{"id":421227,"date":"2026-01-21T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421227\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:45:09","slug":"beach-boys-to-release-lost-1977-lp-adult-child-on-upcoming-box-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421227\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Boys to Release Lost 1977 LP ‘Adult\/Child’ on Upcoming Box Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTo an outspoken contingent of Beach Boys<\/a> aficionados, the group\u2019s last golden era as a recording unit took place between 1976 and 1977 when Brian Wilson<\/a> returned to active duty following years of mental health struggles. During this brief window of time, Wilson oversaw the creation of their oddball LP album The Beach Boys Love You, along with Adult\/Child \u2013 a supremely idiosyncratic effort that was ultimately shelved \u2013 before once again retreating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAdult\/Child took on a mythical role in Beach Boys lore over the past 50 years, second only to Smile, and it\u2019s finally coming out February 13 as part of a six-disc, 73-track box set entitled We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years. It also features a remastered version of\u00a0The Beach Boys Love You,\u00a0along with numerous\u00a0Love You\u00a0outtakes and demos, and tracks discarded from the sessions for 1976\u2019s\u00a015 Big Ones. There are 73 songs on the box, and 35 of them have not previously been released.\u00a0(Click here to pre-order.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRight now, you can hear \u201cWe Gotta Grove\u201d from the 1976 Love You sessions. It features Mike Love on lead vocals, guitar work by longtime Beach Boys touring band member Billy Hinsche, and Brian Wilson on vocals and all other instrumentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe box set was co-produced by producer\/mixing engineer James S\u00e1ez and Beach Boys historian Howie Edelson. It comes with a 40-page booklet featuring new and archival interviews with members of the Beach Boys and the Brother Studio engineer team of Stephen Moffitt, Earle Mankey, and John Hanlon.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, founding Beach Boys member Al Jardine and veteran members of Brian Wilson\u2019s touring band launched a special tour that features a near-complete performance of The Beach Boys Love You every night. In a 2025 interview with Rolling Stone,<\/a> Jardine explained that his role in the creation of the album was pretty minimal. \u201cCarl Wilson was guiding Brian through the process of making the record,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you\u2019ll hear a lot of Dennis [Wilson] on there. Mike [Love] and I came in and basically filled in the harmonies on the backgrounds. That was about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Adult\/Child, Wilson teamed up with orchestral arranger Dick Reynolds to create a wild mix of fitness jingles, big-band numbers, and painfully personal confessions like \u201cStill I Dream of It\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s Over Now.\u201d After the commercial failure of The Beach Boys Love You, the band decided to shelve Adult\/Child and instead start work on their underwhelming 1978 LP M.I.U Album. But the Adult\/Child sessions leaked out and became a cherished bootleg in fan circles.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis era of the Beach Boys is completely ignored by Love\u2019s touring incarnation of the band, but Jardine has a series of shows booked this year where he\u2019ll again spotlight The Beach Boys Love You. It kicks off February 21 at the South Shore Room at Harrah\u2019s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada. It continues with shows in Jacksonville, Florida, Clearwater, Florida, Sarasota, Florida, and Collingswood, New Jersey, before heading to Australia in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe track listing for We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years:<\/p>\n

\n\tDisc 1 \u2014 The Beach Boys Love You Album (1977 Mix)
LP1 Side 1<\/p>\n

Let Us Go On This Way<\/p>\n

Roller Skating Child<\/p>\n

Mona<\/p>\n

Johnny Carson<\/p>\n

Good Time<\/p>\n

Honkin\u2019 Down The Highway<\/p>\n

Ding Dang<\/p>\n

\n\tLP1 Side 2<\/p>\n

Solar System<\/p>\n

The Night Was So Young<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll Bet He\u2019s Nice<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Put Our Hearts Together<\/p>\n

