Stars & Stripes 1

The Beach Boys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Platinum Ent.
• ASIN: B0000059LU
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,953 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Worry Baby

2. Little Deuce Coupe

3. 409

4. Long Tall Texan

5. I Get Around

6. Be True To Your School

7. Fun, Fun, Fun

8. Help Me Rhonda

9. The Warmth Of The Sun

10. Sloop John B.

11. I Can Hear Music

12. Caroline, No

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - but volume 2 will never appear, July 14, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stars & Stripes 1 (Audio CD)

First, in answer to earlier reviews, I must point out that the track with Tammy Wynette (In my room) was eventually released on her memorial album, Tammy Wynette Remembered, and it is at least as good as any of the tracks that are on this album. It was included on that album because it was already clear that volume 2 would never be completed. As far as I know, this was the only track recorded for volume 2.

As a lover of Beach Boys, country music and tribute albums, I love this album. It is obvious to me that some people take their music far too seriously. There are some really classy performances here, particularly Don't worry baby with Lorrie Morgan, Warmth of the sun with Willie Nelson and I can hear music with Kathy Troccoli, but some of the other tracks are just for fun. And wasn't that what much of their sixties music was about anyway? - Fun Fun Fun !!!!!

Anybody who knows anything about Sawyer Brown's music knows that their music is just for fun, not to be taken too seriously, therefore their contribution here (I get around) is just as I expected. No doubt that the Beach Boys invited them on this album knowing what to expect. As to Long tall Texan with Doug Supernaw, this is obviously just a piece of musical fun and was never intended to be anything else.

Difficult though it may be for some to accept, this album may have introduced the music of the Beach Boys to young country music fans who may not have quite appreciated just how good their sixties music was - and it may have caused some Beach Boys fans to discover that country music has changed out of all recognition since the sixties. In those days, people often complained that it was too sad and miserable. Now people complain that it's too lightweight and fluffy, and maybe (for them) this album will reinforce their belief.

Tribute albums offer the chance to look at old songs in a new perspective, and none more so than this one. I have a lot of tribute albums, and this is one of my favorites. I wish that there had been a volume 2 (perhaps including Glen Campbell, who was once a Beach Boy himself) but it will never be.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars HARD TO RATE, June 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stars & Stripes 1 (Audio CD)

I am a huge fan of the Beach Boys and a huge fan of country music. It is undeniable that country has influenced the Beach Boys, as did many other types of music. However, some of the songs are really poor matches with the artists who covered them. For example, Mark Miller's awful interpretation of "I Get Around" is not bearable to listen to. On the other hand, Willie Nelson meshes his sound with Brian Wilson's for a painless rendition of "Warmth of the Sun". Lorrie Morgan does a song that is really a "man" song, and therefore, the lyrics don't work, and Junior Brown does a great job on his song. "I Can Hear Music" is not at all up-to-snuff with the Beach Boys' version, but "Caroline, No", could almost fool you into thinking it was the original, if you weren't listening extra-carefully. It is an odd mix that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stars and Stripes Vol. 1, April 18, 2000

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David Aziz (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stars & Stripes 1 (Audio CD)

The fact that they got Brian out to sing is worth the price alone. This CD is a DDD production (all digital). The best songs belong to the women Lorrie Morgan and Kathy Troccoli in fact there should have been more women lead vocalists. Which brings me to the question what happened to Volume 2. The liner notes indicate that Tammy Wynette had a version of "In My Room". Either it never got released due to poor sales of Vol. 1 or it never got completed. Too bad.