Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3
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Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 is the third in a series of hits compilations of music by The Beach Boys
released by Capitol Records
. It would prove to be the last official "best of" package by the band on their first record label.
Released in August 1968, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 was primarily put together to compensate for the disastrous U.S. sales of The Beach Boys' Friends
album. Containing another helping of hits, the album had both its good points and bad.
This album was the LP debut of the pre-Pet Sounds
single "The Little Girl I Once Knew". Also featured are "She Knows Me Too Well" from Today!; their very first charted hit from 1962, "Surfin'"; and the passage of time that enabled the inclusions of "Good Vibrations
", "Heroes and Villains" and "Darlin'". However, the appearance of "Frosty The Snowman" from The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
is indeed puzzling and out of place. Another odd inclusion is "409
", which had already been placed on Vol. 2. Among the hits that were not included in any of the original "best of" packages were: "Be True to Your School
", "Shut Down", "Do You Wanna Dance?
", "Sloop John B
", and "Wouldn't It Be Nice
". These (among many others) would appear later in several double-record compilations issued by Capitol in the 70s and 80s.
Long out of print, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 limped to an embarrassing #153 in the U.S.. UK fans were more charitable, sending it to #9.
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 (Capitol (D) T 2945) hit #153 in the U.S. during a 6 week chart stay. In the UK, it reached #9.
Side 1
Side 2
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...
released by 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...
. It would prove to be the last official "best of" package by the band on their first record label.
Released in August 1968, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 was primarily put together to compensate for the disastrous U.S. sales of The Beach Boys' Friends
Friends (The Beach Boys album)
Friends is the fourteenth studio album by The Beach Boys, released in 1968.As work on the album began in February 1968, Mike Love, a recent convert to transcendental meditation , departed on a two week trip to India to study TM further with his new master, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...
album. Containing another helping of hits, the album had both its good points and bad.
This album was the LP debut of the pre-Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966, on Capitol Records. It has since been recognized as one of the most influential records in the history of popular music and one of the best albums of the 1960s, including songs such as "Wouldn't...
single "The Little Girl I Once Knew". Also featured are "She Knows Me Too Well" from Today!; their very first charted hit from 1962, "Surfin'"; and the passage of time that enabled the inclusions of "Good Vibrations
Good 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....
", "Heroes and Villains" and "Darlin'". However, the appearance of "Frosty The Snowman" from The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
- The Musicians :* Al Jardine - guitar, vocals* Mike Love - vocals* Brian Wilson - bass guitar, vocals* Carl Wilson - guitar, vocals* Dennis Wilson - drums, vocals- Orchestra :...
is indeed puzzling and out of place. Another odd inclusion is "409
409 (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...
", which had already been placed on Vol. 2. Among the hits that were not included in any of the original "best of" packages were: "Be True to Your School
Be 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....
", "Shut Down", "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...
", "Sloop John B
Sloop 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...
", and "Wouldn't It Be Nice
Wouldn'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...
". These (among many others) would appear later in several double-record compilations issued by Capitol in the 70s and 80s.
Long out of print, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 limped to an embarrassing #153 in the U.S.. UK fans were more charitable, sending it to #9.
Side 1
- "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 WilsonBrian WilsonBrian 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...
/Tony AsherTony AsherTony Asher is an American lyricist who co-wrote much of The Beach Boys 1966 album Pet Sounds in conjunction with front man Brian Wilson, including such classic songs as "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice"...
) – 2:49 - "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 WilsonCarl WilsonCarl Dean Wilson was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, best known as a founding member, lead guitarist and sometime lead vocalist of The Beach Boys...
/Mike LoveMike LoveMichael 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...
) – 1:59 - "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 UsherGary UsherGary Usher was an American surf rock musician, songwriter, and record producer.-Biography:Usher's early life was spent in Grafton, Massachusetts. He attended Norcross Grammar School with his sister, Sandra, who was in the same class and was likely his twin. Gary was kiddingly called "Chicken Feed"...
) – 1:59 - "The Little Girl I Once KnewThe Little Girl I Once Knew"The Little Girl I Once Knew" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released in November 1965 as a single 45 rpm, backed by "There's No Other ", and reached #15 on the Cash Box chart, #20 on Billboard...
" (Brian Wilson) – 2:36 - "Frosty the SnowmanFrosty the Snowman"Frosty the Snowman" is a popular song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year; Rollins and Nelson shipped the...
" (Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins) – 1:54 - "Girl Don't Tell MeGirl Don't Tell Me"Girl Don't Tell Me" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1965 album Summer Days . Featuring Carl Wilson on Lead. In December 1965, it was chosen to be the B-side to The Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann" single, which would chart at #2 in the...
" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:19
Side 2
- "Surfin'Surfin' (song)"Surfin" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was released as the first Beach Boys single in November 1961 on Candix Records and it later appeared on the 1962 album Surfin' Safari. The Beach Boys were trying to think of something original and...
" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:11 - "Heroes and VillainsHeroes and Villains"Heroes and Villains" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, co-written by the group's leader Brian Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks. Originally intended by Wilson to be the centerpiece of the ambitious but shelved album Smile, a re-recorded version of the song was released on Smiley...
" (Brian Wilson/Van Dyke ParksVan Dyke ParksVan Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
) – 3:37 - "She Knows Me Too WellShe Knows Me Too Well"She Knows Me Too Well" is a song written by Brian 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 the B-side of the "When I Grow Up " single in 1964...
" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:27 - "Darlin'" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:12
- "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....
" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 3:36
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 (Capitol (D) T 2945) hit #153 in the U.S. during a 6 week chart stay. In the UK, it reached #9.
British version
The British version of Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 was released in mid-1968 with 14 songs, instead of the 12 found on American albums.Side 1
- "Do It Again" – 2:18
- "The Warmth of the SunThe Warmth of the Sun"The Warmth of the Sun" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2 and as the B-side of the "Dance, Dance, Dance" single, which charted at number eight in the United States and number twenty-four...
" – 2:52 - "409" – 1:58
- "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...
" – 2:08 - "The Lonely Sea" – 2:23
- "Long Tall Texan" – 2:27
- "Wild Honey" – 2:36
Side 2
- "Darlin'" – 2:11
- "Please Let Me WonderPlease Let Me Wonder"Please Let Me Wonder" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band The Beach Boys.The song was the B-side of the single "Do You Wanna Dance?" which was released by The Beach Boys in 1965 through Capitol Records.-Information:...
" – 2:44 - "Let Him Run Wild" – 2:21
- "Country Air" – 2:19
- "I Know There's an AnswerI Know There's an Answer"I Know There's an Answer" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the ninth track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Terry Sachen and Mike Love. The song was written during Brian's second...
" – 3:08 - "FriendsFriends (Beach Boys song)"Friends" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1968 album Friends. It was also released as a single, with the B-side of the single being "Little Bird". The single peaked at #47 in the U.S....
" – 2:32 - "Heroes and Villains" – 3:36