Editorial Review:

Album Description:
Digitally remastered two-on-one featuring their Capitol LPs'Surfer Girl' (1963) and 'Shut Down Volume 2' (1964)together on one CD, plus three bonus tracks: 'Fun, Fun,Fun' (Single Version), 'In My Room' (German Version) and thepreviously unreleased 'I Do'.

Album Details:
Two Releases on One CD. Includes Original Artwork, Extensive Booklet with Liner Notes and Previously Unreleased Photos. Digitally Remastered from the Original Master Tapes.

Rating: - One very good cd
I like these two albums very much. The reasons to buy them are for the filler. You can find most of the hits on any greatest hits package, but at least here they are in stereo and sound beautiful. Surfer Girl is probably the better album. With songs like "Hawaii", "Catch A Wave", "In My Room", and the title song how can you go wrong? "Surfer's Rule" is also an alright song with Dennis Wilson on vocals. Listen for the attack on The Four Seasons at the end of the song.

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Rating: - REMEDY FOR AN ENDLESS WINTER
An AMERICAN under 50 without a BEACH BOYS album it's impossible is it?I know your argument;why buy an original(it's actually 2 in this case)when i can buy a two set collection?i'll tell you why, because its worth it.This one is priceless because BRIAN finds his own turf here,he is as we say coming through after the first two albums that served as his apprenticeship.Along with their masterpiece PET SOUNDS and SUMMER DAYS AND SUMMER NIGHTS(also available one 1cd)it's an essential from these guys.Each march ... Read More

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Rating: - Brian's Songwriting Matures On These Early Albums
This is the Beach Boys' third and fifth albums Surfer Girl (September 1963) and Shut Down, Vol. 2 (March 1964), released during a two-year period which saw the release of eight albums! Because of Capitol's pressure on the band to release product to keep up with their labelmates the Beatles, these early albums would contain a certain amount of filler--songs like "South Bay Surfer" (which sounds suspiciously like "Swanee River") is corny at best, "The Rocking Surfer" is a competent but mundane instrumental ... Read More

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Rating: - Tremendous reissue of two Beach Boy classics
Capitol ignored and mistreated the Beach Boys catalog for so many years, it was truly amazing when they reissued all of their albums as 2-fers with bonus tracks and extensive liner notes. Of course, it was only a matter of time until the regime changed and the 2-fers were deleted, as they now are in the USA. Rumor has it they'll be reissued, but for the time being you have to pick them up as imports.

Surfer Girl and Shut Down Vol. 2 represent prime mid-period Beach Boys. It's more sophisticated ... Read More

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Rating: - another great cd
The firsat album Surfer girl was great, i love every song on here. this is yet another great album. the only sad thing about this album is this is when david L. Marks left. Down with Al Jardine. Shut down Part 2 was a great album, there are no bad songs on here, the only bad part about this album is the fact that Al Jardine is a part of the band again.