Alternate Discography

[Phoenix]

After five months of meticulous work, I finally accomplished my goal of not only rebuilding the full, electronic Beach Boys catalog but also my definitive "alternate discograaphy". I didn't want to just dump several unsolicited pages of info on here but I did want to toot my horn to some extent, just to celebrate the fruits of my long wrought labors with just about the only people I (almost) know who might even care.

Five months ago, I started downloading and/or uploading everything from scratch. I assembled the entire catalog, naming, tagging, re-naming, or re-tagging every individual file (artist, album, #, title, year, genre, part of a compilation, and the occasional composer), deleting duplicate files (such as album covers) and folders, deleting each file's comments, album artist, etc, and way more than I can even recall. I kept the hits packages to just Endless Summer, Spirit Of America, a mash up of Sunshine Dream and Rarities, the three volumes of official "greatest hits", and the two big box sets. I did include all the releases of "new" stuff like Hawthorne, CA, Endless Harmony, and the Sessions boxes, as well as the copyright extension releases. When all was said and done My Beach Boys folder was eight and a half gigs of 54 different albums. I backed all that up into a location appropriately named Backed Up Music and with that finished, I set about building my "official" alternate discography, using the scenario that not only did Brian actually finish Smile sometime around spring 1967 (thus necessitating some revisions to albums like Smiley Smile, 20/20, and Surf's Up) but also using myself to retroactively enforce a greater quality control. My goal was to make each record "all killer, no filler" but staying true to each time period made that not 100% possible. Still, I think each altered disc came through better than what we received.

Personally, my favorite period of the band is Today! through the fall of Smile (or in this case, just Smile), followed closely by 20/20 through In Concert. As I've said before I'm no fan of Smiley, Friends, or Love You. All said, I left no stone unturned and tweaked or radically overhauled almost every album. The end result is a lean 6.43 gigabytes worth of 47 different albums. I shaved the box sets down to highlights discs, doubled up most of the pre-Today! and immediate post-Smile albums, and limited the hits packages to just Endless Summer and Greatest Hits Volume Three - Best Of The Brother Years, then capped everything off with my own "career spanning retrospective box set" and two disc "Ultimate Collection" (totaling 48 big ones). Every (virtual) disc runs the length of a album or disc, contemporary to the era. No disc runs more than 80 minutes each.

If anyone's interested, I'll post details. Either way, feel free to use this as an excuse to weigh in with your own favorite altered tracklists or what have you.

[yonderhillside]

I'm constantly changing up my alternate Beach Boys album playlists. Please, do share. I'd be interested to see what you've come up with. My '65 through '71 albums are all masterpieces.

[Phoenix]

Thanks for your interest. To save some space, I’m only listing the full details of the albums that got major overhauls, limiting the others to just notes.  In almost all cases running orders were tweaked to some degree beyond any song changes.  The first three albums are “two-fer combos”, additional notes/explanations for some of my choices are represented in pink as commentary explaining the alternate timeline approach that I took .

Part 1 1961- 93

Surfin’ (released in 1963, preceded by various singles)
Surfin’ USA
Surfin’ Safari
Ten Little Indians
Farmer's Daughter
Little Miss America
Shut Down
Surfin'
409
Barbie
Summertime Blues [solo Dave vocal]
Moon Dawg
Land Ahoy

Catch A Wave
Surfer Girl
Catch A Wave
Be True To Your School
Little Deuce Coupe
I Do
Spirit Of America
Hawaii
In My Room
Ballad Of Ole' Betsy
Pom Pom Play Girl
Boogie Woodie
Custom Machine

All Summer Long
Fun, Fun, Fun
Don't Worry Baby
This Car Of Mine [my own custom extended edit]
The Warmth Of The Sun
Wendy
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
I Get Around
Hushabye
Do You Remember
Drive-In
Don't Back Down
All Summer Long

Concert
Added “Don’t Worry Baby”

The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
unchanged

Today!
remixed “In The Back Of My Mind”
swapped “Bull Session” for “Graduation Day”

Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
rearranged the running order (opening with “California Girls”)
Cut "The Girl From New York City" and "Amusement Parks U.S.A."
Added “Guess I’m Dumb” and “All Dressed Up For School”

Next to Smile, this next one easily took the most work. Lots of stuff from the Unsurpassed Masters, painstakingly assembled, sometimes using multiple takes and because almost every track segues directly into the next, special care was given to the between song chatter, as well as the actual start and end point of each song. Many songs are custom edits, although I’m not exactly sure which ones are. Because I don’t yet own the recent Party! release, I may revisit this down the road but I have to say I’m extremely pleased with how it turned out.

Party!
California Girls
Hully Gully
I Should Have Known Better
Tell Me Why [custom extended mix]
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
Mountain Of Love
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Devoted To You
Ruby Baby
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Alley Oop
There's No Other (Like My Baby)
Riot In Cell Block #9
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Heart And Soul/Long Tall Sally
Barbara Ann [with “corrected” ending]
Blowin' In The Wind
*CD bonus tracks* (without party overdubs)
There's No Other (Like My Baby)
Devoted To You
Barbara Ann

Pet Sounds
Stereo version with the following exceptions
* Wouldn't It Be Nice [Brian on bridge]
* God Only Knows [mono]
* Caroline, No [original speed]

Pet Sounds (mono)
unchanged
Left in the catalog because when I feel like listening to the full album, straight through, I still prefer the real deal.

Of course, here’s where things go differently than they did in the real world. On the parallel world where Brian finished Smile, things went almost exactly as they did in real life, right up to the point where the album was said to being prepped for a rush release. Brian ALMOST loses it but in a last minute fit of fight or flight, he chooses to fight, managing to assemble final versions for each of the albums sticking points (Heroes And Villains, The Elements, and Vega-Tables) and finish the remaining vocals. Sadly, not even my craftiest editing can produce finished versions of DYLW, CIFOTM, and IIGS, using all Beach Boys vocals so those particular songs required varying degrees of cheating.

Smile
My take on the 12 songs from the handwritten list and back of the cover, plus “Our Prayer”

Obviously, had Brian actually completed Smile in early 1967, the rest of what followed would have been vastly different so I used the following scenario to explain why the rest of things progressed as they did. Completing Smile in time for the summer of love took just about everything Brian had so, like in real life, he checks himself into a hospital for a brief stay and decided to pull out of the “production race” with the Beatles, but MUCH less abruptly. Having taken modular recording and big productions as far as he could, he retools the band. As in real life, this means stripped down instrumentation and a more unique use of the bands singing voices

Wild Honey
Wild Honey
I Was Made To Love Her
Country Air
Fall Breaks And Back To Winter
I'd Love Just Once To See You
Darlin'
With Me Tonight
Here Comes The Night
Let The Wind Blow
How She Boogalooed It
Whistle In

Wanting to try the band’s “new sound” in a live setting, the group gets stoned and flies to Hawaii for a live album. Capitol loves the idea, as fans buy “the old songs”. The band is happy because they get “new” product on the shelves without undermining their musical growth with re-issue packages.

