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Title: Mongo NOT impressed
Review: This won't take long.Speaking humbly (really!) as a musician & longtime (from day 1) in-depth fan of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys:a) Lousy selection - I could go on forever about the songs picked,( I know... - I KNOW ... it's called 'Sounds of Summer - where in hell is 'All Summer Long' then? )but the fact that 'Caroline No' and 'Surf's Up' isn't on this (and the dreaded "Kokomo" is) - says it all.It's like Mike Love's set list from Hell.b) Mediocre to bad sound - who picked these particular mixes and even worse, chose which ones are in 'stereo' / mono ??Could have been worse, but not by much (see the Pet Sounds Sessions box set) http://www.amazon.com/Pet-Sounds-Sessions-Beach-Boys/dp/B000002U4Uc) Liner notes and package = meh!SUMMARY:Don't buy this. There are so many better box sets, anthologies ... if nothing else, just pick up a copy of the original 'Pet Sounds' if you don't have it ... almost *anything* is better than this.
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