Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits

~ Release by The Beach Boys (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Kokomo
engineer and mixer:
Keith Wechsler
producer:
Terry Melcher
accordion:
Van Dyke Parks (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
acoustic guitar:
Jeffrey Foskett (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
alto saxophone:
Joel Peskin (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
bass:
Rod Clark (UK bassist) (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
slide guitar [electric slide guitar]:
Ry Cooder (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
background vocals:
Al Jardine (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06), Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys) (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06), Mike Love (Beach Boys) (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (from 1988-03-22 until 1988-04-06)
performer:
The Beach Boys (American rock band) (on 1988-03-22)
music videos:
Kokomo by The Beach Boys (American rock band)
recording of:
Kokomo (in 1988)
writer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys), Scott McKenzie, Terry Melcher and John Phillips (The Mamas & The Papas)
publisher:
Buena Vista Music Company, Clairaudient Music Corporation, Daywin Music Inc., Honest John Music, Nichion Synch Division, Spirit One Music, Touchstone Pictures Music and Songs Inc. and Yamaha Music EH(CM)
4.453:37
2You’re So Good to Me
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
You’re So Good to Me
writer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
2:16
3Wild Honey
producer:
The Beach Boys (American rock band)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
Wild Honey
composer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
2:38
4Darlin’
producer:
The Beach Boys (American rock band)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
Darlin’
writer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Rondor Music (London) Ltd., ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:12
5In My Room
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
lead vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
In My Room
lyricist and composer:
Gary Usher and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
2:14
6All This Is That
producer:
Al Jardine
lead vocals:
Al Jardine, Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
All This Is That
composer:
Al Jardine, Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
3:59
7This Whole World
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
lead vocals:
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
This Whole World
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
1:58
8Add Some Music to Your Day
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
lead vocals:
Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys), Mike Love (Beach Boys), Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
Add Some Music to Your Day
writer:
Joe Knott, Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
3:34
9Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
producer:
Al Jardine
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Al Jardine
cover recording of:
Cotton Fields
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
3:16
10I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
lyricist:
Tony Asher (US lyricist, worked on Pet Sounds)
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
3:23
11Sail On, Sailor
producer:
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
lead vocals:
Blondie Chaplin
recording of:
Sail On, Sailor
composer:
Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy (singer, songwriter, and record producer based in L.A.), Van Dyke Parks, Jack Rieley and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
3:18
12Surf’s Up
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
lead vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
Surf's Up
composer:
Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
4:14
13Friends
producer:
Al Jardine, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder), Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
lead vocals:
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
Friends
composer:
Al Jardine, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder), Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
2:33
14Heroes and Villains
engineer:
Jim Lockert (Enginear)
producer:
The Beach Boys (American rock band), Mark Linett and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
Heroes and Villains
lyricist:
Van Dyke Parks
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI)
3.253:39
15I Can Hear Music2:37
16Good Timin’
producer:
James William Guercio, Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
lead vocals:
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
Good Timin’
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
2:13
17California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-I-A)
producer:
Al Jardine
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys)
vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys)
recording of:
California Saga: California
composer:
Al Jardine
3:23
18Isn’t It Time
executive producer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys)
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
lead vocals:
Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys), Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
Isn’t It Time
writer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys), Larry Millas, Jim Peterik, Joe Thomas (Producer/composer/piano player) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
3:48
19Kiss Me, Baby
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
Kiss Me, Baby
composed in:
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (in 1964)
lyricist:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) (in 1964)
2:44
20That’s Why God Made the Radio
executive producer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys)
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
acoustic guitar:
Jeffrey Foskett
electric bass guitar:
Michael Rhodes
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, David Marks, Nick Rowe and Nick Walusko
membranophone:
Chad Cromwell
organ:
Scott Bennett
piano:
John Hobbs
vibraphone:
Darian Sahanaja
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
vocals:
Jeffrey Foskett, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys)
recording of:
That's Why God Made the Radio
writer:
Larry Millas, Jim Peterik, Joe Thomas (Producer/composer/piano player) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
3:19
21Forever
producer:
Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
lead vocals:
Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
recording of:
Forever
composer:
Gregg Jakobson and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
2:42
22God Only Knows
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
God Only Knows
lyricist:
Tony Asher (US lyricist, worked on Pet Sounds)
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sea of Tunes Publishing Co. (work publisher, NOT the bootleg label), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division and Yamaha Music EH(CM)
2:56
23Sloop John B
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
Sloop John B
lyricist and composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and New Executive Music
version of:
The John B. Sails
3:03
24Wouldn’t It Be Nice
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Mark Linett
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
recording of:
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
lyricist:
Tony Asher (US lyricist, worked on Pet Sounds), Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Irving Music (BMI), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:34
25Good Vibrations
recording engineer:
Bruce Botnick, Chuck Britz and Larry Levine
engineer:
Chuck Britz and Jim Lockert (Enginear)
producer:
The Beach Boys (American rock band) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
mixer:
Derry FitzGerald
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (from 1966-02 until 1966-06)
vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) (from 1966-02 until 1966-06)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Western Recorders (@ 6000 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1966-02 until 1966-06)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 6) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 53)
recording of:
Good Vibrations (Love/Wilson lyrics, common version) (from 1966-02 until 1966-06)
lyricist:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sea of Tunes Publishing Co. (work publisher, NOT the bootleg label) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
version of:
Good Vibrations (Tony Asher lyrics)
4.23:37

Credits

Release

printed in:United States
art direction:Susan Lavoie
photography:Robert Matheu
liner notes:David Wild (US rock writer & critic (Rolling Stone magazine))
producer:The Beach Boys (American rock band)
Alan Boyd (musician, sound engineer, producer and filmmaker)
Mark Linett
Dennis Wolfe
mastering:Mark Linett
Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)
Stephen Marcussen (mastering engineer)
mastered at:Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine, United States
Your Place or Mine Recording in Glendale, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4661752 [info]
ASIN:US: B008LA7RH0 [info]