Lei'd In Hawaii
First night

Not happy with the chart performance of the last two albums, Brian informs the band he’ll be stepping back and wants the band to become more of a democracy. He doesn’t go into seclusion but tells them to start working on their own tracks. To give them time, he assembles a stop gap album.

Stack-O-Tracks
unchanged, aside from the inclusion of three additional songs
Help Me, Rhonda
California Girls
Our Car Club

Do It Again (in place of Friends and 20/20)
Meant For You
I Can Hear Music
Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Be With Me
All I Want To Do
The Nearest Faraway Place
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
Wake The World
Do It Again
Friends
Little Bird
I Went To Sleep
Walk On By [custom edit]
Break Away [alternate version]
Time To Get Alone
Never Learn Not To Love

From here out, history aligns itself, the main difference being a slightly healthier and MUCH happier Brian. The music sells better than it did in real life but the band and the label still aren’t happy with each other so they still switch labels. This time around Capitol accepts the live album to complete the deal.

Live In London
unchanged, aside from the inclusion of “All I Want To Do”

Add Some Music (in place of Sunflower)
Used the alternate version of “Tears In The Morning”
Cut “Cool, Cool Water”
Added “Fallin' In Love (Lady)”

As in real life, the failure of the previous album, compared to its potential, hits Brian hard and he goes “to the bedroom”. Sales are still better than WE them saw but with no “Surf’s Up” in the vault, the band has to work even harder. Dennis really steps up to the plate but at the cost of his brief solo career, which means no POB.

End Of The Trail (in place of Surf’s Up)
Swapped “Surf’s Up” for “(Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again”
Added “4th Of July” and “Sound Of Free”

Carl And The Passions - So Tough
Added “San Miguel” and “It’s A New Day” [custom remix]
Swapped “Make It Good” for “Barbara”

Holland
Restored “We Got Love”
Added custom remix of “Hard Times”
Swapped versions of “Big Sur”, using a custom remix of the 4/4 version
Swapped “Beaks Of Eagles” for “Sweet And Bitter”

In Concert
unchanged

Endless Summer
unchanged but corrected with single versions
*also CD bonus track*
Good Vibrations

15 Big Ones
Cut the intro from “TM Song”
Cut “Chapel Of Love”, “Palisades Park”, “A Casual Look”, “Blueberry Hill”, “In The Still Of The Night”, and “Just Once In My Life”
Added ‘We're Together Again”, “Sea Cruise”,  “River Song”, “Rainbows”, “Loop De Loop”, and “Pacific Ocean Blues”

Love You
Swapped Al’s “Honkin' Down The Highway” for Billy’s version
Cut “Johnny Carson”, “Solar System”, “Let's Put Our Hearts Together”, and “I Wanna Pick You Up”
Added “Shake, Rattle And Roll” and “Sherry She Needs Me”

Adult Child
as usual

Merry Christmas From The Beach Boys
Christmas Time Is Here Again
Child Of Winter (Christmas Song)
Winter Symphony
Michael Row The Boat Ashore
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
(I Saw Santa) Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
Alone On Christmas Day
Morning Christmas
Santa's On His Way
Melekalikimaka
Bells Of Christmas
Christmas Carol Medley
Little Saint Nick [single version]
Auld Lang Syne [without voiceover]

Seasons In The Sun (in place of M.I.U. Album)
Cut “Hey Little Tomboy”, “Belles Of Paris”, and “Winds of Change”
Added “Seasons In The Sun” and “Go And Get That Girl”

California Feelin' (in place of L.A. (Light Album)
Trimmed “Here Comes The Night” to the length of the single
Cut “Baby Blue” and “Shortenin’ Bread”
Added “California Feelin'”, “It's A Beautiful Day”, “Brian's Back”, and “All Alone”

Keepin' The Summer Alive
Added “Baby Blue” and “Shortenin’ Bread”
*CD Bonus track*
Beach Boys Medley

Good Timin' - Live At Knebworth
Added “I Write The Songs”
* I’d add “Good Timin’” as well but haven’t found a version of decent quality.

1985 (in place of The Beach Boys)
Cut “Passing Friend” and “I Do Love You”
Added “East Meets West” and “Chasin' The Sky”

Still Cruisin'
Cut the oldies
Added “Problem Child”, “California Dreamin'”, “Rock 'N' Roll To The Rescue” [custom edit], and “Wipe Out”
*CD bonus tracks*
Problem Child [single edit]
Kokomo [Spanish version]

Summer In Paradise
Swapped “Island Fever” for the custom edit I recently posted
Swapped “Under The Boardwalk” for the UK version
Swapped “Summer In Paradise” for the live version
Added “Crocodile Rock”

[Emily]

I love it! Great project.
Would The Lonely Sea or Sherry She Needs Me be included?

[Phoenix]

I love it! Great project.
Would The Lonely Sea or Sherry She Needs Me be included?

Thanks for the kind words.  No "Lonely Sea" but "Sherry..." wound up on Love You.

[alf wiedersehen]

No "Lonely Sea"

No, I am sorry, that is incorrect.
That's one of their very best songs from their early albums!

[Phoenix]

To each their own. 

[Phoenix]

Part 2 1993-2016

Aside from parring down the box sets to showcase their more unique tracks, the most important changes were the creation of two additional albums to the catalog: Stars And Stripes, Vol. 2 and the radically different Songs From Here And Back

Good Vibrations - Highlights (in place of the Good Vibrations box set)
Surfin' USA [demo]
Little Surfer Girl [fragment]
Surfin' [rehearsal]
Surfin'
In My Room [demo]
Happy Birthday, Four Freshmen
Hushabye [live]
California Girls [vocals only]
Ruby Baby
Hang On To Your Ego
Good Vibrations [live 1966]
Heroes And Villains Intro
Heroes And Villains [cantina version]
Do You Like Worms
Vega-Tables
Cabinessence [track]
Surf's Up [track]
Surf's Up [solo version]
Love To Say Da Da
Heroes And Villains Sections
Heroes And Villains [single version]
With Me Tonight
Cool Cool Water [fragment]
Games Two Can Play
I Just Got My Pay
Fairy Tale Music

Stars And Stripes, Vol. 1
unchanged

Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights
Disc 1
Pet Sounds [track without guitar overdub]
Caroline, No [track]
Trombone Dixie [stereo]
Hang On To Your Ego [track]
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) [piano demo]
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) [track]
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) [string overdub]
Here Today [track]
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times [track]
Good Vibrations [track]
That's Not Me [track]
Let's Go Away For Awhile [track without string overdub]
Caroline, No [stereo]
I'm Waiting For The Day [track]
Sloop John B [track]
God Only Knows [stereo]
God Only Knows [track]
You Still Believe In Me (Intro) [session highlights]
You Still Believe In Me (Intro)
You Still Believe In Me [track]
Wouldn't It Be Nice [track]
Wouldn't It Be Nice [track with background vocals]

