The Very Best of the Beach Boys [Import] [Original recording remastered]

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Exclusive import only 30 track two cd collection. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Featuring all the hits you know and love. Highlights include, 'Wouldn't It Be Nice (Original Pet Sounds Mono Version)', 'Help Me Rhonda (Mono Single Version)', 'God Only Knows (Original Pet Sounds Mono Remastered Version)', 'Caroline No(Original Pet Sounds Mono Remastered Version)', 'Sloop John B. (Original Pet Sounds Mono Remastered Version)' other tracks include, 'Good Vibrartions', 'California Girls', 'I Get Around', 'Rock & Roll Music', 'Then I Kissed Her' and many more. 2001 EMI release.

Tracks:

California Girls
I Get Around
Surfin Safari
Surfin U.S.A.
Fun, Fun, Fun
Surfer Girl
Dont Worry Baby
Little Deuce Coupe
Shut Down
Help Me, Rhonda
Be True To Your School
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
In My Room
God Only Knows
Sloop John B
Wouldnt It Be Nice
Getcha Back
Come Go With Me
Rock And Roll Music
Dance, Dance, Dance
Barbara Ann
Do You Wanna Dance?
Heroes And Villains
Good Timin
Kokomo
Do It Again
Wild Honey
Darlin
I Can Hear Music
Good Vibrations

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The cynic may question just how many Beach Boys greatest hits albums are enough. Everyone else, however, will appreciate what makes Sounds of Summer unique. This is the first single-disc collection to feature such a large cross section of hits from the group's entire career, spanning 1962's "Surfin' Safari" through 1988's "Kokomo." All 30 tracks, spanning several label changes, were Billboard Top 40 hits and are probably now as identifiable as the national anthem to anyone with radio or TV access. The fact that the tracks aren't in chronological order helps make for a fresh listening experience, as does the crisp digital sound. And yet these songs--even those that are more than four decades old--always sound strangely fresh and will likely remain so as long as there are beaches, young people, and that symbolic season of freedom and dreams. Which is to say that the title here passes the "truth in advertising" test. Perfect for those casual fans not yet ready to spring for the individual albums, Sounds of Summer is in many ways a better representation of this legendary band's art than Elvis' 30 No. 1 Hits and The Beatles 1 were of the King and the Fab Four. --Bill Holdship

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Summer music is here --- again!.......2007-06-14

These are summer classics and to hear them again is a such a joy! It brings you back to the 60's (for those of us who remember the 60's). I bet the young people of today would get a kick out of listening to a pristine version of Surfin' USA, I Get Around, and some of the other classics.

Don't Worry, Baby is a personal favorite but it's the mono version. However, listening to it on a nice set of speakers makes it sound like it's in stereo. I would have liked "Warmth of the Sun" included in this collection but hey, 30 of the best Beach Boys songs on one CD, I'm not complaining!

The perfect Beach Boys collection for casual fans.......2007-06-14

Casual fans will find this to be the ultimate collection of the Beach Boys music as it contains all of the band's top 40 hits. 30 classic tunes from 1962 all the way to 1988 are here on a single CD with top-notch sound quality, rare photos of the band, and a nice essay inside the CD booklet. All of the early surf classics that everyone knows are presented along with lesser-known later hits that are just as worthy such as "I can hear music", "Do it Again", "Wild Honey", and "Getcha Back".

However, since this CD contains only the band's "top 40 singles", serious fans will find this collection a little less appealing since some of the Beach Boys' best music {including many good recordings after 1966} never made the top 40. Several of these songs such as "Let him run wild", "Catch a Wave", "Warmth of the Sun", and "Girls on the Beach" are not included in this otherwise excellent collection. Much of this worthy lesser-known material has just been reissued on the new highly recommended compilation "The Warmth of the Sun".

This is only a minor issue of course since "Sounds of Summer" is surely one of the most comprehensive greatest hits collections ever released by any band. ALL of the Beach Boys hit singles are here on one disc, which makes this an essential CD for every Beach Boys fan.

Must have.......2007-06-13

If you're not one that already owns every Beach Boy record, this is one that you'll want to pick up. With 30 tracks it's a great survey of the Beach Boys from way back then up until some of there more recent stuff. If you're not familiar with the Beach Boys, you'll probably be amazed at the number of tracks on this CD that you've heard before and are familiar with, but didn't quite make the connection that all that good stuff came from the Beach Boys.

Great Seller.......2007-06-12

Service was excellent and product in excellent condition. Would love to do business with seller again.

Great Sounds!.......2007-06-09

For those of us who remember crusing down the highway with the radio blasting, you can't beat this CD. You just have to sing along. It's a reminder of the times when music was exciting and fun. It's simply great music.

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The strongest collection of their hits
The Very Best of the Beach Boys on One CD

The Very Best of the Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

Good Vibrations
California Girls
I Get Around
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Surfin' Safari
Fun Fun Fun
Surfin' Usa
Help Me Rhonda
Don't Worry Baby
When I Grow Up
Little Deuce Coupe
Dance Dance Dance
Little Honda
Do You Wanna Dance
Surfer Girl
Then I Kissed Her
God Only Knows (Original Mono Version)
Caroline No
Sloop John B
Barbara Ann
Heroes And Villains
Do It Again
Darlin'
Wild Honey
Break Away
Rock And Roll Music
I Can Hear Music
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
Lady Lynda
Kokomo

Album Description

Exclusive import only 30 track two cd collection. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Featuring all the hits you know and love. Highlights include, 'Wouldn't It Be Nice (Original Pet Sounds Mono Version)', 'Help Me Rhonda (Mono Single Version)', 'God Only Knows (Original Pet Sounds Mono Remastered Version)', 'Caroline No(Original Pet Sounds Mono Remastered Version)', 'Sloop John B. (Original Pet Sounds Mono Remastered Version)' other tracks include, 'Good Vibrartions', 'California Girls', 'I Get Around', 'Rock & Roll Music', 'Then I Kissed Her' and many more. 2001 EMI release.

Album Details

2001 digitally remastered UK only compilation. The best, most complete compilation yet! 30 timeless hits!

Customer Reviews:

The strongest collection of their hits.......2003-03-22

So many of their songs are well known, and not just to those who were raised on this music, but to people of all ages. Part of the reason may be that surf music is inextricably linked with the sixties - you won't find any modern equivalent.

Here you get the classic songs they wrote themselves - California girls, Fun fun fun, Good vibrations, Little deuce coupe, Help me Rhonda, God only knows, Darlin', I get around and Wouldn't it be nice to name just a few - together with songs that they covered in their own unique way - Do you wanna dance, Then I kissed her, Sloop John B and Cotton fields.

There have been plenty of compilations of their music down the years and will be many more. Given the number of classic songs they recorded, picking just thirty inevitably means that some great songs get left out. Yet, this compilation is as good as any you are ever likely to find. For absolute perfection, I would have preferred In my room or Bluebirds over the mountain (perhaps the best two songs not included) to Caroline no, but this is a minor quibble.

The Very Best of the Beach Boys on One CD.......2002-11-24

To find a CD with 30 hits of the Beach Boys was very hard, until I found "The Very Best of The Beach Boys". The sound is excellent and al the songs that are included here, are excellent too.Starting with "Good Vibrations", "California girls", "I get around", and ending with the great "Kokomo", each and every one of the songs will move us to another time, in the sixties or even in the seventies.And here is included too one of the finest and more beautiful songs ever wroten... "God only knows". I only miss two or three songs from the Beach Boys Album "L. A"., that I guess they had to be included here. But, even so, this is collector's CD, and I'm so glad that I have it.

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