On October 1, 1962, The Beach Boys released their album debut Surfin' Safari on Capitol Records, beginning an extraordinary musical odyssey that continues to this day.  Since then, brothers Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson; cousin Mike Love; and friend Al Jardine - along with fellow travelers including Bruce Johnston, David Marks, Blondie Chaplin, and Ricky Fataar, and dozens of key collaborators including Gary Usher, Roger Christian, Tony Asher, Van Dyke Parks, Billy Hinsche, Jeffrey Foskett, and Terry Melcher - have become synonymous with beautiful harmonies, musical innovation, and good, good, good vibrations.  Today, Capitol Records and UMe announced a 60th anniversary celebration of America's Band.

The festivities will begin with an expanded edition of the album that brought The Beach Boys back onto the charts in the 21st century in a big way.  Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys was originally issued in 2003, peaking within the top 20 of the Billboard 200 and remaining on the charts for 104 weeks.  The 4x platinum overview of The Beach Boys' discography will be reissued in a variety of formats on June 17 in an edition that both adds tracks and gives a sonic overhaul to many of the original songs on the compilation.  The 30-track CD will grow to 80 tracks encompassing the band's classic hits as well as deeper cuts and longtime fan favorites spanning Surfin' Safari through 1989's Still Cruisin' which included the Number One smash "Kokomo."  (None of the band's three subsequent albums are represented, with the most conspicuous absence being that of the acclaimed 50th anniversary album, 2012's That's Why God Made the Radio, which yielded a top 30 AC hit with the lush title track.)

At the helm of the new Sounds of Summer is the team of Mark Linett and Alan Boyd (The SMiLE Sessions, Feel Flows - The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971).  The expanded set features every one of the Boys' U.S. top 40 hits including the chart-topping "I Get Around," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Good Vibrations," and "Kokomo" as well as "California Girls," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Barbara Ann," "Disney Girls," "Sail On, Sailor," "Surf's Up," "Til I Die," "Add Some Music to Your Day," and more.  The new release premieres 24 new mixes including two first-time stereo mixes, plus 22 new-and-improved stereo mixes including some which have employed current digital extraction technology to present mono tracks into stereo for the first time.

The new Sounds of Summer will be released in numerous formats including:

• 3CD softpack;
• 1CD remastered edition of the original compilation;
• 6LP Super Deluxe Edition pressed on 180-gram black vinyl (standard);
• 6LP Super Deluxe Edition pressed on 180-gram black vinyl (numbered, limited edition with a rainbow foil slipcases and four lithographs, exclusive to online store);
• 2LP remastered edition of the original compilation (standard weight vinyl)
• 2 LP remastered edition of the original compilation (180-gram vinyl with tip-on jacket and a lithograph, exclusive to online store); and
• Digital (including a Dolby Atmos presentation of the original 30-track album).

Following the release of Sounds of Summer, this fall will bring the next archival release in the band's ongoing series.  This multi-disc collection will highlight the creatively fertile period that yielded both Carl and The Passions - So Tough (1972) and Holland (1973).  Watch this space for more details on that project as well as about further 60th anniversary plans including a feature-length documentary, a tribute special, and more.  Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, and The Beach Boys will be out on the road this summer, as always, as will be Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, and Blondie Chaplin on a double bill with their old friends, Chicago.

Catch a wave: the expanded Sounds of Summer is due from Capitol/UMe on June 17.  You'll find pre-order links and the track listings below!  The new stereo mix of "Good Vibrations" is currently streaming on all of the usual digital services including YouTube.

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys (Expanded Edition) (Capitol/UMe, 2022)

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
6LP Standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1CD (contains CD 1 of below only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP Standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
All Formats (including exclusives): The Beach Boys Official Store

CD 1/LP 1-2 (originally released as Capitol 72435 82710 2 7, 2003)

1. California Girls (Stereo Mix)
2. I Get Around (2021 Stereo Mix)
3. Surfin' Safari (2021 Stereo Mix)
4. Surfin' U.S.A. (2021 Stereo Mix)
5. Fun, Fun, Fun (Stereo Mix)
6. Surfer Girl (2021 Stereo Mix)
7. Don't Worry Baby (2021 Stereo Mix)
8. Little Deuce Coupe
9. Shut Down (2021 Stereo Mix)
10. Help Me, Rhonda (2021 Stereo Mix)
11. Be True to Your School (Mono Single Version)
12. When I Grow Up (to Be a Man) (2021 Stereo Mix)
13. In My Room (2021 Stereo Mix)
14. God Only Knows (Stereo Mix)
15. Sloop John B (Stereo Mix)
16. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Stereo Mix)
17. Getcha Back
18. Come Go with Me
19. Rock and Roll Music (Stereo Mix)
20. Dance, Dance, Dance (2021 Stereo Mix)
21. Barbara Ann (2021 Stereo Mix)
22. Do You Wanna Dance? (2021 Stereo Mix)
23. Heroes and Villains (Stereo Mix)
24. Good Timin'
25. Kokomo
26. Do It Again (2021 Stereo Mix)
27. Wild Honey (2021 Stereo Mix)
28. Darlin' (2021 Stereo Mix)
29. I Can Hear Music
30. Good Vibrations (2021 Stereo Mix)

CD 2/LP 3-4

1. All Summer Long (Stereo Mix)
2. Good to My Baby (2021 Stereo Mix)
3. The Whole World
4. All I Wanna Do
5. Disney Girls (1957)
6. Kiss Me, Baby (Stereo Mix)
7. Let the Wind Blow (Stereo Mix)
8. Forever
9. Sail On Sailor
10. Long Promised Road
11. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (Stereo Mix)
12. Pom Pom Play Girl
13. Wind Chimes (SMiLE Version)
14. I Went to Sleep
15. Farmer's Daughter
16. Let Us Go On This Way (2021 Mix)
17. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone (2021 Mix)
18. The Night Was So Young
19. Marcella (2021 Mix)
20. You're So Good to Me (Stereo Mix)
21. Aren't You Glad (2017 Stereo Mix)
22. Baby Blue (2021 Mix)
23. It's About Time
24. Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) (2021 Mix)
25. Surf's Up

