The Beach Boys - Hawthorne, CA: Birthplace of a Musical Legacy at Music Hills.com

Music CD 1

Mike Love introduces Surfin'
3701 West 119th Street, Hawthorne, California: The Surfin' Rehearsal
Happy Birthday Four Freshmen
Mike on Brian's Harmonies
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring (live rehearsal)
Surfin' USA (demo)
Surfin' USA (backing track)
Carl Wilson Radio Promo
Shut Down (live)
Little Deuce Coupe (demo)
Murry Wilson Directs A Radio Promo
Fun, Fun, Fun (backing track)
Brian's Message To "Rog" - take 22
Dance Dance Dance (stereo remix)
Kiss Me Baby (a capella mix)
Good To My Baby (backing track)
Chuck Britz on Brian in the studio
Salt Lake City (session highlights)
Salt Lake City (stereo remix)
Wish That He Could Stay (session excerpt)
And Your Dream Comes True (stereo remix)
Carol K Session highlights
The Little Girl I Once Knew (alternate version)
Alan and Dennis Introduce Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann (session excerpt - with Dean Torrence)
Barbara Ann (master take with party overdubs)
Mike on The Everly Brothers
Devoted To You (mastertake without party overdubs)
Dennis Thanks Everybody/In The Back Of My Mind

Music CD 2

Can't Wait Too Long (a capella mix)
Dennis Introduces Carl
Good Vibrations (stereo track sections)
Good Vibrations (concert rehearsal)
Heroes And Villains (stereo single version)
Vegetable Promo (instrumental section)
Vegetables (stereo extended mix)
You're With Me Tonight
Lonely Days
Bruce on Wild Honey
Let The Wind Blow (stereo remix)
I Went To Sleep (a capella mix)
Time To Get Alone (alternate version)
Alan and Brian talk about Dennis
A Time To Live In Dreams
Be With Me (back track)
Dennis introduces Cotton Fields
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song; stereo single version)
Alan and Carl on Break Away
Break Away (alternate version)
Add Some Music To Your Day (a capella mix)
Dennis Wilson
Forever (a capella mix)
Sail On, Sailor (backing track)
Old Man River (vocal section)
Carl Wilson
The Lord's Prayer (stereo remix)
Carl Wilson - Coda

Skewed heavily--and rightfully--toward the band's first seven years, this chronology offers up charmingly rough early demos ("Surfin'," "Surfin' USA," "Little Deuce Coupe"), edited session highlights, backing tracks ("Fun, Fun, Fun," "Salt Lake City," "Good Vibrations," "Be with Me," "Sail On Sailor"), spectacular a cappella versions ("Kiss Me Baby," "Can't Wait Too Long," "Add Some"), alternate takes ("The Little Girl I Once Knew" with an a cappella break, "Time to Get Alone," "Break Away"), and some modern stereo remixes and edits that add revealing details ("Dance, Dance, Dance," "Heroes and Villains," "Vegetables," "Time to Get Alone"). The crucial latter contributions of Carl and Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine are also showcased on "Let the Wind Blow," "A Time to Live in Dreams," and "Cotton Fields," respectively. The dialog adds some minor perspective but, as always, it's music that carries the day. Hawthorne, CA is a must for collectors and a concise, insightful introduction to a true American musical institution. --Jerry McCulley