Disc 2
Wouldn't It Be Nice [vocals]
You Still Believe In Me [vocals]
That's Not Me [vocals]
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) [vocals]
I'm Waiting For The Day [vocals]
Sloop John B [vocals]
God Only Knows [vocals]
I Know There's An Answer [vocals]
Here Today [vocals]
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times [vocals]
Caroline, No [vocals]
Caroline, No [promo 1]
Wouldn't It Be Nice [alternate version]
You Still Believe In Me [without intro]
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) [vocal fragment]
I'm Waiting For The Day [w Mike vocal]
Sloop John B [with alternate vocals]
God Only Knows [w sax solo]
Hang On To Your Ego
Here Today [with Brian lead vocal]
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times [alternate mix]
Banana & Louie
Caroline, No [original speed stereo mix]
Dog Barking Session [outtakes]
Caroline, No [promo 2]
God Only Knows [with acappella tag]
Wouldn't It Be Nice [alternate version - mono]
Sloop John B [with Brian guide vocals]
God Only Knows [with alternate vocal]
Caroline, No [original speed - mono]

Endless Harmony
unchanged

Greatest Hits Volume Three - Best Of The Brother Years 1970–1986
unchanged

Hawthorne, CA
unchanged

Stars And Stripes, Vol. 2
The Warmth Of The Sun [Vince Gill]
Sail On Sailor [custom concert/rehearsal edit with Rodney Crowell]
In My Room [with Tammy Wynette]
Don't Worry Baby [with the Every Brothers]
Fun, Fun, Fun [with Status Quo]
God Only Knows [Glen Campbell]
California [Al Jardine with CSNY]
Winter Wonderland [with Colin Raye]
Surf's Up [Vince Gill, David Crosby, and Jimmy Webb]
In My Room [Tammy Wynette and Brian Wilson]
Come Go With Me [live with the Oak Ridge Boys]

The Smile Sessions - Highlights
Disc 1
Cut “Look” and “Holidays”
Moved “I'm In Great Shape” to after “Surf’s Up”
Following “Good Vibrations”, the remaining tracks are as follows
* Smile Backing Vocals Montage
* Heroes And Villains [full Humble Harv demonstration performance]
* Tune X
* I Don't Know
* Surf's Up [Wild Honey solo version]
* Good Vibrations - Tape Rewind

Disc 2 (Culled from my own “Smile Sessions”)
Smile Promo
Gee
Heroes And Villains (Part 1) [cantina version]
Heroes And Villains (Part 2) [1967 single version]
Heroes And Villains [Humble Harv recreation edit]
Do You Like Worms [alternate version]
Look/Child [with additional vocals]
Look/Child [without additional vocals]
Child Is Father Of The Man [3:00 edit]
Child Is Father Of The Man [3:00 edit with bridge intro]
I'm In Great Shape [alternate version]
I'm In Great Shape [alternate version 2]
I'm In Great Shape [alternate version 3]
Wind Chimes [alternate version]
The Elements (Version 2)
The Elements (Version 3)
Cool, Cool Water [fragment]
Surf’s Up [alternate version]
You’re Welcome
He Gives Speeches
The Old Master Painter [Dick Haymes]

Songs From Here And Back
Cobbled together in anticipation of, but slightly predating, the reunion
Do It Again [2012]
Soul Searchin'
You're Still A Mystery
Cool Head, Warm Heart
Don't Fight The Sea   
Daybreak Over The Ocean
Waves Of Love
Goin' To The Beach
The Spirit Of Rock And Roll
Beaches In Mind
PT Cruiser
California Feelin'
Dancin' The Night Away [custom less painful to the ear remix]
You're Still A Mystery [original mix]

That's Why God Made The Radio
Cut “Daybreak Over The Ocean” and “Beaches In Mind”
Added “She Says That She Needs Me” and “South American”

Live - The 50th Anniversary Tour
unchanged

Made In California - Highlights
Can't Wait Too Long [vocals]
(Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again
Don't Worry Baby [with alternate lead vocal]
Rock And Roll Music [2012 mix with extra verse]
Brian's Back [alternate mix]
Goin' To The Beach
Why Don't The Let Us Fall In Love
Da Doo Ron Ron
Isn't It Time [single version]
Slip On Through [vocals]
This Whole World [vocals]
Where Is She
Had To Phone Ya [track]
I Believe In Miracles [fragment]
Why
Don't Go Near The Water [track]
Barnyard Blues
Transcendental Meditation [track]
Our Sweet Love [vocals & strings]
Back Home [1970 version]
California Feelin' [demo]
My Love Lives On
Carl Wilson Coda [2013 edit]

Made In California - Live
Runaway [1965 with concert promo intro]
You're So Good To Me [1966]
The Letter [1967 rehearsal]
Friends [1968]
Little Bird [1968]
All I Want To Do [1968]
Help Me, Rhonda [1972]
Wild Honey [1972]
Only With You [1972]
It's About Time [1973]
I Can Hear Music [1975]
Vega-Tables [1993]
Wonderful [1993]
Sail On, Sailor [1995]
Summer In Paradise [1995]

The Beach Box
The long awaited, career spanning six disc retrospective, assembled using the above alternate discography; six discs, assembled from the above discography, includes my library’s first appearances of “The Little Girl I Once Knew”.

Ultimate Collection (Two CD Best Of)
Disc One – 1961-71
Disc Two – 1972-2012

[Emily]

I love it! Great project.
Would The Lonely Sea or Sherry She Needs Me be included?

Thanks for the kind words.  No "Lonely Sea" but "Sherry..." wound up on Love You.

Ah. Missed it first time. Thanks. Still love it; might copy it on my own playlists, replacing Pom Pom Play Girl with The Lonely Sea.  

[Phoenix]

"Pom Pom Playgirl" made the cut due to its significance, what with being Carl's first solo vocal and all.

On a related note, I think I should revisit "The Lonely Sea" just to make sure I'm not missing out. 

[Emily]

"Pom Pom Playgirl" made the cut due to its significance, what with being Carl's first solo vocal and all.

On a related note, I think I should revisit "The Lonely Sea" just to make sure I'm not missing out. 

That's a good point. Little baby Carl. I love The Lonely Sea, except for the awkward spoken word bit. The vocal is beautiful and one or two syllables are drawn out I think a full measure longer than I expect and somehow really lead to a feeling of longing.

