ALBUM GRADE: 10
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys is a boxed set by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released in 1993 by Capitol Records which collects tracks spanning their entire career up to that point on four CDs. A fifth disc contains mostly studio session tracks, complete vocal and instrumental tracks, and rare live performances. The set also includes a car window decal. Though it never charted, Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys went gold in the US just over four months after its release.
SONG GRADES:
DISC ONE
1.1. Surfin’ U.S.A. (Demo Version) (Previously Unreleased)
1.2. Little Surfer Girl (Previously Unreleased)
1.3. Surfin’ (Rehearsal) (Previously Unreleased)
1.4. Surfin’
1.5. Their Hearts Were Full of Spring (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
1.6. Surfin’ Safari
1.7. 409
1.8. Punchline (Instrumental) (Previously Unreleased)
1.9. Surfin’ U.S.A.
1.10. Shut Down
1.11. Surfer Girl
1.12. Little Deuce Coupe
1.13. In My Room
1.14. Catch a Wave
1.15. The Surfer Moon
1.16. Be True to Your School
1.17. Spirit of America
1.18. Little Saint Nick (45 RPM)
1.19. Things We Did Last Summer (Previously Unreleased)
1.20. Fun, Fun, Fun
1.21. Don’t Worry Baby
1.22. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
1.23. The Warmth of the Sun
1.24. I Get Around
1.25. All Summer Long
1.26. Little Honda
1.27. Wendy
1.28. Don’t Back Down
1.29. Do You Wanna Dance
1.30. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
1.31. Dance, Dance, Dance
1.32. Please Let Me Wonder
1.33. She Knows Me Too Well
1.34. Radio Station Jingles (Previously Unreleased)
1.35. Concert Promo / Hushabye (Live) (Previously Unreleased)
DISC TWO
2.1. California Girls
2.2. Help Me, Rhonda
2.3. Then I Kissed Her
2.4. And Your Dream Comes True
2.5. The Little Girl I Once Knew (45 Version)
2.6. Barbara Ann (45 Version)
2.7. Ruby Baby (Outtake) (Previously Unreleased)
2.8. KOMA (Radio Promo Spot) (Previously Unreleased)
2.9. Sloop John B
2.10. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
2.11. You Still Believe in Me
2.12. God Only Knows
2.13. Hang on to Your Ego (Alternate Version)
2.14. I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
2.15. Pet Sounds
2.16. Caroline, No
2.17. Good Vibrations (45 Version)
2.18. Our Prayer (Previously Unreleased)
2.19. Heroes and Villains
2.20. Heroes and Villains (Sections) (Previously Unreleased)
2.21. Wonderful (Previously Unreleased)
2.22. Cabinessence
2.23. Wind Chimes (Previously Unreleased)
2.24. Heroes and Villains (Intro) (Previously Unreleased)
2.25. Do You Like Worms (Previously Unreleased)
2.26. Vegetables (Previously Unreleased)
2.27. I Love to Say Da Da (Previously Unreleased)
2.28. Surf’s Up (Previously Unreleased)
2.29. With Me Tonight
DISC THREE
3.1. Heroes and Villains (45 Version)
3.2. Darlin’
3.3. Wild Honey
3.4. Let the Wind Blow
3.5. Can’t Wait Too Long (Alternate Version)
3.6. Cool Cool Water (Previously Unreleased)
3.7. Meant for You
3.8. Friends
3.9. Little Bird
3.10. Busy Doin’ Nothin’
3.11. Do It Again
3.12. I Can Hear Music
3.13. I Went to Sleep
3.14. Time to Get Alone
3.15. Breakaway
3.16. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (45 Version)
3.17. San Miguel
3.18. Games Two Can Play (Previously Unreleased)
3.19. I Just Got My Pay (Previously Unreleased)
3.20. This Whole World
3.21. Add Some Music to Your Day
3.22. Forever
3.23. Our Sweet Love
3.24. H.E.L.P. Is on the Way
3.25. 4th of July
3.26. Long Promised Road
3.27. Disney Girls (1957)
3.28. Surf’s Up
3.29. ‘Til I Die
DISC FOUR
4.1. Sail On Sailor
4.2. California
4.3. Trader
4.4. Funky Pretty
4.5. Fairy Tale Music
4.6. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
4.7. Marcella
4.8. All This Is That
4.9. Rock and Roll Music
4.10. It’s OK
4.11. Had to Phone Ya
4.12. That Same Song
4.13. It’s Over Now (Previously Unreleased)
4.14. Still I Dream of It (Previously Unreleased)
4.15. Let Us Go On This Way
4.16. The Night Was so Young
4.17. I’ll Bet He’s Nice
4.18. Airplane
4.19. Come Go With Me
4.20. Our Team (Previously Unreleased)
4.21. Baby Blue
4.22. Good Timin’
4.23. Goin’ on
4.24. Getcha Back
4.25. Kokomo
BONUS DISC – All Tracks Previously Unreleased
5.1. In My Room (Demo)
5.2. Radio Spot
5.3. I Get Around (Track Only)
5.4. Radio Spot
5.5. Dance, Dance, Dance (Tracking Session)
5.6. Hang on to Your Ego (Sessions)
5.7. God Only Knows (Tracking Session)
5.8. Good Vibrations (Sessions)
5.9. Heroes and Villains (Track Only)
5.10. Cabinessence (Track Only)
5.11. Surf’s Up (Track Only)
5.12. Radio Spot
5.13. All Summer Long (Vocals)
5.14. Wendy (Vocals)
5.15. Hushabye (Vocals)
5.16. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) (Vocals)
5.17. Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Vocals)
5.18. California Girls (Vocals)
5.19. Radio Spot
5.20. Concert Intro / Surfin’ U.S.A. – Live 1964
5.21. Surfer Girl – Live 1964
5.22. Be True to Your School – Live 1964
5.23. Good Vibrations – Live 1966
5.24. Surfer Girl – Live in Hawaii Rehearsals 1967
Produced by Brian Wilson.