Capitol Records/UMeA new Beach Boys box set that takes a deep dive into the sessions for two of the band's underappreciated albums 1970's Sunflower and 1971's Surf's Up will be released on July 30. The 135-track collection, titled Feel Flows: Th.
Dennis Wilson.
In advance of the box setâs arrival, a previously unreleased track from the
Surfâs Up sessions, âBig Sur,â has been made available as a digital single.
Sunflower and
Surfâs Up were recorded during a commercially unsuccessful period for the Beach Boys.
Sunflowerâs lead single, âAdd Some Music to Your Day,â peaked at #64 on the
Billboard Hot 100, while the album only reached #151 on the
Billboard 200 chart.
Surfâs Up rose to #29 on the
Billboard 200, although its highest-charting single, âLong Promised Road,â only reached #89 on the Hot 100. The album does feature several standout songs, including the critically lauded title track and âFeel Flows,â a tune featured in
Rolling Stone Menu The Beach Boys’ New ‘Feel Flows’ Box Set: An Exclusive Guide
We run down 10 revelatory moments from the upcoming collection focusing on the group’s pivotal 1969–71 era
By Iconic Artists Group LLC/Brother Records Inc.
At the dawn of the Seventies, the Beach Boys had a lot to prove. Their pop success was a thing of the past even artistic triumphs like
Pet Sounds and
Wild Honey were commercial flops. The boys of summer were pushing 30 by now, bearded dads reckoning with marriage, divorce, changing times. When they went to work at Brian Wilson’s home studio on Bellagio Road in Bel Air, they were struggling to find their place in a new world that had written them off as a nostalgia act. But the Beach Boys found their adult voices on
Sunflower and 1971 s
Surf s Up are being treated to a massive new box set.
Feel Flows – The Sunflower & Surf s Up Sessions 1969-1971 arrives July 30 through Capitol/UMe.
Feel Flows brings together unreleased tracks, live recordings, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, isolated backing tracks and a cappella versions of songs from sessions for the pair of early 70s efforts.
In addition to the trove of music, the set includes a 48-page book with new liner notes from music critic Howie Edelson alongside photos, lyric sheets and other rarities from the era. Archival interviews with Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and more are also included.