[yonderhillside]

Very cool - and very detailed. I'll share a couple:

'65 California Girls

1. California Girls
2. Let Him Run Wild
3. You're So Good To Me
4. Little Girl I Once Knew
5. Three Blind Mice
6. Girl Don't Tell Me
7. Guess I'm Dumb
8 Help Me, Rhonda
9. Then I Kissed Her
10. Girl From New York City
11. Summer Means New Love
12. I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man
13. And Your Dreams Come True

'67 Smile (for my own listening pleasure - rearranged after listening to some of you guys' mixes)

1. Prayer (OMP's mix recently posted)
2. H&V (which is on link below in my signature)
3. Do You Like Worms
4. Cabinessence
5. Good Vibrations
6. Holidays (d4nk4.it's mix)
7. Wind Chimes
8. MOLC
9. Workshop
10. My Vega-Tables (OMP's mix recently posted)
11. Water Chant (still trying to spruce this one up)
12. Wonderful
13. Look (Song For Children) / Talking Horns / CIFOTM (my mix below)
14. Surf's Up (d4nk4.it's mix with YW outro)

'67 Lei'd In Hawaii

1. Help You Rhonda (MIC)
2. God Only Knows (EH)
3. California Girls (MIC)
4. The Letter (MIC)
5. You're So Good To Me (Wally Heider Studios)
6. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring (WHS)
7. Surfin' Rehearsal (Aloha From Hawaii & Hollywood)
8. Surfer Girl (GV 30YRS)
9. Gettin' Hungry
10. He Gives Speeches (my mix below)
11. With Me Tonight
12. Cool, Cool Water (Early Version) (Smile Sessions)
13. Little Pad
14. Whistle-In

'70 Sun Flower (double album)

1. Slip On Through
2. This Whole World
3. Got To Know The Woman
4. Fallin' In Love
5. All I Wanna Do
6. It's About Time
7. Our Sweet Love
8. Tears In The Morning (alternate)
9. Deirdre
10. Forever
11. Take A Load Off Your Feet
12. At My Window
13. Where Is She?
14. Sail Plane Song
15. Cool, Cool Water
16. Good Time
17. Games Two Can Play (I wish this was recorded in '67 because it would sound so perfect on WH)
18. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
19. Add Some Music To Your Day
20. Break Away (alternate version, always)

The last 1/3 of the album is so delightfully goofy.

[Phoenix]

Great stuff!

Here are the details on my box set and hits package.

The Beach Box
Disc 1
* live
Surfin'
409
Surfin' Safari
Summertime Blues [Dave solo vocal]
Surfin' USA
Farmer's Daughter
Shut Down
Catch A Wave
Surfer Girl
Little Deuce Coupe
In My Room
Hawaii
Be True To Your School [single version]
Fun, Fun, Fun
Don't Worry Baby
The Warmth Of The Sun
Why Do Fools Fall In Love [with intro]
I Get Around
Hushabye
All Summer Long
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena*
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow*
Graduation Day*
Little Saint Nick [single version]
Merry Christmas, Baby
Blue Christmas

Disc 2
* without Party overdubs
Dance, Dance, Dance
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
Do You Wanna Dance
Please Let Me Wonder
Kiss Me, Baby
California Girls
Then I Kissed Her
Girl Don't Tell Me
Help Me, Rhonda
You're So Good To Me
Guess I'm Dumb [with Glen Campbell]
There's No Other (Like My Baby)*
Devoted To You*
Barbara Ann*
The Little Girl I Once Knew
Wouldn't It Be Nice [stereo - Brian on bridge]
Sloop John B [stereo]
God Only Knows [mono]
Here Today [stereo]
Caroline, No [original speed - mono]
Good Vibrations
Smile Retail Promo
Heroes And Villains [custom edit]
Cabin Essence
Surf's Up [custom edit]

Disc 3
Wild Honey
Darlin'
Country Air
I Was Made To Love Her
The Letter
Meant For You
I Can Hear Music
Do It Again [single version]
Walk On By [custom edit]
Break Away [alternate version]
Cottonfields
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring [live]
This Whole World
Slip On Through
It's About Time
Add Some Music To Your Day
All I Wanna Do
Forever
Long Promised Road
Disney Girls (1957)
Feel Flows
(Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again
'Til I Die

Disc 4
* live
You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
Here She Comes
Marcella
All This Is That
It's A New Day [custom remix]
Sail On, Sailor
California [single version]
The Trader
Sweet And Bitter
Hard Times
Big Sur [4/4 version]
You Still Believe In Me*
Wonderful/Don't Worry Bill*
Funky Pretty*
We Got Love*
Rock And Roll Music
It's OK [with intro]
That Same Song
Had To Phone Ya
Sea Cruise

Disc 5
Let Us Go On This Way
Honkin' Down The Highway [with Billy Hinche]
Sherry She Needs Me
It's Over Now [correct speed]
On Broadway
Still I Dream Of It
Alone On Christmas Day
Winter Symphony
Almost Summer [Celebration]
She's Got Rhythm
Come Go With Me
Seasons In The Sun [custom remix]
It's A Beautiful Day
Beach Boys Medley
Brian's Back
Good Timin'
California Feelin'
Lady Liberty
Keepin' The Summer Alive
Some Of Your Love
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)
Goin' On
Endless Harmony

Disc 6
Chasin' The Sky
Getcha Back
California Dreamin'
Kokomo
Somehwere Near Japan
Wipe Out
Crocodile Rock
Island Fever [custom edit]
Summer In Paradise [live]
Don't Worry Baby [with Lorrie Morgan]
I Can Hear Music [with Kathy Troccoli]
Caroline, No [w Timothy B. Schmit]
Don't Worry Baby [with the Every Brothers]
Soulful Old Man Sunshine
Soul Searchin'
Cool Head, Warm Heart
Don't Fight The Sea
Pet Sounds [live featuring David Marks]
Isn't It Time
Spring Vacation
From There To Back Again
Summer's Gone

The Ultimate Collection – Highlights From The Beach Box
Disc 1 (The First Ten Years)
Surfin' USA
Surfer Girl
In My Room
Fun, Fun, Fun
Don't Worry Baby
I Get Around
California Girls
Help Me, Rhonda
Barbara Ann [without Party overdubs]
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Sloop John B
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
Heroes And Villains [custom edit]
Cabin Essence
Surf's Up [custom edit]
Darlin'
I Can Hear Music
Do It Again
Break Away
Cottonfields
It's About Time
Add Some Music To Your Day
Forever
Feel Flows
'Til I Die

Disc 2 (The Other 40)
You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
Here She Comes
Marcella
All This Is That
Sail On, Sailor
The Trader
Hard Times
Rock And Roll Music
It's OK [with intro]
Come Go With Me
Good Timin'
Keepin' The Summer Alive
Goin' On
Chasin' The Sky
Getcha Back
California Dreamin'
Kokomo
Somehwere Near Japan
Summer In Paradise [live]
Soulful Old Man Sunshine
Isn't It Time
Summer's Gone

[shangaijoeBB]

It's been a pet project of mine to restructure the complete 70s output of The Beach Boys. So here's mine:

ALTERNATE DISCOGRAPHY (1967-1982)

SMiLE (1967)

1. Prayer/Heroes & Villians
2. Do You Like Worms
3. Im' In Great Shape (The Barnyard Suite)
4. Vega-Tables
5. The Old Master Painter
6. Cabin Essence

7. Good Vibrations
8. Wind Chimes
9. The Elements
10. Wonderful
11. Child Is Father Of The Man
12. Surf's Up/Prayer (reprise)

Wild Honey (1967)

