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"California Girls" - The Beach Boys

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Topic: "California Girls" - The Beach Boys

Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "California Girls" - The Beach Boys
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 8:58am

There's some discussion on the "Both Sides Now" message board forum (at www.bsnpubs.com) regarding "California Girls" by the Beach Boys. In the 10th edition, the run times on CD range anywhere from 2:31 to 2:43. I notice most of the CD appearances of "California Girls" running 2:43 are in stereo and have a longer fade than the shorter versions. Would this be the LP version? Meanwhile, how long does the commercial 45 version actually run?

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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 18 November 2012 at 4:28pm

my commercial 45 for the beach boys song 'california girls'
issued as capitol 5464 states the run time on the label as
2:37 but actually runs 2:43....the box set version only
runs 2:36......this 45 run time info s/b added to the db...

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edtop40

Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 20 November 2012 at 9:45pm

this is indeed a revelation! All those mono versions on CD running in the
2:37 range must have been the "LP length" from "Summer Days (And Summer
Nights!!)". Can someone confirm this? Good to have this info for this critical
hit song, ed! At least there are a couple of CDs with the mono 45 length.

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dc1

Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 21 November 2012 at 7:03pm

it only took me 7 years to get the answer todd asked in
2005....amazing!!!

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edtop40