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I'm not too happy with the sh*t-loads of compilations that are out, so I've decided to make my own.
I want it to be one where you get the best first-impression of them.
The title would be "The Absolute Essentials", and there would be 30 tracks. 15 from the 60's, and 15 from the 70's onwards.
The (possibly final) track-list I have in mind:

01: Surfin' Safari
02: In My Room
03: The Warmth Of The Sun
04: Do You Wanna Dance?
05: The Little Girls I Once Knew
06: God Only Knows
07: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
08: Heroes And Villains
09: Surf's Up
10: Good Vibrations
11: Wild Honey
12: Little Bird
13: I Can Hear Music
14: Cottonfields
15: I'm Going Your Way
16: It's About Time
17: Forever
18: Disney Girls (1957)
19: 'Til I Die
20: You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
21: Cuddle Up
22: Sail On, Sailor
23: Mona
24: Honkin' Down The Highway
25: My Diane
26: Love Surrounds Me
27: Keepin' The Summer Alive
28: Getcha Back
29: She Believes In Love Again
30: That's Why God Made The Radio



I wouldn't mind hearing your opinion on this. Hope you like it

In no order:

01.  I Get Around
02.  Don't Worry Baby
03.  Warmth of the Sun
04.  Let Him Run Wild
05.  Please Let Me Wonder
06.  God Only Knows
07.  Caroline No
08.  Don't Talk
09.  Surf's Up
10,  Wonderful
11.  Heroes and Villains
12.  Feel Flows
13.  A Day in the Life of a Tree
14.  Long Promised Road
15.  Cuddle Up
16.  Sail on Sailor
17.  The Night Was So Young
18.  I'll Bet He's Nice
19.  Time To Get Alone
20.  From There To Back Again
21.  Baby Blue
22.  'Til I Die
23.  This Whole World
24.  Forever
25.  Here Today
25.  I Guess I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
26.  Good Vibrations
27.  Dance, Dance, Dance
28.  Surfin' USA
29.  Darlin'
30.  Surfer Girl

I'm already thinking of changes...

Good tracklist, but one of the two concepts were to have 15 tracks from the 60's and 15 from the 70's onwards

Also, Surfin USA is a Chuck Berry Rip-off, I Get Around is nothing compared to I'm Going Your Way, and A Day in the Life of a Tree i don't care for much, probably because it's sung by Jack Rieley as well as Van Dyke Parks

No Don't Worry Baby - seriously?? And She Believes In Love Again? No thanks. Much better songs on BB '85. Why not the vastly superior Where I Belong? Otherwise, a nice interesting track-list - although personally I'm usually reluctant to use bootleg material on comps unless the quality is really good, and the quality on my own copy of I'm Going Your Way is pretty lousy... 

very nice comp, much better than most offical releases. Personally I would cut it at around LA Light, but that is ofc up to you. However with the release of Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love? (and perhaps one day River Deep Mountain High and Stevie) I might revise that cut-off date

THE BEACH BOYS - The Absolute Essentials

01  California Girls
02  Good Vibrations
03  Surfer Girl
04  Surfin' USA
05  Fun, Fun, Fun
06  All Summer Long
07  Wouldn't It Be Nice
08  In My Room
09  I Get Around
10  Don't Worry Baby
11  Dance, Dance, Dance
12  God Only Knows
13  Sloop John B
14  The Warmth Of The Sun
15 Help Me. Rhonda

16  Forever
17  Sail On Sailor
18  Til I Die
19  This Whole World
20  Baby Blue
21  Goin' On
22  Disney Girls
23  Getcha Back
24  It's OK
25  That's Why God Made The Radio
26  Where I Belong
27  Good Timin'
28  Kokomo
29  Marcella
30  Cuddle Up
 

This is pretty close for my tastes.  The first half is right on the money.  However, I would ditch Diz-a-ney Girls and put Surf's Up in its place.  And I know RnR Music and California Dreamin' are covers but they are essential to any compilation.  I would put them in place of Cuddle Up and....oh, I guess Where I Belong.

One more thought.  As I have mentioned in other threads, I would like just once to see Still Cruisin' on a comp.  Couldn't they do that JUST ONCE?!!!

I sacrificed Don't Worry Baby in favor of The Warmth Of The Sun. It was indeed a tough decision. As for She Believes In Love Again, i actually quite like that song, and that's your personal opinion if you don't like that. Although now that I think about it, I should have put Maybe I Don't Know instead...

Let's see. I started this thread around the time I joined this forum.
It's been a while since then, so I figure I'd try again and decide on another track-listing, as tastes have changed.
Instead of 30 tracks, it would be 36. 18 from the 60's, 18 from the 70's onwards.

01: Surfin' Safari
02: In My Room
03: The Warmth Of The Sun
04: Do You Wanna Dance?
05: Please Let Me Wonder
06: The Little Girls I Once Knew
07: God Only Knows
08: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
09: Good Vibrations
10: Heroes And Villains
11: Surf's Up
12: Gettin' Hungry
13: Wild Honey
14: Here Comes The Night
15: Friends
16: I Can Hear Music
17: All I Want To Do
18: Be With Me
19: Slip On Through
20: Deirdre
21: It's About Time
22: Long Promised Road
23: Feel Flows
24: Til' I Die
25: Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again
26: You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
27: Sail On Sailor
28: Mona
29: Honkin' Down The Highway
30: Good Timin'
31: Lady Lynda
32: Love Surrounds Me
33: Getcha Back
34: Maybe I Don't Know
35: That's Why God Made The Radio
36: Summer's Gone

Posted this about 18 months back – it's a disc I burned for a friend who had no interest in the band and thought they were all surf, sun and cheese.