1. Wild Honey
2. Aren't You Glad
3. I Was Made To Love Her
4. The Letter
5. Country Air
6. A Thing Or Two
7. Lonely Days
8. Time To Get Alone

9. Darlin'
10. With A Little Help From My Friends
11. I'd Love Just Once to See You
12. Here Comes The Night
13. Let The Wind Blow
14. Cool, Cool Water
15. Can't Wait Too Long

Lei'd In Hawaii (1967)

1. The Letter
2. Hawaii
3. You're So Good To Me
4. Surfer Girl
5. Surfin'
6. Gettin' Hungry
7. California Girls

8. Wouldn't It Be Nice
9. Heroes & Villians
10. God Only Knows
11. Good Vibrations
12. Barbara Ann

Friends - as is (1968)

Reverberation (1969)

1. Do It Again
2. I Can Hear Music
3. We're Together Again
4. Be With Me
5. All I Want to Do
6. The Nearest Faraway Place

7. Break Away
8. Never Learn Not To To Love
9. I Went To Sleep
10. A Time To Live In Dreams
11. Celebrate the News
12. Old Man River

The Fading Group Revival (1970)

1. Loop de Loop
2. Sound Of Free
3. San Miguel
4. H.E.L.P Is On The Way
5. Carnival
6. Take Good Care Of Your Feet, Pete
7. I Just Got My Pay

8. Cotton Fields (45 version)
9. Big Sur (4/4 version)
10. Fallin' In Love
11. When Girls Get Together (instrumental)
12. Games Two Can Play
13. Soulful Old Man Sunshine

Sunflower - as is/but ''Where Is She'' replacing Cool, Cool Water (1970)

Landlocked (1971)

1. Don't Go Near The Water
2. Long Promised Road
3. Fourth Of July
4. Disney Girls (1957)
5. Student Demonstration Time (yeah, I like it, sue me!)

6. Feel Flows
7. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
8. A Day in the Life of a Tree
9. ' Til I Die (Desper mix)
10. Wouldn't it be nice (To Live Again)

Carl & The Passions/Holland - as is (1972-1973)

The Golden State (1974) (the last album w/ Blondie & Ricky)

1. River Song
2. Hard Times
3. Out In The Country
4. Sweet & Bitter
5. Carry Me Home

6. It's A New Day
7. We Got Love
8. Iv'e Got A Friend
9. Sweet Mountain
10. Holy Man

Christmas single  (1974)
Child of Winter B/w Lucy Jones

California Feelin'  (1975)

1. Good Timin'
2. Susie Cincinnati
3. Had To Phone Ya
4. Rainbows
5. Everyone's In Love With You
6. My Love Lives On
7. Rollin' Up To Heaven

8. It's Ok
9. Barnyard Blues
10. Angel Come Home
11. Pacific Ocean Blues
12. Back Home
13. California Feelin'

15 Big Ones (1976)

1. Rock N' Roll Music
2. Come Go With Me
3. Ruby Baby
4. Chapel Of Love
5. Running Bear
6. Talk To Me
7. Sea Cruise
8. Mony, Mony

9. Palisades Park
10. Peggy Sue
11. A Casual Look
12. Blueberry Hill
13. Shake, Rattle And Roll
14. In The Still Of The Night
15. Just Once In My Life

Brian Loves You (1977) - as is but released as a Brian Wilson solo album

Adult/Child (1977) -  released as a Brian Wilson solo album

1. New England Waltz/Life Is For The Living
2. Hey Little Tomboy
3. Deep Purple
4. Marilyn Rovell
5. Lazy Lizzie
6. It's Over Now
7. Everybody Wants To Live

8. Shortenin' Bread
9. Lines
10. On Broadway
11. Sherry She Needs Me
12. It's Trying To Say
13. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
14. Still I Dream Of It

Pacific Ocean Blues (1977) as Is but ''Rainbows'' and ''Pacific Ocean Blues'' are replaced with ''Only With You'' and ''Tug Of Love''

Merry Christmas From The Beach Boys (1977)

1. Christmas Time is Here
2. Child of Winter (Christmas Song)
3. Winter Symphony
4. Michael Row the Boat Ashore
5. Santa's On His Way
6. Bells Of Christmas

7. Morning Christmas
8. Alone on Christmas Day
9. Santa's Got An Airplane
10. Kona Christmas
11. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa
12. Xmas Carol Medley

(Dennis' 2nd solo album ''Bambu'' is scrapped and tracks are used on the next Beach Boys' albums)

Winds Of Change (1978)

1. She's Got Rhythm
2. He's a Bum
3. Where We Are
4. Pitter Patter (early mix w/ rain sfx)
5. Viggie (First Love version)
6. Mexico (instrumental)

7. Go And Get That Girl
8. Love Remembers Me
9. My Diane
10. Matchpoint Of Our Love
11. Our Team
12. Winds Of Change (early mix w/ flutes)

L.A. (1979)

1. It's a Beautiful Day (in L.A.)
2. Constant Companion
3. Full Sail
4. Don't Fight the Sea
5. Looking Down the Coast/Song of the Whale
6. Santa Ana Winds (1978 mix)

7. Country Pie
8. Baby Blue
9. Daybreak (First Love version)
10. Love Surrounds Me
11. Goin' South
12. It's Like Heaven

Endless Harmony (1982) - comeback and very last album as they break up after Dennis' death.

1. Goin' On (with alternate version kickdrum solo as intro)
2. Oh Darlin' (Brian lead)
3. School Girl
4. Livin' With A Heartache
5. I Don't Wanna Know (First Love version)
6. It's Not Too Late

7. Stevie
8. Under The Moonlight
9. Heaven
10. Wild Situation
11. Oh Lord
12. Endless Harmony

[jiggy22]

I've been working on my own alternate Beach Boys discography for quite awhile now, tell me what you think!

Surfin' Safari
Side One:
1). Surfin' Safari
2). Luau
3). County Fair
4). Judy
5). Little Girl (You're My Miss America)
6). 409
Side Two:
1). Surfin'
2). Chug-a-Lug
3). Land Ahoy
4). Cindy, oh Cindy
5). Barbie
6). What is a Young Girl Made Of

Surfin' USA
Side One:
1). Surfin' USA
2). Farmer's Daughter
3). Mother May I
4). Stoked
5). Finder's Keepers
6). Shut Down
Side Two:
1). Noble Surfer
2). The Baker Man
3). Honky Tonk
4). Lana
5). Marie
6). The Lonely Sea

Surfer Girl
Side One:
1). Surfer Girl
2). Catch a Wave
3). The Surfer Moon
4). South Bay Surfers
5). I Do
6). In My Room
Side Two:
1). Little Deuce Coupe
2). Hawaii
3). Surfers Rule
4). Our Car Club
5). Back Home
6). Your Summer Dream

