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Greatest Hits: 50 Big Ones

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 California Girls [Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)]
2 Do It Again [20/20]
3 Surfin' Safari [Surfin' Safari]
4 Catch a Wave[Surfer Girl]
5 Little Honda[All Summer Long]
6 Surfin' U.S.A.[Surfin' USA]
7 Surfer Girl [Surfer Girl]
8 Don't Worry Baby[Shut Down, Vol. 2]
9 Little Deuce Coupe [Surfer Girl]
10 Shut Down [Surfin' USA]
11 I Get Around[All Summer Long]
12 The Warmth of the Sun[Shut Down, Vol. 2]
13 Please Let Me Wonder[The Beach Boys Today!]
14 Wendy [All Summer Long]
15 Getcha Back[The Beach Boys]
16 The Little Girl I Once Knew [Nonlp Single, 1965]
17 When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)[The Beach Boys Today!]
18 It's Ok[15 Big Ones]
19 Dance, Dance, Dance [The Beach Boys Today!]
20 Do You Wanna Dance [The Beach Boys Today!]
21 Rock and Roll Music[15 Big Ones]
22 Barbara Ann[Beach Boys Party!]
23 All Summer Long [All Summer Long]
24 Help Me, Rhonda [Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)]
25 Fun, Fun, Fun [Shut Down, Vol. 2]

Disc: 2

1 Kokomo ['Cocktail' Motion Picture Soundtrack]
2 You're So Good to Me [Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)]
3 Wild Honey[Wild Honey]
4 Darlin' [Wild Honey]
5 In My Room [Surfer Girl]
6 All This Is That [Carl and the Passions "So Tough"]
7 This Whole World[Sunflower]
8 Add Some Music to Your Day [Sunflower]
9 Cotton Fields[Nonlp Single, 1970]
10 I Just Wasn't Made for These Times [Pet Sounds]
11 Sail on, Sailor [Holland]
12 Surf's Up [Surf's Up]
13 Friends [Friends]
14 Heroes and Villains [Smiley Smile]
15 I Can Hear Music[20/20]
16 Good Timin' [L.A. (Light Album)]
17 California Saga (On My Way to Sunny California) [Holland]
18 Isn't It Time (Single Version) [That's Why God Made the Radio]
19 Kiss Me, Baby[The Beach Boys Today!]
20 That's Why God Made the Radio[That's Why God Made the Radio]
21 Forever [Sunflower]
22 God Only Knows [Pet Sounds]
23 Sloop John B [Pet Sounds]
24 Wouldn't It Be Nice [Pet Sounds]
25 Good Vibrations [Smiley Smile]

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Deluxe Edition includes 2 CDs and features 50 songs.

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.63 x 5.51 x 1.38 inches; 3.53 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Capitol
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CDCAP73744
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2012
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 8, 2012
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Capitol
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008LA7RH0
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 552 ratings

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KR Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Beach Boys....
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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Yvonne-Louise Millinery
5.0 out of 5 stars Beach Boys 50 Big Ones CD.
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2023
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Love those Beach Boys. Brian is so talented. I'm just glad his music survived.
Merci Beaucoup!!
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steve_manassas
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Beach Boys compilation for the money
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2012
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This two-CD, 50-track compilation is the best Beach Boys compilation for the money, even better than the multiplatinum  Sounds of Summer: Very Best of The Beach Boys , which was released in 2003. SOUNDS OF SUMMER has only two tracks not found on this collection: "Come Go With Me" and the single version of "Be True To Your School," which does appear on the 2012  Greatest Hits  compilation, and is also a bonus track on the Japanese edition of 50 BIG ONES. The sound quality is fantastic, and several of Mark Linett's new stereo mixes are used, including "Wild Honey" and "Darlin'" (could there be a mono/stereo remaster of  Wild Honey  in our future?) Admittedly, I was a little disappointed that the new stereo mixes of tracks such as "I Get Around," "Good Vibrations," and "Help Me, Rhonda" were not included, but that was probably because Brian Wilson wanted the monos included on the hits packages. Disc 1 is mostly Capitol-era material, save for "Getcha Back," "It's OK," and "Rock And Roll Music." Disc 2 is equally divided between Capitol-era and Brother-era material, including a pair of tracks from The Boys' new CD,  That's Why God Made the Radio , the title track and the single edit of "Isn't It Time." The box also includes a booklet with photos and a David Wild essay, and seven individual black-and-white photos of each Beach Boy (including Bruce Johnston and David Marks).

