Don't Worry, Baby [new stereo mix from newly recovered analog multi-track master]
Why Do Fools Fall In Love [new stereo mix from newly recovered analog multi-track master]
Wouldn't It Be Nice
God Only Knows
Surfer Girl
California Girls
Please Let Me Wonder
In The Parkin' Lot
Your Summer Dream
Kiss Me, Baby
Hushabye [new stereo mix]
I'm So Young [new stereo mix]
Good To My Baby [new stereo mix]
Fallin' In Love [previously unreleased track, written and recorded by Dennis Wilson]
Time To Get Alone [new stereo mix]
Our Sweet Love
Help Me, Rhonda
Keep An Eye On Summer
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
Girls On The Beach
The Beach Boys have long been the world's leading, harmonious voice of summer fun, with an ocean's swell of universally-loved songs about the beach, surfing, hot rods, and in no small measure, girls and sun-kissed romance.... more » 20 of The Beach Boys' best love songs, from tender ballads to boisterous romps, have been gathered for Summer Love Songs, a new 20-track CD and digital collection. Three classic tracks have been mixed in stereo for the first time, exclusively for this release, and three others have received new stereo mixes. Two of the new stereo mixes have been created from long lost, newly-recovered analog multi-track masters. A rare track, previously unreleased in the U.S. and long out-of-print in the U.K., is also included.« less
The Beach Boys have long been the world's leading, harmonious voice of summer fun, with an ocean's swell of universally-loved songs about the beach, surfing, hot rods, and in no small measure, girls and sun-kissed romance. 20 of The Beach Boys' best love songs, from tender ballads to boisterous romps, have been gathered for Summer Love Songs, a new 20-track CD and digital collection. Three classic tracks have been mixed in stereo for the first time, exclusively for this release, and three others have received new stereo mixes. Two of the new stereo mixes have been created from long lost, newly-recovered analog multi-track masters. A rare track, previously unreleased in the U.S. and long out-of-print in the U.K., is also included.
CD Reviews
Still More Treasures for Beach Boys Fans
Bill Anthony | North Texas United States | 05/21/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Another wonderful compilation with "audio production" in HDCD by Mark Linett (following his excellent CD compilations Endless Harmony, Hawthorne California, Sounds Of Summer, and Warmth Of The Sun, and ofcourse the catalog 2-fers). This one has a Love Songs theme, and therefore repeats some tunes from previous comps, although there are several new treasures here. Every track here is in stereo, except Help Me Rhonda (single version).
FIRST TIME IN STEREO:
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (album version)
I'm So Young
Good To My Baby
New stereo mixes were also made for
Don't Worry Baby, Hushabye, and Time To Get Alone, which were already available in stereo on previous CD releases.
Don't Worry Baby and Why Do Fools Fall In Love were mixed from newly-discovered multi-track master tapes.
Why Do Fools Fall In Love has a never-before-heard 26-second intro that features piano along with drums, bass, and celeste; then goes into the familiar album version (although now it's in stereo). Maybe Brian on piano? It sounds a lot like Brian doing a Phil Spector-type intro, and I wonder if it was actually a part of Why Do Fools Fall In Love originally...
Girls On The Beach doesn't have an "outro", as indicated on the Amazon track listing, but there is a hidden track - a 30-second excerpt of Don't Worry Baby (vocals only) after a few seconds of silence.
Fallin In Love (a.k.a. Lady) is a Dennis Wilson tune, recorded c. 1970 during the Sunflower sessions, that has not been previously released in the USA. (Dennis made a new version of the song with Daryl Dragon and released it as a solo single in the UK in December 1970)"
More Stereo
Michael Killen | Colorado | 05/29/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Another excellent mixing and remastering job by Mark Linett for Capitol with the brilliant "Don't Worry Baby" in newly remixed stereo worth the price alone. The previous stereo mix from the 60's was quite good for it's time but the left and right panned vocals were distracting. The mono version was, well, mono. This new version is fantastic with Brian's vocals (one of his best) dead center and the boys surrounding him double tracked in stereo. If all BB songs could be mixed this well we'd all be thrilled.
The rest of the CD is well paced and includes some other new stereo mixes that are welcomed and well done. Only the still mono "Help Me Rhonda" sticks out here as sonically frustrating. Perhaps more original masters will be found to alleviate this. Fans have also been waiting for, "I Get Around" and of course, "Good Vibrations" to magically appear in some lost Capitol vault. This collection lets us imagine what those gems might have sounded like in full stereo."
Mono to Stereo = 5 Stars
Alexander | Va, USA | 11/12/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Listening to the Beach Boys songs in mono my whole life, I had never really experienced how awesome their music is in Stereo. I bought their re-mastered "Pet Sounds" album a few months ago and was blown away by the audio quality. Seeing that most of these 'summer love songs' were in stereo I decided to buy this album.
This CD contains a few Beach Boys songs I had never heard before (which are excellent songs) and the songs I have heard before have been beautifully re-mastered from mono into stereo (except for 'Help Me Rhonda').
"Summer Love Songs" is a great collection of chill Beach Boys songs which deserve to be in every music lovers library. 5/5"
Add some stereo Beach Boys to your day
Junior Mintz | Tucson, AZ | 09/24/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Been a Beach Boys fan(atic) since there was a Beach Boys. To hear them ('cept Rhonda) in wonderfully re-mastered stereo is a revelation.
Love that they included lesser known songs "Please Let Me Wonder", "Good To My Baby", "Time To Get Alone" and "Our Sweet Love".
(Where's "She Knows Me Too Well"?)"
Brian Wilson rocks!
J. Rotman | Wheeling, IL USA | 09/03/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"There will never be a Brian Wilson or Beach Boys CD that I won't love. I have bought so many that I keep buying many of the same songs on different CDs. But what the heck, it's Brian!"
Track Listings (20) - Disc #1