News 15 May 2018

The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

By Paul Sinclair

The Beach Boys are the latest artist to embrace (succumb to?) the orchestral album, with a new release, The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Like the Elvis and Roy Orbison sets, this album pairs original vocal performances with new symphonic arrangements, newly recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.

The arrangements were recorded in March and conducted by Steve Sidwell and Sally Herbert, who also wrote several of the album’s new symphonic arrangements. The songs given this treatment go back to 1964’s Fun, Fun, Fun, and are recent as 1988’s Kokomo. On the way all the classics like Good Vibrations, California Girls, Wouldn’t It Be Nice and God Only Knows are present and correct.

Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson says, “I always knew the vocal arrangements I did back in the 1960s would lend themselves perfectly for a symphony and there is no better one in the world than the Royal Philharmonic. I am both proud and humbled by what they have created using our songs and I hope everyone falls in love with it like I have.”

I’m not normally a fan of these kinds of albums, and didn’t like the Roy Orbison A Love So Beautiful record at all, but I’ve heard this new Beach Boys album and it works really well. There’s something about the layered vocal arrangements of The Beach Boys music that makes it work beautifully with the orchestra, so this is one perhaps not to dismiss out of hand.

The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be released on CD 8 June 2018. A double vinyl pressing will follow in August.

The Beach Boys Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - 2LP vinyl

	Price gbp
Amazon uk	40.69	Order
Amazon de	46.66	Order
Amazon usa	28.98	Order
Amazon fr	51.85	Order
Amazon it	50.78	Order
Amazon es	51.47	Order
Amazon ca	54.88	Order
JPC de	41.99	Order

Currency:

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - CD edition

	Price gbp
Amazon uk	2.99	Order
Amazon de	3.9	Order
Amazon usa	10.99	Order
Amazon fr	6.43	Order
Amazon it	5.6	Order
Amazon es	3.75	Order
Amazon ca	11.61	Order
JPC de	9.99	Order

Currency:

1. California Suite
2. California Girls
3. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
4. Fun, Fun, Fun
5. Don’t Worry Baby
6. God Only Knows
7. Sloop John B
8. Heroes And Villains
9. Disney Girls
10. Here Today
11. In My Room
12. Kokomo
13. The Warmth Of The Sun
14. Darlin’
15. Help Me Rhonda
16. You Still Believe In Me
17. Good Vibrations

SuperDeluxeEdition.com helps fans around the world discover physical music and discuss releases. To keep the site free, SDE participates in various affiliate programs, including Amazon and earns from qualifying purchases.