Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine. They emerged at the vanguard of the "California Sound", first performing original surf songs that gained international popularity for their distinct vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. Rooted in jazz-based vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and doo-wop, Brian led the band in devising novel approaches to music production, arranging his compositions for studio orchestras, and experimenting with several genres ranging from pop ballads to psychedelic and baroque.

Links To Peel
In the 60's and 70's, Peel would often play tracks from the Beach Boys, but after the 80's, he seemed to lost interest in the group due to their musical style being not exciting and also on his 15 September 1990 (BFBS) show describing how record and radio producers played the band's music on the radio in their desire to feel young, which Peel despised:


 * "I must admit, I'm not a great fan of the Beach Boys, y'know, because it's one of those things. Whenever summer comes along, record producers and radio producers of about my age...they put on Beach Boys records because it makes them feel young, I think, and they can't think of anything else to do anyway, so I've always had it in for the Beach Boys for that reason."

In the 90's and 00's. Peel would sometimes play the Beach Boys' 409 track, which he liked particularly, because of him owning a car of that brand number, whilst living in America.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * All Time 2000 Festive Fifty: Good Vibrations #46
 * All Time 2000 Festive Fifty: God Only Knows #41

Shows Played
1967 1968 1972
 * 19 July 1967: Here Today (LP - Pet Sounds) Capitol
 * 31 December 1967: Darlin' (single) Capitol
 * 30 June 1968: "Wake The World"
 * 28 April 1972: Help Me Rhonda (LP - ) unknown release

1973 1975 1990 2000 2002 2004 Others
 * 30 May 1972: Marcella (LP - Carl And The Passions – "So Tough") Brother/Reprise
 * 06 June 1972: Here She Comes (2xLP - So Tough/Pet Sounds) Warner Bros (reissue)
 * 20 June 1972: All This Is That (LP – Carl & The Passions – So Tough) Reprise
 * 24 April 1973: 409 (single – Surfin Safari b-side, 1962) Capitol
 * 26 May 1975: Darling (single) Capitol
 * 15 September 1990 (BFBS): '409 (LP-The Best Of The Beach Boys Vol. 3)' (Capitol)
 * 04 January 2000: 'Good Vibrations (LP-Best Of The Beach Boys Vol. 2)' (Capitol) All Time Festive Fifty #46
 * 05 January 2000: 'God Only Knows (LP-Pet Sounds)' (Capitol) All Time Festive Fifty #41
 * 18 June 2002: '409 (LP - The Best Of The Beach Boys Vol 1)' (Capitol)
 * 24 August 2004: "409" (LP - 'The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3') - (Capitol)
 * Keeping It Peel: "409" (LP - 'The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3') - (Capitol)