Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys

1993 box set by the Beach Boys

Good Vibrations:
Thirty Years of the Beach Boys

Box set by

the Beach Boys

Released| June 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)
Recorded| 1960–1988
Genre| Rock
Length| 382:27
Label| Capitol
Compiler| Mark Linett, David Leaf, Andy Paley
The Beach Boys chronology
| Summer in Paradise
(1992)  | Good Vibrations:
Thirty Years of the Beach Boys
(1993)  | Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
(1996)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Blender| [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]
Rolling Stone| [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [5]

Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys is a box set by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released in 1993 by Capitol Records. It 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.

The first four discs anthologize the band with mostly mono single versions of their hits, but also several demos and unreleased songs; the tracks are organized essentially in chronological order. Disc 2 includes 30 minutes of music from the 1966/1967 Smile sessions, which had been heavily bootlegged for years but never officially released. In addition, there is a hidden recording at the end of Disc 1 of a young Brian Wilson singing "Happy Birthday Four Freshmen" to his favorite vocal group into his tape recorder in 1960.

## Track listing

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All songs by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, except where noted.

Disc oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Original release| Length

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1.| "Surfin' U.S.A." (demo version)| Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry| Previously unreleased| 1:49
2.| "Little Surfer Girl"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased| 0:31
3.| "Surfin'" (rehearsal)|  | Previously unreleased| 1:31
4.| "Surfin'" (Featuring Take 1, followed by Take 7 (master))|  | Surfin' Safari| 2:28
5.| "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring" (demo)| Bobby Troup| Previously unreleased| 2:35
6.| "Surfin' Safari"|  | Surfin' Safari| 2:16
7.| "409"| B. Wilson, Mike Love, Gary Usher| Surfin' Safari| 2:09
8.| "Punchline" (instrumental)| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased| 1:52
9.| "Surfin' U.S.A."| B. Wilson, Berry| Surfin' U.S.A.| 2:29
10.| "Shut Down"| B. Wilson, Roger Christian| Surfin' U.S.A.| 1:51
11.| "Surfer Girl"| B. Wilson| Surfer Girl| 2:26
12.| "Little Deuce Coupe"| B. Wilson, Christian| Surfer Girl| 1:48
13.| "In My Room"| B. Wilson, Usher| Surfer Girl| 2:15
14.| "Catch a Wave"|  | Surfer Girl| 2:18
15.| "The Surfer Moon"| B. Wilson| Surfer Girl| 2:18
16.| "Be True to Your School" (single version)|  | Little Deuce Coupe| 2:07
17.| "Spirit of America"| B. Wilson, Christian| Little Deuce Coupe| 2:20
18.| "Little Saint Nick" (single version)|  | The Beach Boys' Christmas Album| 1:59
19.| "The Things We Did Last Summer"| J. Styne, S. Cahn| Previously unreleased| 2:27
20.| "Fun, Fun, Fun"|  | Shut Down Volume 2| 2:19
21.| "Don't Worry Baby"| B. Wilson, Christian| Shut Down Volume 2| 2:49
22.| "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"| Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy| Shut Down Volume 2| 2:08
23.| "The Warmth of the Sun"|  | Shut Down Volume 2| 2:50
24.| "I Get Around"|  | All Summer Long| 2:13
25.| "All Summer Long"|  | All Summer Long| 2:07
26.| "Little Honda"|  | All Summer Long| 1:51
27.| "Wendy"|  | All Summer Long| 2:20
28.| "Don't Back Down"|  | All Summer Long| 1:53
29.| "Do You Wanna Dance?"| Bobby Freeman| The Beach Boys Today!| 2:17
30.| "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"|  | The Beach Boys Today!| 2:01
31.| "Dance, Dance, Dance"| B. Wilson, Carl Wilson, Love| The Beach Boys Today!| 1:59
32.| "Please Let Me Wonder"|  | The Beach Boys Today!| 2:45
33.| "She Knows Me Too Well"|  | The Beach Boys Today!| 2:28
34.| "Radio Station Jingles/Concert Promo"|  | Previously unreleased| 1:03
35.| "Hushabye (Live)"| Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman| Previously unreleased| 3:56
36.| "Happy Birthday Four Freshmen" (hidden track)|  |  |

