Capitol Records and the Beach Boys begin their major reissue campaign for the band’s 50th anniversary with two new hits compilations and remastered versions of twelve classic albums.
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Beach Boys’ new 50th Anniversary Greatest Hits collection features 20 of the band’s most popular songs, including California Girls, Good Vibrations, Surfin’ U.S.A., Wouldn’t It Be Nice, God Only Knows, Kokomo, their latest single That’s Why God Made The Radio, and many more.
A deluxe, career-spanning 2-CD box and digital collection titled Greatest Hits: 50 Big Ones will also be released, featuring 50 Beach Boys favorites, including two songs from the band’s new album — the title track That’s Why God Made The Radio and a new single version of Isn’t It Time, which will be serviced to radio in September. The 2-CD lift-top box package also includes an expanded booklet with newly written liner notes by Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild and seven postcards.
The 12 Beach Boys studio albums have been digitally remastered by Mark Linett and will be released on CD and digitally, most featuring mono and stereo mixes. These releases mark the stereo debut of Smiley Smile and Beach Boys Party!, while The Beach Boys Today! and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) are being released in stereo for the first time in their entirety. The new releases include the first-ever stereo mixes of several key Beach Boys classics, including Good Vibrations, Help Me, Rhonda, I Get Around, and 409, among others.
A career-spanning Beach Boys 50th Anniversary box set is planned for release later this year by Capitol/EMI. Details about the special commemorative release will be announced soon.
The Beach Boys Greatest Hits
- That’s Why God Made the Radio
- California Girls
- Sloop John B
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- Surfer Girl
- Do It Again
- Surfin’ Safari
- Surfin’ U.S.A.
- Don’t Worry Baby
- Little Deuce Coupe
- I Get Around
- Fun, Fun, Fun
- Be True To Your School
- Dance, Dance, Dance
- All Summer Long
- Help Me, Rhonda
- Rock and Roll Music
- God Only Knows
- Good Vibrations
- Kokomo
- California Girls
- Do It Again
- Surfin’ Safari
- Catch a Wave
- Little Honda
- Surfin’ U.S.A.
- Surfer Girl
- Don’t Worry Baby
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Shut Down
- I Get Around
- The Warmth of the Sun
- Please Let Me Wonder
- Wendy
- Getcha Back
- The Little Girl I Once Knew
- When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
- It’s OK
- Dance, Dance, Dance
- Do You Wanna Dance
- Rock and Roll Music
- Barbara Ann
- All Summer Long
- Help Me, Rhonda
- Fun, Fun, Fun
Disc 2
- Kokomo
- You’re So Good To Me
- Wild Honey
- Darlin’
- In My Room
- All This is That
- This Whole World
- Add Some Music to Your Day
- California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-I-A)
- I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
- Sail On, Sailor
- Surf’s Up
- Friends
- Heroes and Villains
- I Can Hear Music
- Good Timin’
- Isn’t It Time (single version)
- Kiss Me, Baby
- Caroline No
- That’s Why God Made the Radio
- Forever
- God Only Knows
- Sloop John B
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- Good Vibrations
Reissues:
- Surfin’ U.S.A.
- Surfer Girl
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Shut Down, Volume 2
- All Summer Long
- The Beach Boys Today!
- Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
- Beach Boys Party!
- Pet Sounds
- Smiley Smile
- Sunflower
- Surf’s Up
