The Best of The Beach Boys

Tracklist

• 1
  Fun, Fun, Fun
  2:20
  4.4 ★
• 2
  California Girls
  2:38
  4.2 ★
• 3
  Good Vibrations
  3:37
  4.2 ★
• 4
  I Get Around
  2:11
  4.6 ★
• 5
  Help Me, Rhonda
  2:47
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Wouldn’t It Be Nice
  2:24
  4.4 ★
• 7
  Barbara Ann
  2:06
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Surfer Girl
  2:28
  3.7 ★
• 9
  Surfin’ U.S.A.
  2:29
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Be True to Your School
  2:07
  4.2 ★

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Release credits

• Al De Lory
  organ [2], piano [6]
• Al Jardine
  background vocals [4, 6], bass guitar [4], lead vocals [5], vocal [2]
• Barney Kessel
  mandoguitar [6]
• Bill Pitman
  guitar [6]
• Billy Strange
  tambourine [2]
• Brian Wilson
  Hammond organ [4-5], arranger [2, 4, 6, 10], background vocals [4-5], bass guitar [8], harpsichord [4], lead vocals [4, 6-8], piano [4-5, 8], producer [1-8, 10]
• Bruce Botnick
  recording [3]
• Bruce Johnston
  background vocals [6], vocal [2]
• Carl Fortina
  accordion [6]
• Carl Wilson
  12 string guitar [2], background vocals [4-6, 8], electric guitar [4], guitar [5, 8], lead vocals [3], vocal [2]
• Carol Kaye
  bass guitar [2, 5], electric bass guitar [6]
• Chuck Britz
  engineer [2-5, 8-10], recording [3]
• David Marks
  background vocals [8], guitar [8]
• Dean Torrence
  lead vocals [7]
• Dennis Wilson
  background vocals [4-6, 8], drums (drum set) [4, 8], vocal [2]
• Derry FitzGerald
  mix [3]
• Frank Capp
  percussion [6], vibraphone [2]
• Frank Marocco
  accordion [6]
• Glen Campbell
  electric bass guitar [4]
• Hal Blaine
  drums (drum set) [2, 5-6], percussion [4], timbales [4]
• Howard Roberts
  guitar [2]
• Jack Nimitz
  bass saxophone [2]
• Jay Migliori
  baritone saxophone [2, 6]
• Jerry Cole
  12 string guitar [2, 6]
• Jim Lockert
  engineer [3]
• Larry Knechtel
  piano [6]
• Larry Levine
  engineer [6], recording [3]
• Leon Russell
  piano [2]
• Lyle Ritz
  bass guitar [6], double bass [2]
• Mike Love
  background vocals [5, 8], bass vocals [4], lead vocals [1-4, 4, 6, 9-10], vocal [3]
• Nick Venet
  producer [9]
• Plas Johnson
  tenor saxophone [6]
• Ralph Valentin
  engineer [6]
• Ray Pohlman
  electric bass guitar [4, 6]
• Roy Caton
  trumpet [2, 6]
• Steve Douglas
  tenor saxophone [2, 6]
• The Beach Boys
  producer [3]
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Issues

• 

  T
  The Best of The Beach Boys

  CD
  4 November 1997
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  T
  The Best of The Beach Boys

  CD
  2005