US Singles Collection - Some thoughts

[petsite]

Was going thru the list of the new singles set (yes I have ordered mine). Still, I am amazed at the tracks we already have. I have highlighted the already released tracks in red. The new tracks are in yellow. It makes for interesting reading this way.

CD Single 1
1. Surfin' Safari
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #14 / charted 8-11-62
2. 409
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love - Gary Usher)
mono single, Pop #76 / charted 10-13-62
3. 409 (Live)
Recorded live in Chicago 3-27-65, mono mix / previously unreleased (not true, it was a download available for WOTS)

CD Single 2
1. Ten Little Indians
(Brian Wilson - Gary Usher)
mono single, Pop #49 / charted 12-1-62
2. County Fair
(Brian Wilson - Gary Usher)
mono single
3. Punchline
(Brian Wilson)
Instrumental, mono mix from Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the
Beach Boys

CD Single 3
1. Surfin' USA
(Chuck Berry - Brian Wilson)
mono single, Pop #3 / charted 3-23-63; R&B #20 / charted 4-20-63
2. Shut Down
(Brian Wilson - Roger Christian)
mono single, Pop # 23 / charted 4-27-63
3. Surfin' USA
original stereo mix from Surfin' U.S.A.
4. Shut Down
stereo mix from Sounds Of Summer

CD Single 4
1. Surfer Girl
(Brian Wilson)
mono single, Pop #7 / charted 8-3-63; R&B #18 / charted 8-31-63
2. Little Deuce Coupe
(Brian Wilson - Roger Christian)
mono single, Pop #15 / charted 8-17-63; R&B #28 / charted 8-24-63
3. Surfer Girl
original stereo mix from Surfer Girl
4. Little Deuce Coupe
original stereo mix from Surfer Girl

CD Single 5
1. Be True To Your School
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #6 / charted 11-2-63; R&B #27 / charted 11-16-63
2. In My Room
(Brian Wilson - Gary Usher)
mono single, Pop #23 / charted 11-2-63
3. Be True To Your School
mono alternate version from Little Deuce Coupe
4. In My Room
original stereo mix from Surfer Girl

CD Single 6
1. Little Saint Nick
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #3 / charted 12-21-63; also Pop #6 / charted 12-5-64
2. The Lord's Prayer
(Albert Hay Malotte)
mono single
3. Little Saint Nick
new stereo mix / previously unreleased
4. The Lord's Prayer
stereo mix from Hawthorne, CA

CD Single 7
1. Fun, Fun, Fun
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #5 / charted 2-15-64
2. Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
(Frankie Lymon - Morris Levy)
mono single, Pop #120 / charted 2-15-64
3. Fun, Fun, Fun
original stereo mix from Shut Down, Vol. 2
4. Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
alternate mono single edit / previously unreleased

CD Single 8
1. I Get Around
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #1 / charted 5-23-64
2. Don't Worry Baby
(Brian Wilson - Roger Christian)
mono single, Pop #24 / charted 5-30-64
3. I Get Around
stereo track mix from Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys
4. Don't Worry Baby
original stereo mix from Shut Down, Vol. 2

CD Single 9
1. When I Grow Up To Be A Man
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #9 / charted 9-5-64
2. She Knows Me Too Well
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single
3. When I Grow Up To Be A Man
new stereo mix / previously unreleased
4. She Knows Me Too Well
new stereo mix / previously unreleased

CD/EP Single 10
1. Wendy
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono, Pop #44 / charted 10-17-64
2. Don't Back Down
(Brian Wilson)
mono
3. Little Honda
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
Mono, Pop #65 / charted 10-17-64
4. Hushabye
(Doc Pomus - M. Schuman)
mono
5. Wendy
stereo mix from Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys
6. Don't Back Down
original stereo mix from All Summer Long
7. Little Honda
original stereo mix from All Summer Long
8. Hushabye
original stereo mix from All Summer Long

