The Greatest Hits - Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations
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The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations is a 1999 single disc compilation by The Beach Boys
and released through Capitol Records
. Initially, the collection was released in 1995 without its volume number and with a slight difference in sequencing. It was decided to create sequels to the original collection, so the 1995 release was updated accordingly to reflect this change. The updated version was re-issued the same day that its sequel, The Greatest Hits – Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations, appeared. The variation to the 1995 issue and the 1999 issue are the versions chosen for Be True To Your School and Help Me, Rhonda. The 1995 issue features the album version of both while the 1999 issue features the single version.
Featuring most of their classic—and biggest—hits during The Beach Boys' 1962-1966 golden streak, the album only breaks the period production by including the 1988 #1 hit, "Kokomo".
The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations is also notable for crediting Murry Wilson
, not Nick Venet, as producer of "Surfin' Safari" and "409", while also modifying "Surfin' USA" and "Shut Down"'s credits to reflect Brian Wilson
as producer.
Released in September 1999, The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations charted at #95 US in March 2000 after a less-than-accurate Beach Boys ABC-TV movie was transmitted.
/Mike Love
, except where noted. All tracks are mono single mixes, except where noted.
1995 version. All songs by Brian Wilson
/Mike Love
, except where noted.
The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations (Capitol 7243 5 21860 2) hit #95 in the US during a chart stay of 11 weeks.
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
and released through Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
. Initially, the collection was released in 1995 without its volume number and with a slight difference in sequencing. It was decided to create sequels to the original collection, so the 1995 release was updated accordingly to reflect this change. The updated version was re-issued the same day that its sequel, The Greatest Hits – Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations, appeared. The variation to the 1995 issue and the 1999 issue are the versions chosen for Be True To Your School and Help Me, Rhonda. The 1995 issue features the album version of both while the 1999 issue features the single version.
Featuring most of their classic—and biggest—hits during The Beach Boys' 1962-1966 golden streak, the album only breaks the period production by including the 1988 #1 hit, "Kokomo".
The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations is also notable for crediting Murry Wilson
Murry Wilson
Murry Gage Wilson was an American musician and record producer, best remembered as the father of The Beach Boys members Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson, uncle of bandmate Mike Love, and the husband of Audree Wilson...
, not Nick Venet, as producer of "Surfin' Safari" and "409", while also modifying "Surfin' USA" and "Shut Down"'s credits to reflect Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
as producer.
Released in September 1999, The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations charted at #95 US in March 2000 after a less-than-accurate Beach Boys ABC-TV movie was transmitted.
Track listing
1999 version. All songs by Brian WilsonBrian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
/Mike Love
Mike Love
Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...
, except where noted. All tracks are mono single mixes, except where noted.
- "Surfin' SafariSurfin' Safari-Musicians:*Alan Jardine - vocals, acoustic bass *Mike Love - vocals*David Marks - rhythm guitar, vocals *Brian Wilson - bass guitar, piano, vocals*Carl Wilson - lead guitar, vocals*Dennis Wilson - drums, vocals...
" – 2:05 - "409409 (song)"409" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Gary Usher for the American rock and roll band, The Beach Boys. The song features Mike Love singing lead vocals. It was originally released as the b-side of the "Surfin' Safari" single...
" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Gary Usher) – 1:59 - "Surfin' USASurfin' USA (song)"Surfin' USA" is a song with lyrics written by Brian Wilson for The Beach Boys, set to the melody from Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen". Berry received co-writing credit for composing the song after litigating. "Surfin' USA" was recorded by The Beach Boys and released as a single on March 4,...
" (Brian Wilson/Chuck BerryChuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
) – 2:27 - "Shut Down" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:49
- "Surfer GirlSurfer GirlSurfer Girl is the third studio album by The Beach Boys and their second longplayer in 1963. This was the first album by The Beach Boys for which Brian Wilson was given full production credit, a position Wilson would maintain until the end of the The Smile Sessions in 1967...
" (Brian Wilson) – 2:26 - "Little Deuce CoupeLittle Deuce CoupeLittle Deuce Coupe is The Beach Boys' fourth album, and third overall LP release in 1963. Almost unintentionally, the album was rush-recorded and compiled when leader Brian Wilson sought to protect his band from exploitation from Capitol Records....
" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:48 - "Catch a WaveCatch a Wave"Catch a Wave" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band, The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1963 album Surfer Girl. This song was recorded on July 14 and 16, 1963. This song is notable for the use of a harp played by Mike Love's sister, Maureen...
