20/20 (The Beach Boys album)

1969 studio album by the Beach Boys June 2025 20/20 Album the Beach Boys 2020Cover.jpg 1969 02 10 September 19, 1966 – November 21, 1968 Beach Boys (Los Angeles) Capitol Western Gold Star Columbia ID Sound Valentine (Hollywood) Bell Sound (New York City) 29 46 Capitol Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Dennis Wilson, Alan Jardine Stack-o-Tracks 1968 Live in London 1970 20/20 studio Bluebirds over the Mountain" / "Never Learn Not to Love December 2, 1968 I Can Hear Music" / "All I Want to Do March 3, 1969 20/20 is the fifteenth studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released February 10, 1969, on Capitol Records. The LP was named for being their 20th overall release when factoring in live albums and compilations. Much of 20/20 consists of outtakes from earlier albums. It reached number 3 on UK record charts and number 68 in the U.S. Brian Wilson was absent during some of the album's recording after admitting himself into a psychiatric hospital - and less active in the group in general - requiring brothers Carl and Dennis to retrieve several outtakes he had recorded years earlier. While Brian does not appear on the front cover, the inner gatefold of the original vinyl release features him alone, behind an eye examination chart. The singles "Do It Again" and "Bluebirds over the Mountain" preceded the album's release by several months. The former was the band's first attempt at revisiting the surf sound they had abandoned since All Summer Long, topping UK and Australian charts, and the latter contained the B-side "Never Learn Not to Love", based on a song by Charles Manson. The other singles were "I Can Hear Music" and a rerecorded version of "Cotton Fields". In 2018, session highlights, outtakes, and alternate takes were released for the compilation I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions. Background On June 24, 1968, the Beach Boys released the album Friends, which peaked at number 126 and remained on the Billboard Top LPs chart for 10 weeks. It became the group's worst-selling album to date,Friends / 20/20 The Beach Boys 1990 David Leaf David Leaf Capitol Records CD Liner http://albumlinernotes.com/Friends___20_20.html June 19, 2018 June 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613024141/http://albumlinernotes.com/Friends___20_20.html live with record sales in the US estimated at 18,000 units.Stanley Bob Bob Stanley (musician) The Beach Boys and Friends: Their Forgotten Gem http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3XnGxRWYDdkbl69Yvs6RSQN/the-beach-boys-and-friends-their-forgotten-gem BBC.co.uk n.d. June 15, 2018 To recuperate from the album's poor sales, the band quickly released the standalone single "Do It Again". The song was a deliberate throwback to the group's early surf songs, and the first time they had embraced the subject matter since 1964. It reached the US top twenty and became their second number one hit in the UK.Badman Keith The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio https://archive.org/details/beachboysdefinit0000badm registration 2004 Backbeat Books 978-0-87930-818-6 221–223 Biographer Chrisian Matijas-Mecca wrote that "while this may have been some of Brian's strongest work of the period, it did nothing to reverse the band's decline in popularity."Matijas-Mecca Christian The Words and Music of Brian Wilson https://books.google.com/books?id=wmphDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 2017 ABC-CLIO 978-1-4408-3899-6 88 Brian Wilson said that by early 1968, the group had begun losing thousands of dollars "on stupid things ... cars, houses ... bad investments ... a heck of a lot of corporation money on Brother Records, our own company, and in boosting other artists who just didn't make it, and didn't have a single hit."Wilson Brian Brian Wilson Why we're in such a struggle for cash Disc & Music Echo May 31, 1969 7 One of these artists was Ron Wilson (no relation to Brian), who co-wrote "We're Together Again" with him for the Beach Boys, but the group's recording was left unreleased. In turn, Brian produced an ultimately unsuccessful solo single for Ron, a cover of "As Tears Go By", which was released by Columbia Records in September.Matijas-Mecca 2017 87 Another artist that the group worked with was ex-convict Charles Manson, who