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In honor of 50 years of The Beach Boys' timeless and often underappreciated albums, Capitol/UMe will release an expansive 5CD and digital box set titled Feel Flows – The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971 on July 30.
Surf s Up and 1970 s
Sunflower. It features remastered versions of both albums, along with 108 previously unreleased tracks, live cuts, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, a cappella takes and isolated backing tracks.
The five-CD package also includes a 48-page book featuring rare and unreleased photos, lyric sheets, new liner notes and new and archival interviews with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Mike Love and others.
Abbreviated versions of the box include a four-LP set on black vinyl and limited-edition colored vinyl (translucent blue and translucent gold), two-LP black vinyl and two-CD. The various sets are available to pre-order at the official Beach Boys site, where you can also find full track lists for the individual packages. You can see the track listing for the two-disc version below.
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