I still like it – 25 tracks and they all fit on to one CD.  Not chronological; I tried to ensure it flows a little. Might have changed it today – DITLoaT certainly belongs here. Maybe one or two others – Let The Wind Blow, from In Concert, for eg.

Not into this reliance on 60s tracks. The 60s might have seen Brian's creative pop peak but the 70s were extremely strong, for all the band, and much of 2012's effort blew my mind also.

On that point, it's heavy on TWGMTR tracks as that was in very heavy circulation on my CD player at the time, and I'd probably only pull Strange World to free-up space out of those. Have included sources here, which I didn't before; one or two have changed, notably Only With You (Live) which now has an official source in even better quality than the original Hang Ten Carnegie bootleg.  I've also got my hands on the rest of the 2012 remasters since compiling the list.


01: Think About The Days (That's Why God Made the Radio)
02: Surf's Up (Surf's Up [2012 Remaster])
03: River Song (Dennis Wilson, Pacific Ocean Blue)
04: All This Is That (Carl & The Passions/ Holland twofer)
05: Old Man River [Vocal Section] (Hawthorne, CA: Birthplace Of A Musical Legacy [Disc 2])
06: Soulful Old Man Sunshine (Endless Harmony Soundtrack)
07: This Whole World (Sunflower  [2012 Remaster])
08: Only With You (Live, MiC Disc 5)
09: Water (4th Vocal Overdub) (UM: Volume 17-The "Smile" Sessions)
10: Cool, Cool Water (album version) (Sunflower [2012 Remaster])
11: Funky Pretty (Carl & The Passions/Holland twofer)
12: Add Some Music To Your Day (Sunflower  [2012 Remaster])
13: Can't Wait Too Long [A Cappella Mix] (Hawthorne, CA: Birthplace Of A Musical Legacy [Disc 2])
14: 'Til I Die (Surf's Up [2012 Remaster])
15: Heroes And Villains (Stereo Mix) (Smiley Smile [2012 Remaster])
16: Love Remember Me (Dennis Wilson, Bambu (The Caribou Sessions))
17: Tug Of Love (Feel The Pull) (Dennis Wilson, Pacific Ocean Blue)
18: Thoughts Of You (Dennis Wilson, Pacific Ocean Blue)
19: You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Mix) (The Pet Sounds Sessions Sampler)
20: Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (String Overdub) The Pet Sounds Sessions [Disc 2])
21: Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Stereo) (Pet Sounds)
22: Strange World (That's Why God Made the Radio)
23: From There To Back Again (That's Why God Made the Radio)
24: Summer's Gone (That's Why God Made the Radio)
25: Pacific Coast Highway (That's Why God Made the Radio)

Any particular reason for using the sampler edition?  Genuine query, as I don't have it and am wondering if there's anything nifty on it that wasn't in the big green box.

Ah, no, apologies for the confusion – in this instance that was the one I had to hand at the time when loading up to iTunes…  Far as I know it's the same as the Big Green Box. I should A/B with the 2012 or the 2012 stereo mix sometime… then there's the Blu-ray next month… and the mono from the end of last year (which was probably the same as the mono on the 2012 stereo/mono, or the 2000 mono…

:lol No apologies required, mate, just checking if my tightwaditis had caused me to miss out. 

Just hold off on that A/Bing until the Kevin Gray mastered SACD and vinyl hits your mailbox in a couple of months.

You reckon you'll rate this?  I know nothing about Kevin Gray… I'll need a SACD compatible player as well before then…

Here's my latest:

01.   Slip On Through
02.   This Whole World
03.   Forever
04.   Fallin’ In Love (Dennis)
05.   All I Wanna Do
06.   Feel Flows
07.   Long Promised Road
08.   Lookin’ At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
09.   Surf’s Up
10.   ‘Til I Die
11.   (Wouldn’t It Be Nice To) Live Again
12.   Cuddle Up
13.   Marcella
14.   TM
15.   All This Is That
16.   The Trader
17.   Sail On Sailor
18.   Funky Pretty
19.   We Got Love

01.   Sweet Mountain (Spring with Brian)
02.   Wishing You Were Here (with Chicago with Carl, Dennis and Al)
03.   Had To Phone Ya
04.   Just Once In My Life
05.   Johnny Carson
06.   The Night Was So Young
07.   Lines
08.   Pitter Patter
09.   River Song (Dennis)
10.   Pacific Ocean Blues (Dennis)
11.   Moonshine (Dennis)
12.   Baby Blue
13.   Love Surrounds Me
14.   California Feelin’
15.   Country Pie (Mike with Celebration)
16.   Angel Come Home
17.   Santa Ana Winds
18.   Where I Belong
19.   You’re Still A Mystery
20.   Strange World
21.   Think About The Days
22.   From There To Back Again

If you're going to call it "Absolute Essentials" then I don't think you have to include anything past Sail On Sailor. The early stuff is way more "essential" than what followed.

I get what you're saying, but while a majority of post-Holland songs are rubbish, there are the occasional gems that are worth listening to and aren't worth forgetting. Also, that's my old list, check out:

I posted this two best-of compilations a long while ago; I recently updated the tracklisting on volume 2 (adding 'California Dreaming' and 'That's Why God Made The Radio'), as well as changed the cover art to said volume. I was trying to do what Capitol never really has nailed: a big helping of the Beach Boys' best hits and important album tracks.

