Hawthorne, CA, subtitled Birthplace of a Musical Legacy, is the second anthology collection by The Beach Boys

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...

 and released through 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...

. A double-CD, it was put together after the positive reaction to the Endless Harmony Soundtrack

Endless Harmony Soundtrack

Endless Harmony Soundtrack is an anthology album of previously unheard material by The Beach Boys, originally released by Capitol Records in August 1998. Named for Bruce Johnston's song on the 1980 album Keepin' the Summer Alive, it was designed as a tie-in with the band's biographical documentary...

to give hardcore Beach Boys fans more rarities and alternate versions of well-known songs.

What is different about this set from its predecessor is that spoken word tracks from different band members in the mid to late 1990s (during the film production of the Endless Harmony documentary), as well as a 1969 radio show are salted throughout, letting Hawthorne, CA play more as an aural biography of the band, much like The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' Anthology 1

Anthology 1

Anthology 1 is a compilation album by The Beatles, released by Apple Records in November 1995. It was released as the first part of the Anthology trilogy of albums with Anthology 2 and Anthology 3, all of which tie-in with the televised special The Beatles Anthology. It contains "Free as a Bird",...

did.

Spanning from home recordings in the Wilsons' family home in 1960, to the cutting of the backing track of "Sail On, Sailor

Sail on, Sailor

"Sail On, Sailor" was the final song recorded for the 1973 Beach Boys album Holland. The song was written by Brian Wilson, Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley, and Van Dyke Parks.-Background:...

" in late 1972, Hawthorne, CA is a fascinating alternate view into The Beach Boys' long career.

Disc one

1. "Mike Love Introduces '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...
   
    " – 0:48
2. "3701 West 119th Street, Hawthorne, California: The 'Surfin' Rehearsal (Brian Wilson
   Brian Wilson
   Brian 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...
   
   /Mike Love
   Mike Love
   Michael 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...
   
   ) – 2:40
3. "Happy Birthday Four Freshman" (unknown) – 0:56
4. "Mike On Brian's Harmonies" – 0:45
5. "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring" (Troup) – 2:31
   • Live rehearsal for Hawaii performance, 25 August 1967
6. "Surfin' USA
   Surfin' USA (song)
   "Surfin' USA" is a song with lyrics written by Brian Wilson for The Beach Boys, set to the melody from Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen". Berry received co-writing credit for composing the song after litigating. "Surfin' USA" was recorded by The Beach Boys and released as a single on March 4,...
   
   " (demo) (Brian Wilson/Chuck Berry
   Chuck Berry
   Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
   
   ) – 2:03
7. "Surfin' USA" (Backing track) (Brian Wilson/Chuck Berry) – 2:35
8. "Carl Wilson Radio Promo" – 0:15
9. "Shut Down" (live) (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:56
   • Recorded in Chicago on 26 March 1965 with Brian Wilson
10. "Little Deuce Coupe
    Little Deuce Coupe (song)
    "Little Deuce Coupe" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian. The song first appeared as the b-side to The Beach Boys' 1963 single "Surfer Girl"...
    
    " (demo) (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:51
11. "Murry Wilson Directs A Radio Promo" – 0:25
12. "Fun, Fun, Fun
    Fun, Fun, Fun
    "Fun, Fun, Fun", written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was a hit single by The Beach Boys that was released in 1964 on the band's album Shut Down Volume 2.- Composition :...
    
    " (backing track) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:26
13. "Brian's Message to 'Rog' - Take 22" – 0:29
14. "Dance, Dance, Dance
    Dance, 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...
    
    " (stereo remix) (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson
    Carl Wilson
    Carl 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 Love) – 2:05
15. "Kiss Me, Baby
    Kiss Me, Baby
    "Kiss Me, Baby" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was released as the B-side of The Beach Boys number-one U.S. hit "Help Me, Rhonda". It was also released by The Beach Boys on their 1965 album Today!.- Recording :...
    
    " (a cappella mix) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) -
16. "Good to My Baby" (backing track) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:32
17. "Chuck Britz On Brian In The Studio" – 0:21
18. "Salt Lake City" (session highlights) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 1:49
19. "Salt Lake City" (stereo remix) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:08
20. "Wish That He Could Stay" (session excerpt) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 1:12
21. "And Your Dream Comes True" (stereo remix) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 1:06
22. "Carol K Session Highlights" – 2:12
23. "The Little Girl I Once Knew
    The 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...
    
    " (alternate version) (Brian Wilson) – 2:33
24. "Alan and Dennis Introduce 'Barbara Ann
    Barbara Ann
    "Barbara Ann" is a song written by Fred Fassert and performed by The Regents in 1961. The recording reached a peak position of #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart....
    
    ' " – 0:29
25. "Barbara Ann" (session excerpt) (Fred Fassert) – 2:52
26. "Barbara Ann" (master take without Party
    Beach Boys' Party!
    Beach Boys' Party! is an album of cover songs by American rock and roll band The Beach Boys that was marketed during the lucrative Christmas season. The original album release included a sheet of photographs of the band 'appearing' to be at the party at hand. It was The Beach Boys' tenth album...
    
    overdubs) (Fred Fassert) – 3:08
27. "Mike On The Everly Brothers
    The Everly Brothers
    The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing...
    
