Summer Means New Love
| "Summer Means New Love" | |
|---|---|
| Instrumental by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) | |
| Released | 1965 (1965) |
| Recorded | May 12 – June 1, 1965 |
| Genre | Orchestral pop |
| Length | 1:59 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Composer(s) | Brian Wilson |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
"Summer Means New Love" is an instrumental composed by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1965 album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) . Composed by Brian Wilson, it was later released as the B-side to his first single, "Caroline, No", which subsequently appeared on Pet Sounds (1966).[1]
The instrumental has been cited as one forerunner to the type of arrangements Brian Wilson would later experiment with on Pet Sounds the following year.[2] It has since been covered by several artists with new, original lyrics – including by Wilson himself.
Cash Box described the single as an "easy-going laconic instrumental."[3]
Recording
[edit ]"Summer Means New Love" was recorded over two dates. The primary instrumental track was recorded on May 12, at an unknown studio, with the guitar overdubbed at a June 1 session at CBS Columbia Square.[4]
Personnel
[edit ]Per Alan Boyd and Craig Slowinski.[4]
- The Beach Boys
- Session musicians and production staff
- Israel Baker – violin
- Arnold Belnick – violin
- Hal Blaine – drums
- Frank Capp – vibraphone
- Joseph DiFlore – viola
- Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
- James Getzoff – violin
- William Hinshaw – french horn
- Harry Hyams – viola
- Carol Kaye – electric bass
- Bernard Kundell – violin
- Leonard Malarsky – violin
- Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
- Ralph Schaeffer – violin
- Sid Sharp – violin
- Billy Strange – rhythm guitar
- Tommy Tedesco – lead guitar (overdubbed)
- Tibor Zelig – violin
Release history
[edit ]The track was first released in 1965 in mono on the band's album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) . On August 29, 2006, Capitol released the 40th Anniversary version of Pet Sounds with a 5.1 mix of Summer Means New Love being assembled for the first time. In 2012, the first stereo mix of the track was released on a reissue of Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!).
References
[edit ]- ^ Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN 0-87930-818-4 p. 96
- ^ Hickey, Andrew (2011). The Beach Boys On CD vol 1: 1961 - 1969.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 5, 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 2022年01月12日.
- ^ a b Boyd, Alan; Slowinski, Craig (2016). "Pet Sounds Sessionography". Pet Sounds (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.