Audio CD review:
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition EP

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition EP

Band: The Beach Boys Title: Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition EP Rating: Release Date: 27 June, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 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)

Customer Reviews Good Vibrations It is one song peformed in a variety of ways. Thios is not what I thought I was getting. PSYCHEDELIC GOLD, THIS EP ROCKS!! THE BEATLES WERE HUMBLED WITH VIBRATIONS IN 1966..... 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 can still hear some hiss and tape imperfections on good vibrations. 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Picked Up Good Vibrations... . . and found it to be a nice little "single", with different versions of the song and the original B-side, too. Short and sweet. . You can see a complete list of all The Beach Boys discography, or go back to the The Beach Boys tabs