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Endless Summer by ReleasedJune 24, 1974RecordedApril 1962–June 1965Length46:50 (LP) / 51:09 (CD),  chronology
(1973)Endless Summer
(1974)
(1975)Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRating4/5

Endless Summer is a  by American  band , released on June 24, 1974. A collection of  from the band's 1962–65 period, Endless Summer was compiled by their old label  while the Beach Boys were contracted with . Its unexpected success bore immediate consequences on the band's then-progressive musical direction.

Four months after release, the album reached #1, and reclaimed the band's commercial glory in the United States, spending 155 weeks on the  album chart. It became the group's second chart-topping album in the US, being certified 3x platinum by the  for shipping over three million copies in the US.

Background

In 1992,  noted, "They were going to do a  in 19- , whatever the hell it was, and I came in there and went, "Wait a second, call it Endless Summer, instead of being Volume Three which sound nauseating to me. Endless Summer has a whole other vibe to it and sold several million copies just with the switch of the title. But then I'm a title guy anyway."

Artwork

Initial pressings of this album contained a poster depicting an airplane flying a Beach Boys banner. While the album is limited entirely to the band's sixties material, the cover artwork reflected the Beach Boys' seventies appearance. The artwork illustrator was Keith McConnell (who also did the artwork for their follow-ups,  and ). With vegetation in the foreground, it also seems to evoke images of the band's late 1960s  album, although none of the songs on the original pressing are from Smiley Smile ("Good Vibrations" was added to the CD release of the album in 1987).

Releases

Although originally released as a  (two LPs in a gatefold sleeve) in the USA, the album was released in the UK on a single LP with ten songs on each side.

The records were pressed with Sides 1 & 4 on one disc and Sides 2 & 3 on the other.

The cassette version differs slightly as to the sequence of tracks. Side 1 features all tracks from Sides 1 & 2 in the same order plus "I Get Around" from Side 3. Side 2 includes the remaining tracks from Sides 3 & 4 in the same order with the exception of "Girls on the Beach" and "Wendy" which were 'swapped'.

The song "Help Me, Ronda," the version from the album , which was the one included in this album, was retitled "Help Me, Rhonda," like the hit single version. It was featured as one of two Beach Boys tracks in a promotional-only various artists compilation album issued by Capitol records entitled The Greatest Music Ever Sold (Capitol SPRO-8511/8512), that was distributed to record stores during the 1976 Holiday season as part of Capitol's "Greatest Music Ever Sold" campaign, which promoted 15 "Best Of" albums released by the record label. The song was once again retitled "Help Me, Rhonda," for this compilation album. "Dance, Dance, Dance" from Spirit of America was the other Beach Boys song to be included.

Track listing

All songs written by  and , except where noted.

Side 1No.TitleOriginal albumLength1."", 19622:052."" (Brian Wilson), 19632:263.""Surfer Girl2:074."", 19642:515."" (B. Wilson/), 19632:27Side 2No.TitleOriginal albumLength1."", 19632:072."" (B. Wilson/)Surfer Girl1:383."" (B. Wilson/)Surfer Girl2:114."" (B. Wilson/Christian)Surfin' U.S.A.1:495.""Shut Down Volume 22:16Side 3No.TitleOriginal albumLength1."", 19642:122."" (B. Wilson)All Summer Long2:243.""All Summer Long2:164."", 19652:205."" (B. Wilson/Christian)Shut Down Volume 22:47Side 4No.TitleOriginal albumLength1.""Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)2:382."" (B. Wilson)Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)2:193."", 19653:084.""Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)2:145.""All Summer Long2:06