was then seeking a career as a singer-songwriter. Dennis Wilson befriended Manson and was interested in signing him to Brother Records.Love Mike Mike Love Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy https://books.google.com/books?id=ioG0CwAAQBAJ 2016 Penguin Publishing Group 978-0-698-40886-9 203, 208 Brian and Carl Wilson then co-produced several tracks for Manson at the Beach Boys' private studio located in Brian's home. These recordings remain unheard by the public.nb Music historian Andrew Doe stated that the tapes exist, but that they have "not a hope in hell" of being released.Doe Andrew G. Unreleased Albums http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/unreleased.html Bellagio 10452 Endless Summer Quarterly July 13, 2014 October 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141025151137/http://esquarterly.com/bellagio/unreleased.html live thumb|left|The Beach Boys at a 1968 photoshoot. From left: Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Carl Wilson (back), Al Jardine (front), and Bruce Johnston. Brian Wilson not pictured. Over the summer of 1968, Brian attempted to record an arrangement of the 1927 show tune "Ol' Man River". According to music writer Brian Chidester, the session tapes "reveal Wilson conducting the Beach Boys to such extreme perfectionism that both he and the band seem at the end of their rope with one another". Singer Danny Hutton recalled that Brian had expressed suicidal wishes at the time, and that it was when his "real decline started". Afterward, he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, possibly of his own volition.Carlin 2006 141 Brian's issues were not disclosed to the public, and sessions continued in his absence.Carlin 2006 141 Once discharged, Brian rarely finished any tracks for the band, leaving much of his subsequent Beach Boys output for Carl Wilson to complete.Chidester Brian Brian Wilson's Secret Bedroom Tapes http://www.laweekly.com/2014-01-30/music/brian-wilsons-secret-bedroom-tapes/ February 1, 2014 LA Weekly January 30, 2014 March 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302064422/http://www.laweekly.com/2014-01-30/music/brian-wilsons-secret-bedroom-tapes/?showFullText=true dead Regarding Brian's participation on the group's recordings from then, band engineer Stephen Desper said that Brian remained "indirectly involved with production" through Carl.Brian Wilson – Songwriter – 1969–1982 – The Next Stage Documentary Dennis said that Brian began to have "no involvement at all", which forced the group to "find things that [he] worked on and try and piece it together."Wilson, Dennis Pete Fornatale WNEW-FM Interview: Audio New York City November 1976nb Brian's former wife Marilyn recalled that Brian withdrew because of perceived resentment from the group: "it was like 'OK you assholes, you think you can do as good as me or whatever – go ahead – you do it. You think it’s so easy? You do it.'"Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 1995 Was Don Don Was Documentary film Referencing the accusation that the Beach Boys refused to let Brian work, Dennis said "I would go to his house daily and beg, 'What can I do to help you?' I said, 'Forget recording, forget all of it.' It got to Brian's health." Recording and content Older songs According to biographer Keith Badman, the 20/20 sessions marked "the emergence of Carl and Dennis as producers and of Steve Desper as the group's engineer. Desper is now part of the Beach Boys' fold and remains a chief engineer on their work early into the [1970s]."Badman 2004 240 The two oldest tracks on 20/20 were sourced from late 1966 sessions for the band's unfinished album Smile. "Our Prayer" is a wordless hymn composed by Brian, while "Cabinessence" is a song written by Brian and Van Dyke Parks. Both tracks were given additional vocal overdubs by Carl and Dennis Wilson in November 1968 at Capitol Studios.Badman 2004 188, 387 According to biographer Peter Ames Carlin, Brian was opposed to the inclusion of those tracks and refused the invitation to participate in the overdub sessions.Carlin 2006 Desper commented that "Cabinessence" was "finished, more or less, with Brian's guidance through Carl." "Bluebirds over the Mountain" is a cover of the 1958 Ersel Hickey song, produced by Bruce Johnston in September 1967 at Western StudioDoe