BEACH BOYS BEST OF BEACH BOYS, v.2 VERY RARE ORIG '67 CAPITOL MONO LP IN SHRINK

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·       BEACH BOYS – THE BEST OF BEACH BOYS, VOL. 2 – ORIGINAL 1968 CAPITOL RECORDS/STARLINE  MONO LP T-2706

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL CAPITOL RECORDS (STAR LINE SERIES) RED AND WHITE LABEL WITH “CONCENTRIC CIRCLES” MOTIF.

·       VERY RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN STEREO

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

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

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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:

·       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)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  (WEAK) NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(c)           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!

(d)            Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its FAKE ("electronically rechannelled") stereo counterpart. We estimate that FAKE stereo copies of this album outnumber monos by a ratio of at least 15:1.

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

·       COVER

COVER IS (WEAK) NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a partially split spine (between 2 and 4 inches  / 5 to 10 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-        Cover has a small cutout hole in one of the corners

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.   (nothing significant)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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