XPost: rec.music.artists.beach-boys   
   From: hoho@hoho.com   
      
   Hello all... this is a long shot... but what the hell... it's driving me   
   nuts...   
      
   When I was young... about 3 or 4... in the early 80s... my parents had a   
   Beach Boys compilation LP... which was how I was introduced to the   
   band... I listened to it constantly when I was about that age...   
      
   My mom died when I was 7, and subsequently, my father threw out all of   
   their vinyl LPs, including this one... he doesn't remember anything about   
   it, other than he had a Beach Boys compilation... so the only information   
   I have is what I can recall from the recesses of my own brain from when I   
   was that age...   
      
   What I remember... On the cover there was an unidentifiable surfer riding   
   a wave... In my internet searching, I found an LP called "20 Golden   
   Greats", which I swear is the exact same cover of this compilation that   
   I'm trying to track down... although I know the compilation that I'm   
   searching for only had at most 10-12 songs on it... to my recollection,   
   it was 10 tracks long... though I could be off by a couple. Also, that   
   "20 Golden Greats" comp was a UK release... and I doubt my parents would   
   have imported the album, and they never visited the UK...   
      
   I remember for certain that it had these songs on it as I have very   
   specific memories of listening to this specific compilation and reading   
   the names on the label:   
      
   Fun, Fun, Fun   
   409   
   Surfin' USA   
   Surfer Girl   
   Barbara Ann   
      
   And I'm fairly certain these were on it as well, though not as certain as   
   the above five tracks:   
      
   California Girls   
   Help Me Rhonda   
   I Get Around   
      
   There's nothing particularly exceptional about it to set it apart from   
   other compilations... I'd like to recreate the tracklisting for myself   
   for nostalgia purposes only... I own a few other comps (Sounds of Summer,   
   Good Vibrations box set, Pet Sounds Sessions) and albums (Brian's SMiLE,   
   Pet Sounds a few times over on vinyl and CD, Today and Summer Nights) so   
   I'm sure I have all the songs that were on this compilation...   
      
   I can't find any information anywhere in regards to what that comp could   
   have been... it's not any of the Endless Summer comps, it's not any comp   
   that was released after 1983 at the very latest... and it's not any of   
   the three volumes of greatest hits released in the 60s...   
      
   Anyway... I realize this is a long shot... Any help would be   
   appreciated... Thanks in advance...   
      
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