Track Listing

1. Surfin' USA (1)
2. Little Surfer Girl
3. Surfin' (1)
4. Surfin'
5. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
6. Surfin' Safari
7. 409
8. Punchline
9. Surfin' USA
10. Shut Down
11. Surfer Girl
12. Little Deuce Coupe
13. In My Room
14. Catch A Wave
15. Surfer Moon
16. Be True To Your School
17. Spirit Of America
18. Little Saint Nick
19. Things We Did Last Summer
20. Fun Fun Fun
21. Don't Worry Baby
22. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
23. Warmth Of The Sun
24. I Get Around
25. All Summer Long
26. Little Honda
27. Wendy
28. Don't Back Down
29. Do You Wanna Dance
30. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
31. Dance Dance Dance
32. Please Let Me Wonder
33. She Knows Me Too Well
34. Radio Station Jingles
35. Concert Promo/hushabye
36. California Girls
37. Help Me Rhonda
38. Then I Kissed Her
39. And Your Dreams Come True
40. Little Girl I Once Knew
41. Barbara Ann
42. Ruby Baby
43. Koma
44. Sloop John B
45. Wouldn't It Be Nice
46. You Still Believe In Me
47. God Only Knows
48. Hang On To Your Ego
49. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
50. Pet Sounds
51. Caroline No
52. Good Vibrations
53. Our Prayer
54. Heroes And Villains
55. Heroes And Villains (2)
56. Wonderful
57. Cabinessence
58. Wind Chimes
59. Heroes And Villains (4)
60. Do You Like Worms
61. Vegetables
62. I Love To Say Da Da
63. Surf's Up
64. With Me Tonight
65. Heroes And Villains (1)
66. Darlin'
67. Wild Honey
68. Let The Wind Blow
69. Can't Wait Too Long
70. Cool Cool Water
71. Meant For You
72. Friends
73. Little Bird
74. Busy Doin' Nothin'
75. Do It Again
76. I Can Hear Music
77. I Went To Sleep
78. Time To Get Alone
79. Breakaway
80. Cotton Fields
81. San Miguel
82. Games Two Can Play
83. I Just Got My Pay
84. This Whole World
85. Add Some Music
86. Forever
87. Our Sweet Love
88. HELP Is On The Way
89. 4th Of July
90. Long Promised Road
91. Disney Girls
92. Surf's Up (1)
93. Till I Die
94. Sail On Sailor
95. California
96. Trader
97. Funky Pretty
98. Fairy Tale Music
99. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
100. Marcella
101. All This Is That
102. Rock 'n' Roll Music
103. It's OK
104. Had To Phone Ya
105. That Same Song
106. It's Over Now
107. Still I Dream Of It
108. Let Us Go On This Way
109. Night Was So Young
110. I'll Bet He's Nice
111. Airplane
112. Come Go With Me
113. Our Team
114. Baby Blue
115. Good Timin'
116. Goin' On
117. Getcha Back
118. Kokomo
119. In My Room (1)
120. Radio Spot (1)
121. I Get Around (1)
122. Radio Spot (2)
123. Dance Dance Dance (2)
124. Hang On To Your Ego (1)
125. God Only Knows (1)
126. Good Vibrations (1)
127. Heroes And Villains (3)
128. Cabinessence (1)
129. Surf's Up (2)
130. Radio Spot (3)
131. All Summer Long (1)
132. Wendy (1)
133. Hush A Bye
134. When I Grow Up To Be A Man (1)
135. Wouldn't It Be Nice (1)
136. California Girls (1)
137. Radio Spot (4)
138. Concert Intro/Surfin' USA
139. Surfer Girl (1)
140. Be True To Your School (1)
141. Good Vibrations (2)
142. Surfer Girl (2)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44591 in Music
• Released on: 1993-09-13
• Number of discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: 1.63 pounds

CD Description
From a previously unreleased 1961 recording of their first single "Surfin" to their 1988 #1, "Kokomo", GOOD VIBRATIONS collects everything anyone would want to hear by The Beach Boys. The first disc in this 5-disc set collects the sun and surf hits like "Barbara Ann" and "Fun, Fun, Fun" that summedup the mythical California dream for generations of Americans. While The Beach Boys certainly created some wonderful rock and roll in their 1962-1966 heyday, it's for the brilliant music on discs two and three that they have become rock legends.
These two CDs capture Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson at the peak of his powers, creating still-astounding singles like "Good Vibrations" and the incomparable, otherworldly PET SOUNDS album. One of the real highlights of GOOD VIBRATIONS is that it features many of the fascinating, previously unreleased songs recorded for the aborted SMILE--the legendary unreleased album that allegedly drove Brian Wilson to his 1967 nervous breakdown. Though The Beach Boys were never quite the same after SMILE, this near-perfect box set contains plenty of songs that prove there was much more to the band than Brian Wilson's fragile genius.

Customer Reviews

GREAT SET
I was turned on to the Beach Boys through all the glowing reviews Pet Sounds got. I now prefer that album to almost any Beatles, Byrds or any other 60's band you'd care to name. After that I bought the follow up albums Smiley Smile and Wild Honey and was surprised at how quickly one band can change and not always for the good.

This box set for me bridges the gap between Pet Sounds and the aforementioned Smiley Smile in that it includes material from the abortive Smile sessions and believe me are truly a step beyond Pet Sounds. They must be heard to be believed even in their supposedly unfinished state. The tracks pick up where Pet Sounds left off musically though lyrically and harmonically they are a whole new ball game from Pet Sounds or anything they had done before or since.

The tracks never saw release as intended in 1967 for a number of reasons detailed in Dominic Priore's book "Look, Listen, Vibrate, Smile". Some of it eg, Heroes and Villains sections even sounds more akin to Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention around 1969-70.

The whole box set is superb and well worth the price even for someone who is not a fanatic. Pretty much all if not most tracks are the best pick from all their 25 or so albums and there are also the usual extra bonus unreleased tracks such as the Smile stuff. Other highlights worth looking out for are the intricate instrumental tracks on disk 5 which show Brian Wilson's unsurpassed skills as Producer, arranger and writer.

A Boxed Set That Matters
A lot of boxed sets are little more than 'coffee table' CD collections. They have their greatest hits and a lot of filler and alternative versions (usually the same song with a different drum roll at the start).

This collection is a must for anyone who wants to get into the Beach Boys in that it contains all the hits plus tracks to treasure on every disk. Most importantly it contains the nearest 'official' approximation to the original Smile Album we're likely to get which perfectly compliments the recent re-recording Wilson made with The Wondermints. Add to this a bonus disk of great live and a cappella takes and a fascinating accompanying book and you've almost got an embarrassment of riches covering the whole gamut from Surfin' to Kokomo.

A treat.

If everybody had an ocean...
Magnificent is just one word I can use to describe this box set and I could easily write hundreds of essays in praise of this gorgeous box. In my opinion, it's the greatest box set ever released. It has ALL the hits, plenty of outtakes & best of all a good chunk of the lost masterpiece 'Smile'. It's guaranteed to make you swoon with delight once you've pressed play. 4 hours of blissful, moving & downright divine music that you will never get bored of hearing again and again.

Yes, it's a bit flawed in places (the latter part of CD4 doesn't hold up so well to everything else - the 80s & 90s weren't good to the band) but that's why programmeable facilities were invented on CD players. Other than that, it's just perfect. BUY IT NOW!

Oh, and by the way, the book's rather good too.