The Very Best Of The Beach Boys

For Some Reason(s) Most People Think That I, Being A Native Californian ( Santa Monica ) And A Teenager In The 1960s, Did Automatically Make Me A Beach Boys Fan, Ditto For Jan & Dean And All Of This Hoopla Regarding The " California Life-Style " Not Always So Groovy Man...Sure, There Was Sun And Fun, But For Those Outside Our Borders, The California Dream Was Just That....A DreamI Do Confess To Being A Long-Time Dick Dale Fan After Seeing Him At POP ( Pacific Ocean Park ) And Started Buying His Records Which Were Readilly Available Long Before The Beach Boys Hit The Record Stores.( I Often Shopped At The Music Box In Santa Monica And Wallachs' Music City In Hollywood )It Was Not Until Much Later ( Very Late 1960s ) That I Brgan To Appreciate The Genius Of Brian Wilson, As Well As The Exquisite Harmonieis Produced By The Boys. ( They Were Also Involved In Several Jan & Dean Recordings )This One Is A Good Collection From CAPITOL ( EMI ) And Contains Most Of Their Wel-Known Recordings, Including Their Version Of " Barbara Ann " Which Was Never Meant To Be Released At All, Becuase It Was Recorded At A Party.( That's Dean Torrence On Vocals And The Ash Tray ) But Still Managed To Be A Hit Single* From 1966, Reaching A National Number Two ! ( CAPITOL # 5561 )( The Tune Was A 1961 Hit For Bronx-Based The Regents First Released On COUSINS # 1002 Then GEE # 1065 )Not Too Bad From A Bunch Of Guys Who Were Known In High School As Kenny & The Cadets, Then Carl & The Passions, And Finally The Pendeltones ( So-Named For The Then-Popular Pendleton Shirts )It Was Russ Regan Of BUCKEYE RECORD DISTRIBUTING Who Takes The Credit For Re-Naming The Group As The Beach Boys When They Were Getting Ready To Release A Single Through Bruce Morgan For X/CANDIX Records.The Label Was Located At 6425 Hollywood Blvd And Was Owned By William Silva And Richard And Robert Dix.(Bruce Engineered For His Father, Hite Morgan Owned The Small STEREO MASTERS Recording Studio On Melrose, With Some Of The Cheapest Rates In Town )Russ Regan: " The Boys Had Been Doing Some Demo Tapes Up At The Morgan House "" It Was Dennis All The Way, He Wanted To Call The Group " The Surfers " But We Found That Richard Vaughn At ARVEE ( Records ) Already Had A Group Over There "" It Was Dennis That Wanted To Do The Surfing Stuff, He Said It Was Bigger Than We Could Imagine "" We Were At A Meeting, Joe Saraceno ( A&R For CANDIX ) Murry Wilson, Herb Newman, And Me "" Herb Was The Head Honcho At ERA Records And He Would Handle The Pressing And Distribution For Us "" There Is Still Some Debate As To Whether It Was Joe Or Me That Came Up with The Name, But I Do Remember That Before That Meeting, I Had Mentally Kicked Around Some Names, And " Beach Boys " Was One Of Them "" You Know That Record Hit The Top 5 In Los Angeles ? "" CANDIX Couldn't See What Was Happening, So Murry Took Them To CAPITOL "Carl Dean Wilson: 06-February-1998 Musician, Composer, Vocalist,. Brother Of Brian And Dennis.Cousin Of Mike Love.Dennis Carl Wilson 28-December-1983 Musician, Vocalist. Did Not Play Drums On Early Sessions. Only Real Surfer In The First Line-Up Of The Group.First To Suggest Writing And Recording ' Surf ' Music After Hearing " Mr. Motto " By The Bel-Aires.Glen Travis Campbell: 08-August-2017 Musician, Singer. Recorded Foe CREST. Much Session Work At Gold Star " Honorary " Beach Boy. Recorded And Toured With Group.CAPITOL Records Artist Selling Millions Of Copies Of Singles And LPs. Own Hit Television Show In The Late 60s.Daryl Dragon: 02-January-2019 Musician, Vocalist. Known As " Captain Keyboards " He Often Toured With The Beach Boys. One Half Of The Hit Duo Captain & Tennille. Co-Owned The BUTTERSCOTCH CASTLE Record Label Son Of Carmen Dragon. (died: 28-March-1984 )William Jan Berry: 26-March-2004 One Half Of Duos Jan And Arnie ( Ginsberg ) And Jan And Dean ( Torrence ) And Were Friends With All Members Of The Group And Often Had Them On Jan & Dean Recordings.Co-Owner Of The MAGIC LAMP* And J&D Record Labels.