Disc twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Original release| Length

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1.| "California Girls"|  | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)| 2:37
2.| "Help Me, Rhonda"|  | The Beach Boys Today!| 2:47
3.| "Then I Kissed Her"| J. Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector| Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)| 2:15
4.| "And Your Dream Comes True"|  | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)| 1:06
5.| "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (45 RPM)| B. Wilson| Non album single| 2:37
6.| "Barbara Ann" (45 RPM)| Fred Fassert| Beach Boys' Party!| 2:04
7.| "Ruby Baby" (outtake)| Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller| Previously unreleased| 2:10
8.| "KOMA" (radio promo spot)|  | Previously unreleased| 0:10
9.| "Sloop John B"| Traditional; arranged by B. Wilson| Pet Sounds| 2:57
10.| "Wouldn't It Be Nice"| B. Wilson, Tony Asher| Pet Sounds| 2:23
11.| "You Still Believe in Me"| B. Wilson, Asher| Pet Sounds| 2:30
12.| "God Only Knows"| B. Wilson, Asher| Pet Sounds| 2:49
13.| "Hang On to Your Ego" (alternate version)| B. Wilson, Terry Sachen| Previously unreleased| 3:13
14.| "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"| B. Wilson, Asher| Pet Sounds| 3:12
15.| "Pet Sounds"| B. Wilson| Pet Sounds| 2:22
16.| "Caroline, No"| B. Wilson, Asher| Pet Sounds| 2:52
17.| "Good Vibrations" (45 RPM)|  | Non album single| 3:38
18.| "Our Prayer"| B. Wilson| 20/20, intended for Smile| 1:07
19.| "Heroes and Villains" (alternate version)| B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks| previously released as a bonus track on the 1990 reissue of Smiley Smile| 3:00
20.| "Heroes and Villains" (Sections)| B. Wilson, Parks| Previously unreleased, intended for Smile| 6:40
21.| "Wonderful"| B. Wilson, Parks| Previously unreleased, intended for Smile| 2:02
22.| "Cabinessence"| B. Wilson, Parks| 20/20, intended for Smile| 3:33
23.| "Wind Chimes"| B. Wilson, Parks| Previously unreleased, intended for Smile| 2:32
24.| "Heroes and Villains (Intro)"| B. Wilson, Parks| Previously unreleased, intended for Smile| 0:35
25.| "Do You Like Worms"| B. Wilson, Parks| Previously unreleased, intended for Smile| 4:00
26.| "Vegetables"| B. Wilson, Parks| Previously unreleased, intended for Smile| 3:29
27.| "I Love to Say Da Da"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased, intended for Smile| 1:34
28.| "Surf's Up"| B. Wilson, Parks| Surf's Up, intended for Smile| 3:38
29.| "With Me Tonight"| B. Wilson| Smiley Smile| 2:17

Disc threeNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Original release| Length