    " – 0:22
28. "Devoted To You
    Devoted to You (song)
    "Devoted to You" is a song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.The best-known version was recorded by The Everly Brothers, and released by Cadence Records as catalog number 1350. This version was issued as the flip side of "Bird Dog," but reached the charts on its own, at #10 on the United...
    
    " (master take without Party overdubs) (Bryant) – 2:19
29. "Dennis Thanks Everybody/In the Back of My Mind" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:25
    • Includes a hidden excerpt of The Beach Boys singing a brief tribute to KFWB radio station in concert

Disc two

1. "Can't Wait Too Long
   Can't Wait Too Long
   "Can't Wait Too Long" is an unfinished song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band The Beach Boys. The song dates from 1967–68, but was only officially released in September 1990 via Capitol Records.-Music and lyrics:...
   
   " (a cappella mix) (Brian Wilson) – 0:50
2. "Dennis Introduces Carl" – 0:43
3. "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....
   
   " (stereo track sections) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 3:13
4. "Good Vibrations" (concert rehearsal) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 4:09
   • Recorded in Hawaii on 25 August 1967
5. "Heroes and Villains
   Heroes 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...
   
   " (stereo single version) (Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks
   Van Dyke Parks
   Van 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....
   
   ) – 3:40
6. "Vegetables
   Vegetables (song)
   "Vegetables" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1967 album Smiley Smile with Al Jardine and Brian Wilson on lead vocals.- Information :...
   
   " (promo - instrumental section) (Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks) – 0:56
7. "Vegetables" (stereo extended mix) (Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks) – 3:01
8. "You're With Me Tonight" (Brian Wilson) – 0:49
9. "Lonely Days" (unknown) – 0:49
10. "Bruce on Wild Honey
    Wild Honey (album)
    -Singles:* "Wild Honey" b/w "Wind Chimes" , 23 October 1967 US #31; UK #29* "Darlin'" b/w "Here Today" , 18 December 1967 US #19; UK #11....
    
    " – 0:14
11. "Let the Wind Blow" (stereo remix) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:35
12. "I Went to Sleep" (a cappella mix) (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson) – 1:35
13. "Time to Get Alone
    Time to Get Alone
    "Time to Get Alone" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1969 album 20/20 and was produced by Carl Wilson. It is a waltz.- Recording :...
    
    " (alternate version) (Brian Wilson) – 3:39
14. "Alan And Brian Talk About Dennis" – 0:19
15. "A Time to Live in Dreams" (Dennis Wilson
    Dennis Wilson
    Dennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983...
    
    /Stephen Kalinich) – 1:50
16. "Be With Me" (backing track) (Dennis Wilson) – 3:17
17. "Dennis Introduces 'Cotton Fields
    Cotton Fields
    "Cotton Fields" is a song written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly who made the first recording of the song in 1940.-Early versions:...
    
    ' " – 0:10
18. "Cottonfields (The Cotton Song)" (stereo single version) (Huddie Ledbetter) – 3:15
19. "Alan And Carl on 'Break Away
    Break Away (The Beach Boys song)
    "Break Away" is a song recorded by The Beach Boys in 1969. Written by Brian Wilson and his father, Murry Wilson, is credited as lyricist using the pseudonym Reggie Dunbar...
    
    ' " – 0:21
20. "Break Away" (alternate version) (Brian Wilson/Reggie Dunbar) – 3:12
    • "Reggie Dunbar" is a pseudonym for Murry Wilson
      Murry Wilson
      Murry Gage Wilson was an American musician and record producer, best remembered as the father of The Beach Boys members Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson, uncle of bandmate Mike Love, and the husband of Audree Wilson...
      
      
21. "Add Some Music to Your Day
    Add Some Music to Your Day
    "Add Some Music to Your Day" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Joe Knott and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was first released as a single in February 1970...
    
    " (a cappella mix) (Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Joe Knott) – 3:29
22. "Dennis Wilson" – 0:27
23. "Forever
    Forever (Beach Boys song)
    "Forever" is a song written by Dennis Wilson and his close friend Gregg Jakobson. It was released in 1970 as the ninth track on The Beach Boys' Sunflower album and features Dennis on lead vocals. The song, along with the rest of the album was produced by The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson declared,...
    
    " (a cappella mix) (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) – 2:51
24. "Sail On, Sailor
    Sail on, Sailor
    "Sail On, Sailor" was the final song recorded for the 1973 Beach Boys album Holland. The song was written by Brian Wilson, Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley, and Van Dyke Parks.-Background:...
    
    " (backing track) (Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks/Tandyn Almer/Ray Kennedy/Jack Rieley) – 3:16
25. "Old Man River
    Ol' Man River
    "Ol' Man River" is a song in the 1927 musical Show Boat that expresses the African American hardship and struggles of the time with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River; it is sung from the point-of-view of a dock worker on a showboat, and is the most famous song from the show...
    
    " (vocal section) (Kern/Hammerstein II) – 1:20
26. "Carl Wilson" – 0:39
27. "The Lord's Prayer" (stereo remix) (Malotte) – 2:33
28. "Carl Wilson - Coda" – 2:28
    • Includes a hidden excerpt of background vocals from "Heroes and Villains"

Hawthorne, CA (Capitol 7243 5 31583 2) never charted in the US or the UK.