CD 3/LP 5-6

1. Add Some Music to Your Day
2. It's OK (Alternate Mix)
3. Goin' On
4. San Miguel (2021 Mix)
5. The Warmth of the Sun (2021 Mix)
6. Everyone's in Love with You
7. All This is That
8. California Saga
9. Feel Flows
10. Wendy (Stereo Mix)
11. Girl Don't Tell Me
12. Let Him Run Wild
13. All I Want to Do (2021 Mix)
14. Susie Cincinnati (2021 Mix)
15. Vegetables
16. Time to Get Alone
17. Where I Belong
18. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (Stereo Mix)
19. Little Bird
20. Til I Die
21. (Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again
22. Friends
23. Devoted to You (Party! Sessions Mix)
24. Can't Wait Too Long (2021 Mix)
25. California Feelin' (2021 Mix)

Disc 1, Track 1; Disc 2, Track 20 and Disc 3, Track 11 from Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (Capitol, 1965). Mix of Disc 1, Track 1 from Endless Harmony Soundtrack (Capitol, 1998/2000). Mix of Disc 2, Track 20 from The Warmth of the Sun (Capitol, 2007)
Disc 1, Track 2 and Disc 2, Track 1 and Disc 3, Track 10 from All Summer Long (Capitol, 1964). Mix of Disc 2, Track 1 from 50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol, 2012). Mix of Disc 3, Track 10 from Made in California (Capitol/UMe, 2013)
Disc 1, Track 3 from Surfin' Safari (Capitol, 1962)
Disc 1, Tracks 4 and 9 and Disc 2, Track 15 from Surfin' U.S.A. (Capitol, 1963)
Disc 1, Tracks 5 and 7; Disc 2, Track 12 and Disc 3, Track 5 from Shut Down Volume 2 (Capitol, 1964). Mix of Disc 1, Track 5 from Made in California
Disc 1, Tracks 6, 8 and 13 from Surfer Girl (Capitol, 1963)
Disc 1, Tracks 10, 12, 20 and 22 and Disc 2, Tracks 2 and 6 from The Beach Boys Today! (Capitol, 1965). Mix of Disc 2, Track 6 from 50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits
Disc 1, Track 11 from Little Deuce Coupe (Capitol, 1963)
Disc 1, Tracks 14-16 and Disc 3, Track 18 from Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966). These mixes from The Pet Sounds Sessions (Capitol, 1997) except Track 16 from 2001 reissue of album
Disc 1, Track 17 and Disc 3, Track 17 from The Beach Boys (Brother, 1985)
Disc 1, Track 18 from M.I.U. Album (Caribou, 1978)
Disc 1, Track 19 and Disc 3, Tracks 2, 6 and 14 from 15 Big Ones (Brother/Reprise, 1976). Mixes of Disc 1, Track 19 and Disc 3, Track 2 from Made in California
Disc 1, Track 21 and Disc 3, Track 23 from Beach Boys' Party! (Capitol, 1965). Mix of Disc 3, Track 23 from Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged (Capitol/UMe, 2015)
Disc 1, Track 23 and Disc 3, Track 15 from Smiley Smile (Capitol, 1967). Mix of Disc 1, Track 13 from 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol/UMe, 2017)
Disc 1, Track 24 and Disc 2, Track 22 from L.A. (Light Album) (Brother/Caribou/CBS, 1979)
Disc 1, Track 25 from Cocktail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Elektra, 1988)
Disc 1, Track 26 from non-LP single (Capitol, 1968)
Disc 1, Track 27-28 and Disc 2, Tracks 7 and 21 from Wild Honey (Capitol, 1967). Mixes of Disc 2, Tracks 7 and 21 from 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow
Disc 1, Track 29; Disc 2, Tracks 11 and 14 and Disc 3, Tracks 13 and 16 from 20/20 (Capitol, 1969). Mix of Disc 2, Track 11 from Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971 (Capitol/UMe, 2021)
Disc 1, Track 30 from non-LP single (Capitol, 1966)
Disc 2, Tracks 3-4, 8 and 23 and Disc 3, Track 1 from Sunflower (Capitol, 1970)
Disc 2, Tracks 5, 10 and 25 and Disc 3, Tracks 9 and 20 from Surf's Up (Brother/Reprise, 1971)
Disc 2, Track 9 and Disc 3, Track 8 from Holland (Brother/Reprise, 1973)
Disc 2, Tracks 11 and 24 intended for Smile (Capitol, 1967 - unreleased). Released on Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys (Capitol, 1993)
Disc 2, Track 16 and 18 from The Beach Boys Love You (Brother/Reprise, 1977)
Disc 2, Track 17 and 19 and Disc 3, Track 7 from Carl and The Passions - "So Tough" (Brother/Reprise, 1972)
Disc 3, Track 3 from Keepin' the Summer Alive (Brother/Caribou/CBS, 1980)
Disc 3, Track 4 from Ten Years of Harmony (Brother/Caribou/CBS, 1981)
Disc 3, Track 19 and 22 from Friends (Capitol, 1968)
Disc 3, Track 21 intended for Surf's Up. Released on Made in California
Disc 3, Track 24 intended for Smiley Smile and Wild Honey. Released on Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys
Disc 3, Track 25 intended for L.A. (Light Album). Released on Made in California