This collection is excellent value for the money. I'm looking forward to the eventual release of the 50th Anniversary box set (it's here: see my review of  Made In California ) to see what further surprises are in store for us.
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William
5.0 out of 5 stars If you lived the '60's Beach Boys, you'll love this set.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2014
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If you were in California in the 60's, you'll love this....if you haven't sold out to be a techno-nerd. If you were at Mission Beach, or Imperial Beach or Ocean City in the sixties, you heard this music...this way. We played it on little tinny-sounding transistors on the beach or on the radio of our '63 Ford Galaxy convertible....it sounded this way. We loved it and I still do. It was a backdrop to our fun and it wasn't an end to all ends. I was in the Navy, and they played it in the chow hall. It added a dimension to our lives...it wasn't our whole life. We didn't invest a lot of money in a sound system and hole up in a sound-proof room listening with headphones in order to critique the sound of our music. We were too busy living our lives...which were mirror images of this music. I listen to these two discs while I'm tuning my Harley or while I'm trimming my horse's hooves....whatever. It provides a barrier between me and old age. I even have it recorded to my MP3 player so I can play it while riding I-20 on my Harley. It sounds just like it did in my '63 Galaxy with a single dash radio speaker. You know....that's just what I like.
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S.W.
4.0 out of 5 stars The Beach Boys: 50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2015
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This 2-CD compilation was released in honor of The Beach Boys' 50th Anniversary, and so it contains 50 tracks. Since there have been countless BB collections released in the past, it would be easy to dismiss this one as a grab for money. But, a lot of the previous comps were somewhat limited (some VERY much so) in terms of hit recordings or overall numbers of tracks (or both) and/or pretty lousy, at least in my opinion --- like the ones that had only ten tracks or so. And besides, not everyone has all of the group's music or all (if any) of the other collections. The group is gaining new fans all the time! I personally bought this set partly because I'm such a big fan and something of a BB collector, and partly because the set includes some stuff that I didn't have at the time, such as the stereo mixes of "Do You Wanna Dance," "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)," "Barbara Ann," "Wild Honey," and "Darlin'" (the last two of which appeared here for the first time in stereo), and the single version of "Isn't It Time." Here's a break-down of the set:
SONG SELECTION: As you might expect, most of the songs on the set are from the '60s, the period during which the group had the vast majority of their (Top 40) hits, and did the other songs that they are probably most known for. Almost all of their hits are included, and there are also many non-hit single sides and songs that only appeared on albums. I like all of the songs here, though of course (as is the case with any artist's music) some are better than others. Also of course, probably every fan (including this one!) has certain favorite songs that weren't included. A couple of exclusions that I find particularly odd are "Be True To Your School" (the single version) and "Come Go With Me," both of which were hits for the group. (Although the former song WAS included on this set's condensed, single-disc "counterpart," The Beach Boys' Greatest Hits, and is the only song there that isn't here also.) I would also have liked it if the songs "Break Away" (the "original" stereo mix, not the one with some different vocal parts that has appeared on a couple of other collections, including the Made In California box set), "Long Promised Road," "Marcella," and "California Dreamin'" had been included, for a few other examples. ("Break Away" and the single version of "Cottonfields" [which IS here] were the group's last two pre-'80s Capitol single A-sides; if *I* was going to put one but not the other on a compilation, "Cottonfields" is the one I would leave off.) And, there WAS room on the set for more than 50 tracks, so I think it would have been better if they hadn't gotten "poetic" with the 50th Anniversary thing, and had put more on it. But I also think it's probably the best 2-CD BB collection that I know of.
TRACK SEQUENCE: The track order on this set is very weird. Not only does it not go in a straight line from the earliest tracks to the latest, but certain songs are positioned around ones that it doesn't seem "natural" (at least not to me) for them to be around. For a few examples: the post-'60s recordings "Getcha Back" (from '85), "It's OK," and "Rock And Roll Music" (both from '76), which are the only post-'60s recordings on CD 1, each appear lodged between tracks from the mid-'60s; "In My Room" (from '63) appears on CD 2 between tracks from '67 and '72; and CD 2 opens with "Kokomo" (from '88) and closes with "Good Vibrations" (from '66)! Probably the best example of strange track placement on this set is "Kiss Me, Baby" (on CD 2), a track from '65, which is sandwiched between the 2012 "reunion" tracks "Isn't It Time" and "That's Why God Made The Radio"! The track order here really isn't a major problem, although I can't help wondering just why the songs included on BB comps are almost never in the order that they were released!
THE MIXES: Most of the tracks on this set are in stereo; the exceptions are "Do It Again" (although, somewhat oddly, that one is in a 2012 stereo mix on the Made In California box set), "Surfin' Safari," "I Get Around," 'The little Girl I Once Knew," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Fun, Fun, Fun" (those last two are the single versions), and "Good Vibrations." The other tracks are in either their originally-released stereo mixes or in later, more recent stereo mixes. Most of the "later" stereo mixes are of songs that weren't originally released in true stereo. Those who may want the original mono mixes of the songs may be disappointed, but since I personally prefer stereo, I appreciate the fact that this set is mostly stereo. However, it seems to me that some of the "later" stereo mixes work better than others. I think the least effective one here is the one of "Do You Wanna Dance"; it sounds to me like the volume on the lead vocal wavers up and down (or like the vocal, well, "dances" from front to back in the mix), and like the guitar solo has been pushed way into the background. I find this disappointing, as I was looking forward to hearing that song in stereo! I like MOST of the mixes here, though.
SOUND QUALITY: Wow, that's one subjective subject! People don't all have the same ears or the same CD players, and not everyone notices or pays attention to every nuance, so it can be hard if not impossible to really say how the sound of any particular release "is." As for this set, as far as I (as a non-audiophile) am concerned, the sound quality kind of alternates between being at least acceptable and being very good if not great. I have heard other BB CDs that I think have better overall sound quality, but I still find this set to be quite listenable, or the majority of it anyway.
OVERALL: I would say that this is a good set. It isn't perfect, at least not in my opinion, but I don't regret buying it! If you're a longtime fan and already have other BB comps and aren't a collector, it may not be needed, but I think it would be a good purchase for people who are less familiar with the group's music and don't have much of it (and who aren't sticklers for great sound quality!).
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Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars Pop music with depth
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019
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I was named after Paul McCartney and was raised to believe that The Beach Boys were wanna-be Beatles. Then when I was in high school, my dad introduced me to Per Sounds and my mind was blown. This compilation is a wonderful way to brighten up anyone’s morning/afternoon commute.