(* There Are / Were Several MAGIC LAMP Record Labels With Other Various Owners )Russ Regan: 27-May-2018 Long-Time Record-Man. A&R ( West Coast ) For MOTOWN.Owned Several Indie Labels ( ZEN ) And Always Took Credit For The Re-Naming The Beach Boys.Appointed As Head Of UNI Then 20TH CENTURY FOX Records.Responsible For Signing Major Acts Such As Barry White. ( died: 04-July-2003 )Joe Saraceno: 15-October-2015 Well-Known Record Producer, Label Owner. Involved With Hundreds Of Recordings, Many Of Those With Hit-Instrumental Acts Such As The Ventures And The Mar-Kettes.Murry Gage Wilson: 11-June-1973 Composer, Manager, Producer. Father Of Brian, Carl, And Dennis Wilson.During The Early Career Of The Group, Was Reportedly A Hard Task-Master Which Later Caused Dissention Within The Group.Fired By Brian In April Of 1964, Murry Would Stay In The Business And Produced The Sunrays For The TOWER Label.Joe Saraceno: " That Man Still Had Some Control Of Sea Of Tunes" ( The Beach Boys Music Publishing Arm )" He Managed To Sell Sea Of Tunes For What I Thought Was Chump Change, And That Really Upset The Guys "" I Mean, They Weren't Even Asked, Or Were They Involved, And It Was Worth A Lot More In Real Terms "" That Catalog Would Be Worth Millions Now, A Bad Deal With No Recovery Of Any Royalties "It Was Reported That None Of The Wilson Boys Attended The Funeral Of Their Father.Please Note: There Was A Recording Released In 1961 As By Kenny And The Cadets On RANDY ( # 422 )" Barbie " B/W " What Is A Young Girl Made Of " Both Written By Bruce Morgan.Please Note: Ron Wilson ( died: 12-May-1989 ) Of The Surfaris ( " Wipe Out " / " Surfer Joe " ) Is Often Listed As Being Related To The Beach Boys Wilson Brothers. They Are Not Related.There Was Another Ron Wilson That Collaborated With Brian Wilson.Great Compilation. Five Stars ( Just Like The Beach Boys )My Thanks To Bob Berryhill ( Of The Original Surfaris ) And The Late Russ Regan And The Hollywood Phantom** In 1963 I Had Gone To RCA To Meet With Greylon Landon And Had Noticed On The Lobby Key Several Listings For Indie Labels Housed In The Building.One Of Them Was DELTONE Records And I Took The Elevator Up To That Floor. I Then Had The Pleasure Of Meeting James Monsour, The Father Of Dick Dale.DELTONE Records Had Re-Located ( From Gardena ) To The RCA Building ( 6363 Sunset ) In Hollywood.Mister Monsour Showed Me Scrapbooks And Clippings Of His Son, Of Whom He Seemed Extremely Proud." Look At This " He Repeated As I Sat In His Well Appointed Office Suite " Here, What About This "Though I Did Not Ask, I Thought It Odd That DELTONE Records Was At This Locale When Manufacturing And Distribution For The Label Was Handled By CAPITOL.Those Were The Days. Try To Get By The Rent-A-Cop Stationed In That Lobby Today....

Brilliant

Brings back great memories of the 60s

60's onwards saw the B.B's produce some of the best muscic of it's type. Great listen, well produced.

Good value with so many songs

Just makes you smile and sing along

What do you say about the beach boys music. To me it will be around for many years to come

I have been meaning to buy a 'best of' the Beach Boys since i heard a compilation 8 track in my mates Vauxhall Viva in the late 70's, it took a while but got there in the end. Every track is excellent.

Very Nice.

Mooie CD, alleen klinken de eerste nummers wel wat gedateerd, maar bevat ook parels van songs.

Gustó

Une belle variété de style de chansons

Eine eindrucksvolle Darbietung dieser (Alt)-Herrentruppe, die mit ihren Songs heute noch gern gehört werden. Sommerfeeling pur. Für alle, die vom nächsten Urlaub träumen, genau das Richtige!!! Klare Kaufempfehlung von mir!!!