Little Deuce Coupe
No changes

Fun, Fun, Fun
Side One:
1). Fun, Fun, Fun
2). Don't Worry Baby
3). Keep an Eye on Summer
4). The Warmth of the Sun
5). In the Parkin' Lot
6). Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (w/Intro)
Side Two:
1). The Things We Did Last Summer
2). Endless Sleep
3). This Car of Mine
4). Shut Down, Part II
5). Pom Pom Play Girl
6). After the Game

All Summer Long
Side One:
1). All Summer Long
2). Hushabye
3). Little Honda
4). We'll Run Away
5). Car's Big Chance
6). Wendy
Side Two:
1). I Get Around
2). Do You Remember?
3). Girls on the Beach
4). Drive-In
5). All Dressed Up For School
6). Don't Back Down

Beach Boys' Concert
No changes

The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
Side One:
1). Little Saint Nick
2). The Man With All The Toys
3). Santa's Beard
4). Merry Christmas, Baby
5). Christmas Day
6). Christmas Eve (Instrumental)
Side Two:
1). Frosty the Snowman
2). We Three Kings
3). White Christmas
4). I'll Be Home for Christmas
5). Blue Christmas
6). Auld Lang Syne

The Beach Boys Today!
Side One:
1). Do You Wanna Dance?
2). Good to My Baby
3). Don't Hurt My Little Sister
4). When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
5). Graduation Day
6). Dance, Dance, Dance
Side Two:
1). Guess I'm Dumb
2). Please Let Me Wonder
3). I'm So Young
4). Kiss Me, Baby
5). She Knows Me Too Well
6). In the Back of My Mind

Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Side One:
1). California Girls
2). Amusement Parks USA
3). Then I Kissed Her
4). Salt Lake City
5). Girl Don't Tell Me
6). Help Me, Rhonda (Alternate Single Version)
Side Two:
1). The Little Girl i Once Knew (Stereo Mix)
2). The Girl from New York City
3). You're So Good to Me
4). I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man
5). Summer Means New Love
6). And Your Dreams Come True

Beach Boys' Party!
Side One:
1). Hully Gully
2). Smokey Joe's Cafe
3). Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
4). Mountain of Love
5). You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
6). Blowin' in the Wind
7). Devoted to You
Side Two:
1). Ruby Baby
2). (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
3). Riot in Cell Block #9
4). The Artist (Laugh at Me)
5). One Kiss Led to Another
6). There's No Other (Like My Baby)
7). Barbara Ann

Pet Sounds
Side One:
1). Wouldn't it Be Nice
2). You Still Believe in Me
3). That's Not Me
4). Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) (w/Background Vocals)
5). I'm Waiting for the Day
6). Let's Go Away for Awhile (And Then We'll Have World Peace)
7). Sloop John B
Side Two:
1). God Only Knows (w/Additional vocals during coda)
2). Hang on to Your Ego (Duophonic Stereo)
3). Let Him Run Wild (w/Instrumental Break)
4). Here Today
5). I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
6). Pet Sounds
7). Caroline, No

SMiLE
Side One:
1). Our Prayer (My Stereo Remix)
2). Heroes and Villains (My Stereo Remix)
3). Do You Like Worms? (My Stereo Remix)
4). Wonderful (Stereo Mix)
5). I'm in Great Shape (IIGS, Barnyard, My Only Sunshine) (My Stereo Remix)
6). Cabin-Essence (SMiLE AD 4.0 Stereo Mix)
Side Two:
1). Good Vibrations (My Stereo Remix)
2). Vega-Tables (My Stereo Remix)
3). Wind Chimes (Stereo Mix)
4). Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (My Stereo Mix)
5). Child is Father of the Man (My Stereo Mix)
6). Surf's Up (My Stereo Mix)
7). You're Welcome (My Duophonic Stereo Mix)

Smiley Smile
Side One:
1). Heroes and Villains (Part One) (My Stereo Remix)
2). Vegetables (2001 Extended Version)
3). Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony)
4). She's Goin' Bald
5). Dumb Angel (Psycodelic Sound Medley consisting of "Down on the Ocean Floor", "Breathing", and "Moaning Laughter")
6). Little Pad (My Stereo Remix)
7). Heroes and Villains (My Stereo Remix)
Side Two:
1). Cool Cool Water (My Stereo Mix)
2). With Me Tonight
3). Wind Chimes
4). Gettin' Hungry
5). Wonderful
6). Whistle In
7). Bag of Tricks

Wild Honey
Side One:
1). Wild Honey (My Stereo Mix)
2). Aren't You Glad
3). I Was Made to Love Her
4). Country Air
5). A Thing or Two
6). Lonely Days (My Stereo Remix)
7). Darlin'
Side Two:
1). Can't Wait Too Long (My Stereo Mix)
2). I'd Love Just Once to See You (My Stereo Mix)
3). The Letter (MIC Version)
4). Here Comes the Night (Alternate Stereo Version)
5). How She Boogalooed It (My Stereo Mix)
6). Let the Wind Blow
7). Surf's Up (1967 Piano Demo)

Friends
Side One:
1). Meant For You (Alternate Version)
2). Friends
3). Wake the World (My Extended Mix)
4). Be Here in the Morning
5). When a Man Loves a Woman
6). We're Together Again
7). Passing By
Side Two:
1). Anna Lee, the Healer
2). Little Bird
3). Be Still
4). Busy Doin' Nothin'
5). Diamond Head
6). Transcendental Meditation (My Alternate Mix)
7). Indian Wisdom

Break Away
Side One:
1). Break Away (Alternate Version)
2). I Can Hear Music
3). I Went to Sleep
4). Sail Plane Song
5). The Nearest Faraway Place
6). A Time to Live in Dreams
7). Be With Me
Side Two:
1). Do it Again
2). Time to Get Alone (My Extended Stereo Remix)
3). Mona Kana
4). Walk on By (My Extended Stereo Remix)
5). Never Learn Not to Love
6). Celebrate the News
7). Old Man River

Add Some Music (A Musical Offering From The Beach Boys) (Double Album, it should've been done!)
Side One:
1. Add Some Music to Your Day
2. Susie Cincinnati
3. This Whole World (My Alternate Mix)
4. Slip on Through (My Alternate Mix)
5. Got to Know the Woman
6. Back Home
7. Tears in the Morning (Alternate Version)
Side Two:
1. Loop de Loop (Flip Flop Flyin' in an Aeroplane)
2. HELP is on the Way
3. Games Two Can Play
4. Take a Load Off Your Feet, Pete
5. Carnival
6. Good Time (My Alternate Mix)
7. At My Window
8. Cool Cool Water (My Alternate 1970 Mix)
Side Three:
1. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
2. San Miguel
3. I Just Got My Pay
4. Deirdre
5. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
6. It's About Time
7. Where is She?
8. Fallin' in Love
Side Four:
1. Forever (My Alternate Mix)
2. All I Wanna Do
3. Big Sur
4. When Girls Get Together
5. Our Sweet Love (My Alternate Mix)
6. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
7. 'Til I Die (My Alternate Mix)