" (mono album mix) – 2:17 - "Be True to Your SchoolBe True to Your School"Be True to Your School" is a song by The Beach Boys. The album version of this song was recorded on Monday, September 2, 1963. It appears on Little Deuce Coupe and Endless Summer....
" – 2:06 - "Fun, Fun, FunFun, Fun, Fun"Fun, Fun, Fun", written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was a hit single by The Beach Boys that was released in 1964 on the band's album Shut Down Volume 2.- Composition :...
" – 2:18 - "I Get AroundI Get Around"I Get Around" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for The Beach Boys. The song features Love on lead vocal for the verse, and Wilson for the chorus. It is noteworthy for its back-to-front structure - it starts with a chorus and has two short verses...
" – 2:13 - "Dance, Dance, DanceDance, Dance, Dance (song)"Dance, Dance, Dance" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1965 album Today!. It was also released as a single in 1964, with the B-side of the single being "The Warmth of the Sun." The single peaked at #8...
" (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson/Mike Love) – 1:59 - "Do You Wanna Dance?Do You Wanna Dance?"Do You Wanna Dance?" is a song written by Bobby Freeman , and recorded by him in 1958. It is also popular in a version performed by the Beach Boys, which was released in 1965, and in a version recorded by Bette Midler in 1972...
" (Bobby Freeman) – 2:18 - "Help Me, RhondaHelp Me, Rhonda"Help Me, Rhonda" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for their American rock band The Beach Boys. The song is the first Beach Boys song to feature a lead vocal by Al Jardine. It was released in March 1965 on the album Today! as "Help Me, Ronda"...
" – 2:46 - "California GirlsCalifornia Girls"California Girls" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys, featured on their ninth studio album Summer Days . Written by band-members Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the song features contrasting verse-chorus form...
" – 2:44 - "Barbara AnnBarbara Ann"Barbara Ann" is a song written by Fred Fassert and performed by The Regents in 1961. The recording reached a peak position of #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart....
" (Fred Fassert) – 2:07 - "Sloop John BSloop John B"Sloop John B" is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, "The John B. Sails," taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg . Alan Lomax made a field recording of...
" (Trad. Arr. Brian Wilson) – 2:55 - "Wouldn't It Be NiceWouldn't It Be Nice"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is the opening track on the 1966 album Pet Sounds and one of the most widely recognized songs by the American rock band The Beach Boys...
" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher/Mike Love) – 2:23 - "God Only KnowsGod Only Knows"God Only Knows" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the eighth track on the group's 11th studio album, Pet Sounds , and one of their most widely recognized songs. "God Only Knows" was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Tony Asher and lead vocal by Carl...
" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) – 2:49 - "Good VibrationsGood Vibrations"Good Vibrations" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. Composed and produced by Brian Wilson, the song's lyrics were written by Wilson and Mike Love....
" – 3:36 - "KokomoKokomo (song)"Kokomo" is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988. Its lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip to a relaxing Caribbean island called Kokomo. It was released as a single in July 1988 by Elektra Records and became a...
" (stereo single mix) (John PhillipsJohn Phillips (musician)John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
/Mike Love/Terry MelcherTerry MelcherTerrence P. Melcher was an American musician and record producer, who was instrumental in shaping the sound of American West Coast rock music. His greatest contribution to the culture of the time was producing The Byrds' innovative hits "Mr Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and his...
/Scott McKenzie) – 3:35
1995 version. All songs by Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
/Mike Love
Mike Love
Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...
, except where noted.
- "Surfin' Safari" – 2:05
- "Surfin' USA" (Brian Wilson/Chuck BerryChuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
) – 2:27 - "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson) – 2:26
- "Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:48
- "Be True to Your School" – 2:06
- "Fun, Fun, Fun" – 2:18
- "I Get Around" – 2:13
- "Shut Down" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:49
- "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson/Mike Love) – 1:59
- "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – 2:18
- "Help Me, Rhonda" – 2:46
- "California Girls" – 2:44
- "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert) – 2:07
- "Sloop John B" (Trad. Arr. Brian Wilson) – 2:55
- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher/Mike Love) – 2:23
- "Good Vibrations" – 3:36
- "409" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Gary Usher) – 1:59
- "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) – 2:49
- "Catch a Wave" – 2:17
- "Kokomo" (John PhillipsJohn Phillips (musician)John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
/Mike Love/Terry MelcherTerry MelcherTerrence P. Melcher was an American musician and record producer, who was instrumental in shaping the sound of American West Coast rock music. His greatest contribution to the culture of the time was producing The Byrds' innovative hits "Mr Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and his...
/Scott McKenzie) – 3:35
The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations (Capitol 7243 5 21860 2) hit #95 in the US during a chart stay of 11 weeks.