Little Deuce Coupe
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | ||||
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Publication |
October 21, 1963 |
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| Label (s) | Capitol Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
25 min 25 s |
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Studio (s) |
Western Studios, Hollywood , California |
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Little Deuce Coupe is the fourth album by the Beach Boys , released on October 7, 1963 . It contains eight new songs (which were recorded in September 1963) as well as four that had appeared on previous albums.
History of origin
While the first three albums the group mainly the surfing had treated (surfing), was this the fourth, except for A Young Man Is Gone completely by Brian Wilson composed album, a different theme: the topic "car" it took another favorite activity American youth. When songwriting Brian Wilson was supported by the DJ Roger Christian of Los Angeles .
Brian Wilson had just written the hit Surf City for Jan and Dean and initially didn't want to record surf songs. Furthermore, the compilation Shut Down with the Beach Boys hit of the same name was very successful. By adding four older songs, the album could be recorded within a day. The album was released just a month after its predecessor, Surfer Girl .
Although David Marks is featured on the cover, his predecessor Al Jardine returned on this album. His involvement is not mentioned, however.
This album also bore the note "Produced by Brian Wilson", although 409 and Shut Down were not included in new, but in the versions produced by Nick Venet .
A mono and a stereo version were released. On the latter, however, the mono-produced 409 could only be heard in electronic pseudo-stereo (the Capitol record company called it “Duophonic for Stereo Phonographs”).
The album reached number 4 on the US Billboard charts and was on the charts for 46 weeks, eight weeks of which in the top 10.
The titles
- Little Deuce Coupe (B. Wilson / R. Christian) - 1:38
- Ballad of Ole 'Betsy (B. Wilson / R. Christian) - 2:15
- Be True to Your School (LP version) (B. Wilson) - 2:06
- Car Crazy Cutie (B. Wilson / R. Christian) - 2:47
- Cherry, Cherry Coupe (B. Wilson / R. Christian) - 1:47
- 409 (B. Wilson / G. Usher) (US charts # 76) - 1:58
- Shut Down (B. Wilson / R. Christian) (US charts # 23) - 1:48
- Spirit of America (B. Wilson / R. Christian) - 2:22
- Our Car Club (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 2:21
- No-Go Showboat (B. Wilson / R. Christian) - 1:54
- A Young Man Is Gone (Bobby Troup / Mike Love) - 2:15
- Custom Machine (B. Wilson) - 1:38
Additional information about the songs
Little Deuce Coupe was already released on the previous album. The song reached number 15 on the singles charts as the B-side of Surfer Girl . The song is about a Ford Model B that Mike Love owned. On this song, Hal Blaine plays the drums instead of Dennis Wilson.
Ballad of Ole Betsy is an ode to the aging Betsy. Betsy was the family vehicle of the Wilson family.
Be True to Your School is the only song on the album that isn't about cars. There is also a single version, which was recorded with the additional help of a marching band and a cheerleader choir. The choir was imitated by the American group The Honeys . This girl group was produced by Brian Wilson in the 1960s, but was quite unsuccessful. A member of the band was Marilyn Rovell, who became Brian Wilson's wife in 1964. This single version reached the top 10.
Car Crazy Cutie was later re-recorded by Brian Wilson, Bob Norberg and other friends under the project name The Survivors . The song was now called Pamela Jean and was released as a single by Capitol Records, but failed to get into the charts.
Cherry, Cherry Coupe is a rewritten version of Land Ahoy , a 1962 song that was later released on the Rarities Collection .
409 was the B-side of the Beach Boys ' first single and was already released on Surfin' Safari .
Spirit of America is about the automobile of the same name and its driver, Craig Breedlove , who set a new speed record in 1963. The song title also served as the name for a compilation by the Beach Boys released in 1975.
Our Car Club comes from the previous album.
No-Go Showboat is about a car that looks very good but can't go fast.
A Young Man Is Gone is a tribute to James Dean . The title is a cover version with changed text. The original is from Bobby Troup and is better known as Their Heart Were Full of Spring
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Booklet of the CD Little Deuce Coupe / All Summer Long, Capitol Records 2001
- ↑ Back cover of the LP version
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0035002895
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0010969953
- ↑ http://www.surfermoon.com/tracks/files/y/young_man_is_gone.shtml