More fun with comps: Pre-Pet Sounds

[Jeff]

I never did like surf & car songs very much, and hate to see the BB comps filled with them, though I know it’s inevitable.  In any case, a 1963-65 comp that mostly (though not totally) stays away from the summer fun stuff, and instead focuses on Spector-like production, sounds pretty good to my ears.

This is roughly chronological, from the BW self-defining In My Room in July ’63 to Trombone Dixie (which ends with BW saying something like, “OK, thanks, that’s it”) in Nov. ‘65.  Salt Lake City (great track, atrocious lyrics) is an instrumental here, as is Guess I’m Dumb.  Help Me Rhonda has the psych-like BW vocals from Endless Harmony.

So how about it?  What if anything should be added?  What if anything should go?

1   In My Room
2   I Do
3   Fun Fun Fun
4   The Warmth Of The Sun
5   Why Do Fools Fall In Love
6   Don't Worry Baby
7   Hushabye
8   I Get Around
9   Girls On The Beach
10   When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
11   Guess I'm Dumb (no vocals)
12   Please Let Me Wonder
13   I'm So Young
14   Kiss Me Baby
15   She Knows Me Too Well
16   In The Back Of My Mind
17   Do You Wanna Dance
18   Salt Lake City (no vocals)
19   Help Me, Rhonda (Endless Harmony)
20   Girl Don't Tell Me
21   Then I Kissed Her
22   Summer Means New Love
23   Let Him Run Wild
24   California Girls
25   You're So Good To Me
26   The Little Girl I Once Knew
27   Trombone Dixie

[Sheriff John Stone]

What about "There's No Other Like My Baby" from Party? That's pretty Spectorian. Surprised you included "Fun Fun Fun" on the comp. Isn't that the type of song you were trying to stay away from....

[Jeff]

For me it's a balancing act.  The production of Fun, Fun, Fun is top-notch.  The lyrics aren't the best, but they're not bad either--comparable to the Beatles of the same period.

[Aegir]

What's wrong with the Guess I'm Dumb vocals?

[TimeToGetAlone]

I'm going to try to have at least one from each album, even though it might be tough for me to find one on Surfin' Safari...

1. Don't Worry Baby
2. The Lonely Sea
3. Surfer Girl
4. In My Room
5. Moon Dawg
6. Spirit of America
7. I Do
8. The Warmth of the Sun
9. Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
10. I Get Around
11. All Summer Long
12. Hushabye
13. Girls on the Beach
14. Little Saint Nick
15. Dance Dance Dance
16. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
17. Please Let Me Wonder
18. Kiss Me Baby
19. She Knows Me Too Well
20. California Girls
21. Help Me, Rhonda
22. Then I Kissed Her
23. You're So Good To Me
24. Let Him Run Wild
25. Devoted To You
26. The Little Girl I Once Knew

[Jeff]

What's wrong with the Guess I'm Dumb vocals?

The vocals are by Glen Campbell, which makes it not a Beach Boys song.

[Sheriff John Stone]

What's wrong with the Guess I'm Dumb vocals?

The vocals are by Glen Campbell, which makes it not a Beach Boys song.

But it's sooooooo close.

Just a few months prior, he was a Beach Boy. And, Brian, Carl, and The Honeys are on the track. Just think of it like a Beach Boys' song with a lead vocal by somebody like Bruce, Blondie, or Jack Reiley!

[Aegir]

What's wrong with the Guess I'm Dumb vocals?

The vocals are by Glen Campbell, which makes it not a Beach Boys song.

And which makes the backing track not a Beach Boys song, either...

[Jeff]

What's wrong with the Guess I'm Dumb vocals?

The vocals are by Glen Campbell, which makes it not a Beach Boys song.

And which makes the backing track not a Beach Boys song, either...

Actually, when recorded, it was a Beach Boys track.  From what I've read, Brian recorded it for the BB's use, didn't use it right away, then gave it to Campbell in thanks for his service to the band.

[A Million Units In Jan!]

What about the track that I believe is called 'Three Blind Mice'? Isn't that sort of the beginning of Brian getting into the Pet Sounds era?

[Sam_BFC]

RE: Salt Lake City lyrics - ok they are not great but the singing is outta site!