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The Beach Boys was Brain Wilson, and without him there would have been no 'band' or 'group'? Possibly. But then based on this assumption, one could dispute the existence of most bands, including the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Small Faces, etc.

The Beach Boys are one of the most highly respected music artists - we'll overlook the Quo collaboration - and must rate in the top ten of groups originating from the 1960's. Therefore, as with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones LP's listed elsewhere, along with the information as standard, EMI's pressing identifications, up to the move to Reprise, are denoted.

As a general guide, the letters GRAMOPHLTD located at 3 o'clock within the run-off represent 1 - 10, with G being 1, and at 9 o'clock are the 'Mother' stamper numbers. G1/ G1 (pressing identification of sides 1 + 2) is the very first 200 pressed by EMI, and would normally have been given to their sales representatives, disc jockeys, or reviewers. Further information that should be useful (and interesting?!) can be found on the Beatles dna page..

Due to England's indifferent interest to surf and hot rod cars, several of the early Beach Boys American releases were not issued in England until later, when the group became more 'popular' in the UK. However, this still did not guarantee a high degree of sales. In fact, six out of the first seven UK releases did not sell enough units to qualify entrance into the Top Albums Chart!

Moreover, from 1962 to 1967, ten of their UK albums were released in a different order to the American counterparts. Consequently, the date of issue (as stated within Section 1), of seven of the Beach Boys UK LP's, differ from the recording's publishing date printed on the label.

To confuse matters even further, the catalogue numbers of the Beach Boys albums were not automatically consecutive with the order of their timings of release. This can be observed by the sequence of issues set out on this page.

Note that unlike most other EMI pressings, Beach Boys albums have the same catalogue prefix letters employed for the Mono and the Stereo equivalent throughout. Only their debut album was issued in Mono only.

Okay, now that that's clearly understood...

the cover printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd

the cover having a laminated front; and a matte back with x 3 flaps

up to 'Little Deuce Coupe': back states "(Controlled by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.)"

from 'Beach Boys Party ' onwards: back states "(The Gramophone Company Ltd)"

'SOLD IN THE U.K...' conditions label

up to 'Best Of' 20856 having the 'Capitol' logo on the label positioned at 9 o'clock

'Surfer Girl' onwards having the 'Capitol' logo on the label positioned at 12 o'clock

ID = stock number *

M/S = Mono/Stereo *

Grade + Plays = Record Grading

ID	M/S	End matrix	Press 1/ 2	Observations	Grade	Plays	Price

ID	--	M /S	Press 1/2	Stampers ID	Observations	Grade	Plays	Price
	SURFIN' SAFARI * T 1808 1963
1 .	.	M ,	1N / 1N .	M1 / R1 .	smooth label * large Mono slve (no Stereo issued) This is the only LP issued with a large 'mono' slve Debut album; has David Marks instead of Al Jardine, who, at this time, was attending College full time	EX/EX .	NM .	£** .
.	.
	SHUT DOWN VOL. 2 * T 2027 1964
21	.	M	1N / 1N	GP1/ GG1	.	VG-/ G-	VG+ to mly NM	£6

	SHUT DOWN VOL. 2 * T 2027 1964
29	.	M	1N / 1N	GD1/ O1	.	EX/VG+	VG+ to EX	£40

	THE BEACH BOYS' CHRISTMAS ALBUM * T 2164 1964
-	.	M	1N / 1N	-	o/s	-	-	-

	BEACH BOYS CONCERT * T 2198 1965
26	.	M	1N / 1N	GR1/ GO1	.	VG/EX+	VG+ to EX	£22

	BEACH BOYS CONCERT * T 2198 1965
2 .	.	M .	1N / 1N .	GD- / RD1 .	.	VG/VG- .	1 = VG+ to EX 2 = VG to VG+	£10

	BEACH BOYS CONCERT * ST 2198 1965
32	.	S	A7/ A7	T1/ H1	Capitol logo at 12 o'clock	VG+/G	VG+ to mly NM	£14

	BEACH BOYS CONCERT * ST 2198 1965
27	.	S	A7/ A7	T1/ H1	Capitol logo at 12 o'clock	VG+/NM	as new	£48

