A five-CD box set, containing a whopping 142 tracks and covering the group's entire career, that manages to feel like too much and not enough at the same time. True, all of the key hits and most of their finest album tracks are here. The group's decline after 1966 -- and very sharp decline after 1970 -- is inescapable, and even though most of the material here is from the 1960s, the fourth disc especially (spanning the early '70s to the late '80s) is very rough sailing indeed. It's true that about 50 of these tracks are previously unreleased, but be warned that many of them are demos, backing tracks, and alternate versions of well-known songs that aren't a great deal different from the officially released versions.

Also, some of the unreleased "tracks" are radio spots. That's not to say that these rare items aren't interesting for the fan; they are. It's just that it's too overwhelming a package for the nonfanatic, and a rather expensive, spotty one for the devoted fan (who will undoubtedly already have at least half the contents). By far, the most interesting unreleased tracks date from the legendary Smile sessions (nearly an album's worth). Never actually completed, they aren't quite the masterpiece that some have claimed, but are extremely interesting, often beautiful excursions into psychedelic production and songwriting that often resemble sound paintings more than songs

Tracklist

Disc 5/12 Radio Spot #3.flac 386.24 KB
Disc 5/02 Radio Spot #1.flac 639.08 KB
Disc 5/19 Radio Spot #4.flac 641.24 KB
Disc 2/08 KOMA (radio promo spot) (previously unreleased).flac 696.12 KB
Disc 5/04 Radio Spot #2.flac 787.95 KB
Disc 1/02 Surfer Girl (Previously Unissued).flac 1.38 MB
Disc 2/24 Heroes and Villains (Intro) (previously unreleased).flac 2.63 MB
Disc 2/04 And Your Dream Comes True.flac 2.87 MB
Disc 5/09 Heroes And Villains (Track Only).flac 2.92 MB
Disc 3/07 Meant for You.flac 2.93 MB
Disc 2/18 Our Prayer (previously unreleased).flac 4.69 MB
Disc 1/01 Surfin' USA (Demo Version - Previously Unissued).flac 4.75 MB
Disc 1/34 Radio Station Jingles (Previously Unissued).flac 4.93 MB
Disc 1/03 Surfin' (Rehearsal - Previously Unissued).flac 5.27 MB
Disc 1/10 Shut Down.flac 5.32 MB
Disc 1/28 Don't Back Down.flac 5.39 MB
Disc 1/12 Little Deuce Coupe.flac 5.49 MB
Disc 2/21 Wonderful (previously unreleased).flac 5.88 MB
Disc 1/08 Punchline (Instrumental - Previously Unissued).flac 5.97 MB
Disc 1/26 Little Honda.flac 6.05 MB
Disc 3/04 Let the Wind Blow.flac 6.28 MB
Disc 1/07 409.flac 6.30 MB
Disc 1/30 When I Grow Up (To Be A Man).flac 6.43 MB
Disc 1/31 Dance, Dance, Dance.flac 6.44 MB
Disc 2/29 With Me Tonight.flac 6.51 MB
Disc 1/16 Be True To Your School.flac 6.53 MB
Disc 1/15 Surfer Moon.flac 6.61 MB
Disc 1/13 In My Room.flac 6.62 MB
Disc 2/27 I Love to Say Da Da (previously unreleased).flac 6.73 MB
Disc 2/07 Ruby Baby (party LP outtake) (previously unreleased).flac 6.84 MB
Disc 1/22 Why Do Fools Fall In Love.flac 6.84 MB
Disc 2/03 Then I Kissed Her.flac 6.89 MB
Disc 1/05 Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring (Demo - Previously Unissued).flac 6.92 MB