I Wanna Pick You Up<\/p>\n

Airplane<\/p>\n

Love Is A Woman<\/p>\n

\n\tLove You Outtakes (CD Only)<\/p>\n

\t\tRelated Content<\/p>\n

Ruby Baby *<\/p>\n

Marilyn Rovell *<\/p>\n

Sherry She Needs Me *<\/p>\n

Lazy Lizzie *<\/p>\n

We Gotta Groove (2025 Mix) *<\/p>\n

Hey There Mama (2025 Mix) *<\/p>\n

Clangin\u2019 (2025 Mix) *<\/p>\n

Love Is A Woman (Al Jardine Vocal) *<\/p>\n

Johnny Carson (Alternate Mix With Intro) *<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve Lost That Lovin\u2019 Feeling *<\/p>\n

\n\tDisc 2 \u2014 Adult\/Child Sessions<\/p>\n

\n\tLP2 Side 1<\/p>\n

Life Is For The Living *<\/p>\n

Deep Purple *<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Over Now<\/p>\n

Still I Dream Of It<\/p>\n

Everybody Wants To Live *<\/p>\n

Lines *<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Trying To Say *<\/p>\n

\n\tLP2 Side 2<\/p>\n

Shortenin\u2019 Bread *<\/p>\n

New England Waltz *<\/p>\n

Life Is For The Living (Backing Track) *<\/p>\n

Deep Purple (2025 Backing Track Mix) **<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Over Now (2025 Backing Track Mix) **<\/p>\n

Still I Dream Of It (2025 Backing Track Mix) **<\/p>\n

\n\t1974 \u2013 1977 Select Outtakes (CD Only)<\/p>\n

Holy Man (2025 Mix Carl Wilson Vocal) **<\/p>\n

Carl\u2019s Song 1 (It Could Be Anything) (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

Carl\u2019s Song 2 (Angel Come Home) (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

String Bass Song (Rainbows) (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

10,000 Years Ago *<\/p>\n

Gimme Some Lovin\u2019 (2025 Mix) *<\/p>\n

Honeycomb (Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford Vocal) *<\/p>\n

In The Back Of My Mind (1975 Alternate Take 2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

\n\tDisc 3 \u2014 15 Big Ones Outtakes and Alternate Mixes<\/p>\n

\n\tLP3 Side 1<\/p>\n

Just Once In My Life (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

Mony, Mony (2025 Mix) *<\/p>\n

Running Bear (2025 Mix) *<\/p>\n

Shake, Rattle And Roll *<\/p>\n

On Broadway (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

Sea Cruise (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

\n\tLP3 Side 2<\/p>\n

\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n

Chapel Of Love (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

Short Skirts (2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

TM Song (2025 Backing Track Mix) **<\/p>\n

Rock And Roll Music (2025 Backing Track Mix) **<\/p>\n

Had To Phone Ya (2025 Deconstructed Mix) **<\/p>\n

Just Once In My Life (2025 Backing Track Mix) **<\/p>\n

\n\tLove You Alternate Mixes (CD Only)<\/p>\n

Let Us Go On This Way (Alternate Mix) *<\/p>\n

Mona (2025 Deconstructed Mix) **<\/p>\n

Honkin\u2019 Down The Highway (Billy Hinsche Vocal) *<\/p>\n

Ding Dang (Session Highlights and Unedited 2025 Mix) **<\/p>\n

Solar System (2025 Backing Track Mix) **<\/p>\n

The Night Was So Young (2025 Vocals Only Mix) **<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Put Our Hearts Together (2025 Coda Mix) **<\/p>\n

\n\tLove You Brian Cassette Demos (CD Only)<\/p>\n

That Special Feeling (Demo) *<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Over Now (Demo) *<\/p>\n

They\u2019re Marching Along (Demo) *<\/p>\n

Love Is A Woman (Demo) *<\/p>\n

Mona (Demo) *<\/p>\n

Airplane (Demo) *<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Put Our Hearts Together (Demo) *<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll Bet He\u2019s Nice (Demo) *<\/p>\n

Still I Dream Of It (Demo) *<\/p>\n

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