Rarities (The Beach Boys album)

Rarities
Compilation album by The Beach Boys
Released	1983
Genre	Rock
Length	30:25
Label	Capitol
Producer	Brian Wilson
Compiler	Brad Elliot
The Beach Boys chronology
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Rarities is a Beach Boys compilation album released in 1983 by Capitol Records. It is a collection of outtakes, alternate mixes & B-sides recorded between 1962 & 1970. Included are songs written or made popular by The Beatles, The Box Tops, Stevie Wonder, Ersel Hickey and Lead Belly. Also featured are several standards, such as "The Lord's Prayer" and "Auld Lang Syne". The album sold poorly and was quickly deleted.

Track listing

1. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:22
2. "The Letter" (Wayne Carson) – 1:47
3. "I Was Made to Love Her" [alternate version] (Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 2:34
4. "You're Welcome" (Brian Wilson) – 1:06
5. "The Lord's Prayer" (Albert Hay Malotte) – 2:31
6. "Bluebirds over the Mountain" (Ersel Hickey) – 2:49
7. "Celebrate the News" [alternate version] (Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson) – 3:03
8. "Good Vibrations" [alternate version] (B. Wilson, Mike Love) – 3:33
9. "Land Ahoy" (B. Wilson) – 1:42
10. "In My Room [German version]" (B. Wilson, Gary Usher) – 2:15
11. "Cottonfields" (Lead Belly) – 3:02
12. "All I Want to Do" [live] (D. Wilson) – 2:30 (1:39 on some pressings)
13. "Auld Lang Syne" (Traditional) – 1:11

CD bonus tracks

14. "Medley: Good Vibrations/Help Me, Rhonda/I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe/Little Honda/Hawaii/409/Noble Surfer/Dance, Dance, Dance/Shut Down/Surfin' Safari/Barbara Ann/Surfin' U.S.A./Fun, Fun, Fun" [Up Tempo Version] – 6:51
15. "Medley: Surfer Girl/Girls on the Beach/Ballad of Ole' Betsy/We'll Run Away/Caroline, No/The Surfer Moon/In My Room" [Ballad Version] – 9:39
16. "Beach Boys Medley: Good Vibrations/Help Me, Rhonda/I Get Around/Shut Down/Surfin' Safari/Barbara Ann/Surfin' U.S.A./Fun, Fun, Fun" [Single Version] – 4:10

Reviews

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Allmusic

In a brief review, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann called Rarities a collection of "alternate takes, surprising cover versions, and different mixes of familiar songs make this a delight for collectors and hard-core fans. To anyone else, it's pleasant but non-essential."