What would you include on a Best of the Seventies compilation?

[Please delete my account]

Further to what I wrote here in the proposed Brother Records bonus tracks thread:

I was thinking, what if a disc of the best of this stuff was issued as disc 2 of a two disc "best of the seventies" compilation? Disc one would be full of stuff the Beach Boys are really proud of, to counterbalance the stuff they're embarrassed by on disc two.

I would have thought that would be considered commercially viable, especially as the seventies stuff seems to have got a bit of a critical reappraisal recently.

here's what I'd put on disc one (only using stuff officially released at the time)

1 Sail On, Sailor
2 The Night Was So Young
3 All I Wanna Do
4 This Whole World
5 Forever
6 Feel Flows
7 It's OK
8 You Need A Mess of Help to Stand Alone
9 Honkin' Down the Highway
10 Disney Girls (1957)
11 Trader
12 I'll Bet He's Nice
13 All This Is That
14 Funky Pretty
15 My Diane
16 Good Timin'
17 Love Surrounds Me
18 'Til I Die
19 Surf's Up

[luckyoldsmile]

I'd love to get the "single version" of "Cuddle Up" on a comp.

The shorter version of "Here Comes the Night" could be fun ... maybe.

And I always love "Goin' On."

Your picks all work for me.

[joshferrell]

yeah they need to put all the single mixes on there... so I would go for a re-issue of Ten Years of Harmony with the Single mixes as bonus tracks,,,(both stereo and mono mixes)

[Smilin Ed H]

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.   Disney Girls
10.   Big Sur
11.   Surf’s Up
12.   ‘Til I Die
13.   (Wouldn’t It Be Nice To) Live Again
14.   Cuddle Up
15.  You Need a Mess of Help...
16.   Marcella
17.   TM (the Charles Lloyd track)
18.   All This Is That
19.   The Trader
20.   Sail On Sailor
21.   Funky Pretty
22.   We Got Love
23.   California Saga - California
24.   Sweet Mountain (Spring with Brian)
25.   Wishing You Were Here (with Chicago with Carl, Dennis and Al)
26.   Had To Phone Ya
27.   Just Once In My Life
28.   Johnny Carson
29    Let Us Go On This Way
30.   Airplane
31.   The Night Was So Young
32.   I'll Bet He's Nice
33.   Lines
34.   Winter Symphony
35.   Pitter Patter
36.   My Diane.   
37.   River Song
38.   Pacific Ocean Blues
39.   Moonshine
40.   Love Remember Me
41.   Good Timin'
42.   Baby Blue
43.   Love Surrounds Me
44.   California Feelin’
45.   Country Pie (Mike with Celebration)
46.   Angel Come Home
47.   Tug of Love
48 - and one from 80 - Santa Ana Winds

[Sheriff John Stone]

01  Add Some Music To Your Day
02  It's A Beautiful Day
03  Good Timin'
04  It's OK
05  Roller Skating Child
06  Rock And Roll Music
07  Only With You
08  Marcella
09  All This Is That
10  All I Wanna Do
11  Pitter Patter
12  The Night Was So Young
13  I'll Bet He's Nice
14  You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
15  Forever
16  Sail On Sailor
17  Til I Die
18  Surf's Up
19  Baby Blue
20  Long Promised Road
21  California Saga
22  Disney Girls
23  Back Home
24  This Whole World
25  Cuddle Up

[Smilin Ed H]

Damn, SJS, Back Home. I like that one! All three versions!

[buddhahat]

01  Add Some Music To Your Day
02  It's A Beautiful Day
03  Good Timin'
04  It's OK
05  Roller Skating Child
06  Rock And Roll Music
07  Only With You
08  Marcella
09  All This Is That
10  All I Wanna Do
11  Pitter Patter
12  The Night Was So Young
13  I'll Bet He's Nice
14  You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
15  Forever
16  Sail On Sailor
17  Til I Die
18  Surf's Up
19  Baby Blue
20  Long Promised Road
21  California Saga
22  Disney Girls
23  Back Home
24  This Whole World
25  Cuddle Up

Now there's a great comp!

[Lee Marshall]

Sunflower-entire album
Surf's Up-entire album... [minus SDT...but WITH 4th of July and (Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again]
Carl and the Passions...So Tough-entire album [minus the Pet Sounds bonus album 'cause some might call that cheating]
Holland-entire album...w/o bonus 45...gotta give 'em reason to buy Holland on it's own.  [marketing ]

after that, except for Dennis...not so much...just a few select cuts from the remaining 70s lps...but not many

Good Timin
Had to Phone Ya
Let Us Go On This Way
It's a Beautiful Day but FADED OUT WAY SOONER...that ending just drones on and on and on... ... ...and on.  And on.
That Same Song
Pitter Patter
Angel Come Home
Peggy Sue
Palisades Park
Back Home
It's OK
Kona Coast
Full Sail
Ding Dang

