The Beach Boys - Endless Summer LP 1974

Capitol EA-ST 11307

US 1974

levy Ex / Ex-

kannet Ex gatefold

"Endless Summer" is a 1974 collection of their 1963-1966 material (all but one cut predating "Pet Sounds"). The compilation displays a number of oddities, including the inclusion of album versions of "Be True To Your School", "Help Me Ronda", and "Fun, Fun, Fun" instead of the hit-single versions, a difference which is subtle in the last case, but more prominent in the first two. Initial pressings of this album contained a poster depicting an airplane flying a Beach Boys banner. The cover artwork reflected the Beach Boys' seventies appearance.

In the USA, the double album spent 155 weeks on the Billboard album chart, peaking at #1 and selling over three million copies. Released as a double album in a gatefold sleeve in the USA, "Good Vibrations" was added to the end of "Endless Summer" in the 1980s for its CD edition. In the UK, the album was released on one album with ten songs on each side.

Besides Sounds of Summer this is one of the best beach boy compilations released. Theres alot of songs here that are criminally underrated like “warmth of the sun” and there is a version of “Be true to you school” that’s played way better overall a good album that is worthy of checking out.