Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!)

Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!)
Studio album by The Beach Boys
Publication (s)	July 5, 1965
Label (s)	Capitol Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	12
running time	26 min 42 s
occupation	Singing : Mike Love Guitar / Keyboard / Vocals : Brian Wilson Singing : Carl Wilson
production	Brian Wilson
Studio (s)	Western Recording Studios, Hollywood, California Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, California CBS Studios, Hollywood, California Universal / Radio Recorders Studios, Hollywood, California Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
chronology The Beach Boys Today! (1965) Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!) Beach Boys' Party! (1965)

Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!) is an album by the US music group The Beach Boys . It was released on July 5, 1965. The album was produced by Brian Wilson .

Emergence

While the Beach Boys went on tour, Brian Wilson worked on new songs. Wilson hired studio musicians from Los Angeles who were part of the so-called The Wrecking Crew - with whom Phil Spector also recorded - and recorded the newly composed pieces in the studio. After the tour, the band members only had to record the vocals.

In contrast to its predecessor The Beach Boys Today! , especially the second side of this album, Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!) is a classic Beach Boys album, mainly due to the commercial expectations of Columbia Records .

After a legal dispute, several names had to be changed in 1996. Mike Love sued successfully and a large part of his name is now in the songwriting names. Only the instrumental Summer Means New Love and I'm Bugged at My Ol 'Man are excluded.

success

During the Summer Days period , the Beach Boys were nearing their career peak. With Help Me, Rhonda the album contains the second number one hit by the Beach Boys. The album reached number 2 on the US Billboard charts and number 4 on the UK charts.

Track list

1. The Girl from New York City (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 1:49
2. Amusement Parks, USA (B.Wilson / M. Love) - 2:25
3. Then I Kissed Her (Barry / Greenwich / Spector) - 2:11
4. Salt Lake City (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 1:57
5. Girl Don't Tell Me (B. Wilson) - 2:14
6. Help Me, Rhonda (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 2:44
7. California Girls (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 2:34
8. Let Him Run Wild (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 2:18
9. You're So Good to Me (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 2:13
10. Summer Means New Love (B. Wilson) - 1:55
11. I'm Bugged at My Ol 'Man (B. Wilson) - 2:13
12. And Your Dreams Come True (B. Wilson / M. Love) - 1:00

Additional information about the songs

The Girl from New York City is an answer to the song The Boy from New York City by the group Ad Libs, which was released a little earlier in the same year.

Amusement Parks USA is a recourse to Surfin 'USA If good surfing spots were listed for the latter , then for this song it is the amusement parks of the USA. The song ends with a riff from Freddy Cannon's song Palisades Park . The spoken part of the song is by Hal Blaine . In Japan, the single reached number 3 on the charts.

Then I Kissed Her is a cover version of a popular Phil Spectors hit. The Beach Boys changed the perspective of the song Then I Kissed Him , which was written for The Crystals . Phil Spector's “ Wall of Sound ” is considered a major influence on the work of Brian Wilson. In Great Britain the single reached number 4.

Salt Lake City is a tribute to the city where the Beach Boys had very loyal fans. 1,000 promo singles of the song were pressed in Salt Lake City .

Girl Don't Tell Me is influenced by the Beatles' Ticket to Ride . Brian Wilson played Celesta on this song . For the second time, Carl Wilson took over the lead vocals.

Help Me, Rhonda appeared on the previous album under a different spelling (Ronda) . This slightly shorter version of the song was the Beach Boys' second number one hit after I Get Around . At the same time it was the first top 10 hit in Germany. For the third time the song appeared on the album The Beach Boys in Concert . Johnny Rivers reached the top 40 on the Billboard charts with his version of the song.

California Girls is one of the most famous beach boys songs. The single reached number 3 on the charts. Several cover versions of the song were very successful. David Lee Roth's version made itto number 3 on the Billboard charts.

Let Him Run Wild is one of the most popular songs among Beach Boys fans. Brian Wilson would later use the song on his second solo album Imagination .

Summer Means New Love is the only instrumental on the album.

I'm Bugged at My Ol 'Man is a humorous reappraisal of the conflict between Brian Wilson and his father and ex-manager Murry Wilson . Brian Wilson sang the song, but this is not mentioned on the back cover . Instead there is the note “Lead, (Too Embarrassed)”.

And Your Dreams Come True is an a cappella song reminiscent of the Four Freshmen who are one of the main sources of inspiration for Brian Wilson.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Booklet of the CD Beach Boys Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!). Capitol Records 2001.
2. ↑ Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!) at Allmusic (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b} everyhit.com
4. ↑ history-of-rock.com
5. ↑ charts-surfer.de
6. ↑ Johnny Rivers at Allmusic (English)
7. ↑ The Beach Boys at Allmusic (English)
8. ↑ David Lee Roth at Allmusic (English)
9. ↑ Imagination of Brian Wilson at Allmusic (English)
10. ↑ Back cover of the LP version
11. ↑ Neal Umphred: Let's Go Away For A While In: Kingsley Abbot (Ed.): The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. Hannibal-Verlag, St. Andrä-Wölker 1998, ISBN 3-85445-160-1 .