Making Your Own Beach Boys Playlist/Compilation

[bluesno1fann]

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

[Smilin Ed H]

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...

[bluesno1fann]

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

[bluesno1fann]

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

[Disney Boy (1985)]

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

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... 

[Cabinessenceking]

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

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

[Sheriff John Stone]

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
 

[sockittome]

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.

[sockittome]

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?!!!

[bluesno1fann]

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

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... 

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...

[bluesno1fann]

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

[The Shift]

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)

[Alan Smith]

19: You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Mix) (The Pet Sounds Sessions Sampler)

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.

[The Shift]

19: You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Mix) (The Pet Sounds Sessions Sampler)

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…

[Alan Smith]

19: You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Mix) (The Pet Sounds Sessions Sampler)

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…

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.

[The Shift]

19: You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Mix) (The Pet Sounds Sessions Sampler)

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…

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…

[Smilin Ed H]

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

[Summertime Blooz]

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

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.

[bluesno1fann]

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

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:

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

[Summer_Days]

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



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


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:



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

[Watch a Cave]

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?

[bluesno1fann]

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.

[Shady]

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)

[Moon Dawg]

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

  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.

[Alan Smith]

19: You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Mix) (The Pet Sounds Sessions Sampler)

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…

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…

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

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  :
- 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.