Disc 1/29 Do You Wanna Dance.flac 7.01 MB
Disc 1/27 Wendy.flac 7.04 MB
Disc 1/14 Catch A Wave.flac 7.07 MB
Disc 1/19 Things We Did Last Summer (Previously Unissued).flac 7.08 MB
Disc 1/24 I Get Around.flac 7.11 MB
Disc 1/11 Surfer Girl.flac 7.14 MB
Disc 3/06 Cool Cool Water.flac 7.22 MB
Disc 2/15 Pet Sounds.flac 7.29 MB
Disc 1/06 Surfin' Safari.flac 7.30 MB
Disc 3/02 Darlin'.flac 7.33 MB
Disc 2/16 Caroline No.flac 7.37 MB
Disc 2/11 You Still Believe in Me.flac 7.52 MB
Disc 2/01 California Girls.flac 7.55 MB
Disc 1/20 Fun, Fun, Fun.flac 7.59 MB
Disc 1/17 Spirit Of America.flac 7.72 MB
Disc 1/09 Surfin' U.S.A..flac 7.76 MB
Disc 2/05 The Little Girl I Once Knew (single version).flac 7.76 MB
Disc 3/03 Wild Honey.flac 7.90 MB
Disc 1/25 All Summer Long.flac 8.03 MB
Disc 2/12 God Only Knows.flac 8.08 MB
Disc 1/33 She Knows Me Too Well.flac 8.31 MB
Disc 3/13 I Went to Sleep.flac 8.41 MB
Disc 1/32 Please Let Me Wonder.flac 8.55 MB
Disc 2/19 Heroes and Villains (alternate version).flac 8.86 MB
Disc 2/02 Help Me, Rhonda.flac 8.90 MB
Disc 5/11 Surf's Up (Track Only).flac 8.92 MB
Disc 1/23 Warmth Of The Sun.flac 9.01 MB
Disc 1/21 Don't Worry Baby.flac 9.17 MB
Disc 2/09 Sloop John B.flac 9.64 MB
Disc 2/14 I Just Wasn't Made for These Times.flac 9.85 MB
Disc 4/11 Had to Phone Ya.flac 10.22 MB
Disc 2/10 Wouldn't It Be Nice.flac 10.62 MB
Disc 3/01 Heroes and Villains (single version).flac 10.65 MB
Disc 3/09 Little Bird.flac 10.65 MB
Disc 2/13 Hang on to Your Ego (alternate version) (previously unreleased).flac 10.87 MB
Disc 5/24 Surfer Girl (Live In Hawaii Rehearsals 1967).flac 10.92 MB
Disc 2/17 Good Vibrations (single version).flac 11.05 MB
Disc 2/06 Barbara Ann (single version).flac 11.12 MB
Disc 2/23 Wind Chimes (previously unreleased).flac 11.17 MB
Disc 5/13 All Summer Long (Vocals).flac 11.30 MB
Disc 5/03 I Get Around (Track Only).flac 11.38 MB
Disc 1/04 Surfin' (Recording Session).flac 11.45 MB
Disc 5/01 In My Room (Demo).flac 11.51 MB
Disc 3/20 This Whole World.flac 11.69 MB
Disc 5/05 Dance, Dance, Dance (Tracking Session).flac 11.94 MB
Disc 3/18 Games Two Can Play (previously unreleased).flac 12.02 MB
Disc 4/15 Let Us Go on This Way.flac 12.39 MB
Disc 5/16 When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Vocals).flac 12.52 MB
Disc 1/18 Little Saint Nick.flac 12.69 MB
Disc 4/19 Come Go with Me.flac 12.97 MB
Disc 5/14 Wendy (Vocals).flac 13.09 MB
Disc 4/12 That Same Song.flac 13.21 MB
Disc 4/22 Good Timin'.flac 13.50 MB
Disc 3/19 I Just Got My Pay (previously unreleased).flac 13.58 MB
Disc 4/10 It's OK.flac 13.58 MB
Disc 5/18 California Girls (Vocals).flac 13.67 MB
Disc 5/15 Hushabye (Vocals).flac 13.89 MB
Disc 3/11 Do it Again.flac 13.99 MB
Disc 3/25 4th of July (previously unreleased).flac 14.08 MB
Disc 3/29 'Til I Die.flac 14.10 MB
Disc 4/09 Rock and Roll Music.flac 14.47 MB
Disc 5/17 Wouldn't It Be Nice (Vocals).flac 14.56 MB
Disc 4/16 The Night Was So Young.flac 14.61 MB
Disc 5/22 Be True To Your School (Live 1964).flac 14.69 MB
Disc 3/22 Forever.flac 14.84 MB
Disc 3/24 H.E.L.P. is on the Way (previously unreleased).flac 14.84 MB
Disc 3/08 Friends.flac 14.90 MB