BEACH BOYS BEST OF BEACH BOYS VOL.2 RARE STILL SEALED ORIG '67 CAPITOL STEREO LP

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·       THE BEACH BOYS – THE BEST OF BEACH BOYS, VOL. 2 – ORIGINAL 1967 CAPITOL RECORDS/STARLINE  STEREO LP DT-2706

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL CAPITOL RECORDS (STAR LINE SERIES) RED AND WHITE LABEL WITH “CONCENTRIC CIRCLES” MOTIF.

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Almost exactly one year after Capitol Records issued its first Best of the Beach Boys album (to cover the perceived weak performance of Pet Sounds) came this second volume, and once again it was a creation born of expediency. Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys had spent most of the second half of 1966 and the first half of 1967 working on the concept album SMiLE before abandoning it in the late spring of 1967; as a stopgap measure, to get something new into the hands of fans, Capitol Records once more raided the Beach Boys' back catalog. But Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 2 ranges a bit further than its predecessor. The label was obviously still uncomfortable promoting the "new" Beach Boys music from Pet Sounds and beyond, so there's no sign of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" or even "Sloop John B," and the compilation is still in the era of surf and car songs, with the expected hits including "I Get Around," "California Girls," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Surfin'' Safari," "Barbara Ann," and "409." But they're interspersed with some of the most unusual work of their early period, including the ethereal "Please Let Me Wonder" and the exquisitely textured "Don't Worry Baby," along with two of the more thoughtful teen anthems of the period, "Let Him Run Wild" and "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)." Rather ironically, given its quota of huge hits and its more ambitious programming, this album sold only a fraction of the previous volume -- by the summer of 1967, the mass appeal of all of those early hits assembled together was muted. Perhaps as a reflection of this, the U.K. version of the album, with a considerably different song list that included "Good Vibrations" (in what would have been its first LP appearance), "Here Today," and "Wouldn't It Be Nice," reached number three on the British charts, versus the number 50 placement in the U.S. But the fact that the Capitol label was so quick to reach back to the surf and car songs didn't improve relations with the group members, who were now all more or less on the same page musically with Brian Wilson, and were increasingly coming to understand how Wilson had felt in the years when he was trying to sell them as well as the label on the new music. Other, more ambitious collections have made this album irrelevant, but it's still a decent representation of an important part of the group's late surf and car era.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted below, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the normal room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)             True stereo pressings of this title do not exist; this is an electronically rechannelled recording.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       THE COVER

COVER IS STILL SEALED; HOWEVER, WE ARE UNABLE TO GRADE IT MINT OR NEAR MINT DUE TO MINOR FLAWS LISTED BELOW; WE GRADE THIS COVER AS EXCELLENT OR VG++(A PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        A visible water stain affects the area about 5 sq. inches in size in one bottom corner  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)  ; there is no structural damage to the cover, and both cardboard base and paper slick are intact, however, the stain is visible and has caused some erosion in the firmness of the cover ,  visible yellowish discoloration, a few minor moldy spots and a slight warp in the affected area.

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged / bent.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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