BEACH BOYS BOX SET The Capitol Years 7 LP's RARE World Records Import NM to M
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Beach Boys Capitol Years 7 LP Vinyl UK Box Set
Records are Beautiful Near Mint to Mint Condition!!!
Box is VG with water staining.
Great vinyl box set from UK, all records are in NM shape. Like never played. The box looks pretty good except with water staining on the box cover and only a couple of the record sleeves have a little waving at bottom only. STAINING DID NOT AFFECT RECORDS OR INNER SLEEVES!!!! One small split in the top box corner.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.
This was advertised as a six-LP set containing 106 songs. The Capitol Years was released on the World label which was a subsidiary of EMI, the parent company of Capitol. The 109 songs include every 1960s hit by the Beach Boys plus most of their other, better songs. Each disc is centered on a theme and the songs are presented in chronological order.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 is a seventh unadvertised disc included in the set. This disc contained the 17 non-Beach Boys songs that Brian Wilson produced for the Capitol label. It included both sides of eight single releases plus one more song.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.
The real rarities were two songs by the Honeys from 1969. “Goodnight My Love” was a fairly straightforward presentation of this old standard. “Tonight You Belong To Me” was a departure from the Honeys' surf songs of the early 1960s. It reminded me of the old girl group, the Caravelles, who had a big hit with the song “You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry.” High, almost falsetto, harmonies set against simple lyrics and melody makes this cut a stand-out.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.
Gary Usher checks in with two songs. “Sacramento” and “That’s Just The Way I Feel” are both disappointments. They feature standard vocals and little in the way of harmonies. Gary Usher was an early writing partner of Brian Wilson who would go on to produce such brilliant studio groups as the Hondells, Super Stocks, and the Knights.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.
The final song was “Guess I’m Dumb” released by Glen Campbell in May of 1964. When Brian Wilson stopped touring with the Beach Boys, Glen Campbell joined their stage act for a short time. Glen sings this song in a Brian-like falsetto with Brian Wilson and the Honeys providing backing.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.
LOW PRICE FOR THIS SET, BECAUSE OF TOP COVER STAINED. SEE PICS. From my own collection. Am selling some rare stuff, check out my other records. Thanks for looking and if you have any questions or requests, just ask Tony. Thanks.price rating