Landlocked
Side One:
1). Don't Go Near the Water
2). Long Promised Road
3). Song of Free
4). Disney Girls (1957)
5). Student Demonstration Time
6). Fourth of July
Side Two:
1). Feels Flows
2). My Solution
3). Barbara
4). A Day in the Life of a Tree
5). (Wouldn't it Be Nice) To Live Again

So Tough
Side One:
1). Out in the Country (featuring Don Goldberg)
2). You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
3). California Slide
4). He Come Down
5). It's a New Day
6). Marcella
Side Two:
1). Sweet and Bitter
2). Silly Walls
3). Make it Good
4). Awake
5). All This is That
6). Cuddle Up

Holland (The group's second double album)
Side One:
1). Sail On, Sailor
2). Steamboat
3). Big Sur
4). The Beaks of Eagles
5). California (Single Version)
Side Two:
1). Trader
2). Leaving This Town
3). Only With You
4). Funky Pretty
Side Three:
1). Hard Times
2). Ecology (My Alternate Version)
3). We Got Love
4). Carry Me Home
Side Four:
1). Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale)

Group Therapy
Side One:
1). Rollin' Up to Heaven
2). River Song
3). Had to Phone Ya
4). TM Song
5). Barnyard Blues
6). That Same Song
7). Sherry, She Needs Me
Side Two:
1). It's OK (Alternate Version)
2). Short Skirts (Instrumental)
3). Pacific Ocean Blues
4). Sea Cruise
5). Back Home
6). My Love Lives On
7). Just Once in My Life

15 Big Ones
Side One:
1. Rock and Roll Music (Alternate Version)
2. Running Bear
3. Chapel of Love
4. Money Mony
5. Talk to Me
6. Everyone's in Love With You
7. A Casual Look
8. Shake, Rattle and Roll
Side Two:
1. Palisades Park
2. We Gotta Groove
3. Blueberry Hill
4. Battle Hymn of the Republic
5. Michael Row the Boat Ashore
6. In the Still of the Night
7. In the Back of My Mind (Piano Demo)

Love You
Side One:
1). Let Us Go On This Way
2). Roller Skating Child
3). Mona
4). Johnny Carson
5). Honkin' Down the Highway (Single Version)
6). You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling
7). Ding Dang
Side Two:
1). Solar System
2). The Night Was So Young
3). I'll Bet He's Nice
4). Let's Put Our Hearts Together
5). I Wanna Pick You Up
6). Airplane
7). Love is a Woman

Adult/Child
Side One:
1). New England Waltz
2). Life is for the Living
3). Hey Little Tomboy
4). Our Team
5). Deep Purple
6). It's Over Now
7). Everybody Wants to Live
Side Two:
1). Shortenin' Bread
2). Pitter Patter
3). My Diane
4). Lines
5). It's Trying to Say
6). Match Point of Our Love
7). Still I Dream Of It

MIU Album
Side One:
1). Come Go With Me
2). Kona Coast
3). Lazy Lizzie
4). That Special Feeling (Piano Demo)
5). Sweet Sunday Kinda Love
6). Daybreak Over the Ocean
Side Two:
1). Brian's Back
2). She's Got Rhythm
3). Wontcha Come Out Tonight?
4). On Broadway
5). I'm Beggin' You Please
6). Almost Summer
7). Winds of Change

LA (Light Album)
Side One:
1). It's a Beautiful Day (Single Version)
2). Lady Lynda (Single Version)
3). Angel Come Home
4). Love Surrounds Me
5). Full Sail
6). Drip Drop (Teardrops on My Bed) (My Alternate Mix)
7). Sumahama
Side Two:
1). Good Timin'
2). Baby Blue
3). Santa Ana Winds (Alternate)
4). Lookin' Down the Coast
5). Goin' South
6). Winter Symphony
7). California Feelin'

Endless Harmony
Side One:
1). Oh Darlin'
2). Some of Your Love
3). Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love?
4). Country Pie
5). Goin' On
Side Two:
1). Goin' to the Beach
2). Livin' With a Heartache
3). Stevie
4). Heaven
5). Endless Harmony

Summer's Gone
Side One:
1). Think About the Days
2). That's Why God Made the Radio
3). Isn't it Time
4). Spring Vacation
5). Shelter
6). Waves of Love
Side Two:
1). Don't Fight the Sea
2). The Private Life of Bill and Sue
3). Strange World
4). From There to Back Again
5). Pacific Coast Highway
6). Summer's Gone

goshdarn that took a LONG time to type out!

[Sheriff John Stone]

Great thread and I'm enjoying the alternate lists! This is my take on an alternate Christmas album. The original Christmas album was a tough sequence because of so many slow songs. It also could've used another song or two; it only clocked in at a little over 27 minutes. So, I added a couple of songs, re-sequenced it, and came up with this:

The Beach Boys - Merry Christmas

Side A
01  Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
02  Santa's Beard
03  White Christmas
04  Christmas Day
05  Frosty The Snowman
06  We Three Kings Of Orient Are
07  The Lord's Prayer

Side B
08  Things We Did Last Summer
09  Merry Christmas, Baby
10  Blue Christmas
11  Little Saint Nick
12  The Man With All The Toys
13  I'll Be Home For Christmas
14  Auld Lang Syne

[Phoenix]

That's exactly the stuff I'm talking about, everyone. And going through everything I realized I forgot all about "Lonely Days"! Paging Seltaeb!

[Sheriff John Stone]

Aw, what the hell...

The Beach Boys - Stars And Stripes

01  Long, Tall Texan - Doug Supernaw
02  Fun, Fun, Fun - Ricky Van Shelton
03  I Can Hear Music - Kathy Troccoli
04  Little Deuce Coupe - James House
05  409 - Junior Brown
06  I Get Around - Sawyer Brown
07  Don't Worry Baby - Lorrie Morgan
08  Be True To Your School - Toby Keith
09  The Warmth Of The Sun - Willie Nelson
10  Help Me, Rhonda - T. Graham Brown
11  In My Room - Tammy Wynette
12  Sail On Sailor - Rodney Crowell
13  Sloop John B - Collin Raye
14  Caroline, No - Timothy B. Schmit
   
 

[yonderhillside]

Here's a cohesive Adult/Child that almost, if not totally, rivals the Pet Sounds era in all of it's matured yet deranged glory:

'78 Adult/Child

1. Life Is For the Living
2. Everybody Wants To Live
3. It's Trying To Say
4. Sherry She Needs Me (MIC)
5. Deep Purple
6. That Special Feeling (don't even remember what this is from but I love it)
7. Shortenin' Bread
8. Talk To Me (15BO)
9. Lines
10. My Diane
11. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (MIC)
12. Still I Dream Of It
13. New England Waltz (Get The Boot)
14. It's Over Now

[shangaijoeBB]

jiggy22: I really like your Wild Honey and Reverberation lineup! I think i'll revise both album in the near future.