The Warmth of the Sun: The Best of the Beach Boys, volume 1
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Disc 1
1. Surfin'
2. Surfin' Safari
3. 409
4. Surfin' USA
5. Shut Down
6. Surfer Girl
7. Catch A Wave
8. Little Deuce Coupe
9. In My Room
10. Be True To Your School
11. Little Saint Nick
12. Fun, Fun, Fun
13. Don't Worry Baby
14. The Warmth of the Sun
15. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
16. I Get Around
17. All Summer Long
18. Little Honda
19. Hushabye
20. Wendy
21. The Girls On The Beach
22. Don't Back Down

Disc 2
1. Do You Wanna Dance
2. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
3. Dance, Dance, Dance
4. Please Let Me Wonder
5. Kiss Me, Baby
6. She Knows Me Too Well
7. Help Me, Rhonda
8. Then I Kissed Her
9. Girl Don't Tell Me
10. California Girls
11. Let Him Run Wild
12. You're So Good To Me
13. The Little Girl I Once Knew
14. Barbara Ann
15. Sloop John B.
16. Wouldn't It Be Nice
17. You Still Believe In Me
18. God Only Knows
19. Caroline, No
20. Good Vibrations


The Warmth of the Sun: The Best of the Beach Boys, volume 2
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Disc 1
1. Heroes and Villains
2. Wild Honey
3. Darlin'
4. Let The Wind Blow
5. Friends
6. Little Bird
7. Busy Doin' Nothin'
8. Do It Again
9. I Can Hear Music
10. Bluebirds Over The Mountain
11. I Went To Sleep
12. Time To Get Alone
13. Break Away
14. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
15. This Whole World
16. Add Some Music To Your Day
17. Forever
18. Our Sweet Love
19. Long Promised Road
20. Disney Girls (1957)
21. 'Til I Die
22. Surf's Up

Disc 2
1. You Need A Mess of Help To Stand Alone
2. Marcella
3. All This Is That
4. Sail On, Sailor
5. California
6. The Trader
7. Funky Pretty
8. Rock And Roll Music
9. It's OK
10. Had To Phone Ya
11. The Night Was So Young
12. I'll Bet He's Nice
13. Come Go With Me
14. Good Timin'
15. Baby Blue
16. Goin' On
17. Getcha Back
18. California Dreamin'
19. Kokomo
20. That's Why God Made The Radio


Also, I like combining the best tracks on albums (and losing the filler) to make one great fictional album. Here, I combined the best tracks from Shut Down volume 2 and All Summer Long into one new album I call California Summertime:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/bbscs1_zps522d6fc4.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/shireling/media/bbscs1_zps522d6fc4.jpg.html)

1. I Get Around
2. Don't Worry Baby
3. All Summer Long
4. Hushabye
5. Little Honda
6. We'll Run Away
7. The Warmth of the Sun
8. Fun, Fun, Fun
9. In The Parkin' Lot
10. Wendy
11. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
12. The Girls On The Beach
13. Keep An Eye On Summer
14. Don't Back Down

No I Get Around?  No Don't Worry Baby? No Wouldn't It Be Nice?  No California Girls?  No Help Me Rhonda?  No Surfer Girl?

I thought this was supposed to be an essentials comp to make the best first impression?

What I did with my compilation is that half the songs are from the 60's, and half are from the 70's onwards. So it's neither 60's dominated or 70's dominated.
So some great songs did have to be excluded. I chose Warmth Of The Sun over Don't Worry Baby, In My Room over Surfer Girl, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times over Wouldn't It Be Nice, Do You Wanna Dance over I Get Around, Please Let Me Wonder over Help Me, Rhonda, and The Little Girls I Once Knew over California Girls.

This is basically my go to compilation when I need a BB's fix. It can't be beat.

I avoid chronological orders when it comes to comps.

1) Our Prayer/Gee
2) Hereos and Villains
3) Fallin' In Love
4) All Summer Long
5) Girl Don't Tell Me
6) You're So Good To Me
7) Car Crazy Cutie
8 ) Good To My Baby
9) Help Me Rhonda
10) Please Let Me Wonder
11) Don't Worry Baby
12) God Only Knows
14) She Knows Me Too Well
15) California Girls
16) Your're So Good To Me
17) Aren't You Glad
18) Darlin'
19) Busy Doin Notin
20) I'd Love Just Once
21) Time To Get Alone
22) Where We Are
23) All I Wanna Do
24) Where I Belong
25) Goin On
26) Somewhere near Japan
27) The Trader
28) Marcella
29) Surfin Usa
30) Soul Searchin (Awesome way to close an album)

  There is a difference between ripping something off and creating your own distinctive sound using source material. "Surfin' USA" is derived from Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" but every time it plays it says BEACH BOYS in caps. It is a signature song in their catalog that definitively introduced the surf mythology and folklore of the band.

I dunno, it's the double edge BB reissue sword  :ninja:

On the one hand:
- there's not really anything new on offer nothing new, as I assume the masters Kevin is "renting" will be those Mark and Alan prepared for the recent reissues, or already have on hand (ie, Pet Sounds).  
- I'd prefer to put my scant funds aside for any new things that may come along, having particularly enjoyed the Big Beat 1963 stuff.

But on the other hand  :brow:
- Kevin Gray is a bit of a legend in the heady world of mastering - kicked off at Artisan (yes, they of the Sunflower "Thanks, Marilyn" imprint), has worked with about every classic rock outfit you could name, and spend a fair bit of time with crazy Steve Hoffman @ DCC (they did all of those Gold cd releases of Endless Summer etc).