Andrew G. http://esquar.verio.com/bellagio/gigs67.html Bellagio 10452 Endless Summer Quarterly GIGS67 2018-09-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20180904215609/http://esquar.verio.com/bellagio/gigs67.html 2018-09-04 dead and completed in October 1968 at Bell Sound. "Time to Get Alone" was written and produced by Brian for the group Redwood (later Three Dog Night) between sessions for the Beach Boys' Wild Honey (1967). It was completed by the Beach Boys in November 1968 at their studio. May – July 1968 sessions "Do It Again", a Brian Wilson and Mike Love collaboration, was the first track that was worked on after concluding the sessions for Friends. It was recorded in May and June 1968, released as a single two weeks later, and ultimately chosen as the opening track for 20/20. Brian later called it the finest song that he wrote on the album. The album mix differs slightly in that it briefly segues into another Smile outtake, "Workshop", which consists of construction noises and sounds from carpentry tools.Matijas-Mecca 2017 90 "I Went to Sleep" is a waltz written by Brian and Carl with a gentle mood and observational lyrics similar to other Brian songs of the period.Matijas-Mecca 2017 90 "The Nearest Faraway Place" is an instrumental produced by Bruce Johnston with the string arrangement by Van McCoy. The title came from a Life magazine article written by Shana Alexander.Badman 2004 222 Leftover tracks from these initial sessions included "All I Wanna Do", "Well You Know I Knew", "Been Way Too Long" (also known as "Can't Wait Too Long"), "Walk On By", "We're Together Again", "Sail Plane Song" (also known as "Loop de Loop"), "Ol' Man River", "Walkin'", and a demo of "Mona Kana". "Been Way Too Long" is an unfinished song started by Brian in 1967. "Walk On By" is a cover of the 1963 Burt Bacharach/Hal David song, recorded at Brian's studio on the same day as the first "Do It Again" session.Doe Andrew G. Sessions 1968 http://www.bellagio10452.com/gigs68.html Bellagio 10452 Endless Summer Quarterly November 28, 2018 "Ol' Man River" was intended to be in medley with the standard "Old Folks at Home".Carlin 2006 143 "Walkin'" is a song written and sung by Brian that was worked on for two days in June 1968. Band archivist Mark Linett said "he gets so disgusted singing it that you hear him throw down his headphones and that's the last time anybody ever heard of it."Beach Boys Producers Alan Boyd, Dennis Wolfe, Mark Linett Discuss 'Made in California' (Q&A) http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/09/04/made-in-california-producers-alan-boyd-dennis-wolfe-mark-linett-beach-boys-interview/2/ Rock Cellar Magazine September 9, 2013 September 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130930143358/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/09/04/made-in-california-producers-alan-boyd-dennis-wolfe-mark-linett-beach-boys-interview/2/ September 30, 2013 dead Also recorded, according to band manager Nick Grillo, was "a hundred hours of [Manson's] music at [Brian's home] studio".Badman 2004 222 September – November 1968 sessions For the majority of July and August, the Beach Boys toured the US and appeared on a few television talk shows. Most of the subsequent new material was tracked at Capitol Studios.Matijas-Mecca 2017 90 Carl produced a rendition of the Ronettes' 1966 song "I Can Hear Music" for the group, and it was the first time he was given a sole production credit. Brian said that he also contributed to the recording, explaining "I wanted the instrumental track ... to be smooth and subliminal. I used acoustic guitars. Carl wailed on the lead." Biographer David Leaf called it "the turning point in the transition of musical control in the Beach Boys from Brian to Carl". Brian also produced a version of Huddie Ledbetter's "Cotton Fields" that he later called "one of the best [records] we've ever made". The idea was suggested by bandmate Al Jardine, who thought they might be able to replicate the success of "Sloop John B" (1966). "Never Learn Not to Love" was originally written by Charles Manson under the title "Cease to Exist". According to Carlin, Manson penned "Cease to Exist" specifically for the Beach Boys to record,Carlin 2006 138 and biographer Steven Gaines said that Manson "reportedly" wrote the song to help ease tensions within