Buffalo Boy's Blog

The Beach Boys- Party! album was and still is by far and away one of my favorite records to listen to. When I was a kid, it was one of the records my Aunt Peggy had spinning in her record player. It was that and Pet Sounds.

One of the Beach Boys greatest hits of all time came off Party! It was a cover of a tune by the Regents called Barbara Ann. I like the Regents version but every once in a while a cover is played by a band and it is better than the original, I think the Beach Boys were a group capable of doing that. Party! while it did have some Beach Boys classics on there, was recorded live during a party and most of it is covers they do at the party. It is a unique live record for its time.

This audio clip is Barbara Ann, not the Barbara Ann that you'll hear that fades out, this is the Barbara Ann from that Party! record and unless you have that record or CD, you won't hear the real unfaded ending to Barbara Ann as it was recorded back then as only the Beach Boys could do

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