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1.| "Heroes and Villains"| B. Wilson, Parks| Smiley Smile| 3:38
2.| "Darlin'"|  | Wild Honey| 2:12
3.| "Wild Honey"|  | Wild Honey| 2:37
4.| "Let the Wind Blow"|  | Wild Honey| 2:21
5.| "Can't Wait Too Long"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased| 3:51
6.| "Cool, Cool Water"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased| 1:12
7.| "Meant for You"|  | Friends| 0:40
8.| "Friends"| B. Wilson, C. Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine| Friends| 2:31
9.| "Little Bird"| D. Wilson, Stephen Kalinich| Friends| 1:58
10.| "Busy Doin' Nothin'"| B. Wilson| Friends| 3:04
11.| "Do It Again"|  | 20/20| 2:28
12.| "I Can Hear Music"| J. Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector| 20/20| 2:38
13.| "I Went to Sleep"| B. Wilson, Carl Wilson| 20/20| 1:38
14.| "Time to Get Alone"| B. Wilson| 20/20| 2:43
15.| "Break Away"| B. Wilson, Reggie Dunbar| Non album single| 2:56
16.| "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (45 version)| Huddie Ledbetter| 20/20| 3:03
17.| "San Miguel"| D. Wilson, Gregg Jakobson| Ten Years of Harmony| 2:26
18.| "Games Two Can Play"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child| 2:01
19.| "I Just Got My Pay"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased| 2:20
20.| "This Whole World"| B. Wilson| Sunflower| 1:57
21.| "Add Some Music to Your Day"| B. Wilson, Love, Joe Knott| Sunflower| 3:33
22.| "Forever"| D. Wilson, Jakobson| Sunflower| 2:41
23.| "Our Sweet Love"| B. Wilson, C. Wilson, Jardine| Sunflower| 2:38
24.| "H.E.L.P. Is On the Way"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child| 2:30
25.| "4th of July"| D. Wilson, Jack Rieley| Previously unreleased| 2:44
26.| "Long Promised Road"| C. Wilson, Rieley| Surf's Up| 3:27
27.| "Disney Girls (1957)"| Bruce Johnston| Surf's Up| 4:08
28.| "Surf's Up"| B. Wilson, Parks| Surf's Up| 4:13
29.| "Til I Die"| B. Wilson| Surf's Up| 2:30

Disc fourNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Original release| Length

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1.| "Sail On, Sailor"| B. Wilson, Parks, Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy, Rieley| Holland| 3:19
2.| "California"| Jardine| Holland| 3:20
3.| "The Trader"| C. Wilson, Rieley| Holland| 5:04
4.| "Funky Pretty"| B. Wilson, Love, Rieley| Holland| 4:10
5.| "Fairy Tale Music"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased| 4:05
6.| "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"| B. Wilson, Rieley| Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"| 3:26
7.| "Marcella"| B. Wilson, Rieley| Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"| 3:52
8.| "All This Is That"| C. Wilson, Love, Jardine| Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"| 3:59
9.| "Rock and Roll Music"| Berry| 15 Big Ones| 2:28
10.| "It's O.K."|  | 15 Big Ones| 2:11
11.| "Had to Phone Ya"| B. Wilson, Love, Diane Rovell| 15 Big Ones| 1:44
12.| "That Same Song"|  | 15 Big Ones| 2:15
13.| "It's Over Now"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child| 2:50
14.| "Still I Dream of It"| B. Wilson| Previously unreleased, intended for Adult/Child| 3:26
15.| "Let Us Go On This Way"|  | The Beach Boys Love You| 1:59
16.| "The Night Was So Young"| B. Wilson| The Beach Boys Love You| 2:15
17.| "I'll Bet He's Nice"| B. Wilson| The Beach Boys Love You| 2:35
18.| "Airplane"| B. Wilson| The Beach Boys Love You| 3:04
19.| "Come Go with Me"| C.E. Quick| M.I.U. Album| 2:03
20.| "Our Team"| B. Wilson, D. Wilson, C. Wilson, Love, Jardine| Previously unreleased| 2:33
21.| "Baby Blue"| D. Wilson, Jakobson, Karen Lamm| L.A. (Light Album)| 3:18
22.| "Good Timin'"| B. Wilson, C. Wilson| L.A. (Light Album)| 2:11
23.| "Goin' On"|  | Keepin' the Summer Alive| 3:03
24.| "Getcha Back"| Love, Terry Melcher| The Beach Boys| 3:02
25.| "Kokomo"| Love, Scott McKenzie, John Phillips, Terry Melcher| Still Cruisin'| 3:37

