Beach Boys' Party!
Studio album by The Beach Boys
Released	8 November 1965
Recorded	8-27 September 1965
Genre	Rock
Length	31:10
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Brian Wilson
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The Beach Boys chronology
Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (1965) Beach Boys' Party! (1965) Pet Sounds (1966)

Beach Boys' Party! is an album of cover songs (featuring acoustic instruments), including three songs by The Beatles which was marketed during the lucrative Christmas season. It was the third album released by The Beach Boys in 1965 and their eleventh overall album. Although it was recorded in the studio, it is presented as an impromptu live recording of a party. Image File history File links BeachBoysParty. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The Beach Boys is an American rock and roll band. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... For other persons named Brian Wilson, see Brian Wilson (disambiguation). ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... The Beach Boys is an American rock and roll band. ... Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) is the tenth album by The Beach Boys and their second overall in 1965. ... Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group the Beach Boys. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... The Beach Boys is an American rock and roll band. ...

In August, after the release of Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) leader Brian Wilson was contemplating his next studio album. Capitol Records requested a new album for the holiday season. Since a live album, Beach Boys Concert, had already been released the previous year, the "live party" idea was selected. Sporadically throughout September, Wilson led the band and their friends rehearsed current or older hits (including revisiting The Rivingtons' "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"). Although presented as a live recording, the individual songs were recorded carefully, and laughter and background chatter was mixed in during post-production. Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) is the tenth album by The Beach Boys and their second overall in 1965. ... For other persons named Brian Wilson, see Brian Wilson (disambiguation). ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Rivingtons were a doo-wop group noted for being one of the most loud and raucous of the genre. ...

The album included versions of The Beatles' "Tell Me Why" and "I Should Have Known Better", The Everly Brothers' "Devoted To You", Phil Spector's "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" and a send-up of their own "I Get Around" and "Little Deuce Coupe". Beach Boys' Party! was meant as a fun album created without a single, because Wilson was readying "The Little Girl I Once Knew" for single release concurrently with the album. The Everly Brothers, (Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1, 1937, Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Phil Everly, born Phillip Everly, January 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) are male siblings who were top-selling country-influenced rock and roll performers, best known for their steel-string guitar playing and close harmony... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ...

The new single's inventive use of silence was disliked by radio programmers, causing "The Little Girl I Once Knew" to stop at US #20. The last track of Party!, a cover of The Regents's "Barbara Ann", which radio disc jockeys around the country had started playing straight off the "Party" album and getting good listeners response was promptly issued as a single by Capitol when they started hearing from radio programmers, and became a #2 smash in early 1966. The Regents were a doo-wop vocal group from New York City in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ...

Beach Boys' Party! reached #6 in the US (though it never went gold). Beach Boys' Party! and its surprise hit single became The Beach Boys' biggest successes yet in the UK, both reaching #3 in early 1966 and making them stars in The Beatles' homeland.

Track listing

1. "Hully Gully" (Fred Smith/Cliff Goldsmith) – 2:22
   • Lead Vocal - Mike Love
2. "I Should Have Known Better" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 1:40
   • Lead Vocal - Carl Wilson and Al Jardine
3. "Tell Me Why" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 1:46
   • Lead Vocal - Carl Wilson and Al Jardine
4. "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" (Carl White/Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Turner Wilson Jr.) – 2:18
   • Lead Vocal - Brian Wilson, with Mike Love (bass)
5. "Mountain of Love" (Harold Dorman) – 2:51
   • Lead Vocal - Mike Love
6. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:56
   • Lead Vocal - Dennis Wilson
7. "Devoted To You" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:13
   • Lead Vocal - Mike Love and Brian Wilson
8. "Alley Oop" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:56
   • Lead Vocal - Mike Love
9. "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" (Phil Spector/Leroy Bates) – 3:05
   • Lead Vocal - Brian WIlson
10. "Medley: I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Roger Christian) – 3:12
    • Lead vocals by Dennis, Mike, Brian, Al, Carl
11. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 2:23
    • Lead Vocal - Al Jardine
12. "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert) – 3:23
    • Lead Vocal Brian Wilson and Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean

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Singles

• "The Little Girl I Once Knew" b/w "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" (Capitol 5540), 8 November 1965 #20

("The Little Girl I Once Knew" never featured on a regular Beach Boys studio album)

• "Barbara Ann" b/w "Girl Don't Tell Me" (from Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (Capitol 5561), 20 December 1965, US #2; UK #3

Beach Boys' Party! is now paired on CD with Stack-O-Tracks with bonus instrumental tracks. Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) is the tenth album by The Beach Boys and their second overall in 1965. ... Stack-O-Tracks (1968) is a unique album release, not just by The Beach Boys but in all of rock music history. ...

Beach Boys' Party! (Capitol (D) MAS 2398) hit #6 in the US during a chart stay of 24 weeks. It reached #3 in the UK in March 1966.

Influence

In 1997, the Canadian Indie Rock group Sloan, released an EP entitled "Recorded Live at a Sloan Party! (AKA The Party Album)" as a bonus disc to the U.S. release of "One Chord To Another" in homage to The Beach Boys' Party! LP, Like the Beach Boy's Party! LP, Live At A Sloan Party! mixes acoustic versions of old classics and songs originally written and recorded by other artists, and presents a supposed gathering that was actually constructed in the studio. Sloan is a power pop quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Live at a Sloan Party! was a rare album release by Sloan; it was released in the United States in 1996 as a bonus album to March Records release of One Chord to Another. ...

Sources

• Beach Boys' Party!/Stack-O-Tracks CD booklet notes, David Leaf, c.1990.
• "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
• "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story", Brian Wilson and Todd Gold, c. 1991.
• "Top Pop Singles 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• All Music Guide.com

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External links

• Beach Boys' Party! lyrics
• Party overview