- hence, some of the vinyl will be be worth getting, especially the earlier albums; some of my original copies are kinda beat to sh*t, and should be left to rest on the shelf.

- If I were one of the younger players around here and looking at expanding into vinyl, I'd be saving my pennies and dimes for this set; in anticipation of glowing reviews of course.  Don't think they'll be cheap tho'.

As for the SACDs:
- not sure how much more fidelity can be squeezed out of the current masters - MoFi pulled a good stereo PS SACD out of the hat with their recentish Hybrid release (where you can play it on a standard CD player), that even got a mention from Mark L on this board; not sure what Kev can add to this tome.  

- In relation to the other titles, I only bought the Smiley Smile and Surfin' USA remastered CDs, as I'm pretty happy with the 2001 twofers; so will be keeping an eye on the reviews if they come.

So, I'm looking forward to the new vinyl, and being "philosophical" about the SACD's.

Summer_Days did a great job with his collection.  ;D If it were me, I'd add Back Home, Still Crusin' and Somewhere Near Japan to his list. Now that's a compilation I'd want a copy of.  ;)

That's Who?

1. Cabinessence (20/20)
2. Child Is Father of the Man (Smile Sessions)
3. Wind Chimes (Smiley Smile)
4. Wild Honey
5. Busy Doin' Nothin'
6. All I Wanna Do
7. Slip On Through
8. It's About Time
9. Celebrate the News

10. Wouldn't It Be Nice (To Live Again)
11. Long Promised Road
12. Feel Flows
13. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
14. Marcella
15. Sail On Sailor
16. Funky Pretty
17. Let Us Go On This Way
18. Love Surrounds Me

Thanks. I didn't really have any more room, though. If I could, I'd add 'Meant For You', 'Cool, Cool Water', and at least one more Love You track.

Is that the Wilson of Liberty on the cover?  :-D

You betcha.

Summer_Days, I adore those covers!  ;D

Here's a very straightforward chronological comp I made a few weeks ago with all my favourite BB songs, bar Pet Sounds and Smile material. I called it Still I Dream of It and made a stupid cover, because I'm an idiot.

(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z353/SupremeKingDan/Coversmall_zps8eefcf7c.jpg)

01. In The Back Of My Mind
02. The Little Girl I Once Knew (seltaeb's stereo mix)
03. Can't Wait Too Long (MiC)
04. Darlin'
05. Friends
06. Wake The World
07. Be Here In The Morning
08. Passing By
09. Busy Doin' Nothin'
10. I Can Hear Music
11. Be With Me
12. I Went To Sleep
13. Time To Get Alone
14. Never Learn Not To Love
15. Break Away
16. Slip On Through
17. This Whole World
18. Cool Cool Water
19. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
20. Feel Flows
21. Wouldn't It Be Nice (To Live Again)
22. 'Til I Die
23. Marcella
24. California Saga
25. Mona
26. Good Time
27. It's Over Now
28. Still I Dream Of It

I suppose it doesn't take many chances. Maybe it's worth making another comp of really deep cuts.

@Judd Thanks. I really love the cover to Still I Dream of It, actually. Dontcha just love Cooper Black font? :)


I made a compilation of my favorite Beach Boys songs too. It's called Soulful Old Man Sunshine. Here's the front and back covers:

front cover
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back cover
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/bbsfavs2_zps8ab14f22.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/shireling/media/bbsfavs2_zps8ab14f22.jpg.html)

1. Wouldn't It Be Nice
2. Let Him Run Wild
3. The Little Girl I Once Knew
4. That's Not Me
5. God Only Knows
6. The Warmth of the Sun
7. Time To Get Alone
8. Kiss Me Baby
9. Let The Wind Blow
10. The Night Was So Young
11. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
12. This Whole World
13. Please Let Me Wonder
14. Our Sweet Love
15. You Still Believe In Me
16. Wonderful
17. Darlin'
18. Caroline, No
19. Surf's Up
20. In The Back of My Mind

Thank you very much. Making covers is so fun  :tm

Just wondering, what kind of software were you guys using when you made your covers?

Judd used photoshop

This is what I listen to when I need a good fix:
It's kinda stupid but whatvr////

(http://i.imgur.com/FuxyoJr.jpg)

Tracklist:
1: This Whole World
2: Big Sur 4/4
3: California Saga
4: Sherry She Needs Me
5: Break Away
6: You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
7: I Was Made To Love Her (Judd Edit)
8: Marcella
9: 4th Of July
10: Please Let Me Wonder
11: Sound of Free
12: Little Girl I Once Knew
13: Celebrate The News
14: Disney Girls (1957)
15: All This Is that
16: Sail On, Sailor
17: Getcha Back (From the 2012 Live Album)
18: All I Wanna Do
19: She Knows Me Too Well
20: Can't Wait Too Long
21: You're Still A Mystery
22: You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
23: Warmth of the Sun
24:Til I Die (Rab edit)
25: Surf's Up

I use it alot, and I have a second one I go too sometimes, cleverly called Add Some More Music

Really? Guess I need to listen to that one again

I love David's vocal on it. It has no autotune, and is sincere sounding

Glad to see that "Love Surrounds Me" was and still is on the list!

