The Very Best of the Beach Boys

Tracklist

• 1
  Good Vibrations
  3:37
  4.2 ★
• 2
  California Girls
  2:43
  4.2 ★
• 3
  I Get Around
  2:14
  4.6 ★
• 4
  Wouldn’t It Be Nice
  2:25
  4.4 ★
• 5
  Surfin’ Safari
  2:07
  4.1 ★
• 6
  Fun Fun Fun
  2:20
  4.4 ★
• 7
  Surfin’ USA
  2:29
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Help Me Rhonda
  2:47
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Don’t Worry Baby
  2:50
  4.1 ★
• 10
  When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
  2:04
  2.6 ★
• 11
  Little Deuce Coupe
  1:38
  3.4 ★
• 12
  Dance, Dance, Dance
  2:00
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Little Honda
  1:52
  3.4 ★
• 14
  Do You Wanna Dance?
  2:21
  3.5 ★
• 15
  Surfer Girl
  2:27
  3.7 ★
• 16
  Then I Kissed Her
  2:16
  4.0 ★
• 17
  God Only Knows
  2:50
  4.2 ★
• 18
  Caroline, No
  2:19
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Sloop John B
  2:55
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Barbara Ann
  2:06
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Heroes and Villains
  3:38
  3.2 ★
• 22
  Do It Again
  2:19
  3.8 ★
• 23
  Darlin’
  2:13
  4.0 ★
• 24
  Wild Honey
  2:38
  3.5 ★
• 25
  Break Away
  2:56
  3.0 ★
• 26
  Rock and Roll Music
  2:28
  3.0 ★
• 27
  I Can Hear Music
  2:37
  3.4 ★
• 28
  Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
  3:02
  3.0 ★
• 29
  Lady Lynda
  3:58
  2.6 ★
• 30
  Kokomo
  3:35
  4.4 ★

