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The Capitol Years
Box set by The Beach Boys
Released	1980
Recorded	1960-1969
Genre	Pop
Length	250:04
Label	Capitol
Producer	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys chronology
Ultimate Christmas (1998) The Capitol Years (1980) The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations (1999)

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The Capitol Years is a 4- CD box set which documents The Beach Boys' career with the Capitol Records label. It was originally released in 1980 through Reader's Digest as a 7-LP boxed set, which included a bonus LP of Brian Wilson's non-Beach Boys productions for Capitol. In 1988, EMI Records Australia released 4-CD and 6-cassette versions that excluded the bonus LP.

It features 106 tracks from their time with Capitol.

Track listing

Summertime U.S.A.

1. " Surfin'"
2. " Surfin' Safari"
3. " Ten Little Indians"
4. " Surfin' U.S.A."
5. " Catch a Wave"
6. " Hawaii"
7. "Surfers Rule"
8. " Surfer Girl"
9. " Don't Back Down"
10. " Little Deuce Coupe"
11. " 409"
12. "In the Parkin' Lot"
13. "Car Crazy Cutie"
14. "Spirit of America"
15. " Shut Down"
16. "Custom Machine"
17. " Drive-In"
18. "Cherry, Cherry Coupe"
19. " Little Honda"

California Dream

1. " Be True to Your School"
2. " Fun, Fun, Fun"
3. " Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
4. " All Summer Long"
5. " I Get Around"
6. " Wendy"
7. " When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"
8. " Little Saint Nick"
9. "Christmas Day"
10. " Auld Lang Syne"
11. " Don't Worry Baby"
12. "Your Summer Dream"
13. " In My Room"
14. " The Warmth of the Sun"
15. " Keep an Eye on Summer"
16. " Girls on the Beach"
17. " Please Let Me Wonder"
18. " Hushabye"
19. " The Lord's Prayer"

Sunshine Music

1. " Dance, Dance, Dance"
2. " The Little Girl I Once Knew"
3. " Good to My Baby"
4. " Help Me, Rhonda"
5. " Do You Wanna Dance?"
6. " You're So Good to Me"
7. " Don't Hurt My Little Sister"
8. " She Knows Me Too Well"
9. " California Girls"
10. " The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"
11. "Graduation Day"
12. " Monster Mash"
13. " Johnny B. Goode"
14. " Barbara Ann"
15. " There's No Other (Like My Baby)"
16. " Devoted to You"
17. " Mountain of Love"
18. " Aren't You Glad"
19. " Their Hearts Were Full of Spring"

Changes

1. " Then I Kissed Her"
2. " Kiss Me, Baby"
3. " Let Him Run Wild"
4. " Amusement Parks USA"
5. " I'm So Young"
6. " Girl Don't Tell Me"
7. " Salt Lake City"
8. " The Girl from New York City"
9. " Sloop John B"
10. " Here Today"
11. " Caroline, No"
12. " I'm Waiting for the Day"
13. " You Still Believe in Me"
14. " I Know There's an Answer"
15. " Wouldn't It Be Nice"
16. " God Only Knows"
17. " I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"

Timeless

1. " Good Vibrations"
2. " Wind Chimes"
3. " Cabin Essence"
4. " Vegetables"
5. " Wonderful"
6. " Our Prayer"
7. " Heroes and Villains"
8. " Darlin'"
9. " Gettin' Hungry"
10. " Here Comes the Night"
11. " With Me Tonight"
12. " Wake the World"
13. "Country Air"
14. " You're Welcome"
15. "I'd Love Just Once to See You"
16. " Wild Honey"

Break Away

1. " Do It Again"
2. " Little Bird"
3. " Let the Wind Blow"
4. " Busy Doin' Nothin'"
5. "Passing By"
6. " Time to Get Alone"
7. "Be Here in the Mornin'"
8. " Friends"
9. " I Can Hear Music"
10. " Never Learn Not to Love"
11. " Cotton Fields"
12. "I Went to Sleep"
13. " Bluebirds over the Mountain"
14. " Celebrate the News"
15. "Be with Me"
16. " Break Away"

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