And here's mine:

"Lonely Sea"
"Surfin' U.S.A."
"In My Room"
"Little Honda"
"The Warmth of the Sun"
"I Get Around"
"Wendy"
"All Summer Long"
"Girls on the Beach"
"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"
"California Girls"
"Let Him Run Wild"
"Sloop John B"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
"God Only Knows"
"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"
"Good Vibrations"
"Wind Chimes"
"Wonderful"
"Darlin'"
"Meant for You"
"Little Bird"
"Busy Doin' Nothin'"
"We're Together Again"
"Do It Again"
"Time to Get Alone"
"Break Away"
"Good Time"
"Slip on Through"
"This Whole World"
"Forever"
"It's About Time"
"Fallin' in Love"
"'Til I Die"
"Surf's Up"
"(Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again"
"All This Is That"
"Here She Comes"
"Leaving This Town"
"We Got Love"
"Sail On, Sailor"
"The Trader"
"California Saga: California"
"It's OK"
"Had to Phone Ya"
"Solar System"
"The Night Was So Young"
"It's Over Now"
"Come Go with Me"
"Brian's Back"
"Good Timin'"
"Full Sail"
"Love Surrounds Me"
"Baby Blue"
"4th of July"
"It's a Beautiful Day"
"Goin' On"
"Getcha Back"
"California Dreamin'"
"Kokomo"
"Summer In Paradise"
"Somewhere Near Japan"
"Pacific Coast Highway"
"Summer's Gone"

I use a rather old version of Photoshop Deluxe. Hey, it was free.

As with that California Summertime album I made from the best tracks from Shut Down volume 2 and All Summer Long, here's an album I made from the better songs from MIU, LA Light Album AND KTSA:

Front cover
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Back cover
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/bbsgoodtimin2_zps6c89226c.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/shireling/media/bbsgoodtimin2_zps6c89226c.jpg.html)

I tried to make the album artwork look really cheesy late '70s feeling.

I used to make 90 minute cassettes of my favourite artists to play in the kitchen which only had a cassette player. The Beach Boys one had two incarnations, here is the tracklisting of the latter one (which I still have)

Side one: Slip on through/ I get around/ when I grow up/ here today/ little Honda/ wild honey/ let the wind blow/ darlin'/ Disney girls (1957)/this whole world/ California girls/ Anna Lee, the healer/ do it again/ let him run wild/ be true to your school/ she knows me too well/ let's go trippin' (live)/ all summer long/ cabinessence/ I do

side two: our sweet love/ in blue Hawaii (Brian Wilson solo)/ that's not me/good vibrations/ hushabye/ wouldn't it be nice/ don't worry baby/ wind chimes/ breakaway/ surf's up/ all this is that/ in the parkin' lot/ I was made to love her/ the warmth of the sun/ in the back of my mind/ god only knows/ 'til i die

The idea was I would regularly change the tracklisting to give all my favourites their day in court, but soon afterwards cassette tapes gradually passed out of my life.

  I must learn how to make these cool covers...very nice.

Same. I tried Photoshop one in the past, I was hopeless at it!  :lol

And I think I love the latest cover by Summer Days!

15 Big Ones (aka simply just my favorite single A sides from the band)


1) Surfin' USA
    Fun Fun Fun
    I Get Around
    When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
    Help Me, Rhonda
    California Girls
    The Little Girl I Once Knew
     Sloop John B

 2) Wouldn't It Be Nice
     God Only Knows
     Good Vibrations
     Heroes And Villains
     Friends
     I Can Hear Music
     Breakaway

I'm always making more covers so...


Here's a CD comp I did for use in trying to get someone (nobody in particular yet) into the Beach Boys. No Pet Sounds tracks because the album itself would accompany this CD. I tried to pick a couple of well-known classics plus a bunch of hidden (to them) wonders and some of the band's best. A nice mix. So armed with this compilation plus Pet Sounds I'd have the ammo to charm somebody into this marvelous band. That is, if they have the ears. :)

Introducing to The Beach Boys

front cover
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/thebeachboysintro1_zpsf29a36b2.jpg)

back cover
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/thebeachboysintro2_zpscd59702b.jpg)


And here's yet another new album I made from the best of two albums, in this case Carl & The Passions - So Tough and Holland.  (although I love Holland the way it is, which is probably why I picked every track).

Steamboat

front cover
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/thebeachboyssteamboat1_zpsd0cf8fab.jpg)

back cover
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/thebeachboyssteamboat2_zps9644a548.jpg)

Just oustanding. And great tracklist for Introducing.  ;D

Thanks! It was a toughie to see what to leave in, what to leave out, to quote my 2nd favorite song.
I'm always making up combo albums and compilations and stuff, because I love making those covers. I'm obsessed.

Me too!
Here's one I tried for a Love You - A/C twofer a couple months ago...

(http://i.imgur.com/ospQjUJ.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/lMIX9UT.jpg)

Awesome. Love the font use, particularly the 8-bit LOVE YOU on the back cover. A great idea since Love You and Adult Child go well together and it sure beats skippin' through 15 Big Ones tracks to get to LY on the two-fer we got.

That's a great picture of the band on the back, too. Nice one.

Thanks. :)

Then don't & just sit back & have a blast viewing all this beauty. It's better that way.

That's one hell of a disc!

Here's a compilation of my favorite Dennis Wilson songs, both solo and with the Beach Boys. It was tough to do; I wanted songs written by Dennis, but it didn't matter if he didn't sing the lead vocal. After all, my favorite DW features mostly Carl vocally - it's the title track here, 'Baby Blue'. Originally I had put 'It's Not Too Late' 'cause I love that song, but I had to remind myself that Denny didn't write it. Damn. Anyway...