BONUS...Pacific Ocean Blue-entire album

[Sam_BFC]

01  Add Some Music To Your Day
02  It's A Beautiful Day
03  Good Timin'
04  It's OK
05  Roller Skating Child
06  Rock And Roll Music
07  Only With You
08  Marcella
09  All This Is That
10  All I Wanna Do
11  Pitter Patter
12  The Night Was So Young
13  I'll Bet He's Nice
14  You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
15  Forever
16  Sail On Sailor
17  Til I Die
18  Surf's Up
19  Baby Blue
20  Long Promised Road
21  California Saga
22  Disney Girls
23  Back Home
24  This Whole World
25  Cuddle Up

You are the first poster that comes to my mind when these 'fantasy comp' threads come up.

Always enjoy your playlists.  They always read like you invest a lot of thought into them.

[Jim V.]

So I assume we are doing released in the '70s and not recorded...

Anyways, here goes....

1 "This Whole World"
2 "All I Wanna Do"
3 "Cool, Cool Water"
4 "'Til I Die"
5 "Surf's Up"
6 "Feel Flows"
7 "All This Is That"
8 "Marcella"
9 "Sail on, Sailor"
10 "California Saga: California" (single version)
11 "Funky Pretty"
12 "Rock and Roll Music" (single version)
13 "It's OK" (single version)
14 "Roller Skating Child"
15 "The Night Was So Young"
16 "Wontcha Come Out Tonight"
17 "Good Timin'"
18 "Angel Come Home"
19 "Baby Blue"

I'd likely add in some stuff from Made In California or whatever, but I guess this was limited to stuff actually released in the '70s. So there you go.

[Sheriff John Stone]

01  Add Some Music To Your Day
02  It's A Beautiful Day
03  Good Timin'
04  It's OK
05  Roller Skating Child
06  Rock And Roll Music
07  Only With You
08  Marcella
09  All This Is That
10  All I Wanna Do
11  Pitter Patter
12  The Night Was So Young
13  I'll Bet He's Nice
14  You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
15  Forever
16  Sail On Sailor
17  Til I Die
18  Surf's Up
19  Baby Blue
20  Long Promised Road
21  California Saga
22  Disney Girls
23  Back Home
24  This Whole World
25  Cuddle Up

You are the first poster that comes to my mind when these 'fantasy comp' threads come up.

Always enjoy your playlists.  They always read like you invest a lot of thought into them.

Thanks for the kind words, Sam_BFC, and buddhahat and Smilin Ed h. Yeah, the Beach Boys recorded so many songs it gives you a lot of flexibility to "fit in" just the right song for the right sequence.

[donald]

how about an 80's 90's comp?   Include solos material with it and it is a nice set.  Again, the BB did not end with Holland.

[Lee Marshall]

No they did not.  Neither did they flourish...and heading into the 80s they almost imploded.  There have been many great songs...just, until Smile and TWthe man n the skyMTR...no GREAT albums.

[Michael Edward Osbourne]

1. This Whole World
2. Til I Die
3. All This Is That
4. Cool Cool Water
5. Surf's Up
6. Sail On Sailor
7. All I Wanna Do
8. Feel Flows
9. You Need A Mess Of Help
10. Add Some Music
11. The Night Was So Young
12. Good Timin'
13. Our Sweet Love
14. Long Promised Road
15. Had To Phone Ya
16. Honkin' Down The Highway
17. Love Surrounds Me
18. The Trader
19. Baby Blue
20. It's A Beautiful Day
21. Marcella
22. It's About Time
23. Don't Go Near The Water
24. (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again
25. River Song
26. California Saga
27. Back Home
28. Pitter Patter
29. Friday Night
30. Full Sail

[joshferrell]

how about an 80's 90's comp?   Include solos material with it and it is a nice set.  Again, the BB did not end with Holland.

well there's plenty of songs from compilations, duets and movie soundtracks that haven't been released on an official Beach Boys release as of yet..
Disc 1. (rarities and single releases)
1. California Dreaming (early version)
2. Rock N roll to the rescue (from the OOP cd Made in America)
3. East meets west (The Four seasons)
4. Happy Ending (Little Richard)
5. Somewhere near japan (single mix)
6. Still Cruisin (single mix)
7. Kokomo (single)
8. Lady Liberty
9. Don't worry baby (Everly Brothers duet)
10. fun fun fun (status quo)
11. Happy birthday America
SIP re-recordings
12. Island Fever
13. Strange Things Happen
14. Remember 'Walking In The Sand'
15.Under The Boardwalk
16. Summer In Paradise
 
