Special REQUEST for the 50th Anniversary Tour CD tracklist!

[Andrew G. Doe]

Sunshine Dream was an 80s greatest hits album, right?

Wrong - it was essentially Endless Summer Vol 3.

1. I Can Hear Music
2. Here Today
3. Darlin'
4. Caroline No
5. Aren't You Glad
6. Good Vibrations

7. Wouldn't It Be Nice
8. Friends
9. God Only Knows
10. Vegetables
11. How She Boogalloed It
12. There's No Other (Like My Baby)

13. Heroes And Villains
14. All I Want To Do
15. Wild Honey
16. I'm Waiting For The Day
17. Cotton Fields
18. Then I Kissed Her

19. Sloop John B
20. Be Here In The Mornin'
21. Bluebirds Over The Mountain
22. Keep An Eye On Summer
23. Do It Again
24. The Beach Boys Medley

[drbeachboy]

It seems that this package was released soon after Capitol regained the rights to the post-1965 albums.

[Nicko1234]

Far as I can see the Japanese version has no additional tracks but that was me trying to decipher a list on a Japanese website… might have been an import…

Add:

http://shop.emimusic.jp/shop/g/gTOCP-71574/

That's not an import as it states it has Japanese lyrics printed inside.

[RubberSoul13]

I would take these songs out...

-Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
-Marcella
-Pet Sounds
-All This is That
-Rock and Roll Music

And put these in...no need for a third disc...

-This Whole World
-Please Let Me Wonder
-Cotton Fields
-Darlin'
-Dance, Dance, Dance
-I Just Wasn't Made For These Times

[Nicko1234]

I would take these songs out...

-Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
-Marcella
-Pet Sounds
-All This is That
-Rock and Roll Music

And put these in...no need for a third disc...

-This Whole World
-Please Let Me Wonder
-Cotton Fields
-Darlin'
-Dance, Dance, Dance
-I Just Wasn't Made For These Times

I think them cutting This Whole World was a kindness to Brian. Not a song he finds easy to sing.

[Sam_BFC]

I wouldn't be too keen to take off All This is That.

[AndrewHickey]

I wouldn't be too keen to take off All This is That.

All This Is That was the absolute highlight of all three shows I saw and of the DVD. Taking it off would be lunacy (as indeed would be taking off Pet Sounds or Marcella).

There are a few songs I'd like to have seen on there that aren't -- This Whole World, Please Let Me Wonder, Kiss Me Baby, Our Prayer and I Just Wasn't Made For These Times would all be nice additions, as would all of Al's leads -- but I can see exactly why they made the decisions they did.

[AlFall]

We're going to get a sterilized and heavily edited collection that removes the uniqueness of the live performance, just like almost all other commercial live albums.  Such albums usually have studio overdubbing as well. They are "live" in name only.  The record companies give us this stuff instead of what we really want, a full live show, with the between songs banter, and even the mistakes, so we hear what it was really like to be at a show.  The best live albums (and best selling) of all time, albums like Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Hot August Night, and Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall have a lot of banter and audience interaction and very minimal editing.

I would be willing to guess that some of the new CD will come from the Grand Prairie performance, as this was already edited (and released for free on the PBS web site), particularly "The Little Girl I Once Knew", which was dropped from the setlist later in the tour. I would also expect quite a bit of the Phoenix material from the already released DVD.

We will get very little of Mike's banter, which, despite our resumption of anti-Love feeling on this board recently, was very funny and perfectly timed in most shows.  We won't get the things that make each live show unique, such as Bruce introducing his Junior High girlfriend at Red Rocks and then dedicating the song to her, or Brian introducing his wife and kids during the same show. 

Having said that, I of course will buy the new CD, as it is the Beach Boys Live, and I'm still glad that they're releasing it.

[EgoHanger1966]

There are a few songs I'd like to have seen on there that aren't -- This Whole World, Please Let Me Wonder, Kiss Me Baby, Our Prayer and I Just Wasn't Made For These Times would all be nice additions, as would all of Al's leads -- but I can see exactly why they made the decisions they did.

I can understand why This Whole World and Our Prayer aren't on the tracklist - but don't understand the exclusion of the others you listed. Since you usually have great insight into matters on this board, what do you think the reason is?

[AndrewHickey]

There are a few songs I'd like to have seen on there that aren't -- This Whole World, Please Let Me Wonder, Kiss Me Baby, Our Prayer and I Just Wasn't Made For These Times would all be nice additions, as would all of Al's leads -- but I can see exactly why they made the decisions they did.

I can understand why This Whole World and Our Prayer aren't on the tracklist - but don't understand the exclusion of the others you listed. Since you usually have great insight into matters on this board, what do you think the reason is?

I don't think I do have 'great insight' at all, but I'd suspect the reason is that they thought that having that many Brian leads would be offputting -- casual fans aren't used to Brian's post-Landy voice, and most don't find it particularly pleasant. So if you're going to drop tracks, it makes sense to drop downbeat songs with Brian leads that don't fit the "Beach Boy" image, even if they're better songs. You'll notice that the Brian-sung rarities that are left are all uptempo ones that fit the Beach Boys' image.

As for Al's leads -- all the ones left off were written by non-Beach Boys. If you were Brian or Mike (or whoever in their staff makes decisions for them) and you had a choice between including a song with a Mike lead that gets you songwriting royalties, or one with an Al lead that gets John Philips royalties, you're going to go for the former, aren't you?

[Cabinessenceking]

I wouldn't be too keen to take off All This is That.

nor Marcella! RnR Music however can burn forever.

[Rocker]

Sunshine Dream was an 80s greatest hits album, right?

Wrong - it was essentially Endless Summer Vol 3.

1. I Can Hear Music
2. Here Today
3. Darlin'
4. Caroline No
5. Aren't You Glad
6. Good Vibrations

7. Wouldn't It Be Nice
8. Friends
9. God Only Knows
10. Vegetables
11. How She Boogalloed It
12. There's No Other (Like My Baby)

13. Heroes And Villains
14. All I Want To Do
15. Wild Honey
16. I'm Waiting For The Day
17. Cotton Fields
18. Then I Kissed Her

19. Sloop John B
20. Be Here In The Mornin'
21. Bluebirds Over The Mountain
22. Keep An Eye On Summer
23. Do It Again
24. The Beach Boys Medley