Baby Blue
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/shireling/bbsdw1_zpsab8146df.jpg)

1. Slip On Through
2. River Song
3. Be With Me
4. Barbara
5. Little Bird
6. Be Still
7. Thoughts Of You
8. Pacific Ocean Blues
9. Wouldn't It Be Nice (To Live Again)
10. You And I
11. Celebrate The News
12. Forever
13. Lady
14. Sound Of Free
15. Only With You
16. Love Surrounds Me
17. Baby Blue
18. Cuddle Up


Next:  The companion album, a compilation of my favorite Carl Wilson songs.

I love that you included It's About Time, She Believes In love Again, and ESPECIALLY Love Surrounds Me.  All three are amongst my faves, but overlooked by most people.

This would be mine:

VOLUME 1
Surfin' U.S.A.
Farmer's Daughter
Stoked
Lonely Sea
Catch A Wave
In My Room
Hawaii
Fun, Fun, Fun
Don't Worry Baby
The Warmth of The Sun
I Get Around
All Summer Long
Little Honda
Wendy
Girls On The Beach
Don't Back Down
Little Saint Nick
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
Please Let Me Wonder
Girl Don't Tell Me
California Girls
Let Him Run Wild
You're So Good To Me
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
Wouldn't It Be Nice
You Still Believe In Me
Let's Go Away For A While
Sloop John B
God Only Knows
Hang On To Your Ego
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Pet Sounds
Heroes and Villains (Smile)
Wonderful (Smile)
Wind Chimes (Smile)
Good Vibrations
With Me Tonight
I Was Made To Love Her
Darlin'
Let The Wind Blow
Meant For You
Little Bird
Busy Doin' Nothing
Do It Again
All I want To Do
The Nearest Faraway Place
Time To Get Alone
This Whole World
It's About Time
All I Wanna Do
Forever
Our Sweet Love
Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
'til I Die
Surf's Up


VOLUME 2
Here She Comes
Hold On Dear Brother
Cuddle Up
Sail On, Sailor
California Saga
The Trader
Leavin' This Town
Only With You
It's OK
Had To Phone Ya
Everyone's In Love With You
Let Us Go On This Way
Mona
Good Time
Solar System
The Night Was So Young
I Wanna Pick You Up
She's Got Rhythm
Come Go With Me
Good Timin'
Lady Lynda
Full Sail
Love Surrounds Me
Baby Blue
Goin' South
Oh Darlin'
Livin' With A Heartache
Goin' On
Santa Ana Winds
Endless Harmony
Getcha Back
It's Getting Late
She Believes In Love Again
Passing Friend
Still Cruisin'
Somewhere Near Japan
Kokomo
Summer In Paradise
From There To Back Again
Think About The Days
Pacific Coast Highway
Summer's Gone

Another obscenely generic compilation. Getting the balance of hits and best stuff is too difficult. :(

(http://i.imgur.com/sau3uiz.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/D6qPTyt.jpg)

I'm going to stick with the requested original format...15/15 from the 60s/70s  [trying to not go overboard with the obvious hits unless they were KEY...to me]

The 60s disc.

1.  Surfin USA...'cause it's the one that grabbed my attention and made me a fan.  Otherwise...I might be on the 4 Seasons board.
2.  In My Room...I bought the single/45 Be True to Your School.  Got it home...played the B side...and Wow!!!  Fantastic song.  That Brian Wilson!!!  That's MAGIC.
3.  Ballad of Ol' Betsy...Great song from a great album...their first sensational 12" record.  [T'was the 2nd BB album I bought...due only to availability]
4.  Be True To Your School...the hit single version.  It seemed out of place and lifeless as an album cut on LDC...but I was only 11 years old then.  This version just ROCKED.
5.  Fun Fun Fun.  Beatles/Schmeatles.  Take THAT!!!  The Beach Boys weren't gonna lie down.  No way.  [Some GREAT tunes on Shut Down Vol 2]  This is one of the best.
6.  Don't Worry Baby.  A knock out/home run.  Maybe the best 'B side' ever?  BJ Thomas didn't hurt it any years later either.
7.  Salt Lake City.  Loads of Fun...great arrangement.  It kicks ass.  A HIGHLIGHT from Summer Days and Summer Nights.
8.  God Only Knows...It was the best then...when nobody had ever heard the album previously.  It remains the best.  'Sir' Paul has great taste obviously.  So do I.  ;)
9.  Good Vibrations...one of the top 2 or 3 single hits EVER recorded.  To me...it's the all time best.
10.  Let The Wind Blow...one of the GREAT moments on the really good [for the most part] Wild Honey album.
11.  Little Bird...???  Dennis???  Wow!!!  That boy has something special.  Gotta watch him.
12.  Time to Get Alone...Just The Beach Boys at their VERY best.  Deep and Wide!  Whoa...THAT worked back in the day.  Hair-raising.  Chills.
13.  Cabinessence...Maybe the best ever...save Good Vibrations.

To be continued.  Computer is gonna crash...and I don't want to lose this... ... ... OK...I'm back...

14.  Wind Chimes...From Smile...Heh!!!  It was recorded in the 60s...and Smile saved it from its oh-so-severe Smiley Smile mistreatment.
15.  Surf's Up...Also from Smile.  We "weren't ready for this'???  Oh yes we were.  A great lead in to the 70s...and a tough act to follow.

The 70s disc...