	ALL SUMMER LONG * T 2110 1965
11	.	M	1 / 1	A1/ R1	.	VG+/VG	VG+	£20
	Surf to top
	SURFIN' U.S.A. * T 1890 1965
3	,	M	1 / 1	GM1/ GO1	textured label * medium Mono slve	M-/M-	NM	£***

	LITTLE DEUCE COUPE * ST 1998 1965
13	.	S	A8/ A7	R1/ A1	MT tax code	VG+/NM	M-/EX+	£***

	BEACH BOYS PARTY ! * T 2398 1966
31	.	M	1/ 1	GL2/ M1	.	G/VG-	VG+ to mly EX	£6

	BEACH BOYS PARTY ! * T 2398 1966
20	.	M	1/ 1	RH2/ RG2	sleeve central area EX	VG/VG	VG+ to EX	£10

	BEACH BOYS PARTY ! * T 2398 1966
22	.	M	1/ 1	RD2/ GR2	MT tax code * name in pen on s2 and back cover	VG+/NM	VG+ to EX	£15

	BEACH BOYS PARTY ! * ST 2398 1966
23	.	S	A13/ A13	A1/ R1		VG+/NM	EX to NM	£**

	THE BEACH BOYS TODAY ! * T 2269 1966
-	.	.	.	.	o/s	.	.	.

	PET SOUNDS * T 2458 1966
-	.	M	1 / 1	GP1/ OM1	o/s	-	-	-

	BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS * T 20856 1966
9	.	M	1/ 1	GR1/ GH1	a non-USA issue.	VG/VG	VG+ to mly NM	£8

	BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS * T 20856 1966
30	.	M	1/ 1	GR1/ RD1	a non-USA issue. * s1 VG; s2 EX-	VG/ as	VG+ to mly NM	£12

	SURFER GIRL * T 1981 1967
4	,	S	A9/ A9	A1/ G1	.	VG+/VG+	NM	£
	Surf to top
	SURFER GIRL * T 1981 1967
2	,	M	1 / 1	A1/ H1	.	VG+/EX+	VG+ to mly NM	£

	BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS Vol. 2 * ST 20956 1967
10 .	.	S .	1 / 1 .	GR1/ GH1 .	a non-USA issue * wobc (as indicated) scuff mark on s1; o/w would be NM	EX/EX-	EX to mly NM	£18

	BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS Vol. 2 * ST 20956 1967
10a	.	S	1 / 1	A1/ A1	a non-USA issue	VG+/VG-	1=VG / 2=EX-	free
.	.
	WILD HONEY * T 2859 1968
17	/	M	1/ 1	GL2/ R1	light edge creasing; central area EX	VG/EX-	VG+ to EX	£25

	WILD HONEY * S T 2859 1968
16	.	S	A11/ A11	M1/ M1	.	EX/NM	as new	£50
.	.
	FRIENDS * T 2859 1968
23	.	M	1/ 1	L1/ O1	s2 label: track listing correct * s1 plays VG to VG+	VG/EX-	S2 VG+ to EX	£16

	FRIENDS * T 2859 1968
24	.	M	1/ 1	P1/ P1	s2 label: tracks are incorrect order	VG/NM	VG+ to EX	£24

	FRIENDS * T 2859 1968
25	.	M	1/ 1	P1/ P1	s2 label: tracks are incorrect order	EX/NM	EX to NM	£60

	BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS Vol. 3 * ST 21142 1968
15	.	S	10 / 10	GD1/ L2	a non-USA issue	VG+/VG+	EX to mly NM	£18

	20/20 * E-ST 133 1969
18	.	S	A5/ A7	T1/ T1	E. J. Day lam. g/f sleeve * Brian on right within g/f	VG/VG+	VG+	£14

	20/20 * E-ST 133 1969
19	.	S	A5/ A7	01/ P1	E. J. Day lam. g/f sleeve * Brian on left within g/f	VG+/M-	VG+ to NM	£18
	'Cottonfields' version on 20 /20 is unique to this album

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