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Post by aaronsamazing on Oct 24, 2020 0:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by petsite on Jun 6, 2021 1:23:32 GMT -5
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Post by dauber on Jun 21, 2022 21:54:56 GMT -5
I was holding off on my comments until we released episode 10 of Tune X Podcast, in which we discuss four double-albums, including this one.
When you listen to Endless Summer, you're bombarded with eternal classics. It's seriously mind blowing just how almost every single song on this album was a huge hit, and the ones that weren't huge hits were still very popular album tracks.
If our vinyl copy (Hollywood pressing, mastered by Wally) is any indication, then anybody who picks up the record is in for a treat: the sound quality is phenomenal. Never really listened to the other formats or other versions of this album.
However: I cannot give Endless Summer a 10, because it has a huge flaw: only five songs per side. There are some very loudly missing classics: "Barbara Ann," "When I Grow Up," "Dance, Dance, Dance," and "409." I theorize that these songs were intended to be on the album, but someone at Capitol, in a Tex Avery way, found his eyes popping out of their sockets with dollar signs for pupils, and pulled off four songs so they could make a follow-up album out of said songs.
9/10
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Post by Awesoman on Nov 22, 2023 13:16:34 GMT -5
This one is a double-edged sword. It revitalized the band's popularity and developed a fond nostalgia for their big hits of the previous decade. And it also probably cemented their iconic status as "America's Band". But it also derailed them creatively by nerfing the progressive direction they were trying to move towards. Things would never be the same for them after this compilation took off. So it's hard to say if this album benefited the band in the long run or if it was a detriment to them growing as artists.
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Post by John Manning on Dec 18, 2023 1:55:00 GMT -5
This one is a double-edged sword. It revitalized the band's popularity and developed a fond nostalgia for their big hits of the previous decade. And it also probably cemented their iconic status as "America's Band". But it also derailed them creatively by nerfing the progressive direction they were trying to move towards. Things would never be the same for them after this compilation took off. So it's hard to say if this album benefited the band in the long run or if it was a detriment to them growing as artists. Bjt then Good Vibrations, released the following year, perhaps ought to have redressed the balance?
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Post by boogieboarder on Dec 18, 2023 4:45:25 GMT -5
This one is a double-edged sword. It revitalized the band's popularity and developed a fond nostalgia for their big hits of the previous decade. And it also probably cemented their iconic status as "America's Band". But it also derailed them creatively by nerfing the progressive direction they were trying to move towards. Things would never be the same for them after this compilation took off. So it's hard to say if this album benefited the band in the long run or if it was a detriment to them growing as artists. Bjt then Good Vibrations, released the following year, perhaps ought to have redressed the balance? It was the double LP Spirit of America that was the follow up to Endless Summer, a year later in 1975. It went to number 8 in the U.S., and was timely because we were about to celebrate our Bi-centennial in 1976.
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Post by boogieboarder on Dec 18, 2023 5:01:57 GMT -5
Endless Summer was a great album at the time to put on at a party (unlike, in my opinion, The Beach Boys Party, which I would never play at a party). But for me, I didn't need a compilation album to "revitalize" the Beach Boys, as I had, and was always into, their original album catalog.
I was disappointed that it had the LP versions of "Help Me Ronda," and "Be True to Your School." And LP mixes of songs like "Fun Fun Fun" as well. It was almost as if the engineers just grabbed the easiest tape they could find without spending any time or research looking for the hit versions.
As for this album only having 5 songs per side, I think the double LP sold as the same price as a single album, or only $1 more, so nobody felt ripped off by having only 5 songs per side.
After 1974, I was unlikely to play the album anymore, opting to hear the original albums in their entirety. By the time CDs came out, I was anxiously awaiting to hear The Beach Boys catalog on CD. But all we got were Made in U.S.A. in 1986, and Endless Summer, Spirit of America, California Girls in 1987, with Best of The Beach Boys and Christmas Album in 1988. We had to wait all the way into 1990 to get the actual Beach Boys Capitol catalog on CD (with the 2fers).
When Endless Summer was released on CD, it was an extreme disappointment quality-wise. It might be the worst sounding Beach Boys CD ever made. I know I can't listen to it at all. If they have remastered it since the original pressing, I wouldn't be interested anyway.
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