1.  Slip On Through...What's THIS!!!  A new, modern, hip, going places in this new decade sound for the Beach Boys?  I LIKE it...and I like it a LOT!!!
2.  This Whole World...Perfection.
3.  Add Some Music To Your Day...Perfection...again.
4.  Forever...Jeepers creepers!!!  What a fantastic album!!!
5.  Our Sweet Love...What a sensational album.  This was a mind blower.  I thought they were done.  I was wrong.  What the hell happened that the public missed this one?
6.  Long Promised Road...Carl...stepping up to the plate.  No bunting here.
7.  Feel Flows...Carl does it again.  Man!!!  These Wilson guys are something else.  It's final...from here forward.  No Wilsons?  No Beach Boys.
8.  'Til I Die...Man.  Right to the heart eh?  Brian does it again.  Can't keep a great man down.  No Surf's Up...as I used it on the 60s disc.
9.  You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone...A little kick-ass for those who think the Boys don't do THAT.
10. Marcella...And again.  Right upside your FACE!!!
11.  All This Is That...Beauty.  Pure beauty.
12.  Sail On Sailor...I don't care if he's a NEW Beach Boy.  This song has a groove and it kicks keester.  The guys NAILED it.
13.  The Trader...More proof that Carl Wilson is the heart and soul of the band...at least from 69-73.  Dennis too.
14.  Only With You...THAT's L O V E.  It works.  One of our 3 MAIN wedding songs.
15.  Had to Phone Ya...After THIS one exceptional piece of brilliance...there is NOTHING I would drop from my 70s list in order to fit in ANYTHING that followed.  It would cheapen the 'disc'.

That's it.  No compromising just to somehow shoe-horn in inferior product. :hat

Oops...Disc 2 was supposed to include 70s and beyond material. :thud

Bonus disc...3

1. That Same Song...'cause it's really good.
2.  Pitter Patter...reminds one of the days when Mike and Brian used to do some neat things together.
3.  Good Timin'...Yep!!!
4.  Angel Come Home...Denny!
5.  Endless Harmony...And we sang God Bless America...  I'm not even an American and it makes me stand up.  Nice job Bruce.
6.  Somewhere Near Japan...Might have been...but...
7.  Think About the Days...Brian's back
8.  That's Why God Made the Radio...W/O him there is nothing
9.  Pacific Coast Highway...just the same old/same old...like NOTHING even remotely as great as this.
10.  Summer's Gone...Gawd...I hope not.

Sorry...I can only do 10 without tarnishing and subsequently compromising the awesomeness of the first 30.

Bonus disc 2.  GREAT Beach Boys 'covers'

1.  Why Do Fools Fall In Love
2.  Hushabye
3.  Devoted to You...MINUS the so-called 'party' noises.  A nice tribute to Don and Phil.
4.  Sloop John B
5.  Gee
6.  I Can Hear Music
7.  Cotton Fields  [UK hit version]
8.  Palisades Park
9.  Peggy Sue
10.  Kokomo
11.  Shortenin' Bread
12.  School Day
13.  Come Go With Me
14.  California Dreamin'
15...Under the Boardwalk...'cause it can't be Crocodile Rock.

Sounds Of Summer VOL.2

01 And Your Dreams Come True
02 Good Timin'
03 The Night Was So Young
04 Kiss Me Baby (stereo)
05 Surf's Up

06 Then I Kissed Her (stereo)
07 Add Some Music To Your Day
08 Breakaway
09 Girls On The Beach (stereo)
10 Ballad Of Ole' Betsy
11 Disney Girl

12 Cotton Fields (single version)
13 Sail On Sailor
14 This Whole World
15 All I Wanna Do (from Sunflower)
16 Till I Die
17 All This Is That

18 Why Do Fools Falling In Love ( stereo mix with piano intro)
19 The Little Girl I Once Knew (alternate mono mix from hawthorn california compilation)
20 Please Let Me Wonder
21 Shelter
22 Forever
23 All Summer Long (stereo)
24 Your Summer Dream(with wave sound fading out)

25 Summer In Paradise (live version from MIC)
26 California Feelin' (Brian solo version)

I know Good Timin' is on Sounds Of Summer too. But it's very impressive to me that Good Timin' is next to And Your Dreams Come True.

I had an image of a night in mind as I selected 01-05.
and 06-07 are an image of daybreak.
It's start the day.

09-11 are similar in a nostalgic sound. and I wanted to represent greatness of their 70s' harmony by 12-17.

The end, California Feelin' is not Beach Boys' recording, but I love this happy sound and I'm imagining a sunset (back to a night 01-05).

Sorry my broken English.

I'm impressed by my own taste! I'm sticking with this for the 1970 onwards comp (granted, some of the stuff was recorded in 69); now I need to work on a 60s version, though I suspect that will be at least two CDs...

And I should point out that TM is the Charles Lloyd number.

Here is my ultimate BBs compilation......

