The Beach Boys - Today! (Stereo, 200g)
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Performed by The Beach Boys : Brian Wilson (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Mike Love (vocals, percussion, saxophone, Electro-Theremin), Al Jardine (vocals, rhythm guitar, bass guitar), Bruce Johnston (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar), Dennis Wilson (vocals, drums, keyboards).
Earl Leaf – spoken word (B6)
Russ Titelman – percussion (microphone boom hit with screwdriver) (B4)
Ron Swallow – tambourine (A2, A5, B1-2), woodblock (B1)
Marilyn Wilson – harmony (A1) and backing vocals (A1), spoken word (B6)
1 LP, Stoughton tip-on jackets
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Capitol
June 22, 1964 – January 19, 1965 at Western, Gold Star, and RCA Victor, Hollywood
Engineered by Chuck Britz, Larry Levine
Produced by Brian Wilson
Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Originally released in 1965
Reissued in 2016
Tracks :
Side A :
- Do You Wanna Dance?
- Good To My Baby
- Don’t Hurt My Little Sister
- When I Grow Up
- Help Me, Ronda
- Dance, Dance, Dance
Side B
- Please Let Me Wonder
- I’m So Young
- Kiss Me, Baby
- She Knows Me Too Well
- In The Back Of My Mind
- Bull Sessions With The “Big Daddy”
Awards :
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 466/500!
1000 Recordings you must hear before you die - Ranked 52
Stereophile Records to Die For - 2017
Reviews :
“Brian Wilson's retirement from performing to concentrate on studio recording and production reaped immediate dividends with Today!, the first Beach Boys album that is strong almost from start to finish. "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "Do You Wanna Dance" were upbeat hits with Spector-influenced arrangements, but Wilson began to deal with more sophisticated themes on another smash 45, "When I Grow Up," on which these eternal teenagers looked forward to the advancing years with fear and uncertainty. Surf/hot rod/beach themes were permanently retired in favor of late-adolescent, early-adult romance on this album, which included such decent outings in this vein as "She Knows Me Too Well," "Kiss Me Baby," and "In the Back of My Mind." The true gem is "Please Let Me Wonder," one of the group's most delicate mid-'60s works, with heartbreaking melodies and harmonies. Be aware that the version of "Help Me, Rhonda" found here is an inferior, earlier, and slower rendition; the familiar hit single take was included on their next album, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). [Today!/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), a Capitol two-fer CD, combines this and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) onto one disc, adding alternate takes of "Dance, Dance, Dance," "I'm So Young," and "Let Him Run Wild," as well as a previously unreleased studio version of "Graduation Day." Most significantly, it also adds the non-LP single from late 1965, "The Little Girl I Once Knew," which looked forward to Pet Sounds in its studio experimentation and lyrical themes.]” Review by Richie Unterberger
"The sound is rich in detail, yet one of its key strengths is how "mellow and romantic" it sounds. While listening to these records, I was never fatigued. ... the AP Beach Boys significantly betters the original U.S. Capitol pressings that I've heard, with considerably more separation, detail, fullness and presence." Jeff Wilson, The Absolute Sound, October 2015
"What I can say is that Kevin Gray has been able to extract every last bit of information from whatever tape is in the box, and present it in a way that is pleasing and natural to the ear. ... in my opinion, the Analogue Productions pressings are now THE definitive issue of each Beach Boys album, and will be my reference copies until if and when something better comes along — which may be never." — Lee Dempsey, Endless Summer Quarterly, Summer 2015 Edition
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.39 / 5