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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | 2006 is the 40th Anniversary of Good Vibrations--released October 10, 1966. This Beach Boys masterpiece was named the #1 Greatest Single of All Time by Mojo magazine and #6 Greatest Song of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. DigiPak features original artwork and cover sleeve artwork from around the world. "Nothing but perfection here. The Beach Boys' first million-selling #1 hit...was a major technical breakthrough...the record that showed that anything was possible in the studio." --David Leaf (author of the critically-acclaimed biography The Beach Boys and The California Myth) | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | June 27, 2006 | | Studio: | Capitol | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Format: | Single | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 16 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Good Vibrations (original 45 RPM single version) | | 2. | Good Vibrations (various sessions) | | 3. | Good Vibrations (alternate take, unreleased in the U.S.) | | 4. | Good Vibrations (instrumental) | | 5. | Good Vibrations (live concert rehearsal, 8/25/67) | | 6. | Let's Go Away For Awhile (original B-Side) | |
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 Pocket Symphony... Apr 03, 2010
1965: 'Yesterday' and 'Help' by the Beatles on top of the charts...
1966: Brian Wilson creates his 'pocket symphony' dubbed 'Good Vibrations' - a song that is STILL years ahead of its time...
Listen to the complexity of this song - you have flutes, cellos, fender-bass, mouth-harp, trombones, electric guitars, and God Only Knows what other instruments (pardon the pun) playing in the four minute span.
This collection is dedicated to the song 'Good Vibrations' - the studio session is fun to listen to - Brian guiding the session musicians along - as well as an alternate end to the song at the end of the track. The alternate take is nothing spectacular, but it shows the many alterations that 'Good Vibrations' went through. The '2006 re-master' is an instrumental of the song...a great re-master which continues to show how revolutionary this song was. The live rendition is spot on - Brian Wilson's vocals are top-notch. The album ends with 'Let's Go Away For Awhile' - a perfect mellow ending to the greatest psychedelic hit ever made.
No song since has come ever come close to the sheer complexity of 'Good Vibrations' - own a piece of musical history and get this collection.
5/5
A Nice Idea, but not much new here Aug 30, 2008
Track 3 claims to be "alternate take previously unreleased in the U.S." but it was in fact on the Beach Boys Rarities LP/Cassette in the USA in 1983. It is on CD in the U.S. for the first time, though. The various sessions and instrumental (stereo) are on the 1993 box set, although the instrumental here is a new all-stereo mix. The live concert rehearsal is on the Hawthorne, CA 2CD set. The single version (mono) and Let's Go Away For Awhile (stereo) are on other CD's as well. Nice artwork and mastering as usual from Mark Linett and Capitol.
1 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 Good Vibrations Feb 18, 2007
Thios is not what I thought I was getting. It is one song peformed in a variety of ways.
10 of 15 found the following review helpful:
PSYCHEDELIC GOLD, THIS EP ROCKS!! THE BEATLES WERE HUMBLED WITH VIBRATIONS IN 1966..... Jan 13, 2007
I can still hear some hiss and tape imperfections on good vibrations. It did'nt matter to me Vibrations still sounded loud and clear and for the best part cleaned up from the original master tapes. I like the extra tracks alot. This cd is simple and sweet and sounds great despite old original tape defects. I dont believe there ever was a stereo recording for vibrations. I enjoyed this cleaned up mono version of good vibrations and besides if their was a genuine stereo original recording of vibrations from circa early to mid-1966 I think it would have surfaced by now. Besides I think mono recordings sounded better to Brian Wilson because I beleive he is deaf in one ear. Enjoy this cd ep it may one day go double or triple what it costs now. Produced for a then staggering $100,000 Good Vibrations was the exclamation point to Pet Sounds in the fall of 1966 as the Beach Boys really stuck it to the Beatles. Due to these Beach Boy releases in 1966 the Beatles would have their greatest year creativity wise in 1967 as they would answer there well armed rivals with Pennylane, Strawberry fields, and of course Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles created masterpieces from Revolver to their last magnum opus Abbey Road. My honest opinion (and this might offend Beatle and rock fans in general) 'Pet Sounds" and "Good Virations" were the blueprints to all Beatle recordings from 1966 through 1969. I respect the Beatles for their writing and musical creativity. I really feel that the Beatles were so amazed by "Pet Sounds" and "Good Vibrations" that with their releases from 1966- 1969 the Beatles really tried to capture the sound of "Pet Sounds" and "Good Vibrations". There is no argument from me, the Beatles did create masterpices from 66-69 but honestly, never matched the sound of "Pet Sounds" and Good Vibrations". If it were'nt for Brians over indulgences post Pet Sounds as the song goes God Only Knows what the Beach Boys could have accomplished for the rest of the psychedelic 1960s. Man I'll tell you there has been nothing before or after that sounds like "Good Vibrations". Brian Wilson is the man, the one man who made the Beatles and Sir George Martin realize that they to could be surpassed in talent, let alone by one man and that one man is BRIAN WILSON................
3 of 5 found the following review helpful:
I Picked Up Good Vibrations... Jan 09, 2007
...and found it to be a nice little "single", with different versions of the song and the original B-side, too. Short and sweet.
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