Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys the Beach Boys , released in 1993 by Capitol Records . It collects tracks spanning their entire career up to that point on four CDs. A fifth disc contains mostly studio session tracks, complete vocal and instrumental tracks, and rare live performances. The set also includes a car window decal. Though it never charted, Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys went gold in the US just over four months after its release.
The first four discs anthologize the band with mostly mono single versions of their hits, but also several demos and unreleased songs; the tracks are organized essentially in chronological order. Disc 2 includes 30 minutes of music from the 1966/1967 Smile Brian Wilson singing "Happy Birthday Four Freshmen " to his favorite vocal group into his tape recorder in 1960.
All songs by Brian Wilson and Mike Love , except where noted.
Disc one Title Writer(s) Original release 1. "Surfin' U.S.A. " (demo version) Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry Previously unreleased 1:49 2. "Little Surfer Girl " B. Wilson Previously unreleased 0:31 3. "Surfin' " (rehearsal) Previously unreleased 1:31 4. "Surfin' " (Featuring Take 1, followed by Take 7 (master)) Surfin' Safari 2:28 5. "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring " (demo) Bobby Troup Previously unreleased 2:35 6. "Surfin' Safari " Surfin' Safari 2:16 7. "409" B. Wilson, Mike Love, Gary Usher Surfin' Safari 2:09 8. "Punchline" (instrumental) B. Wilson Instrumental Hits 1:52 9. "Surfin' U.S.A. " B. Wilson, Berry Surfin' U.S.A. 2:29 10. "Shut Down" B. Wilson, Roger Christian Surfin' U.S.A. 1:51 11. "Surfer Girl " B. Wilson Surfer Girl 2:26 12. "Little Deuce Coupe " B. Wilson, Christian Surfer Girl 1:48 13. "In My Room " B. Wilson, Usher Surfer Girl 2:15 14. "Catch a Wave " Surfer Girl 2:18 15. "The Surfer Moon" B. Wilson Surfer Girl 2:18 16. "Be True to Your School " (single version) B. Wilson Little Deuce Coupe 2:07 17. "Spirit of America" B. Wilson, Christian Little Deuce Coupe 2:20 18. "Little Saint Nick " (single version) The Beach Boys' Christmas Album 1:59 19. "The Things We Did Last Summer " J. Styne, S. Cahn Previously unreleased 2:27 20. "Fun, Fun, Fun " Shut Down Volume 2 2:19 21. "Don't Worry Baby " B. Wilson, Christian Shut Down Volume 2 2:49 22. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Frankie Lymon , Morris Levy Shut Down Volume 2 2:08 23. "The Warmth of the Sun " Shut Down Volume 2 2:50 24. "I Get Around " All Summer Long 2:13 25. "All Summer Long " All Summer Long 2:07 26. "Little Honda " All Summer Long 1:51 27. "Wendy " All Summer Long 2:20 28. "Don't Back Down " All Summer Long 1:53 29. "Do You Wanna Dance? " Bobby Freeman The Beach Boys Today! 2:17 30. "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) " The Beach Boys Today! 2:01 31. "Dance, Dance, Dance " B. Wilson, Carl Wilson , Love The Beach Boys Today! 1:59 32. "Please Let Me Wonder " The Beach Boys Today! 2:45 33. "She Knows Me Too Well " The Beach Boys Today! 2:28 34. "Radio Station Jingles/Concert Promo" Previously unreleased 1:03 35. "Hushabye (Live)" Doc Pomus , Mort Shuman Previously unreleased 3:56 36. "Happy Birthday Four Freshmen" (hidden track)