ALL SUMMER LONG:  The Very Best of The Beach Boys

1 California Girls
2 I Get Around
3 Catch A Wave
4 Surfin'
5 Be True To Your School
6 Fun, Fun, Fun
7 Surfin' Safari
8 Little Deuce Coupe
9 409
10 Shut Down
11 Surfin' USA
12 Ballad Of Ol' Betsy
13 Custom Machine
14 In My Room
15 Lonely Sea
16 Wendy
17 Surfer Girl (Knebworth)
18 Good To My Baby
19 Drive In
20 Help Me, Rhonda
21 The Warmth Of The Sun
22 Don't Worry Baby
23 Girl Don't Tell Me
24 Let Him Run Wild
25 Please Let Me Wonder
26 Spirit Of America
27 Don't Back Down
28 I'm So Young
29 Girl From New York City
30 Barbara Ann
31 Little Girl I Once Knew
32 I'm Waiting For The Day
33 Wouldn't It Be Nice
34 I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
35 Sloop John B
36 God Only Knows
37 Caroline, No
38 Good Vibrations
39 Heroes And Villains (Single)
40 Little Pad
41 Vegetables (Smiley Smile)
42 Wind Chimes (Smile Sessions)
43 Surf's Up (1971)
44 Cabinessence (Smile Sessions)
45 Wonderful (Smiley Smile)
46 With Me Tonight
47 Wild Honey
48 Here Comes The Night
49 Aren't You Glad
50 Let The Wind Blow
51 Darlin' (Knebworth)
52 Country Air
53 Friends
54 Be Here In The Mornin'
55 Anna Lee, The Healer
56 Wake The World
57 Busy Doin' Nothin'
58 Slip On Through
59 Deirdre
60 This Whole World
61 All I Wanna Do
62 Tears In The Morning
63 Add Some Music
64 It's About Time
65 Forever
66 Our Sweet Love
67 Disney Girls
68 Don't Go Near The Water
69 Feel Flows
70 Long Promised Road
71 Student Demonstration Time
72 Til' I Die
73 You Need A Mess Of Help
74 Here She Comes
75 All This Is That
76 Hold On Dear Brother
77 Marcella
78 Cuddle Up
79 Sail On, Sailor
80 Big Sur (4/4 Version)
81 California Saga (BBs 2013 live CD Version)
82 Steamboat
83 Funky Pretty
84 Trader
85 It's OK
86 Had To Phone Ya
87 Palisades Park
89 Everyone's In Love With You
90 Let's Go On This Way
91 Good Time
92 Honkin' Down The Highway
93 The Night Was So Young
94 I'll Bet He's Nice
96 Let's Put Our Hearts Together
97 Come And Go With Me
98 My Diane
99 Wontcha Come Out Tonight
100 Winds of Change
101 Good Timin'
102 Lady Lynda (Knebworth)
103 Angel Come Home
104 Love Surrounds Me
105 Keepin' The Summer Alive
106 Goin On'
107 Livin' With A Heart Ache
108 Santa Ana Winds
109 Endless Harmony
110 Getcha' Back
111 Maybe I Don't Know
112 She Believes In Love Again
113 Crack At Your Love
114 Passing Friend
115 Rock N Roll To The Rescue
116 Kokomo
117 Make It Big
118 Somewhere Near Japan
199 In My Car
200 Still Surfin'
201 Summer In Paradise (UK Version)
202 Slow Summer Dancin'
203 That's Why God Made The Radio
204 Isn't It Time
205 Spring Vacation
206 From There And Back Again
207 Pacific Coast Highway
208 Summer's Gone
209 All Summer Long

 I'm currently working on a beach boys compilation/box set kinda thing to bore very kind people in my life senseless for a while. I'm struggling to fit the TWGMTR in. Here's the current roster.

20 Tracks per compilation disc.

Disc 1 - Early Surf Years

1. Dance, Dance, Dance
2. Help me Rhonda
3. California Girls
4. Fun, Fun, Fun
5. When I grow up (to be man)
6. Little Deuce Coup
7. I Get Around
8. Little Honda
9. The Warmth of the Sun
10. Don't Worry Baby
11. You're so good to me
12. Stoked
13. Surfin'
14. Surfin' Safari
15. A Young man is gone
16. Kiss Me, Baby
17. Surfer Girl
18. In My Room
19. I'm Bugged at my 'ol man
20. Please let me wonder

Disc 2 - Pet Sounds / Pet Sounds Live

Full Albums

Disc 3 - The SMiLE Sessions / BWPS

Full Albums

Disc 4 - (struggling for a title for this disc but it's basically SS - 15BO)

1. Meant for You
2. Sail On, Sailor
3. Wild Honey
4. Here Comes the Night
5. Darlin'
6. Do It Again
7. I Can Hear Music,
8. This Whole World
9. Add Some Music to your Day
10. Tears in the Morning
11. Little Bird
12. Be Still
13. Disney Girls
14. 'Til I Die
15. Break Away
16. That Same Song
17. Take a Load off Your Feet
18.I'd Love Just Once to See You
19. All This is That
20. Their Hearts we're full of Spring

Disc 5 - Love You  - Adult/Child

Full Albums

Disc 6 - Here's the problem. I really don't like anything here enough to play to someone else as an example of why I love this band. I really like TWGMTR but where does it fit? What would it take the place of on Disc 4 if I squeezed some on and I'm uncomfortable putting it before Love You in the chronology.

Disc 7 - Brian Wilson Solo

1. Concert Tonight
2. This Beautiful Day
3. Love and Mercy
4. Midnight's Another Day
5. That Lucky Old Sun
6. This Songs Gonna Sleep with you
7. Forever She'll be my Surfer Girl
8. Your Imagination
9. Orange Crate Art
10. Lay Down Burden
11. It's not easy bein' me
12. The Right Time
13. Saturday Morning in the City
14. He couldn't get his poor old body to move
15. Water Builds Up
16. Slightly American Music
17. I'm Broke
18. Too Much Sugar
19. Smart Girls
20. Rio Grande

 Answers on a post card to the usual address.

I made a third disc to go with the Sounds of Summer / Warmth of the Sun compilation

Our Prayer
Hushabye
Strange World
This Whole World
Steamboat
Little Bird
Your Summer Dream
The Surfer Moon
Add Some Music to Your Day
Wake the World
Keep an Eye on Summer
Long Promised Road
Lonely Sea
Marcella
Lady Lynda
The Night Was So Young
Long Promised Road
In the Parking Lot
All I Wanna Do
The Girls on the Beach
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
California Calling
Cabinessence
From There to Back Again
Pacific Coast Highway
Summer's Gone

I may have the order wrong.