Beach Boys The Capitol Years VINYL BOX SET UBER RARE

	£		27
	$		36

You are bidding on an original vinyl pressing of the VERY rare Beach Boys boxed set 'The Capitol Years'. This was originally releaed in 1980 advertised as a six-LP set containing 106 songs on the World label which was a subsidiary of EMI, the parent company of Capitol.

The 106 songs include every 1960s hit by the Beach Boys plus most of their other, better songs. Each disc is centered on a theme and the songs are presented in chronological order.

The production is crystal clear even by today’s standards. Each LP is contained in its own sleeve with its own theme - the sleeves fit together to make a 6 LP jigsaw of a car with surboards (see photos) - an additional booklet gives a history of all the songs.

There is a seventh unadvertised disc included in the set. This LP contains the 17 non-Beach Boys songs that Brian Wilson produced for the Capitol label. It includes both sides of eight single releases plus one more song. While this material has been issued in various forms and places over the years it is difficult to find them all gathered together.

There are eight tracks by the all-girl surf group the Honeys. The Honeys were comprised of Brian Wilson’s wife Marilyn Rovell, her sister Diane Rovell, and their cousin Ginger Blake. Six of the songs were released in 1963. The real rarities were two songs by the Honeys from 1969. "Goodnight My Love” was a fairly straightforward presentation of this old standard. “Tonight You Belong To Me” was a departure from the Honeys' surf songs of the early 1960s. .

Brian Wilson cut two singles for Sharon Marie. She remains a mystery woman. Mike Love says she was a friend. Other people in the know say she was Ginger Blake recording under a different name so as not to conflict with her work for the Honeys. “Runaround Lover” contains some excellent and textured backing vocals and another creative use of a saxophone sound as the foundational instrument of the song. “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You Baby” uses the melody from the Beach Boys' future hit “Darlin.’

The real gems were the releases of “Pamela Jean” and “After The Game” by the Survivors. The Survivors were actually the Beach Boys recording under another name. The intent was to see if they could create a hit record if no one knew them. The single bombed, which was a shame. “Pamela Jean” used the melody to “Car Crazy Cutie” and received the full Beach Boys treatment. “After The Game” was a Brian Wilson instrumental that used some odd percussion effects and looked forward to his creations later in the decade.

The final song was “Guess I’m Dumb” released by Glen Campbell in May of 1964. When Brian Wilson stopped touring with the Beach Boys, Glen Campbell joined their stage act for a short time. Glen sings this song in a Brian-like falsetto with Brian Wilson and the Honeys providing backing.

'The Capitol Years' is one of the rarest of the Beach Boys' releases.

Grading and Track Listing is as follows.

LP1 Summertime USA - LP Graded as Nr Mint, Sleeve Graded as Nr Mint

LP2 California Dream - LP Graded as EX/Nr Mint, Sleeve Graded as Nr Mint - The only reason I have graded the album as Excellent for this LP is that there is a small mark on the very outer groove on side 1. This mark does not encroach on the music itself, only the introduction to the record, otherwise I would have graded this LP as per the others Nr Mint...can't be too careful with the 'M' word though ;-)

LP3 Sunshine Music - LP Graded as Nr Mint, Sleeve Graded as Nr Mint

LP4 Changes - LP Graded as Nr Mint, Sleeve Graded as Nr Mint

LP5 Timeless - LP Graded as Nr Mint, Sleeve Graded as Nr Mint

LP6 Breakaway - LP Graded as Nr Mint, Sleeve Graded as Nr Mint

LP7 The Brian Wilson Productions LP - LP Graded as Nr Mint, Sleeve Graded as Nr Mint

Booklet- Graded as Nr Mint

Outer Box - This is the only real area which shows any wear but is generally in very good shape - has some creasing and wear to the corners. when the box is opened, the inner box has a tear at the point where there is a lowered section so that the records can be reached - graded as at least Very Good - this is a solid box with the front picture and inner track listing in great shape - it has served its purpose in protecting the LPs within hence their astonishing condition.

