The Beach Boys jsou americká rocková kapela založená v Kalifornii roku 1961. Původní sestavu tvořili bratři Brian, Dennis a Carl Wilsonovi, jejich bratranec Mike Love a přítel Al Jardine. Skupina se vyznačuje vokálními harmoniemi, hudební vynalézavostí a patří k nejvlivnějším interpretům rockové éry.
Kompilace Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of Beach Boys na šesti vinylech shrnuje kvintesenci tvorby kapely napříč téměř třemi dekádami. Výběr zahrnuje klasické surfové hity z raných 60. let (Surfin' U.S.A., I Get Around, Fun, Fun, Fun), vrcholné dílo éry Pet Sounds (God Only Knows, Wouldn't It Be Nice, Sloop John B) i pozdější úspěšné nahrávky (Kokomo z roku 1988, Getcha Back). Nechybí kultovní Good Vibrations ani méně známé skvosty jako Surf's Up nebo Feel Flows, které dokumentují experimentální éru kapely. Kompilace nabízí kompletní pohled na kapelu, jež definovala kalifornský zvuk a ovlivnila generace rockových hudebníků.
Skladby
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)