the group.Gaines Steven Steven Gaines Heroes and Villains: The True Story of The Beach Boys y -qkJvajmU4EC 1986 Da Capo Press New York 0306806479 213 Dennis produced the Beach Boys' version in September 1968, reworking the song's bluesy structure and altering its lyric (the opening lyric "Cease to exist" modified to "Cease to resist"). The title was also changed to "Never Learn Not to Love", much to Manson's indignation.Carlin 2006 138 Dennis wrote and produced two more songs that appear on the album. "Be with Me" was described by Leaf as "dark and eerie ... perfectly capturing his emotions of the era." "All I Want to Do" is a rocker that features the sounds of Dennis having sexual intercourse with a groupie.Carlin 2006 Also recorded was Dennis' "A Time to Live in Dreams" (released on 2001's Hawthorne, CA)Badman 2004 230 and "Mona Kana" (released on 2013's Made in California).September 2018 Packaging The cover photo includes every member of the group except Brian, which Matijas-Mecca referred to as "a sign that the group was determined to forge their own identity without their founding architect."Matijas-Mecca 2017 89 A photograph of Brian hiding behind an eye examination chart does appear on the gatefold cover.Badman 2004 240 Release and reception Retrospective professional ratings AllMusic 4 5album r30145 yes 20/20 Allmusic April 25, 2011 Unterberger Richie Richie Unterberger Blender (Friends/20/20 reissue) 4 5Wolk Doug Doug Wolk Blender http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2248 20/20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050310173916/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2248 March 10, 2005 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3 5Colin Larkin 2006 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4th London Oxford University Press 978-0-19-531373-4 479 MusicHound 3/5Graff Gary Durchholz Daniel MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Visible Ink Press Farmington Hills, MI 1999 1-57859-061-2 84 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/84 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4 5Brackett Nathan with Hoard Christian 2004 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th New York, NY Fireside/Simon & Schuster 0-7432-0169-8 46 https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/46 Sputnikmusic 3.5 5https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/73317/The-Beach-Boys-20-20/ The Beach Boys: 20/20 Sputnikmusic March 27, 2017 3 November 2018 Aaron W. November 30, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201130203824/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/73317/The-Beach-Boys-20-20/ live Lead single "Bluebirds over the Mountain" (backed with "Never Learn Not to Love") was issued on November 29, 1968, in the UK (number 33) and three days later in the U.S. (number 61), becoming the group's lowest-charting single since their 1961 debut "Surfin'".Badman 2004 232–233 After touring the UK in December, the Beach Boys returned to the studio to work on the album that would become Sunflower (1970).Badman 2004 240 Released on February 10, 1969, 20/20 sold better than Friends, peaking at number 3 in the UK and reaching number 68 in the US. Rolling Stone reviewer Arthur Schmidt said the album was "good, [but] flawed mainly by a lack of direction (a sense of direction being last evident in Wild Honey), more a collection than a whole."Schmidt Arthur April 19, 1969 Records https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/20-20-19690419 Rolling Stone San Francisco Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 20 April 2015 September 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153051/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/20-20-19690419 live An uncredited writer from Hit Parader opined that it was the band's best album since Pet Sounds and an improvement over the "baffling" Friends and Wild Honey.Albums from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Howlin' Wolf et al https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/albums-from-creedence-clearwater-revival-howlin-wolf-iet-ali Hit Parader August 1969 subscription A reviewer for the underground paper Rat Subterranean News commented that even though it was "against all my carefully established principles to like The Beach Boys," he enjoyed