The Beach Boys - Christmas With The Beach Boys (2004 FLAC) 88

The Beach Boys
Christmas With The Beach Boys (2004)
FLAC LOSSLESS 16Bit-44kHz



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Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community. From their 1961 debut with the regional hit "Surfin'," the three Wilson brothers -- Brian, Dennis, and Carl -- plus cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine constructed the most intricate, gorgeous harmonies ever heard from a pop band. With Brian's studio proficiency growing by leaps and bounds during the mid-'60s, the Beach Boys also proved one of the best-produced groups of the '60s, exemplified by their 1966 peak with the Pet Sounds LP and the number one single "Good Vibrations." Though Brian's escalating drug use and obsessive desire to trump the Beatles (by recording the perfect LP statement) eventually led to a nervous breakdown after he heard Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the group soldiered on long into the '70s and '80s, with Brian only an inconsistent participant. The band's post-1966 material is often maligned (if it's recognized at all), but the truth is the Beach Boys continued to make great music well into the '70s. Displayed best on 1970's Sunflower, each member revealed individual talents never fully developed during the mid-'60s -- Carl became a solid, distinctive producer and Brian's replacement as nominal bandleader, Mike continued to provide a visual focus as the frontman for live shows, and Dennis developed his own notable songwriting talents. Though legal wranglings and marginal oldies tours during the '90s often obscured what made the Beach Boys great, the band's unerring ability to surf the waves of commercial success and artistic development during the '60s made them America's first, best rock band.

Tracklist:

01 - Little Saint Nick
02 - The Man With All The Toys
03 - Santa's Beard
04 - Merry Christmas, Baby (Stereo)
05 - Christmas Day (Stereo)
06 - Frosty The Snowman (Stereo)
07 - We Three Kings Of Orient Are (Stereo)
08 - Blue Christmas (Stereo)
09 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Stereo)
10 - White Christmas (Stereo)
11 - I'll Be Home For Christmas (Stereo)
12 - Auld Lang Syne (Stereo)
13 - Little Saint Nick (Stereo Single Version)
14 - Auld Lang Syne (Mono Alternate Mix)
15 - Little Saint Nick (Stereo Alternate Version)
16 - Child Of Winter (Christmas Song)
17 - Santa's Got An Airplane
18 - Winter Symphony
19 - (I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
20 - Melekalikimaka
21 - Bells Of Christmas
22 - Morning Christmas
23 - Toy Drive Public Service Announcement
24 - Dennis Wilson Christmas Message
25 - Brian Wilson Christmas Interview


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