The Beach Boys – 20 Golden Greats
(Capitol Records 1976 EMTV1)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing
G&L Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– small mark at spine edge and some colour fading along edges
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961. The group’s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine.
20 Golden Greats is a 1976 greatest hits album by the Beach Boys that was released in the UK by EMI’s newly created TV advertising division. It became the second biggest selling album of the year, spending a total of 86 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number one in July 1976, where it remained for 10 weeks.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Surfin’ U.S.A.” | Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry | Surfin’ U.S.A., 1963 | 2:28 |
| 2. | “Fun, Fun, Fun” | B. Wilson, Mike Love | Shut Down Volume 2, 1964 | 2:03 |
| 3. | “I Get Around” | B. Wilson, Love | All Summer Long, 1964 | 2:13 |
| 4. | “Don’t Worry Baby” | B. Wilson, Roger Christian | Shut Down Volume 2, 1964 | 2:48 |
| 5. | “Little Deuce Coupe” | B. Wilson, Christian | Surfer Girl, 1963 | 1:38 |
| 6. | “When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)” | B. Wilson, Love | The Beach Boys Today!, 1965 | 2:03 |
| 7. | “Help Me, Rhonda” | B. Wilson, Love | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 | 2:46 |
| 8. | “California Girls” | B. Wilson, Love | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 | 2:38 |
| 9. | “Barbara Ann” | Fred Fassert | Beach Boys’ Party!, 1965 | 3:06 |
| 10. | “Sloop John B” | Trad. Arr. B. Wilson, Al Jardine | Pet Sounds, 1966 | 2:56 |
| Total length: | 24:39 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Year Originally Released | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “You’re So Good to Me” | B. Wilson, Love | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 | 2:16 |
| 2. | “God Only Knows” | B. Wilson, Tony Asher | Pet Sounds, 1966 | 2:51 |
| 3. | “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” | B. Wilson, Asher, Love | Pet Sounds, 1966 | 2:22 |
| 4. | “Good Vibrations” | B. Wilson, Love | Appeared on Smiley Smile (1967), 1966 | 3:36 |
| 5. | “Then I Kissed Her” | Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 | 2:15 |
| 6. | “Heroes and Villains” | B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks | Smiley Smile, 1967 | 3:37 |
| 7. | “Darlin'” | B. Wilson, Love | Wild Honey, 1967 | 2:12 |
| 8. | “Do It Again” (single version) | B. Wilson, Love | Appeared on 20/20 (1969), 1968 | 2:19 |
| 9. | “I Can Hear Music” | Jeff Barry, Greenwich, Phil Spector | 20/20, 1969 | 2:38 |
| 10. | “Break Away” | B. Wilson, Murry Wilson | non-album single, 1969 | 2:55 |
| Total length: | 27:01 | |||
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