davidgra
Active Member
Hi all.
Has anyone else picked up the new Beach Boys box set? It's called "U. S. Singles Collection: The Capitol Years 1962-1965."
In my opinion, this is a much better box set than the Carpenters' Japanese Single Box. It's not perfect, but it's pretty close.
Like the Japanese Single Box, the Beach Boys box contains reproductions of all the original 45 RPM record sleeves, and each disc looks like a 45 RPM single. Unlike the Japanese Single Box, these are all 5.25" discs (standard size). And, unlike the Japanese Single Box, these don't contain just the two songs from the single; there are one or more "bonus" tracks on each one.
All of the singles in the Beach Boys box contain the A- and B-side tracks, in their original mono single mixes. In addition to these two tracks, there are usually two other tracks on each disc -- in most cases, these are stereo mixes of the songs. Some are original stereo album mixes, but in the case of songs for which no stereo mix was originally made, a modern stereo remix is included.
A few other singles in the box contain alternate versions of songs, backing tracks for songs, or (in one case) a live version.
This has, of course, gotten my imagination fired up about a Carpenters U. S. singles box. Including all of the original single versions of songs would be a must, but including "bonus" tracks would make the set that much better.
For example, each single could contain:
1) Original single A-side
2) Original single B-side
3) Album version of song (if different than single version)
4) Remix of song from later years
5) Demo version or alternate version (if available)
6) Karaoke mix of song
So the first single could look like this:
1) Ticket to Ride (mono single version)
2) Your Wonderful Parade (mono single version)
3) Ticket to Ride (stereo album mix)
4) Your Wonderful Parade (stereo album mix)
5) Ticket to Ride (1973 version)
6) Your Wonderful Parade (demo)
7) Ticket to Ride (karaoke mix)
The second:
1) Close to You (edited single version)
2) I Kept on Loving You (single version)
3) Close to You (full-length album version)
4) Close to You (1991 remix)
5) Close to You (mono promo mix)
6) Close to You (karaoke mix)
And so on. Adding the extra tracks to each single makes the set much more worthwhile, and gives it a *little* justification for having everything spread out over so many discs.
I know I'm just dreaming, but maybe someone at Universal will take the lead from Capitol Records/EMI and think about doing something similar...
David
Has anyone else picked up the new Beach Boys box set? It's called "U. S. Singles Collection: The Capitol Years 1962-1965."
In my opinion, this is a much better box set than the Carpenters' Japanese Single Box. It's not perfect, but it's pretty close.
Like the Japanese Single Box, the Beach Boys box contains reproductions of all the original 45 RPM record sleeves, and each disc looks like a 45 RPM single. Unlike the Japanese Single Box, these are all 5.25" discs (standard size). And, unlike the Japanese Single Box, these don't contain just the two songs from the single; there are one or more "bonus" tracks on each one.
All of the singles in the Beach Boys box contain the A- and B-side tracks, in their original mono single mixes. In addition to these two tracks, there are usually two other tracks on each disc -- in most cases, these are stereo mixes of the songs. Some are original stereo album mixes, but in the case of songs for which no stereo mix was originally made, a modern stereo remix is included.
A few other singles in the box contain alternate versions of songs, backing tracks for songs, or (in one case) a live version.
This has, of course, gotten my imagination fired up about a Carpenters U. S. singles box. Including all of the original single versions of songs would be a must, but including "bonus" tracks would make the set that much better.
For example, each single could contain:
1) Original single A-side
2) Original single B-side
3) Album version of song (if different than single version)
4) Remix of song from later years
5) Demo version or alternate version (if available)
6) Karaoke mix of song
So the first single could look like this:
1) Ticket to Ride (mono single version)
2) Your Wonderful Parade (mono single version)
3) Ticket to Ride (stereo album mix)
4) Your Wonderful Parade (stereo album mix)
5) Ticket to Ride (1973 version)
6) Your Wonderful Parade (demo)
7) Ticket to Ride (karaoke mix)
The second:
1) Close to You (edited single version)
2) I Kept on Loving You (single version)
3) Close to You (full-length album version)
4) Close to You (1991 remix)
5) Close to You (mono promo mix)
6) Close to You (karaoke mix)
And so on. Adding the extra tracks to each single makes the set much more worthwhile, and gives it a *little* justification for having everything spread out over so many discs.
I know I'm just dreaming, but maybe someone at Universal will take the lead from Capitol Records/EMI and think about doing something similar...
David