Rare Early Recordings
Released: Jul 16, 1981
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Released: Jul 16, 1981
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This is one of many low-budget albums made up of material recorded at the Beach Boys' first, pre-Capitol Records recording sessions with Hite and Dorinda Morgan in October 1961 and February and...
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Keepin' the Summer Alive
Released: Mar 17, 1980
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Released: Mar 17, 1980
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A low point. Bruce Johnston produces a Beach Boys soundalike album using the actual group, plus 22 other credited musicians, while Carl Wilson collaborates with Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner...
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L.A. (Light Album)
Released: Mar 16, 1979
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Released: Mar 16, 1979
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The Beach Boys went into their outtakes archive for this cobbled-together collection, which nevertheless features the lovely Brian and Carl Wilson collaboration "Good Timin'." Much of it is...
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Surfing with the Beach Boys, The Marketts and Frogmen
Released: Jan 2, 1979
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Released: Jan 2, 1979
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Rip-off album containing pre-Capitol Beach Boys tracks mixed with forgettable beach tunes by others. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
M.I.U. Album
Released: Sep 25, 1978
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Released: Sep 25, 1978
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The group's last halfway-good album, sparked by pleasant singing, some unexpected rock cover versions, and funny wordplay by Brian Wilson. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
Love You
Released: Apr 11, 1977
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Released: Apr 11, 1977
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Judging by the title and the quilted design on the cover, Love You would appear to be an album of ballads or romantic tracks, maybe '70s remakes of "Surfer Girl" or "In My Room." But from the...
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