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Artist: The Beach Boys
Title: Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Format: CDReissue
Label: Capitol Records
Cat No: 7243 5 31639 2 1
Genres: SurfPop RockVocalClassic Rock
Status Have
Added To List 3rd August 2025
Disc 1 | CD
Excellent
Optimal Media GmbH 
A Matrix:
5316392 AB59407-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH  
 

Additional Information

Comments 24-bit digitally remastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.

"Dance, Dance, Dance" (Demo Version), "I'm So Young" (Alt. Version) and "Graduation Day" mixed at Your Place Or Mine Studios, Los Angeles.

Track notes:
Track 1 - Master #53273. Recorded 1/11/65.
Track 2 - Master #53322. Recorded 1/13 & 1/19/65.
Track 3 - Master #52385. Recorded 6/22/64.
Track 4 - Master #52666. Recorded 8/5 & 8/10/64.
Track 5 - Master #53272. Recorded 1/8 & 1/19/65.
Track 6 - Master #51509. Recorded 10/9/64.
Track 7 - Master #53271. Recored 1/7/65.
Track 8 - Master #52849. Recorded 1/18 & 1/19/65.
Track 9 - Master #53149. Recorded 12/16/64 & 1/15/65.
Track 10 - Master #52667. Recorded 6/8/64.
Track 11 - Master #53323. Recorded 1/13 & 1/19/65.
Track 12 - Master #53326. Recorded 1/13/65.
Track 13 - Master #53739. Recorded 5/24/65.
Track 14 - Master #53644. Recorded 5/5/65.
Track 15 - Master #53642. Recorded 5/3/65.
Track 16 - Master #53598. Recorded 3/30/65.
Track 17 - Master #53643. Recorded 4/30/65.
Track 18 - Master #53453. Recorded 2/24/65.
Track 19 - Master #53865. Recorded 4/6/65.
Track 20 - Master #53795. Recorded 3/30/65.
Track 21 - Master #53794. Recorded 5/24/65.
Track 22 - Master #53681. Recorded 5/15/65.
Track 23 - Master #53795. Recorded 5/24/65.
Track 24 - Master #53796. Recorded 5/24/65.
Track 25 - Master #55297. Recorded 10/13/65.
Track 26 - Master #51509A. Recorded 9/22/64.
Track 27 - Master #52849A. Recorded 9/9/64.
Track 28 - Master #53793A. Recorded 3/30/65.
Track 29 - Master #52706A. Recorded 5/5/65.

All songs recorded at Western Recording Studios, Hollywood with the exception of the following:
Track 1 - recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood.
Track 18 - recorded at Universal/Radio Recorders Studios, Hollywood.
Tracks 22 & 23 - recorded at CBS Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Track 26 - recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville.

"The Beach Boys Today!" LP - originally released on March 1, 1965 by Capitol Records (Capitol T-2269).
"Summer Days (And Summer Nights)" LP - originally released on June 28, 1965 by Capitol Records (Capitol T-2354).

All songs in mono, except 26, 27 & 29, which are in stereo.

Technical notes:

"In the preparation of this compact disc, every effort has been made to make these historic recordings sound as they did when Brian, Carl, Mile, Dennis, Al and Bruce first made them. Numerous tapes were auditioned in order to find the best sounding master. No remixing was attempted, as it was felt that this would not be faithful to the original productions. The original mono and stereo tapes were transferred using a specially modified ampex tape machine and custom-made analog-to-digital converters.
The disc has been mastered using the Pacific Microsonics HDCD system which encodes 24 bits onto a conventional 16 bit CD. The bonus tracks have been selected from a variety of sources and were mixed directly from the original three and four track masters."
- Mark Linett, Los Angeles, CA, December 2000.

℗ 2001 © 1990 Capitol Records, Inc.
© 2001 Capitol Records, Inc.
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