Best Beach Record

While lazing at the beach last Sunday, I inadvertently came across the best "lazing at the beach, having a few drinks, smoking a little ***" CD and it is... Neil Young Decade. I can't wait for this to be done right! I was listening on a boom box so everything sounded fine, but what a great compilation, especially going from the early stuff to Buffalo Springfield to solo to CSNY. It just made my day...

 

Hi Paul,
I have loved that album since I first bought it 25 (yikes) years ago. Never heard it on the beach though. I'll have to try it one day. I'm sure it would be fantastic.
I can only guess at what you were smoking (3 letters hmmmm). You could be a candidate for "if you remember the 80's, you weren't really there".

 

Wanna hear a great Beach Boys cover band? Email me...

 

That would be Mike Love's group, right?
Oh yeah, you said great.
Never mind.

 

>>>>>"Summer Means Fun", the Jan and Dean Version.

cant beat it for true Summer Fun!!!!


Altho the Bruce and Terry Version is nice too.....

 

Sons of the Beaches by Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids.

 

My current favorite is a Beach Boys comp I made just a little bit ago, and I like my Beach Boys melancholy, and very light on the oldie surf tunes...

I Get Around 02:13
Don't Worry Baby 02:47
The Warmth Of The Sun 02:52
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 02:02
Please Let Me Wonder 02:45
She Knows Me Too Well 02:28
Let Him Run Wild 02:20
Wouldn't It Be Nice 02:25
Sloop John B 03:00
God Only Knows 02:52
Caroline, No 02:53
Good Vibrations 03:36
Wild Honey 02:38
Darlin' 02:12
Friends 02:30
I Can Hear Music 02:35
Our Prayer 01:08
Break Away 02:55
This Whole World 01:56
Add Some Music To Your Day 03:32
Deirdre 03:26
Cotton Fields 02:59
Long Promised Road 03:29
'Til I Die 02:40
Surf's Up 04:12
Sail On Sailor 03:17

 

When I saw your reference to CSNY I thought no that's not right, there are no CSNY tracks on Decade. But of course there is. Helpless is on there. Then I played it and you know what it sounded really nice. Then for comparison I dug out my Joe Gatwirst Deja Vu and played Helpless. Didn't compare.

 

I love to crank up the Ramones when I'm on the sand, especially when Rockaway Beach comes on - that spot where everything drops out for a second, then the bass drum kicks on through is bliss...