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Beach Boys Capitol Years 7 LP Vinyl UK Box Set

The Capitol Years was a Beach Boys box set released in England in 1980. This box set was available as an import only in the United States and carried a price tag of $99.99. Back then, not many people were able to plunk down $100 for this set.

The production is crystal clear even by today’s standards. I am guessing that virgin vinyl was used as opposed to United States releases that use recycled vinyl. Each LP is contained in its own sleeve and a booklet gives a history of all the songs.

There are eight sides 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 best are “Shoot The Curl” with good girl harmonies and the superb “Pray For Surf" with a sax line running throughout and stunning Beach Boy-like harmonies.

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.’ This song can be classified as a torch song and was a rarity for Brain Wilson in 1964.

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 tanked, 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.

Brian Wilson was one of the most creative producers and creators of songs in the history of modern music. These 17 tracks were recorded while he was at the height of his powers. It is interesting that not one of the releases was a hit. Still they are historically important in that they give a glimpse of Brian Wilson’s genius outside of its original and usual context.

123 Songs on Seven (7) Vinyl LP's.

SUMMERTIME U.S.A.

19 Songs:  Surfin'; Surfin' Safari; Ten Little Indians; Surfin' USA; Catch A Wave; Hawaii; Surfer's Rule; Surfer Girl; Don't Back Down; Little Deuce Coupe; 409; In The Parkin' Lot; Car Crazy Cutie; Spirit Of America; Shut Down; Custom Machine; Drive In; Cherry, Cherry Coupe; Little Honda.

CALIFORNIA DREAM

19 Songs:  Be True To Your School; Fun, Fun, Fun; Why Do Fools Fall In Love; All Summer Long; I Get Around; Wendy; When I Grow Up (To Be A Man); Little Saint Nick; Christmas Day; Auld Lang Syne; Don't Worry Baby; Your Summer Dream; In My Room; The Warmth Of The Sun; Keep An Eye On Summer; Girls On The Beach; Please Let Me Wonder; Hushabye; The Lord's Prayer.

SUNSHINE MUSIC

19 Songs:  Dance, Dance, Dance; The Little Girl I Once Knew; Good To My Baby; Help Me, Rhonda; Do You Wanna Dance; You're So Good To Me; Don't Hurt My Little Sister; She Knows Me Too Well; California Girls; The Little Old Lady From Pasadena; Graduation Day; The Monster Mash; Johnny B Goode; Barbara-Ann; There's No Other (Like My Baby); Devoted To You; Mountain Of Love; Aren't You Glad; Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring.

CHANGES

17 Songs:  Then I Kissed Her; Kiss Me Baby; Let Him Run Wild; Amusement Parks USA; I'm So Young; Girl Don't Tell Me; Salt Lake City; The Girl From New York City; Sloop John B; Here Today; Caroline No; I'm Waiting For The Day; You Still Believe In Me; I Know There's An Answer; Wouldn't It Be Nice; God Only Knows; I Just Wasn't Made For These Times.

TIMELESS

16 Songs:  Good Vibrations; Wind Chimes; Cabinessence; Vegetables; Wonderful; Our Prayer; Heroes And Villains; Darlin'; Gettin' Hungry; Here Comes The Night; With Me Tonight; Wake The World; Country Air; Well, You're Welcome; I'd Love Just Once To See You; Wild Honey.

BREAK AWAY

16 Songs:  Do It Again; Little Bird; Let The Wind Blow; Busy Doin' Nothin'; Passing By; Time To Get Alone; Be Here In The Morning; Friends; I Can Hear Music; Never Learn Not To Love; Cottonfields; I Went To Sleep; Bluebirds Over The Mountain; Celebrate The News; Be With Me; Break Away.

THE BRIAN WILSON PRODUCTIONS

17 Songs:  Shoot The Curl (The Honeys); Surfin' Down The Swanee River (The Honeys); Pray For Surf (The Honeys); Hide Go Seek (The Honeys); Runaround Lover (Sharon Marie); Summertime (Sharon Marie); The One You Can't Have (The Honeys); From Jimmy With Tears (The Honeys); Pamela Jean (The Survivors); After The Game (The Survivors); Sacramento (Gary Usher); That's Just The Way I Feel (Gary Usher); Thinkin' ;Bout You Babay (Sharon Marie); Story Of My Life (Sharon Marie); Guess I'm Dumb (Glen Campbell); Tonight You Belong To Me (The Honeys); Goodnight My Love (The Honeys).

THIS ITEM IS FROM OUR PEDIGREE MUSIC COLLECTION; PLEASE READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE:

Great item from an amazing music collection I'm just starting to list.  Over the next few weeks you will see TONS of incredible records from this collection.  Look in my eBay store under "Pedigree Collection - Records" and prepare to be amazed!

SOME BACKGROUND ON THE COLLECTION:  This collection comes from a longtime music business professional who started his career in the 70's as a clerk at a very cool LA based record store chain that dealt in lots of import product.  By the late 70's he'd started a company that specialized in importing records from all over the world (not just the UK, as had previously been the standard).  The company handled a lot of obscure progrssive, punk and industrial releases and the gentleman in question set aside a copy of EVERYTHING they brought in.  Out of the import company grew a label (one of the most successful independent labels of all time with HUGE acts) which was eventually sold to a major label.  The owner then continued working in the Industry for the next 20+ years, acquiring a tremendous amount of product along the way. Like many avid music consumers, he didn't have time to listen to as much as he'd have liked and much of the collection is unplayed or barely played.  All items are graded visually.

He is now selling this collection through us - prepare to be amazed!

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