BEACH BOYS

Ter gelegenheid van de 60ste verjaardag van The Beach Boys verschijnt hun klassieke verzamelalbum Sounds Of Summer opnieuw in een geupdate en geremasterde versie. Deze CD bevat de 30 grootste hits van de band en is voorzien van nieuwe liner notes en foto’s.

Upon signing to Capitol Records in 1962 and releasing their first album, Surfin’ Safari, that same year, the three young brothers, cousin, and friend from Hawthorne, Calif., known simply as The Beach Boys, soared to popularity with their ebullient sound that embodied the Southern California beach lifestyle with sunshiny vocal harmonies, twangy guitars, upbeat songs about surf culture, and their youthful exuberance. Propelled by the hits “Surfin’” and “Surfin’ Safari,” the album, which uncommon for its day, featured mostly original songs, spent 37 weeks on the Billboard chart and set the course for one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all time, who have gone on to sell more than 100 million records worldwide. With each album, The Beach Boys refined their songwriting and production skills, rapidly evolving from their early surf beginnings to create some of the most sonically exquisite and most important and beloved music ever made.

UMe President & CEO, Bruce Resnikoff, said: “The Beach Boys have created some of the most iconic and beloved music of all time. An indelible and important part of America’s cultural fabric, their timeless music has been a ubiquitous soundtrack for generations and continues to influence, inspire, and delight. We at UMe remain honored to further The Beach Boys’ legendary catalog and look forward to celebrating them all year long along with their millions of fans around the world.”

To kick off the yearlong celebration and provide the perfect summer soundtrack, Capitol Records and UMe will release a newly remastered and expanded edition of The Beach Boys career-spanning greatest hits collection, Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, on June 17. Originally released in 2003, the album soared to no. 16 in the US and stayed on the chart for 104 weeks. Now certified 4x platinum for sales of nearly four and a half million albums, the collection has been updated in both number of songs and audio quality, expanding the original 30-track best of with 50 more of the band’s most beloved songs for a total of 80 tracks that span their earliest hits to deeper fan-favorite cuts and from their 1962 debut album, Surfin’ Safari through to 1989’s Still Cruisin’.

The collection boasts 24 new mixes including two first-time stereo mixes, plus 22 new-and-improved stereo mixes, which in some cases feature the latest in digital stereo extraction technology, allowing for the team to separate the original mono backing tracks for the first time.
The expanded edition of Sounds Of Summer will be available in a variety of formats, including digitally, a 3CD softpack, and as a Super Deluxe Edition 6LP vinyl boxed set on 180-gram black vinyl in two options – a standard set or a numbered, limited edition version featuring a rainbow foil slipcase and four collectible lithographs. Both versions will feature color printed sleeves that replicate the original “Capitol Catalog” sleeves that highlight the entire Beach Boys discography, and all formats will include a booklet with new liner notes and updated photos. The original 30-track version will also be available in its newly remastered and upgraded form on single CD or double gatefold LP on standard weight vinyl or as a higher-end limited edition numbered version pressed on 180-gram vinyl with a tip-on jacket and a lithograph.


1. CALIFORNIA GIRLS (1965)
2. I GET AROUND (1964)
3. SURFIN' SAFARI (1962)
4. SURFIN’ U.S.A. (1963)
5. FUN, FUN, FUN (1964)
6. SURFER GIRL (1963)
7. DON'T WORRY BABY (1964)
8. LITTLE DEUCE COUPE (1963)
9. SHUT DOWN (1963)
10. HELP ME, RHONDA (1965)
11. BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL (Single Version) (1963)
12. WHEN I GROW UP (TO BE A MAN) (1964)
13. IN MY ROOM (1963)
14. GOD ONLY KNOWS (1966)
15. SLOOP JOHN B (1966)
16. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE (1966)
17. GETCHA BACK (1985)
18. COME GO WITH ME (1978)
19. ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC (1976)
20. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (1964)
21. BARBARA ANN (1965)
22. DO YOU WANNA DANCE? (1965)
23. HEROES AND VILLAINS (1967)
24. GOOD TIMIN’ (1979)
25. KOKOMO (1988)
26. DO IT AGAIN (1968)
27. WILD HONEY (1967)
28. DARLIN' (1967)
29. I CAN HEAR MUSIC (1969)
30. GOOD VIBRATIONS (1966)