Iv'e revised my alt M.I.U/L.A albums and added my version of the TWGMTR:

1978 - WINDS OF CHANGE (Man, this was a challenge to turn into an album full of good material)

1. She's Got Rhythm
2. He's A Bum
3. It Could Be Anything (Where We Are)
4. Pitter Patter (alt mix w/ sound fx)
5. Viggie (First Love mix)
6. 10 000 Years (instrumental)

7. Matchpoint Of Our Love
8. Love Remembers Me
9. Go And Get That Girl
10. My Diane
11. Our Team
12. Winds Of Change (alt. mix w/ Charles Lloyd)
(hidden track) Drip Drop

1979 - L.A. (For once, I think the album works a lot better without almost any of Brian's output from this era)

1. It's A Beautiful  Day (Ten Years of Harmony mix)
2. Constant Companion (alt. mix)
3. Full Sail
4. Love Surrounds Me
5. Looking Down The Coast/Song Of The Whale
6. Santa Ana Winds (early mix)

7. Lady Lynda
8. Sumahama
9. Baby Blue
10. Goin' South
11. Mexico (instrumental)

2012- SUMMER'S GONE

1. Thinkin' About The Days
2. That's Why God Made The Radio
3. Don't Fight The Sea
4. You're Still A Mystery
5. Waves Of Love
6. Soul Searchin'

(Life Suite)

7. This Beautiful Day
8. Im' Feeling Sad
9. Strange World
10. Whatever Happened
11. From There to Back Again
12. Pacific Coast Highway
13. Summer's Gone

[Smilin Ed H]

Here we go again. Most of the albums I like as they are, but some I can't resist fiddling with:







This one ought to be 19 Little Ones and have Almost Summer on it:


I like Surf's Up as, but...


MIU is always a work in progress:

I think I'd take it down to the standard 12 tracks.

The Beach Boys: 15 Big Rock 'n' Roll Ones

1, Rock and Roll Music
2. Chapel of Love
3. Talk to Me/Tallahassee Lassie
4. Palisades Park
5. Shake, Rattle and Roll
6. Blueberry Hill
7. Peggy Sue
8. Runnin' Bear
9. Mony Mony
10. Sea Cruise
11. Come Go With Me
12. On Broadway
13. A Casual Look
14. In the Still of the Night
15. Just Once in My Life

[yonderhillside]

'78 Adult/Child (I edited it slightly - decided Dennis Wilson didn't release solo albums in my alternate universe haha)

1. Life Is For the Living
2. Everybody Wants To Live
3. It's Trying To Say
4. Sherry She Needs Me (MIC)
5. Deep Purple
6. That Special Feeling (don't even remember what this is from but I love it)
7. Shortenin' Bread
8. Talk To Me (15BO)
9. Love Remember Me (Bambu)
10. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (MIC)
11. Lines
12. Still I Dream Of It
13. End Of The Show (POB)
14. New England Waltz (Get The Boot)
15. It's Over Now

'78b Maharishi University (I'll be honest I really don't care for MIU or LA so I sought help from DW)
1. Wild Situation (Bambu)
2. Winds of Change
3. He's A Bum
4. Only With You (POB reissue)
5. She's Got Rhythm
6. Sweet Sunday
7. Dreamer
8. Go And Get That Girl
9. Time
10. Wontcha Come Out Tonight
11. Cocktails
12. How's About A Little Bit
13. Under The Moonlight

'79 Light Album
1. Constant Companion
2. Time For Bed
3. Drip Drop (Teardrops On My Bed)
4. Looking Down The Coast
5. Santa Ana Winds (alternate)
6. Full Sail
7. Baby Blue (alternate)
8. I'm Beggin' You Please
9. Brian's Back
10. I Love You
11. It's Not Too Late
12. Love Surrounds Me
13. Goin' South

[Sheriff John Stone]

M.I.U. is a fun one to play with; I continue to tinker with it. There's three things I like to change:

1)  M.I.U. kept the tradition alive of terrible album titles such as Shut Down, Volume 2, Smiley Smile, Carl & The Passions - So Tough, and L.A. (Light Album). Winds Of Change would've been a nice title, but the album isn't THAT deep - or much of a change. Wontcha Come Out Tonight is fun. How about Our team? That would've been ironic and sarcastic as the Beach Boys, at that particular time, were never less a team.

2)  The Beach Boys went from 15 songs on 15 Big Ones to 14 songs on Love You to 12 songs on M.I.U. So, I added two songs. The album desperately needed a Dennis song. "Tug Of Love" was left off of Pacific Ocean Blue as was "Baby Blue"; I went with "Baby Blue" to get another Carl Wilson vocal on the album. Also, "Our Team" was just sitting there unused, so I plugged that one in, too.

3)  I re-sequenced it!


The Beach Boys - Our Team

Side A
01  Come Go With Me
02  Hey Little Tomboy
03  Sweet Sunday Kinda Love
04  Kona Coast
05  She's Got Rhythm
06  Baby Blue
07  Wontcha Come Out Tonight

Side B
08  Peggy Sue
09  Belles Of Paris
10  Pitter Patter
11  My Diane
12  Matchpoint Of Our Love
13  Winds Of Change
14  Our Team

[kwebb]

Part One: 1962-66
I've always thought that the early albums had a lot of filler, so I've combined the following to make new albums:
Surfin' Safari, Surfin' USA and Surfer Girl have been combined to create Catch a Wave
Shut Down Vol. 2 and All Summer Long have been combined to create All Summer Long
The Beach Boys Today and Summer Days have been combined to create The Beach Boys Today!

Catch a Wave (1963)

SIDE ONE

Surfin' Safari
Surfin' U.S.A.
Catch a Wave
Surfer Girl
Farmer's Daughter
Little Deuce Coupe
Be True to Your School

SIDE TWO

In My Room
Hawaii
409
Surfer Moon
Our Car Club
Misirlou
Lonely Sea

All Summer Long (1964)

SIDE ONE

I Get Around
Don't Worry Baby
Fun, Fun, Fun
All Summer Long
Little Honda
The Warmth of the Sun

SIDE TWO

Wendy
We'll Run Away
Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Don't Back Down
Girls On the Beach
Keep An Eye On Summer

The Beach Boys Today! (1965)

SIDE ONE

Do You Wanna Dance?
Good to My Baby
Then I Kissed Her
Help Me, Rhonda (Single Version)
When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
Dance, Dance, Dance
Girl Don't Tell Me
You're So Good to Me

SIDE TWO

California Girls
The Little Girl I Once Knew
Let Him Run Wild
Guess I'm Dumb
Please Let Me Wonder
Kiss Me, Baby
She Knows Me Too Well
In the Back of My Mind

Pet Sounds I would leave as is.

[yonderhillside]

'77 Love You

1. Let Us Go On This Way
2. Roller Skating Child
3. Mona
4. Honkin' Down The Highway
5. Lazy Lizzie
6. Johnny Carson
7. Solar System
8. The Night Was So Young
9. My Diane
10. Hey There Mama
11. I'll Bet He's Nice
12. Let's Put Our Hearts Together
13. I Wanna Pick You Up
14. Airplane
15. Love Is A Woman