The Beach Boys: Little Deuce Coupe [Digipak]

The Beach Boys: Little Deuce Coupe [Digipak] - EMI Catalogue - CPT 044242 - 509994

Artist: The Beach Boys
Guest Artists: James House
Genre: Oldies ~ Rock 'N' Roll
Label: EMI Catalogue
Catalog No: CPT 044242
Format: CD
Release Date: 2012-10-09 (Original ~ 1963)
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 50 min. 22 sec.
Studio/Live: Studio
UPC Code: 5099940442426

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Track List

>Little Deuce Coupe - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Ballad of Ole' Betsy - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Be True to Your School - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Car Crazy Cutie - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Cherry, Cherry Coupe - (previously unreleased, mono)
>409 - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Shut Down - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Spirit of America - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Our Car Club - (previously unreleased, mono)
>No-Go Showboat - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Young Man Is Gone, A - (mono)
>Custom Machine - (previously unreleased, mono)
>Little Deuce Coupe
>Ballad of Ole' Betsy
>Be True to Your School
>Car Crazy Cutie
>Cherry, Cherry Coupe
>409 - (remix)
>Shut Down
>Spirit of America
>Our Car Club
>No-Go Showboat
>Young Man Is Gone, A - (remix)
>Custom Machine

Album Notes

Beach Boys: Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Alan Jardine, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wislon (vocals).

Arranger: Brian Wilson .

The Beach Boys' LITTLE DEUCE COUPE is arguably the first rock & roll concept album. Combining car songs from their previous three albums with several new car-related numbers, this album celebrates the simple joys of being a teenage automobile owner. Despite the inherent limitations of the car concept, this album suggested that there might be more to the clean-cut Californian quartet than Chuck Berry-inspired rave-ups about driving and surfing.

The hit singles "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Be True To Your School" showed that leader Brian Wilson was becoming a remarkably sophisticated producer, songwriter and arranger. While Wilson was not yet a profound lyricist, he had mastered the art of vocal arrangements, as shown by the spectacular five-part harmonies on "Spirit of America" and "A Young Man Is Gone," their touching tribute to James Dean. Although it would be a few years before The Beach Boys truly hit their stride, LITTLE DEUCE COUPE is a fun, unpretentious album and a wonderful evocation of a California summer circa 1964.



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