be buried in GH sets like these. Endless Summer really put all the right tracks together!
Title: Re: Were Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1-3 their best songs out at the time? Post by: thr33 on December 03, 2020, 07:54:39 AM I need to brainstorm a bit more on this, so no personal list yet.
If we look at top 40 hits (I think if a song is top 40 it merits inclusion), we have 26 songs (I would include Little Saint Nick since it reached #3 on the Holiday Charts): 1962 Surfin' Safari 14 1963 Surfin' U.S.A. 3 Shut Down 23 Surfer Girl 7 Little Deuce Coupe 15 Be True To Your School 6 In My Room 23 Little Saint Nick *3 1964 Fun, Fun, Fun 5 I Get Around 1 Don't Worry Baby 24 When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) 9 Dance, Dance, Dance 8 1965 Do You Wanna Dance? 12 Help Me, Rhonda 1 California Girls 3 The Little Girl I Once Knew 20 Barbara Ann 2 1966 Sloop John B 3 ~Volume 1 Released~ Wouldn't It Be Nice 8 God Only Knows 39 Good Vibrations 1 1967 Heroes and Villains 12 ~Volume 2 Released~ Wild Honey 31 Darlin 19 1968 Do It Again 20 ~Volume 3 Released~ --- It shouldn't be *all* top 40 hits of course (and we would be 10 short anyway), and some lower-charting songs should be included (maybe some deep cuts that didn't get singles should too), but I do think that each of these warrants inclusion. One other personal preference, I would like to use the single version where it differs from the album version. |