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Post by AGD on Jul 13, 2024 11:39:11 GMT -5
...the sublime All Summer Long. Check out Howie's appreciation here: All Summer Long! |
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Post by Awesoman on Jul 13, 2024 12:19:16 GMT -5
Perhaps the band's first truly solid album. Less filler than previous albums and even lesser-known tracks like "Don't Back Down" are quite good.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Jul 13, 2024 16:36:13 GMT -5
For me, All Summer Long is the quintessential album of Summer. It is the third best album in my Top 5 behind the Today album and Sunflower. I believe that this was the first Beach Boys album my older brother bought upon or near the release date. In mono, of course. My favorites are Wendy, All Summer Long and Don’t Back Down. Oh, what the heck, I like All of Them! Sixty years on and it still holds up well.
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Post by Will/P.P. on Jul 13, 2024 17:38:36 GMT -5
All Summer Long was a big one, an important one. A time I hold dear.
Had a paper route. Couldn't do that until you were 12 years old, and
I was just past that. Was still playing catch-up on a few of the earlier
records, but believe it was the first one I got with my own money.
My Top 5 songs from the record: #1 - "I Get Around"
#2 - "All Summer Long" #3 - "Girls On the Beach"
#4 - "We'll Run Away" #5 - "Hushabye"
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Post by highllama on Jul 14, 2024 3:21:37 GMT -5
Many years ago, when I bought vinyl, I found a nice mono copy for $3. This was in a cool store run by an intimidating-looking metal/punk guy, who was super nice and let his friendly cat sleep on the records. He also gave me a copy of Bitches Brew for free.
It has one of my favorite Beach Boys album covers and I enjoy every track. "I Get Around," "Wendy," "All Summer Long"...I love the recording highlights for that last one, too. "I hate this part!" And it's fun playing "Our Favorite Recording Sessions" for people.
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Post by E on Jul 14, 2024 3:50:03 GMT -5
Wonderful cover too.
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Post by jk on Jul 14, 2024 4:28:19 GMT -5
All Summer Long was a big one, an important one. A time I hold dear. Had a paper route. Couldn't do that until you were 12 years old, and I was just past that. Was still playing catch-up on a few of the earlier records, but believe it was the first one I got with my own money. My Top 5 songs from the record: #1 - "I Get Around"
#2 - "All Summer Long" #3 - "Girls On the Beach"
#4 - "We'll Run Away" #5 - "Hushabye" Cool to see "Girls On The Beach" at #3. It often gets slammed (that word again) as a "Surfer Girl" clone. "Girls On The Beach" goes places that would have given "Surfer Girl” vertigo. |
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Post by jk on Jul 14, 2024 4:32:22 GMT -5
For me, All Summer Long is the quintessential album of Summer. It is the third best album in my Top 5 behind the Today album and Sunflower. I believe that this was the first Beach Boys album my older brother bought upon or near the release date. In mono, of course. My favorites are Wendy, All Summer Long and Don’t Back Down. Oh, what the heck, I like All of Them! Sixty years on and it still holds up well. I have it here on vinyl (in mono), on permanent loan from my younger brother. (He certainly didn't buy it at the time.) I used to spin it daily for a while in 2003, between my first and second CD players. |
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Post by mikedonn on Jul 14, 2024 9:39:36 GMT -5
New orange coloured vinyl has been released to mark the occasion.
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Post by ryankc on Jul 17, 2024 21:56:28 GMT -5
I am spinning an original vinyl copy tonight. The music (and the record) have held up really well. Brian's production really takes a leap here. The vocals are near perfect throughout the album. The few weaker tracks on the album have their merits and you can tell some of it tongue and cheek on their part. It may be a summer album on the surface, but the band is going places. I enjoy this period of time where the band were mostly playing their instruments, alongside Wrecking Crew when needed. That music in addition to their voices make one of their best.
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