Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

• Artist : The Beach Boys
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0724353163921
• Format : Original recording remastered
• Format : Original recording reissued
• Format : Extra tracks
• Label : Capitol/EMI
• Manufacturer : Capitol/EMI
• MPN : 724353163921
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.39 inches (Height) x 5.59 inches (Length) x 0.26 pounds (Weight) x 4.88 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Part Number : 724353163921
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Capitol/EMI
• Release Date : 2001-03-12
• SKU : 5316392
• Studio : Capitol/EMI
• UPC : 724353163921

This single disc gathers two Beach Boys albums--Today! and Summer Days and Summer Nights--with the addition of remastering and bonus tracks. When Brian Wilson finally summoned up the courage to confront his musically interfering father (the bands' early benefactor Murray Wilson) during the sessions for the Today! album, it could hardly be termed a rite of passage. Brian had always been in charge of his music, less so of himself. Thus, it's hard to believe that the gloriously realised, tender suite of songs ("Please Let Me Wonder" to "In the Back of My Mind") which occupy the second side of Today!--the exquisite semi-orchestral arrangements, the caramel harmonies and the lyrics which dwell on the dreamy, soul-searching solitaire of adolescence--are actually the work of a wobbly, self-doubting recluse recovering from a mental breakdown. But here it is--undiminished by time--the symphonic template for Pet Sounds. Summer Days and Summer Nights, meanwhile, is livelier and sunnier. Carl Wilson makes his vocal debut (what took so long?) on the Beatles-do-Dylan inspired pop strum of "Girl Don't Tell Me", there's the cheesy pseudo surf of "Amusement Parks USA" (a hit in Japan) and some other numbers called "Help Me Rhonda" and "California Girls" which will still be around on the airwaves long after global warming has made the sea levels rise to wash all the beaches away. Similarly indispensable, the bonus tracks include the ground-breaking stop-start of "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (Brian's first "pocket symphony") and a terrific, twangy-guitar demo take of "Dance Dance Dance". --Kevin Maidment

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Do You Wanna Dance? (2001 Digital Remaster) (U.S. Version) (Mono)
  • 2: Good To My Baby (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 3: Don't Hurt My Little Sister (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 4: When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono) (U.S. Version)
  • 5: Help Me, Rhonda (2001 Digital Remaster: Mono)
  • 6: Dance, Dance, Dance (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 7: Please Let Me Wonder (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 8: I'm So Young (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 9: Kiss Me, Baby (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 10: She Knows Me Too Well (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 11: In The Back Of My Mind (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 12: Bull Session With "Big Daddy" (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 13: The Girl From New York City (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 14: Amusement Parks U.S.A. (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 15: Then I Kissed Her (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 16: Salt Lake City (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 17: Girl Don't Tell Me (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 18: Help Me, Rhonda (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 19: California Girls (2001 Stereo Remix)
  • 20: Let Him Run Wild (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 21: You're So Good To Me (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 22: Summer Means New Love (2001 Digital Remaster)
  • 23: I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 24: And Your Dream Comes True (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 25: The Little Girl I Once Knew (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 26: Dance, Dance, Dance (Alternate Take) (2001 Digital Remaster)
  • 27: I'm So Young (Alternate Take) (2001 Digital Remaster)
  • 28: Let Him Run Wild (Alternate Take) (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono)
  • 29: Graduation Day (Studio Version) (2001 Digital Remaster)

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