Disc two Title Writer(s) Original release 1. "California Girls " Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 2:37 2. "Help Me, Rhonda " The Beach Boys Today! 2:47 3. "Then I Kissed Her " J. Barry, Ellie Greenwich , Phil Spector Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 2:15 4. "And Your Dream Comes True " Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 1:06 5. "The Little Girl I Once Knew " (45 RPM) B. Wilson Non album single 2:37 6. "Barbara Ann " (45 RPM) Fred Fassert Beach Boys' Party! 2:04 7. "Ruby Baby " (outtake) Jerry Leiber , Mike Stoller Previously unreleased 2:10 8. "KOMA" (radio promo spot) Previously unreleased 0:10 9. "Sloop John B " Traditional; arranged by B. Wilson Pet Sounds 2:57 10. "Wouldn't It Be Nice " B. Wilson, Tony Asher Pet Sounds 2:23 11. "You Still Believe in Me " B. Wilson, Asher Pet Sounds 2:30 12. "God Only Knows " B. Wilson, Asher Pet Sounds 2:49 13. "Hang On to Your Ego " (alternate version) B. Wilson, Terry Sachen Previously unreleased 3:13 14. "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times " B. Wilson, Asher Pet Sounds 3:12 15. "Pet Sounds " B. Wilson Pet Sounds 2:22 16. "Caroline, No " B. Wilson, Asher Pet Sounds 2:52 17. "Good Vibrations " (45 RPM) Non album single 3:38 18. "Our Prayer " B. Wilson 20/20 Smile 1:07 19. "Heroes and Villains " (alternate version) B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks previously released as a bonus track on the 1990 reissue of Smiley Smile 3:00 20. "Heroes and Villains" (Sections) B. Wilson, Parks Previously unreleased, intended for Smile 6:40 21. "Wonderful " B. Wilson, Parks Previously unreleased, intended for Smile 2:02 22. "Cabinessence " B. Wilson, Parks 20/20 , intended for Smile 3:33 23. "Wind Chimes " B. Wilson, Parks Previously unreleased, intended for Smile 2:32 24. "Heroes and Villains (Intro) " B. Wilson, Parks Previously unreleased, intended for Smile 0:35 25. "Do You Like Worms " B. Wilson, Parks Previously unreleased, intended for Smile 4:00 26. "Vegetables " B. Wilson, Parks Previously unreleased, intended for Smile 3:29 27. "I Love to Say Da Da " B. Wilson Previously unreleased, intended for Smile 1:34 28. "Surf's Up " B. Wilson, Parks Surf's Up Smile 3:38 29. "With Me Tonight " B. Wilson Smiley Smile 2:17
Disc three Title Writer(s) Original release 1. "Heroes and Villains" B. Wilson, Parks Smiley Smile 3:38 2. "Darlin' " Wild Honey 2:12 3. "Wild Honey " Wild Honey 2:37 4. "Let the Wind Blow " Wild Honey 2:21 5. "Can't Wait Too Long " B. Wilson Previously unreleased 3:51 6. "Cool, Cool Water " B. Wilson Previously unreleased 1:12 7. "Meant for You" Friends 0:40 8. "Friends " B. Wilson, C. Wilson, Dennis Wilson , Al Jardine Friends 2:31 9. "Little Bird " D. Wilson, Stephen Kalinich Friends 1:58 10. "Busy Doin' Nothin' " B. Wilson Friends 3:04 11. "Do It Again " 20/20 2:28 12. "I Can Hear Music " J. Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector 20/20 2:38 13. "I Went to Sleep" B. Wilson, Carl Wilson 20/20 1:38 14. "Time to Get Alone " B. Wilson 20/20 2:43 15. "Break Away " B. Wilson, Reggie Dunbar Non album single 2:56 16. "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) " (45 version) Huddie Ledbetter 20/20 3:03 17. "San Miguel" D. Wilson, Gregg Jakobson Ten Years of Harmony 2:26 18. "Games Two Can Play " B. Wilson Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child 2:01 19. "I Just Got My Pay " B. Wilson Previously unreleased 2:20 20. "This Whole World " B. Wilson Sunflower 1:57 21. "Add Some Music to Your Day " B. Wilson, Love, Joe Knott Sunflower 3:33 22. "Forever " D. Wilson, Jakobson Sunflower 2:41 23. "Our Sweet Love " B. Wilson, C. Wilson, Jardine Sunflower 2:38 24. "H.E.L.P. Is On the Way " B. Wilson Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child 2:30 25. "4th of July " D. Wilson, Jack Rieley Previously unreleased 2:44 26. "Long Promised Road " C. Wilson, Rieley Surf's Up 3:27 27. "Disney Girls (1957) " Bruce Johnston Surf's Up 4:08 28. "Surf's Up " B. Wilson, Parks Surf's Up 4:13 29. "Til I Die " B. Wilson Surf's Up 2:30
