Sam, Eli, Shelby, and John started The Beach Boys Club in August 2020 to listen to the entire Beach Boys discography. We’re still going at it. Somewhere along the way, Shelby had the idea to turn our little listening parties into a open-community, multi-volume covers compilation.
“Beach Boys Club Vol. 1: Don’t Worry, Baby – Covers From the Pre-Pet Sounds Era” features 41 renditions from the Beach Boys’ output through “Beach Boys Party,” lovingly crafted by musicians across Chicago, Sacramento, and beyond.
From the spoken-word mini-memoir “Be True With Your School (A Reminiscence),” to the wordless vocal, synth and drum machine groove of “Barbara Ann,” to the guitar instrumental reinterpretation of “Girl Don’t Tell Me” (one of four versions!), it’s safe to say that this compilation pays reverence to the Boys’ golden songbook while completely deconstructing it.
So, please, enjoy listening to one, some, or all of our Beach Boy covers—we hope you enjoy listening to them, and that you’ll feel some of our collective love for California Music!
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If you are interested in submitting to the next compilation, covering “Smiley Smile” to “Holland,” or you would like to attend our bi-monthly meetings (please come!), shoot us an email at
beachboysclub63@gmail.com
Links to Orgs:
www.namichicago.org
www.norcalresist.org
released February 5, 2021
Cover drawing by Jake Jones
Layout and design by Eli Wengrin
(most) songs written by The Beach Boys,
performances as follows:
1. And Your Dreams Come True
by Anna Holmquist of Ester
estermusic.bandcamp.com
2. Fun Fun Fun
by Jessica Risker
deadbeatbeatbeat.bandcamp.com
3. Let Him Run Wild
by Goose Pimple
goosepimple.bandcamp.com
4. Drive In
All vocals and instruments by Allison Cekala
allisoncekala.com
5. Be True With Your School (A Reminiscence)
Track by Tyler Martin, guitar and singing.
johntylermartin.bandcamp.com < lots of free downloads
6. Farmer's Daughter
by Alec Harryhausen feat. Emily Jane Powers
dreamversion.us
7. Girl Don't Tell Me (Instrumental)
by Josh Lerner
smallfwd.bandcamp.com
8. When I Grow Up To Be A Man
by Jake Jones
sick-sad-world.bandcamp.com
9. Little Honda
by Dan Whatley
10. Surfer Girl
by Head
derek weber — voice, bass, chord organ, parlor guitar, percussion
nick fleury — voice, lowrey organ, electric guitar, drums, sleigh bells
engineered and produced by derek weber
at home in chicago, december 2020
headddd.bandcamp.com
11. I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man
by M Ray
12. Girl Don't Tell Me
by Annie Fish
violetmice.com
13. Monkey's Uncle
by The Varunas feat. Claire Tauber
Claire Tauber - lead vocals
Francisco Valle - vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
Taylor Kohl - drums, vocals
Luke Dowden - lead guitar, vocals
Jonathan Espinoza - bass, vocals
Engineered by Jet Set Audio
soundcloud.com/lasvarunas
facebook.com/lasvarunas/
14. I'm So Young
by Bromf
bromf-sf.bandcamp.com
15. Then I Kissed Her
by Wendy Lynn Zeldin
pussyfoot4u.bandcamp.com
16. Kiss Me Baby
by CS Luxem
csluxem.bandcamp.com
17. We'll Run Away
by Little Angry
littleangry.org
18. Dance Dance Dance (, bb)
by The Jesses Malmed Movement Ensemble
A choreo-choir: five overdubs of various Jesses Malmed dancing to the original, the sonic residues of some vision of the song. Recorded at Nine Mile Studio in the Sunlit Hills of Santa Fe, using the "Dance Vocal" setting.
The Jesses Malmed Movement Ensemble consists of Jesses Malmed, playing different amounts of body/room in this uncharacteristically voice-less performance.
www.jessemalmed.net
19. California Girls
by Luca Lovisetto
baseballgregg.bandcamp.com
20. Wendy
by Wendy
Wendy is:
Davi- Singing, organ, synth bass, mixing, mastering
Devon- drums, guitar, synths
itswendy.bandcamp.com
21. Please Let Me Wonder
by Jacob Jaffe
www.jacobjaffe.name
22. This Car of Mine
Performed by Devi Jaberi
Recorded on tascam 424
Written by brian Wilson, mike love
devijaberi.bandcamp.com
ig @fatinpublic
23. Don't Worry Baby
by T-rah Rex Shedor feat. Sam Larson
t-rahrex.bandcamp.com
24. Good To My Baby
by Hain
vantograde.bandcamp.com
25.Girls On The Beach
by Tod Got Overexcited
todgotoverexcited.bandcamp.com
26. The Man With All The Toys
by Brett Hydeman
glat.bandcamp.com
27. Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
by Leon Patriz feat. I Make Earthquakes
leonpatriz.bandcamp.com
roooms.bandcamp.com
greenbeltcollective.bandcamp.com
28. I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man
by David Yontz
davidyontz.bandcamp.com
29. In The Back Of My Mind
by Aura De Caspa
all voices and instruments by Gabe Saucedo
redponyclock.bandcamp.com
30.Ballad of Ole' Betsy
by Craig Peters
craigsaltpeters.bancamp.com
31. In My Room
by Orion and Oona
32. Guess I'm Dumb
by Francisco Valle
soundcloud.com/lasvarunas
facebook.com/lasvarunas/
33. Girl Don't Tell Me
by Axons
Adele Nicholas and Bob Nicholas
www.axonsband.com
chemical-mortar-battalion.bandcamp.com
34. Summer Means New Love
by Joshua Wentz
www.joshuawentz.com
35.I Do
by Riley Kendig
36. Lana
by Andres
twitch.tv/andresistor
soundcloud.com/calciocalcio
37.Custom Machine
by Eli Wengrin
38. She Knows Me Too Well
by Sam Regan
guitar by Luca Lovisetto
baseballgregg.bandcamp.com
39. South Bay Surfer
by Shelby Turner
richardalbum.bandcamp.com
skateboarders.bandcamp.com
40. Your Summer Dream
by John Steiner
boyromeo.bandcamp.com
41. Barbara Ann
by Robert F Sassetti
robbiestacks.bandcamp.com