the LP, yet described most of side one as "weak".Priore Domenic Domenic Priore Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece y 81YIAQAAMAAJ 2005 Sanctuary London 1860746276 In August, Charles Manson and his cult of followers committed the Tate–LaBianca murders, and three months later, were apprehended by police. Their former connections with Dennis and the Beach Boys became the subject of media attention. Manson was later convicted for several counts of murder and conspiracy to murder.Gaines 1986 219 During the trial, Manson released his debut album, Lie: The Love and Terror Cult, which included his original arrangement of "Cease to Exist".http://www.allmusic.com/album/lie-the-love-and-terror-cult-mw0000268437 Lie: The Love and Terror Cult – Review AllMusic January 7, 2017 [20/20 was] the only letdown of the Beach Boys' career that embarrassed me through and through ... it was the first album the group made that was completely disjointed. —Dennis Wilson, 1976Wilson, Dennis Pete Fornatale WNEW-FM Interview: Audio New York City November 1976; cVItbEJBkJM Dennis Wilson – Pete Fornatale Interview 1976 25% right Among retrospective assessments of 20/20, critic Richie Unterberger wrote that it was "one of their better post-Pet Sounds records ... The highlights, however, were a couple of Smile-session-era tunes ... as hard as they were trying to establish their identity as an integrated band in the late '60s, their new recordings were overshadowed by the bits and pieces of Smile that emerged at the time." Biographer David Leaf called it "one of the most artistically interesting releases of their career and certainly one of the stronger later LPs." Peter Ames Carlin wrote that "whatever the album lacked in thematic coherence, it made up in the quality of the pieces contributed by each band member."Carlin 2006 Brooklyn Vegans Andrew Sacher said that the first side is "uneven and often disappointing", yet side two is "almost flawless".Sacher Andrew Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best http://www.brooklynvegan.com/beach-boys-albu/ Brooklyn Vegan February 9, 2016 September 19, 2018 May 1, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170501232640/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/beach-boys-albu/ live Track listing Producer credits are as noted on the original vinyl disc. Brian Wilson's production credit for "Time to Get Alone" was uncredited, while Charles Manson's contributions to "Never Learn Not to Love" remain uncredited.Peter Ames Carlin Peter Ames Carlin Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC 2006 Rodale 978-1-59486-320-2 138–141 Original vinyl Side one Lead vocal(s) Do It Again produced by B. Wilson and C. Wilson Brian Wilson, Mike Love Mike Love and Brian Wilson 2:25 I Can Hear Music produced by C. Wilson Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector Carl Wilson 2:36 Bluebirds over the Mountain produced by Johnston and C. Wilson Ersel Hickey Love with Bruce Johnston 2:51 Be with Me produced by D. Wilson Dennis Wilson Dennis Wilson 3:08 produced by D. Wilson All I Want to Do D. Wilson, Stephen Kalinich Love 2:02 The Nearest Faraway Place produced by Johnston Bruce Johnston instrumental 2:39 Side two Lead vocal(s) 29:46 Cotton Fields produced by B. Wilson and Jardine Huddie Ledbetter Al Jardine 2:21 I Went to Sleep produced by B. Wilson B. Wilson, Carl Wilson group 1:36 Time to Get Alone produced by C. Wilson B. Wilson C. Wilson with B. Wilson and Jardine 2:40 Never Learn Not to Love produced by D. Wilson and C. Wilson D. Wilson, Charles Manson D. Wilson 2:31 Our Prayer produced by B. Wilson B. Wilson group 1:07 Cabinessence produced by B. Wilson B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks C. Wilson and Love with D. Wilson 3:34 Friends / 20/20 1990/2001 CD reissue bonus tracks Lead vocal(s) Break Away B. Wilson, Murry Wilson C. Wilson, Jardine with B. Wilson 2:57 Celebrate the News D. Wilson D. Wilson, Gregg Jakobson 3:05 We're Together Again Ron Wilson B. Wilson 1:49 Walk On By B. Wilson with D. Wilson Burt Bacharach, Hal David 0:55 Old Folks at Home/Ol' Man River Stephen Foster, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II B. Wilson with Love 2:52 I Can Hear Music I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions compilation the Beach Boys I Can Hear Music - The 