Best of the Beach Boys is the first compilation album released by the American
rock band
the Beach Boys through
Capitol Records in 1966. The first version was released in the United States on July 5, 1966, two months after Pet Sounds. Another version of Best of The Beach Boys was issued in the United Kingdom on November 11, 1966, with a track listing that differed from the American release.
North American release
The American release of Best of The Beach Boys includes a selection of 12 songs the band had recorded from 1963 to 1965, many of them singles or B-sides. The album reached number eight on the US charts and was certified gold by the
RIAA on April 12, 1967, and double platinum on December 1, 1991.[2]Best of The Beach Boys is currently out of print.
Stereo versions of the album are labeled
Duophonic on the small print and the labels, though many tracks use true stereo mixes where available.
The British version of Best of The Beach Boys was released with songs that differed to its American counterpart. This version, initially compiled as a DJ sampler by
EMI, sold close to 200,000 copies by September 1967 and spent a total of 142 weeks on the UK album charts, peaking at number two.[3][4][5]
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