Disc 2. (more rarities, stack o tracks/vocals and single highlights)
1. Almost Summer
2. It's a beautiful day
3. Problem Child
4. Where I Belong (Stack o track)
5. Howdy from Maui
6. California dreaming ( Made in America mix)
7. Lahaina Aloha (a brand new remix or a stack o vocals)
8. In my car (stack o track)
9. Getcha back (single)
10. Male Ego (stack o track)
11. Kokomo ( spanish version)
12. California calling (remix to make it sound better)
13. Beach Boys Medley #1
14. Beach Boys Medley #2

[Micha]

She's Got Rhythm
Kona Coast
Woncha Come Out Tonight
Pitter Patter
Whole Sunflower album
Back Home
Susie Cincinnati
Student Demonstration Time (for annoying purposes )

[Andrew G. Doe]

how about an 80's 90's comp?   Include solos material with it and it is a nice set.  Again, the BB did not end with Holland.

well there's plenty of songs from compilations, duets and movie soundtracks that haven't been released on an official Beach Boys release as of yet..
Disc 2. (more rarities, stack o tracks/vocals and single highlights)
1. Almost Summer
2. It's a beautiful day

... both of which are late seventies releases. 

[Lee Marshall]

Student Demonstration Time (for annoying purposes )

   THAT is extremely funny.

[job]

how about an 80's 90's comp?

1. Goin' On
2. Still Surfin'
3. Kokomo
4. It's A Beautiful Day
5. She Believes In Love Again
6. Somewhere Near Japan
7. Crack At Your Love
8. Endless Harmony
9. California Dreamin'
10. Strange Things Happen
11. Rock 'n' Roll To The Rescue
12. Oh Darlin'
13. Summer In Paradise
14. Livin' With A Heartache  
15. Passing Friend
16. Getcha Back
17. Come Go With Me
18. Still Cruisin'
19. It's Getting Late
20. Lahaina Aloha

[job]

how about an 80's 90's comp?

1. Goin' On
2. Still Surfin'
3. Kokomo
4. It's A Beautiful Day
5. She Believes In Love Again
6. Somewhere Near Japan
7. Crack At Your Love
8. Endless Harmony
9. California Dreamin'
10. Strange Things Happen
11. Rock 'n' Roll To The Rescue
12. Oh Darlin'
13. Summer In Paradise
14. Livin' With A Heartache  
15. Passing Friend
16. Getcha Back
17. Come Go With Me
18. Still Cruisin'
19. It's Getting Late
20. Lahaina Aloha

I went ahead and made this playlist on Friday night and listened to it on and off all weekend.  It was delightful.  Some of you nose-thumbers will find it surprisingly addicting.

[phirnis]

No love for Big Sur? One of my favorite BB songs in general.

[kwebb]

Slip On Through
This Whole World
Add Some Music to Your Day
Forever
Cool, Cool Water
Disney Girls
Feel Flows
'Til I Die
Surf's Up
Wouldn't It Be Nice to Live Again
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
Marcella
All This Is That
Cuddle Up
Sail On, Sailor
Big Sur
California Saga
The Trader
Funky Pretty
It's OK
Had to Phone Ya
Mona
Honkin' Down the Highway
The Night Was So Young
I'll Bet He's Nice
It's Over Now
Still I Dream of It
Come Go With Me
My Diane
Winds of Change
Angel Come Home
Love Surrounds Me
Baby Blue

how about an 80's 90's comp?

Goin' On
Santa Ana Winds
Chasin' the Sky
Getcha Back
It's Gettin' Late
She Believes in Love Again
Where I Belong
Still Cruisin'
Somewhere Near Japan
In My Car
Kokomo
Strange Things Happen
Lahaina Aloha
Under the Boardwalk
Soul Searchin'
You're Still a Mystery
Caroline, No (with Timothy Schmidt)

[Wrightfan]

1. Slip on Through
2. This Whole World
3. All I Wanna Do
4. Forever
5. Long Promised Road
6. Disney Girls
7. 'Til I Die
8. Surf's Up
9. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
10. Marcella
11. All This is That
12. Sail On, Sailor
13. California
14. The Trader
15. Funky Pretty
16. It's OK
17. Had to Phone Ya
18. Let Us Go On This Way
19. The Night Was So Young
20. Good Timin'

[Micha]

No love for Big Sur? One of my favorite BB songs in general.

Especially the 4/4 version is great, but the 3/4 version is nice too. Probably my favorite track from the Blondie/Ricky era.

[job]

how about an 80's 90's comp?

1. Goin' On
2. Still Surfin'
3. Kokomo
4. It's A Beautiful Day
5. She Believes In Love Again
6. Somewhere Near Japan
7. Crack At Your Love
8. Endless Harmony
9. California Dreamin'
10. Strange Things Happen
11. Rock 'n' Roll To The Rescue
12. Oh Darlin'
13. Summer In Paradise
14. Livin' With A Heartache  
15. Passing Friend
16. Getcha Back
17. Come Go With Me
18. Still Cruisin'
19. It's Getting Late
20. Lahaina Aloha

I am still digging the hell out of this comp!