Trupa americană de rock The Beach Boys s-a format în California în 1961. Componența originală a fost alcătuită din frații Brian, Dennis și Carl Wilson, vărul lor Mike Love și prietenul Al Jardine. Grupul este cunoscut pentru armoniile vocale, inovația muzicală și se numără printre cei mai influenți interpreți ai erei rock.
Compilația Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of Beach Boys pe șase viniluri cuprinde chintesența creației trupei de-a lungul a aproape trei decenii. Selecția include hiturile clasice de surf de la începutul anilor '60 (Surfin' U.S.A., I Get Around, Fun, Fun, Fun), capodoperele erei Pet Sounds (God Only Knows, Wouldn't It Be Nice, Sloop John B) și succese ulterioare (Kokomo din 1988, Getcha Back). Nu lipsește piesa cult Good Vibrations, precum și piese mai puțin cunoscute, cum ar fi Surf's Up sau Feel Flows, care documentează perioada experimentală a trupei. Compilația oferă o imagine completă asupra grupului care a definit sunetul californian și a influențat generații de muzicieni rock.
Melodii
LP 1 - Side A
CALIFORNIA GIRLS (1965)
I GET AROUND (1964)
SURFIN' SAFARI (1962)
SURFIN' U.S.A. (1963)
FUN, FUN, FUN (1964)
SURFER GIRL (1963)
DON'T WORRY BABY (1964)
LITTLE DEUCE COUPE (1963)
LP 1 - Side B
SHUT DOWN (1963)
HELP ME, RHONDA (1965)
BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL (Single Version) (1963)
WHEN I GROW UP (TO BE A MAN) (1964)
IN MY ROOM (1963)
GOD ONLY KNOWS (1966)
SLOOP JOHN B (1966)
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE (1966)
LP 2 - Side C
GETCHA BACK (1985)
COME GO WITH ME (1978)
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC (1976)
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (1964)
BARBARA ANN (1965)
DO YOU WANNA DANCE? (1965)
HEROES AND VILLAINS (1967)
GOOD TIMIN' (1979)
LP 2 - Side D
KOKOMO (1988)
DO IT AGAIN (1968)
WILD HONEY (1967)
DARLIN' (1967)
I CAN HEAR MUSIC (1969)
GOOD VIBRATIONS (1966)
LP 3 - Side E
ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)
GOOD TO MY BABY (1965)
THIS WHOLE WORLD (1970)
ALL I WANNA DO (1970)
DISNEY GIRLS (1971)
KISS ME, BABY (1965)
LET THE WIND BLOW (1967)
FOREVER (1970)
LP 3 - Side F
SAIL ON SAILOR (1972)
LONG PROMISED ROAD (1971)
COTTON FIELDS (THE COTTON SONG) (1970)
POM POM PLAY GIRL (1964)
WIND CHIMES („Smile” Version) (1966)
I WENT TO SLEEP (1968)
FARMER'S DAUGHTER (1963)
LP 4 - Side G
LET US GO ON THIS WAY (1977)
YOU NEED A MESS OF HELP TO STAND ALONE (1972)
THE NIGHT WAS SO YOUNG (1977)
MARCELLA (1972)
YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME (1965)
AREN'T YOU GLAD (1967)
BABY BLUE (1979)
LP 4 - Side H
IT'S ABOUT TIME (1970)
DO YOU LIKE WORMS (ROLL PLYMOUTH ROCK)
SURF'S UP (1977/1971)
ADD SOME MUSIC TO YOUR DAY (1970)
IT'S OK (1976)
GOIN' ON (1980)
SAN MIGUEL (1969)
LP 5 - Side I
THE WARMTH OF THE SUN (1964)
EVERYONE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU (1976)
ALL THIS IS THAT (1972)
CALIFORNIA SAGA (ON MY WAY TO SUNNY CALIFORNIA-I-A) (!972)
FEEL FLOWS (1971)
WENDY (1964)
GIRL DON'T TELL ME (1965)
LP 5 - Side J
LET HIM RUN WILD (1965)
ALL I WANT TO DO (Alternate Take) (1968)
SUSIE CINCINNATI (1970)
VEGETABLES (1967)
TIME TO GET ALONE (1968)
WHERE I BELONG (1985)
I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES (1966)
LP 6 - Side K
LITTLE BIRD (1968)
TIL I DIE (1971)
(WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO) LIVE AGAIN (1971)
FRIENDS (1968)
DEVOTED TO YOU (Unplugged Version) (1965)
CAN'T WAIT TOO LONG (1968)
CALIFORNIA FEELIN' (1978)