CD Single 11
1. Dance, Dance, Dance
(Brian Wilson - Carl Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #8 / charted 11-7-64
2. The Warmth Of The Sun
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single
3. Dance, Dance, Dance
stereo mix from Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys
4. The Warmth Of The Sun
original stereo mix from Shut Down, Vol. 2

CD Single 12
1. The Man With All The Toys
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #3 / charted 12-5-64
2. yellow Christmas
(Billy Hayes - J. W. Johnson)
mono single
3. The Man With All The Toys
original stereo mix from The Beach Boys Christmas Album
4. yellow Christmas
original stereo mix from The Beach Boys Christmas Album

CD Single 13
1. Do You Wanna Dance?
(Bobby Freeman)
mono single, Pop #12 / charted 2-27-65
2. Please Let Me Wonder
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)mono single, Pop #52 / charted 3-6-65
3. Do You Wanna Dance?
new stereo track mix / previously unreleased
4. Please Let Me Wonder
stereo mix from The Warmth Of The Sun

CD Single 14
1. Help Me, Rhonda
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #1 / charted 4-17-65
2. Kiss Me, Baby
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single
3. Help Me, Rhonda
mono backing track from Beach Boys Party!/Stack-O-Tracks twofer
4. Kiss Me, Baby
stereo mix from The Warmth Of The Sun

CD Single 15
1. California Girls
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single, Pop #3 / charted 7-24-65
2. Let Him Run Wild
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
mono single
3. California Girls
stereo mix from Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys
4. Let Him Run Wild
stereo mix from The Warmth Of The Sun

CD Single 16 (Bonus Single)
1. All Dressed Up For School
(Brian Wilson)
mono mix (9-16-64) / previously unreleased original mono mix
2. I'm So Young
(W. H. Tyrus, Jr.)
mono mix (9-9-64) / previously unreleased original mono mix
3. Help Me, Rhonda
alternate mono mix from Endless Harmony
4. Graduation Day
(J. Sherman - N. Sherman)
stereo mix from Today / Summer Days twofer

[lance]

(coughcough)ripoff(coughcough)

[elnombre]

(coughcough)ripoff(coughcough)

(coughcough)Then don't buy it(coughcough) 

I agree with you though. If this were the early albums being released as mini-vinyl replicas in a boxset I'd be all over it. $100+ for 60 odd tracks ain't worth the novelty.

[petsite]

Ok. I am going to be kinda sh**y here. When can we HOPE to see some new Hawthorne CA / Endless Harmony / GV Boxset Disc 5 kind of releases? Ever? Is Brother Records and/or The Beach Boys really that brain dead? Really?

And not that it took Capitol a little too long or anything, but, from 1993 http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w24355354

[Alex]

I'm just going to download the songs that have new stereo mixes. Buying all those CDs with songs we already have just for 5 new stereo mixes is kind of a waste. How about a DVD release of the 11/72 Carnegie Hall show? SMiLE sessions box?

What about releases of the shows that were professionally recorded for In Concert or any other live shows? Barenaked Ladies bring a recording engineer on tour with them to record their shows, and then they offer the shows for sale on their website through a download, or you can order a CD through the mail.
https://www.werkshop.com/bnllive/index.jsp
Why couldn't they do something like that? Or, better than that, when will BB Central.com finally open up?

[Pretty Funky]

Can anyone explain in this day and age, the need for 16 disks? 

[GoofyJeff]

Can anyone explain in this day and age, the need for 16 disks? 

They want to faithfully reproduce the original 45 picture sleeves.  Agreed though, that it is overkill.

A 5 or 6 disk "official" version of the fan-created boot would have sufficed... and covered their entire career!

I'm torn on whether or not to buy this release.  I probably will eventually... maybe with some of my "stimulus" check

[Pretty Funky]

Ok thanks.
Maybe a 5-6 disk set with a good cover reproduction book would do better?