20-20 Sessions.jpeg yes 2018 12 07 1968 Capitol The Beach Boys (original recordings) Mark Linett Alan Boyd Mark Linett Alan Boyd The Beach Boys Wake the World: The Friends Sessions 2018 The Beach Boys On Tour: 1968 2018 AllMusic 3.5 5Erlewine Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas Erlewine I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-can-hear-music-the-20-20-sessions-mw0003239539 AllMusic 2019 Rolling Stone 3.5 5Hermes Will Will Hermes Review: Beach Boys Plumb Vaults for Post-'Pet Sounds' Gems Rolling Stone January 18, 2019 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-beach-boys-plumb-vaults-for-post-pet-sounds-gems-780314/ On December 7, 2018, Capitol released I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions, a digital-only compilation. Included are session highlights, outtakes, and alternate versions of 20/20 tracks, as well as some unreleased material by Dennis Wilson.http://www.thebeachboys.com/news/i-can-hear-music-2020-sessions-out-now Happy New Music Friday! 'I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions' Is Out Now! The Beach Boys December 7, 2018 December 9, 2018 December 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181210111133/http://www.thebeachboys.com/news/i-can-hear-music-2020-sessions-out-now dead It was released in conjunction with Wake the World: The Friends Sessions.http://www.thebeachboys.com/news/wake-world-friends-sessions-out-now Happy New Music Friday! 'Wake the World: The Friends Sessions' Is Out Now! thebeachboys.com December 7, 2018 December 9, 2018 December 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181210110951/http://www.thebeachboys.com/news/wake-world-friends-sessions-out-now dead The compilations were not issued on physical media due to the project being greenlit too late into the year, as well as the record company's wish not to interfere with the release of The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2021, I Can Hear Music was followed with Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions.Willman Chris Beach Boys' Archivists on the 'Feel Flows' Boxed Set, and How the Group Was Peaking — Again — While the World Wasn't Looking https://variety.com/2021/music/news/beach-boys-feel-flows-box-set-interview-1235052996/ Variety August 31, 2021 August 31, 2021 Do It Again alternate stereo mix Brian Wilson Mike Love 2:46 Do It Again a cappella B.Wilson Love 2:30 I Can Hear Music demo Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector 1:00 I Can Hear Music track and backing vocals Barry Greenwich Spector 2:42 Bluebirds over the Mountain alternate mix Ersel Hickey 2:56 Be with Me demo Dennis Wilson 2:45 Be with Me 2018 track mix D. Wilson 3:17 All I Want to Do Dennis Wilson lead vocal take 2 D. Wilson 2:13 The Nearest Faraway Place alternate version Bruce Johnston 2:13 Cotton Fields track and backing vocals Lead Belly 2:25 I Went to Sleep a cappella 2018 mix B. Wilson Carl Wilson 1:35 Time to Get Alone a cappella B. Wilson 3:36 Never Learn Not to Love track and backing vocals D. Wilson 2:25 Never Learn Not to Love a cappella D. Wilson 2:23 Walk On By 2018 mix Burt Bacharach Hal David 1:55 Rendezvous Do It Again early version) (2018 mix B. Wilson Love 2:36 We’re Together Again a cappella B. Wilson Ron Wilson 2:01 I Can Hear Music alternate lead vocal Barry Greenwich Spector 2:11 All I Wanna Do early version track B.Wilson Love 2:24 Sail Plane Song 2018 mix B. Wilson C. Wilson 2:19 Old Man River a cappella 2018 mix Stephen Foster Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II 1:18 Medley: Old Folks at Home/Old Man River alternate version Foster Kern Hammerstein 2:57 Medley: Old Folks at Home/Old Man River alternate version track Foster Kern Hammerstein 2:59 Walkin B. Wilson Jardine 2:48 Been Way Too Long sections B. Wilson 7:56 Well You Know I Knew D. Wilson 1:42 Love Affair demo D. Wilson 2:00 Peaches demo D. Wilson 2:26 The Gong session highlights D. Wilson 5:29 A Time to Live in Dreams 2018 mix D. Wilson Stephen Kalinich 1:54 All I Want to Do early version D. Wilson 1:12 All I Want to Do Dennis Wilson lead vocal take 1 D. Wilson 2:10 Bluebirds over the Mountain basic track Hickey 1:48 Bluebirds over the Mountain mono single mix Hickey 2:51 Mona Kana demo D. Wilson 1:16 Mona Kana 2018 mix D. Wilson Stephen Kalinich 3:03 We’re Together Again remake