The Beach Boys - All Summer Long (Mono, 200g)
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Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar; electric rhythm guitar
Mike Love – lead and bass vocal
Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; piano; electric piano, harpsichord; Hammond B3 organ; xylophones or marimba
Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; drums; brushed drums; percussion; opening voice on "Little Honda"
Hal Blaine – timbales with brush, rim with thin stick, drums
Glen Campbell – 6-string electric bass guitar
Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone; piccolo or fife
Ray Pohlman – 6-string electric bass guitar
1 LP, Stoughton tip-on jackets
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Mono
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Capitol
Recorded on October 10, 1963, February 4 – May 19, 1964 at Western, Hollywood
Produced by Brian Wilson
Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Tracks :
2. All Summer Long
3. Hushabye
4. Little Honda
5. We'll Run Away
6. Carl's Big Chance
2. Do You Remember?
3. Girls On The Beach
4. Drive-In
5. Our Favorite Recording Sessions
6. Don't Back Down
Reviews :
« The best pre-1965 Beach Boys album featured their brilliant number one single "I Get Around," as well as other standout cuts in the beautifully sad "Wendy," "Little Honda" (one of their best hot rod tunes, covered by the Hondells for a hit), and their remake of the late-'50s doo wop classic "Hushabye." The nostalgic "All Summer Long," another great production, seemed (whether intentionally or not) like a sort of farewell to the frivolous California beach culture that had supplied the lyrical grist for most of their music up to this point, with a longing, regretful chorus that was totally at odds with the bouncy arrangement. Other relatively little-known treasures are the sumptuous ballad "Girls on the Beach," with some of their best early harmonizing, and "Don't Back Down," with uncommonly anxious lyrics. You can't give an unqualified high rating, however, to an album that also contained such disposable filler as the "Our Favorite Recording Sessions" comedy bit and "Do You Remember?," a "let's-pay-tribute-to-rock's-early-days" number with a sh*t-eating grin wide enough to qualify as an oldies radio ID jingle. [Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long, a Capitol two-fer CD, combines this and Little Deuce Coupe onto one disc, adding the 45 version of "Be True to Your School," alternate takes of "Little Honda" and "Don't Back Down," and the previously unreleased "All Dressed Up for School." » AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger