The Beach Boys – M.I.U. Album (1978/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:26 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Pop Rock
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Released in 1978, this Beach Boys album is named for the Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa where it was recorded, a move that caused great turmoil within the band. Neither Dennis nor Carl Wilson approved of the decision, prompted by Mike Love’s adherence to Transcendental Meditation. As a result, only Love, Al Jardine and Brian Wilson were involved in any major way. The single Come Go With Me, re-released off a compilation in 1981, broke into the top 20 the second time around.
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The Beach Boys – Love You (1977/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:29 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Pop Rock
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Love You (also known as The Beach Boys Love You) is the 21st studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on April 11, 1977. Originally conceived as a Brian Wilson solo album entitled Brian Loves You, the album is almost entirely written and performed by Wilson, with the other band members mainly serving as additional lead vocalists. Peaking at number 53 on US record charts, the album was received with a sharp divide between fans and critics. One single was issued from the album: “Honkin’ Down the Highway” backed with “Solar System”.
Penned during a process of mental and drug rehabilitation for Wilson, Love You has been praised by reviewers for the album’s honest, unpretentious lyrics, and has been described as a portrait into his sense of self in 1977. Heavily reliant on 1970s analog synthesizers, the album has been recognized as an early work of synthpop, a forerunner to new wave experiments, and an idiosyncratic and creative oddity in the Beach Boys’ canon. After being asked where somebody should begin with the Beach Boys discography, Wilson answered: “Pet Sounds first, then listen to The Beach Boys Love You.” A follow-up album, Adult Child, was completed by the group, but left unreleased.
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The Beach Boys – Live In London (1970/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:07 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Rock
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The Beach Boys’ live recorded performance at Finsbury Park in London in 1968. Live in London features hit songs “California Girls”, “Good Vibrations”, “Darlin” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”.
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The Beach Boys – Live In Chicago 1965 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:47:38 minutes | 1,91 GB | Genre: Pop Rock
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“Live In Chicago 1965” is an album of two previously unreleased recordings of The Beach Boys playing at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago on March 26 and 27, 1965.
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The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe (1963/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 25:42 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Rock
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Newly remastered for vinyl and in hi-res by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, Little Deuce Coupe is presented here in stereo.
Released just one month after the Surfer Girl album, Little Deuce Coupe was, incredibly, the Beach Boys’ fourth album in less than a year. Brian Wilson and the band responded by turning in arguably their most consistent effort to date — and a concept album, to boot.
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The Beach Boys – L.A. (Light Album) (1979/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:17 minutes | 1,67 GB | Genre: Pop Rock
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L.A. (Light Album) is the 23rd studio album by The Beach Boys, released on March 19, 1979. Produced by Bruce Johnston, James William Guercio and the band itself, the album was The Beach Boys’ first on CBS Records, and the first to feature contributions from Johnston since his departure from the band in 1972. Johnston was brought in when it became clear that the ailing Brian Wilson was in no fit state to produce the album, and has remained in the band ever since.
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The Beach Boys – Keepin’ The Summer Alive (1980/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:12 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Pop Rock
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Keepin’ The Summer Alive, released in 1980, was lushly produced by Bruce Johnston after an ill-fated attempt to have Brian Wilson helm the album. Featuring string and horn sections and many contributing musicians, among them Joe Walsh on guitar on the title track, this is the last Beach Boys album issued before the death of Dennis Wilson in 1983. The drummer refused to participate in the recording of Keepin’ The Summer Alive and only appears on one old track from 1972.
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The Beach Boys – Keep An Eye On Summer: The Beach Boys Sessions 1964 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 02:27:14 minutes | 2,29 GB | Genre: Rock
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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.
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The Beach Boys – Holland (1973/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:26 minutes | 2,51 GB | Genre: Pop
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Holland is the 19th studio album by the American rock group The Beach Boys, released in January 1973. It peaked at number 36 in the US and number 20 in the UK. At the end of the 1973, Rolling Stone named Holland as one of their picks for “album of the year”. In 2000, Elvis Costello ranked the album as one of his favorite records of all time. Holland included a bonus EP, Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale), a musical fairy tale written by Brian Wilson about a magical transistor radio who appears to a young prince.
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The Beach Boys – Friends (1968/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 25:43 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Rock
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Friends is The Beach Boys’ 14th studio album originally released in 1968. Many of the album’s songs were inspired by Transcendental Meditation and the group’s recent interactions with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was initially met with a mild critical reception and peaked at number 126 on the US Billboard charts for what was then group’s worst chart performance to date. In the UK, the album peaked at number 13.
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The Beach Boys – “Feel Flows” The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 (Super Deluxe)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 06:32:41 minutes | 7,08 GB | Genre: Pop Rock
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Capitol Records/Universal Music will explore The Beach Boys’ 1969-1971 period with a new archive release called Feel Flows – The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971.
Available across a number of formats – including five-CD deluxe set and 4LP vinyl box – Feel Flows features newly remastered versions of Sunflower (1970) and Surf’s Up (1971) and boasts up to 108 previously unreleased tracks, including live recordings, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, isolated backing tracks and a cappella versions.
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The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (1964/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 27:55 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Christmas
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Beach Boys’ Christmas Album features the Beach Boys performing a variety of holiday favorites. Most of the featured songs are well-known, some of the more popular being “Frosty the Snowman,” “White Christmas,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” among others. Furthermore, there are four songs composed by the Beach Boys – “Little Saint Nick,” “Man With All the Toys,” “Santa’s Beard,” and “Merry Christmas, Baby” – which begin the album. This mix of favorites and originals makes this a balanced holiday album that should please both Beach Boys admirers and those unfamiliar with the group.
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The Beach Boys – Carl and the Passions – ‘So Tough’ (1972/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:29 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Pop Rock
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Taking its title from Carl Wilson’s teenage band, Carl and the Passions – “So Tough” originally included Pet Sounds as a bonus when it was released in 1972. The Beach Boys’ personnel was in flux at this point, with outside members coming and going and minimal input from Brian Wilson. Nevertheless, the album hit number 25 in the UK and number 50 in the US.
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The Beach Boys – Beach Boys’ Party! (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 31:07 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Rock
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Newly remastered for vinyl and in hi-res by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, Beach Boys Party! is presented here in stereo.
The album is the tenth by the band, and featured the hit single “Barbara Ann”. The album peaked at #6 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and although it was recorded in a studio, was meant to sound like it was an impromptu live recording of a party.
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The Beach Boys – Beach Boys Concert (1964/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:15 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Pop
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Combining recordings from shows in December 1963 and August 1964 at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California, Concert is the Beach Boys’ first number one album, certified gold in the US and one of the last live documents of the original band with Brian Wilson, who would not perform in concert with the group for another 10 years.
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