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Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys is a box set by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released in 1993 by Capitol Records. It collects tracks spanning their entire career up to that point on four CDs. A fifth disc contains mostly studio session tracks, complete vocal and instrumental tracks, and rare live performances. The set also includes a car window decal. Though it never charted, Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys went gold in the US just over four months after its release.

The first four discs anthologize the band with mostly mono single versions of their hits, but also several demos and unreleased songs; the tracks are organized essentially in chronological order. Disc 2 includes 30 minutes of music from the 1966/1967 Smile sessions, which had been heavily bootlegged for years but never officially released. In addition, there is a hidden recording at the end of Disc 1 of a young Brian Wilson singing "Happy Birthday Four Freshmen" to his favorite vocal group into his tape recorder in 1960.

Track listing

All songs by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, except where noted.

Personnel

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At the time of this box set's release, a full list of musicians who recorded with the Beach Boys had not yet been compiled (it still is being compiled); for this reason, the box set only included a partial list of musicians that recorded with the band.

;The Beach Boys

  • Brian Wilson
  • Mike Love
  • Al Jardine
  • Carl Wilson
  • Dennis Wilson
  • David Marks
  • Bruce Johnston
  • Blondie Chaplin
  • Ricky Fataar

;Additional musicians

  • Glen Campbell &nbsp;- guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco &nbsp;- guitar
  • Jerry Cole &nbsp;- guitar
  • Barney Kessel &nbsp;- guitar
  • Bill Pitman &nbsp;- guitar, six-string bass
  • Ray Pohlman &nbsp;- bass
  • Carol Kaye &nbsp;- bass
  • Lyle Ritz &nbsp;- bass, double bass
  • Leon Russell &nbsp;- piano
  • Al de Lory &nbsp;- piano
  • Don Randi &nbsp;- piano
  • Hal Blaine &nbsp;- drums
  • Julius Wechter &nbsp;- percussion
  • Gene Estes &nbsp;- percussion
  • Frank Capp &nbsp;- percussion
  • Jim Gordon &nbsp;- drums, percussion
  • Tommy Morgan &nbsp;- harmonica
  • Steve Douglas, Jay Migliori, Roy Caton, Lou Blackburn &nbsp;- horns
  • The Sid Sharp Strings &nbsp;- strings
  • Carl Fortina &nbsp;- accordion
  • Frank Marocco &nbsp;- accordion

;Production staff

  • Brian Wilson &nbsp;- producer
  • Murry Wilson &nbsp;- producer
  • Nik Venet &nbsp;- producer
  • Carl Wilson &nbsp;- producer
  • The Beach Boys &nbsp;- producer
  • Mark Linett &nbsp;-
  • David Leaf &nbsp;-
  • Andy Paley &nbsp;-
  • Chuck Britz &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Larry Levine &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Dave Hassinger &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Armen Steiner &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Bruce Botnick &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • James Hilton &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Jim Lockert &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Steve Desper &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Earle Mankay &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Tom Murphy &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Steve Moffit &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)
  • Jeff Peters &nbsp;- engineer (original recordings)

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