track with backing vocals B. Wilson R. Wilson 1:58 Time to Get Alone remake track B. Wilson 2:46 Oh Yeah unknown 0:54 Is It True What They Say About Dixie? lead vocals by Audree Wilson Irving Caesar Sammy Lerner Gerald Marks 1:47 Personnel Per John Brode, Will Crerar, Joshilyn Hoisington, Craig Slowinski,The Wild Honey Sessions https://beachboyssessions.com/hawaii-honey/ beachboyssessions.com Austin Heller August 27, 2026Slowinski Craig Spring 2019 20/20: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine Charlotte, North Carolina David BeardThe Smile Sessions The Beach Boys 2011 Capitol Records T 2580 deluxe box set booklet and 20/20 liner notes.20/20 The Beach Boys 1969 Album liner notes The Beach Boys Al Jardine – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar, banjo, handclaps; producer Bruce Johnston – vocals, Hammond organ, handclaps, piano, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone; producer Mike Love – vocals, handclaps Brian Wilson – vocals, grand piano, upright piano (with taped strings), organ, Chamberlin, harpsichord, Fender Rhodes, snare drum, timpani, vibraphone, glockenspiel, handclaps; producer Carl Wilson – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tack piano, organ, bass guitar, handclaps, congas; tambourine (uncertain credit); producer Dennis Wilson – vocals, drums, handclaps, piano, vibraphone; producer Touring musicians Ed Carter – guitar, bass guitar Daryl Dragon – marimba Mike Kowalski – congas, sleigh bells, snare drum Guests Marilyn Wilson – backing vocals on "Time to Get Alone" Diane Rovell – backing vocals on "Time to Get Alone" Van Dyke Parks – upright piano on "Cabinessence" Danny Hutton – Wurlitzer electric piano and sleigh bells on "Time to Get Alone" Additional session musicians 25em Arnold Belnick – violin Chuck Berghofer – upright bass Hal Blaine – drums Harry Bluestone – violin Samuel Boghossian – viola Jimmy Bond – upright bass Norman Botnick – viola Ron Brown – bass guitar David Burk – viola James Burton – dobro Dwight Carver – French horns Roy Caton – trumpet Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone Alf Clausen – French horn Jack Coan – cornet David Cohen – guitar Bonnie Douglas – violin Jesse Ehrlich – cello Alan Estes – percussion Virgil Evans – trumpet David Filerman – cello Dick Forrest – trumpet Carl Fortina – accordion Jim Gordon – drums, timbales, tambourine with a stick, "bell goodies" John Guerin – drums, woodblock, tambourine, sleigh bells Igor Horoshevsky – cello Artie Kaplan – tenor saxophone Armond Kaproff – cello Carol Kaye – bass guitar, banjo Raymond Kelley – cello Larry Knechtel – bass guitar Fred Koyan – trumpet William Kurasch – violin Willie Maiden – baritone saxophone Leonard Malarsky – violin Dick McQuary – baritone saxophone Jay Migliori – flute Oliver Mitchell – trumpet Tommy Morgan – harmonica, bass harmonica Roger Neumann – piccolo, flute, fife, tenor saxophone John Lowe – bass saxophone Glenn Lutz – trumpet Don Peake – guitar, electric bass, percussion Gene Pello – drums Bill Peterson – trumpet Bill Pitman – Danelectro fuzz bass Mike Price – trumpet Don Randi – piano, organ Joe Randozzo – bass trombone Lyle Ritz – upright bass Frank De La Rosa – upright bass Joseph Saxon – cello Leonard Selic – viola Paul Shure – violin Ernie Small – flute, bass saxophone Wally Snow – vibraphone Spiro Stamos – violin Darrel Terwillger – violin Tommy Tedesco – acoustic guitar, bouzouki Al Vescovo – dobro John de Voogt – violin Technical personnel Steve Desper – engineer Jim Lockert – engineer Ed Simpson – photos Charts ChartPosition Dutch Album Charthttp://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beach+Boys&titel=20%2F20&cat=a THE BEACH BOYS - 20/20 Dutchcharts.nl 10 January 201920Germany 23 20/20 Beach Boys 67260 UK Top 40 Albums3 US Billboard 20068 Notes nb References External links album 78053 20/20 Category:1969 albums Category:The Beach Boys albums Category:Capitol Records albums Category:Albums produced by Brian Wilson Category:Albums recorded at Capitol Studios Category:Albums recorded at Gold Star Studios Category:Albums recorded at United Western Recorders Category:Albums recorded in a home studio Category:Albums produced by Al Jardine Category:Albums produced by Bruce Johnston Category:Albums produced by Carl Wilson Category:Studio albums consisting of outtakes