I also used to work Hollywood bowl backstage security and met Brian Wilson during their 50th anniversary tour. I asked: “are you guys gonna play ‘surfs up’?” To which he simply (and rather bluntly) said “NO.” No harm in asking I suppose haha
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the Matador of Canada.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic collection.
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2021
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The Beach Boys have some of the best harmonies in the music industry and this collection has everything that matters.
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Cliente de Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgica recopilacion!
Reviewed in Mexico on January 26, 2018
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Doble compacto, que recopila las mejores canciones de uno de los grupos americanos de rock de los años 60s, con muy buena remasterizacion, solido claro, contiene imagenes del grupo de buena calidad, producto de colección muy recomendable. Llego el disco en excelentes condiciones.
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RICKY2023
3.0 out of 5 stars NO ME GUSTA MUCHO EL PRIMER DISCO
Reviewed in Spain on February 7, 2013
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HARMONICOS DE VOZ IMPRESIONANTE CON BRIAN WLSON A LA CABEZA DE ESTA YA CINCUENTONA FORMACION DE USA LOS RITMOS MAS VERANIEGOS DE LA MUSICA POPULAR
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Mr. L. F. G. Ballinger
5.0 out of 5 stars A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2012
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This compilation gives long-term fans and younger people who are perhaps new to the music of The Beach Boys the opportunity to lose themselves in a glorious catalogue of songs which have arguably never sounded better than they do here.

Previous reviews have complimented the standard of Mark Linett's remastering and the new stereo mixes he has created for many of these songs sound genuinely stunning. The Beach Boys' early 1968 single 'Darlin'' (a personal favourite of mine) sounds particularly impressive, while the spaciousness he seems to have added to the sound of the set's opening track, 'California Girls', particularly during the song's beautifully ethereal intro, is quite striking. However, not everything here has been worked over. 'Good Vibrations' and 'The Little Girl I Once Knew' are two singles which remain in their original mono format, while selections from the classic PET SOUNDS album ('God Only Knows', 'Sloop John B.' and 'Wouldn't It Be Nice') are Linnett's stereo mixes from his 1996 reissue of the album; however, they still sound terrific here alongside his 2012 mixes of other songs and I suppose it was felt that they could not be improved upon.

Despite containing 50 tracks, there are nonetheless some surprising omissions. Other reviewers have mentioned the absence of the band's summer 1969 UK Top Ten hit 'Breakaway', but I am a little disappointed that Al Jardine's song 'Lady Lynda' (a UK Top Tenner in 1979) has somehow fallen by the wayside too; I would have taken it in place of lesser stuff like 1985's 'Getcha Back' any day of the week. Still, with everything else that HAS been included, like Carl Wilson's wonderful vocal and production job on 'I Can Hear Music' (the youngest Wilson brother's finest achievement, perhaps?), 50 BIG ONES is still a feast.

Packaging-wise the presentation box is nice, containing the two CDs in sleeves with a booklet and a set of black-and-white portraits. The booklet features a nostalgic introduction from writer David Wild, followed by a tracklisting containing some basic information about the tracks themselves, such as whether Brian Wilson or Mike Love are singing lead, the album from which the track was taken and its highest position on the BILLBOARD singles' chart. Photos from throughout the band's history complete the booklet. The box itself is a little tough to open, however, and you seem to have to slowly jiggle the lid off the container to get the contents out, while the box actually seems a bit large considering what is housed inside it!

But I feel that I am starting to nit-pick now. In terms of sound quality and with magical recordings like 'Don't Worry Baby', 'I Get Around', 'All Summer Long', 'God Only Knows', 'Good Vibrations' and 'I Can Hear Music' all present and correct, together with less obvious tunes like 'Please Let Me Wonder', 'All This Is That' and 'California Saga', 50 BIG ONES is sure to keep all our summers alive for years to come.

(The writer apologises for slipping into an over-used Beach Boys cliche during that last sentence.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mark
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2018
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The Beach Boys Greatest Hits 50 Big ones is a very good cd. I don't have any Beach Boys albums so I thought I would buy it.
I am glad I did it has all of their greatest hits. I would highly recommend this cd to anybody. You will not be disappointed.
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