Disc four Title Writer(s) Original release 1. "Sail On, Sailor " B. Wilson, Parks, Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy, Rieley Holland 3:19 2. "California" Jardine Holland 3:20 3. "The Trader" C. Wilson, Rieley Holland 5:04 4. "Funky Pretty " B. Wilson, Love, Rieley Holland 4:10 5. "Fairy Tale Music " B. Wilson Previously unreleased 4:05 6. "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone " B. Wilson, Rieley Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" 3:26 7. "Marcella " B. Wilson, Rieley Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" 3:52 8. "All This Is That " C. Wilson, Love, Jardine Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" 3:59 9. "Rock and Roll Music " Berry 15 Big Ones 2:28 10. "It's O.K. " 15 Big Ones 2:11 11. "Had to Phone Ya " B. Wilson, Love, Diane Rovell 15 Big Ones 1:44 12. "That Same Song" 15 Big Ones 2:15 13. "It's Over Now" B. Wilson Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child 2:50 14. "Still I Dream of It " B. Wilson Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child 3:26 15. "Let Us Go On This Way" The Beach Boys Love You 1:59 16. "The Night Was So Young" B. Wilson The Beach Boys Love You 2:15 17. "I'll Bet He's Nice" B. Wilson The Beach Boys Love You 2:35 18. "Airplane" B. Wilson The Beach Boys Love You 3:04 19. "Come Go with Me " C.E. Quick M.I.U. Album 2:03 20. "Our Team" B. Wilson, D. Wilson, C. Wilson, Love, Jardine Previously unreleased 2:33 21. "Baby Blue" D. Wilson, Jakobson, Karen Lamm L.A. (Light Album) 3:18 22. "Good Timin' " B. Wilson, C. Wilson L.A. (Light Album) 2:11 23. "Goin' On " Keepin' the Summer Alive 3:03 24. "Getcha Back " Love, Terry Melcher The Beach Boys 3:02 25. "Kokomo " Love, Scott McKenzie , John Phillips , Terry Melcher Still Cruisin' 3:37
Disc five (all tracks previously unreleased) Title Writer(s) 1. "In My Room" (demo, 1963) B. Wilson, Usher 2:33 2. "Radio Spot #1" 0:09 3. "I Get Around" (track only, 1964) 2:19 4. "Radio Spot #2" 0:15 5. "Dance, Dance, Dance" (tracking session, 1964) B. Wilson, C. Wilson, Love 2:12 6. "Hang On to Your Ego" (sessions) B. Wilson, Asher 6:40 7. "God Only Knows" (tracking session) B. Wilson, Asher 9:14 8. "Good Vibrations" (sessions) 15:18 9. "Heroes and Villains" (track only) B. Wilson, Parks 0:47 10. "Cabinessence" (track only) B. Wilson, Parks 3:59 11. "Surf's Up" (track only) B. Wilson, Parks 1:40 12. "Radio Spot #3" 0:06 13. "All Summer Long" (vocals) 2:12 14. "Wendy" (vocals) 2:27 15. "Hushabye" (vocals) Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 2:42 16. "When I Grow Up" (vocals) 2:19 17. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (vocals) B. Wilson, Asher 2:43 18. "California Girls" (vocals only) 2:34 19. "Radio Spot #4" 0:11 20. "Concert Intro/Surfin' USA" (live 1964) 3:15 21. "Surfer Girl" (live 1964) B. Wilson 2:52 22. "Be True to Your School" (live 1964) 2:29 23. "Good Vibrations" (live 1966) 5:14 24. "Surfer Girl" (live in Hawaii rehearsals 1967) B. Wilson 2:18
Disc six (European edition only) Title 1. "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" 2. "Tears in the Morning" 3. "Here Comes the Night" (12" version) 4. "Lady Lynda" 5. "Sumahama"
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