Disc five: Sessions (all tracks previously unreleased)No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "In My Room" (demo, 1963)| B. Wilson, Usher| 2:33
2.| "Radio Spot #1"|  | 0:09
3.| "I Get Around" (track only, 1964)|  | 2:19
4.| "Radio Spot #2"|  | 0:15
5.| "Dance, Dance, Dance" (tracking session, 1964)| B. Wilson, C. Wilson, Love| 2:12
6.| "Hang On to Your Ego" (sessions)| B. Wilson, Asher| 6:40
7.| "God Only Knows" (tracking session)| B. Wilson, Asher| 9:14
8.| "Good Vibrations" (sessions)|  | 15:18
9.| "Heroes and Villains" (track only)| B. Wilson, Parks| 0:47
10.| "Cabinessence" (track only)| B. Wilson, Parks| 3:59
11.| "Surf's Up" (track only)| B. Wilson, Parks| 1:40
12.| "Radio Spot #3"|  | 0:06
13.| "All Summer Long" (vocals)|  | 2:12
14.| "Wendy" (vocals)|  | 2:27
15.| "Hushabye" (vocals)| Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman| 2:42
16.| "When I Grow Up" (vocals)|  | 2:19
17.| "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (vocals)| B. Wilson, Asher| 2:43
18.| "California Girls" (vocals only)|  | 2:34
19.| "Radio Spot #4"|  | 0:11
20.| "Concert Intro/Surfin' USA" (live 1964)|  | 3:15
21.| "Surfer Girl" (live 1964)| B. Wilson| 2:52
22.| "Be True to Your School" (live 1964)|  | 2:29
23.| "Good Vibrations" (live 1966)|  | 5:14
24.| "Surfer Girl" (live in Hawaii rehearsals 1967)| B. Wilson| 2:18

Special Bonus CD (European edition only)No.| Title| Writer(s)| Original release| Length

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1.| "Bluebirds Over the Mountain"| Ersel Hickey| 20/20| 2:53
2.| "Tears in the Morning"| Bruce Johnston| Sunflower| 4:09
3.| "Here Comes the Night" (12" version)|  | L.A. (Light Album)| 10:45
4.| "Lady Lynda"| Johann Sebastian Bach, Jardine, Ron Altbach| L.A. (Light Album)| 4:00
5.| "Sumahama"| Love| L.A. (Light Album)| 4:09

## Personnel

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## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Blender review
3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479\. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
4. ^ Rolling Stone review
5. ^ Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 46. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

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The Beach Boys compilation discography

Albums containing previously unreleased material marked in bold, except those under "Archival", for which all apply.

Hits|

* Best of the Beach Boys
* Vol. 1
* 2
* 3
* Endless Summer
* Spirit of America
* Good Vibrations – Best of the Beach Boys
* 20 Golden Greats
* Ten Years of Harmony
* Sunshine Dream
* Made in U.S.A.
* Greatest Hits
* Vol. 1
* 2
* 3
* The Very Best of the Beach Boys
* Sounds of Summer
* The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition)
* The Warmth of the Sun
* Fifty Big Ones

Themed|

* Stack-o-Tracks
* Ultimate Christmas
* Classics Selected by Brian Wilson
* Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition
* Summer Love Songs

Archival|

* Rarities
* Lost & Found (1961–62)
* Endless Harmony
* Hawthorne, CA
* The Big Beat 1963
* Keep an Eye on Summer 1964
* Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged
* Becoming the Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions
* 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
* Wake the World: The Friends Sessions
* I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions
* Feel Flows
* Sail On Sailor – 1972

Box sets|

* The Capitol Years
* Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys
* The Pet Sounds Sessions
* The Original US Singles Collection The Capitol Years 1962–1965
* The Smile Sessions
* Made in California

EPs|

* Four by the Beach Boys
* Hits

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