The Beach Boys – Keep An Eye On Summer: The Beach Boys Sessions 1964 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

The Beach Boys – Keep An Eye On Summer: The Beach Boys Sessions 1964 (2014)
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Comprised of recordings from live shows at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, California (December 1963) and the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London (November 1964), as well as studio session outtakes, Keep an Eye on Summer – The Beach Boys Sessions 1964 is a snapshot of the Beach Boys in the early 1960s.

“Get ready to wail, Carl, right on the beat,” says a producer at the beginning of seven minutes of rough tracks for “Fun, Fun Fun” that kick off Keep an Eye on Summer, a double-disc collection released to preserve copyrights on recordings the Beach Boys made in 1964. Released at the end of 2014, just as the clock was running out for these recordings, this is a clearinghouse of stereo mixes, a cappella versions, session highlights, alternate takes, and a few live cuts — a jumble that tacitly underscores just how much the vaults have been mined on previous reissues. Then again, unlike such previous excavations, like 2001’s Hawthorne, CA: Birthplace of a Musical Legacy, this doesn’t attempt to make sense of the mess; it just presents it all, so it’s ripe for cherry-picking. There are some nice things scattered all the way through — the chatter is often fun, there are some neat subtle differences, the live stuff generally crackles despite the muted audio — but there’s no question this is for serious fans or perhaps even scholars, whatever kind of fan that can easily spot such minutia. –AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:
01. The Beach Boys – Fun, Fun, Fun (Session Highlights Stereo Mix) (07:39)
02. The Beach Boys – Fun, Fun, Fun (A Cappella) (02:23)
03. The Beach Boys – Fun, Fun, Fun (Stereo Mix 2013) (02:14)
04. The Beach Boys – Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Session Highlights Stereo Mix) (04:59)
05. The Beach Boys – Why Do Fools Fall In Love (New Stereo Mix) (02:09)
06. The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby (Session Highlights Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (04:42)
07. The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby (Stereo Mix 2009) (02:50)
08. The Beach Boys – In The Parkin’ Lot (Session Highlights A Capella Mix) (04:38)
09. The Beach Boys – Warmth Of The Sun (Session Highlights Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (05:09)
10. The Beach Boys – Warmth Of The Sun (Stereo Mix 2012) (03:03)
11. The Beach Boys – Pom Pom Play Girl (Session Highlights Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (04:54)
12. The Beach Boys – Pom Pom Play Girl (New Stereo Mix) (01:33)
13. The Beach Boys – Denny’s Drums (Session Highlight Alternate Take) (03:23)
14. The Beach Boys – Keep An Eye On Summer (Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (02:28)
15. The Beach Boys – Endless Sleep (Larry Denton Vocal) (02:32)
16. The Beach Boys – I Get Around (Session Highlight Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (05:34)
17. The Beach Boys – I Get Around (A Cappella) (02:16)
18. The Beach Boys – All Summer Long (Session Highlights Stereo Mix) (04:46)
19. The Beach Boys – All Summer Long (A Cappella) (02:19)
20. The Beach Boys – All Summer Long (Stereo Mix 2007) (02:09)
21. The Beach Boys – Hushabye (Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (02:42)
22. The Beach Boys – Girls On The Beach (Alternate Vocal Session Highlights Master A Cappella Mix) (05:27)
23. The Beach Boys – Wendy (Vocal Session Highlights A Cappella Mix) (04:40)
24. The Beach Boys – Don’t Back Down (Alternate Version Session Highlight New Stereo Mix) (02:04)
25. The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick (Drive In) (Vocal Session Highlights New Stereo Mix) (03:21)
26. The Beach Boys – Untitled Jam / Let’s Live Before We Die (Session Highlights Instrumental) (03:24)
27. The Beach Boys – Little Honda (Alternate Version Session Highlight New Stereo Mix) (02:46)
28. The Beach Boys – Little Honda (Single Mix) (01:52)
29. The Beach Boys – She Knows Me Too Well (Vocal Session Highlight Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (02:43)
30. The Beach Boys – She Knows Me Too Well (A Cappella) (02:46)
31. The Beach Boys – Don’t Hurt My Little Sister (Session Highlight A Cappella Mix) (02:36)
32. The Beach Boys – Christmas Eve (Instrumental Mix) (03:09)
33. The Beach Boys – Jingle Bells (Instrumental Mix) (02:33)
34. The Beach Boys – When I Grow Up (A Cappella) (02:11)
35. The Beach Boys – Fun, Fun, Fun (Live) (02:17)
36. The Beach Boys – I Get Around (Live) (02:16)
37. The Beach Boys – I’m So Young (Alternate Version Session Highlight New Stereo Mix) (04:02)
38. The Beach Boys – All Dressed Up For School (Session Highlights New Stereo Mix) (03:47)
39. The Beach Boys – Dance Dance Dance (Alternate Version New Stereo Mix) (02:05)
40. The Beach Boys – Dance Dance Dance (Session Highlights Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals) (04:44)
41. The Beach Boys – Dance Dance Dance (A Cappella) (02:06)
42. The Beach Boys – I Get Around (Live BBC 1964) (02:02)
43. The Beach Boys – The Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Live BBC 1964) (03:07)
44. The Beach Boys – Graduation Day (Live BBC 1964) (02:14)
45. The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (Live BBC 1964) (02:24)
46. The Beach Boys – Johnny B. Goode (Live Single Mix) (01:52)

Personnel:
Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar, rhythm guitar
Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals
Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar; piano
Carl Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead guitar
Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; drums

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