To a true fan of the beach boys this collection is an absolute must - I seriously doubt you will find one in better condition than this one - see photos for how beautifully the sleeves fit together.

I am starting this auction low because it has to go, will be listing similare items over the next few days - please have a browse if this is your type of thing

Track Listings are as follows:

SUMMERTIME USA :-
1. Surfin
2. Surfin Safari
3. Ten Little Indians
4. Surfn USA
5. Catch A Wave
6. Hawaii
7. Surfers Rule
8. Surfer Girl
9. Don't Back Down
10. Little Deuce Cuope
11. 409
12. In The Parkin Lot
13. Car Crazy Cutie
14. Spirit Of America
15. Shut Down
16. Custom Machine
17. Drive In
18. Cherry Cherry Coupe
19. Little Honda

CALIFORNIA DREAM:-
20. Be True To Your School
21. Fun Fun Fun
22. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
23. All Summer Long
24. I Get Around
25. Wendy
26. When I Grow Up
27. Little Saint Nick
28. Christmas Day
29. Auld Lang Syne
30. Don't Worry Baby
31. Your Summer Dream
32. In My Room
33. The Warmth Of The Sun
34. Keep An Eye on The Summer
35. Girls On The Beach
36. Please Let Me Wonder
37. Hushabye
38. The Lords Prayer

SUNSHINE MUSIC:-
39. Dance Dance Dance
40. The Little Girl I Once Knew
41. Good To My Baby
42. Help Me, Rhonda
43. Do You Wanna Dance
44. You're So Good To Me
45. Don't Hurt My Little Sister
46. She Knows Me Too Well
47. California Girls
48. The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
49. Graduation Day
50. The Monster Mash
51. Jonny B Goode
52. Barbara-Ann
53. Theres No Other (Like My Baby)
54. Devoted To You
55. Mountain of Love
56. Aren't You Glad
57. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring

CHANGES:-
58. Then I Kissed Her
59. Kiss Me Baby
60. Let Him Run Wild.
61. Amusement Parks USA
62. I'm So Young
63. Girl Don't Tell Me
64. Salt Lake City
65. The Girl From New York City
66. Sloop John B
67. Here Today
68. Caroline No
69. I'm Waiting For The Day
70. You Still Believe In Me
71. I Know There's An Answer
72. Wouldn't It Be Nice
73. God Only Knows
74. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times

TIMELESS:-
75. Good Vibrations
76. Wind Chimes
77. Cabinessence
78. Vegetables
79. Wonderful
80. Our Prayer
81. Heroes And Villians
82. Darlin'
83. Gettin Hungry
84. Here Comes The Night
85. With Me Tonight
86. Wake The World
87. Country Air
88. Well You're Welcome
89. I'd Just Love Once To See You
90. Wild Honey

BREAK AWAY:-
91. Do It Again
92. Little Bird
93. Let The Wind Blow
94. Busy Doin' Nothin'
95. Passing By
96. Time To Get Alone
97. Be Here In The Mornin
98. Friends
99. I Can Hear The Music
100. Never Learn Not To Love
101. Cottonfields
102. I Went To Sleep
103. BlueBirds Over The Mountain
104. Celebrate The News
105. Be With Me
106. Break Away

THE BRIAN WILSON PRODUCTIONS [BONUS DISC]:-
107. Shoot The Curl - The Honeys
108. Surfin' Down The Swanee River - The Honeys
109. Pray For Surf - The Honeys
110. Hide Go Seek - The Honeys
111. Runaround Lover - Sharon Marie
112. Summertime - Sharon Marie
113. The One You Can't Have - The Honeys
114. From Jimmy With Tears - The Honeys
115. Pamela Jean - The Survivors
116. After The Game - The Survivors
117. Sacramento - Gary Usher
118. That's Just The Way I Feel - Gary Usher
119. Thinking 'Bout You Baby - Sharon Marie
120. Story Of My Life - Sharon Marie
121. Guess I'm Dumb - Glen Campbell
122. Tonight You Belong To Me - The Honeys
123. Goodnight My Love - The Honeys

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