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