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Sunflower

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Wild Honey

Wild Honey 1967

Release credits

• Al Casey
  guitar [19]
• Al De Lory
  organ [2], piano [4], tack piano [19]
• Al Jardine
  background vocals [3-4, 10, 26, 30], bass guitar [3], electric bass guitar [10], guitar [13, 16], lead vocals [8, 16, 25], vocal [2, 13]
• Alan Robinson
  French horn [17]
• Barney Kessel
  mandoguitar [4]
• Bill Halverson
  engineer [23-24]
• Bill Pitman
  guitar [4], instrument [16]
• Billy Hinsche
  guitar [26]
• Billy Strange
  12 string guitar [19], guitar [19], tambourine [2]
• Bob Esty
  synthesizer [29]
• Bobby Figueroa
  drums (drum set) [29]
• Brian Wilson
  Hammond organ [3, 8], Moog [26], arranger [2-4, 10-11, 13, 17, 19, 26], background vocals [3, 8, 10, 26], bass guitar [13, 15-16], harpsichord [3, 10], lead vocals [3-4, 9-10, 10, 12, 15, 18-21], mix [10], organ [26], piano [3, 8, 15-16, 26], producer [1-4, 6, 8-13, 15-22, 24-26], synthesizer [26], upright piano [10], vocal [13, 16-17]
• Bruce Botnick
  recording [1]
• Bruce Johnston
  background vocals [4, 30], organ [16], piano [29], producer [29], vocal [2, 16-17]
• Cappy Lewis
  harmonica [10]
• Carl Fortina
  accordion [4, 17]
• Carl Wilson
  12 string guitar [2], background vocals [3-4, 8, 10, 15, 26, 30], electric guitar [3, 10], guitar [8, 13, 15-16], lead vocals [1, 17, 23-25, 27, 30], producer [22, 27], solo [10], vocal [2, 13, 16]
• Carli Muñoz
  piano [29]
• Carol Kaye
  bass guitar [2, 8, 16], electric bass guitar [4, 19], guitar [17]
• Carol Lee Miller
  autoharp [26]
• Chuck Britz
  editor [10], engineer [1-3, 5, 7-17, 19], recording [1]
• Darrel Terwillinger
  viola [17]
• David Marks
  background vocals [15], guitar [15]
• Dean Torrence
  lead vocals [20]
• Dennis Dreith
  clarinet [26], saxophone [26]
• Dennis Wilson
  background vocals [3-4, 8, 15, 26], baritone vocals [10], drums (drum set) [3, 10, 13, 15, 26], hi-hat [10], lead vocals [14], other vocals [13], vocal [2, 13, 16]
• Derry FitzGerald
  mix [1]
• Don Randi
  tack piano [17]
• Ed Carter
  bass guitar [29], guitar [26, 29]
• Frank Capp
  castanets [16], glockenspiel [19], percussion [4], vibraphone [2]
• Frank Marocco
  accordion [4, 17]
• Gary Mallaber
  drums (drum set) [29]
• Gene Estes
  percussion [26]
• Glen Campbell
  electric bass guitar [3], guitar [16]
• Hal Blaine
  bell [17], drums (drum set) [2, 4, 8, 16-17, 19], percussion [3], timbales [3]
• Harry Betts
  horn [29], strings [29]
• Howard Roberts
  guitar [2]
• Jack Nimitz
  bass saxophone [2, 19], clarinet [26], saxophone [26]
• James E. Bond
  double bass [16]
• Jay Migliori
  baritone saxophone [2, 4], clarinet [17], flute [19]
• Jeffrey Foskett
  acoustic guitar [30]
• Jerry Cole
  12 string guitar [2, 4], guitar [19]
• Jesse Erlich
  cello [17]
• Jim Gordon
  percussion [17]
• Jim Guercio
  bass guitar [29], producer [29]
• Jim Horn
  flute [17, 19]
• Jim Keltner
  drums (drum set) [30]
• Jim Lockert
  engineer [1, 21, 23-24]
• Jimmy Lyons
  guitar [29]
• Joe Chemay
  bass guitar [29]
• Joel Peskin
  alto saxophone [29-30]
• John J. Kelson, Jr.
  clarinet [26], saxophone [26]
• John Philip Shenale
  synthesizer [29]
• Keith Wechsler
  engineer [30], mix [30]
• Larry Knechtel
  harpsichord [17], piano [4]
• Larry Levine
  engineer [4], recording [1]
• Leon Russell
  organ [16], piano [2]
• Leonard Hartman
  bass clarinet [17], clarinet [17]
• Leonard Malarsky
  violin [17]
• Lyle Ritz
  bass guitar [4], double bass [2, 17, 19]
• Marilyn Wilson
  background vocals [26]
• Mark Linett
  mix [21], producer [21]
• Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson
  guitar [29]
• Mike Altschol
  clarinet [26], saxophone [26]
• Mike Baird
  drums (drum set) [29]
• Mike Love
  background vocals [8, 15, 26, 30], bass vocals [3, 10], lead vocals [1-3, 3-5, 5-7, 10, 10-12, 19, 22, 26, 30], vocal [1, 13, 16]
• Mike Maros
  clavinet [29]
• Murry Wilson
  producer [5, 25]
• Nick Venet
  producer [5, 7]
• Plas Johnson
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Ralph Valentin
  engineer [4, 17]
• Ray Pohlman
  electric bass guitar [3-4, 17]
• René Hall
  guitar [16]
• Richie Zito
  guitar [29]
• Rodney Clark
  bass [30]
• Ron Swallow
  tambourine [16]
• Roy Caton
  trumpet [2, 4]
• Ry Cooder
  slide guitar [30]
• Sid Sharp
  violin [17]
• Stephen Moffitt
  engineer [26]
• Stephen W. Desper
  engineer [22, 27]
• Sterling Smith
  harpsichord [29]
• Steve Douglas
  saxophone [26], temple blocks [19], tenor saxophone [2, 4]
• Steve Foreman
  percussion [29]
• Terry Melcher
  producer [30], tambourine [17]
• The Beach Boys
  performer [30], producer [1, 21, 23-24, 29]
• Van Dyke Parks
  accordion [30]
• Victor Feldman
  percussion [29]
• William Green
  flute [17]
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Issues

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  T
  The Very Best of the Beach Boys

  CD
  9 July 2001
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  T
  The Very Best of the Beach Boys

  CD
  2001