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The Beach Boys
15 Big Ones

Album US 1976 on Brother Records label
Rock (Surf, Rock’n’Roll, Pop Rock)

Recorded January 30, 1976 to May 15, 1976. Recorded and mixed at Brother Studio, Santa Monica, California. Track B1: Basic track recorded at Western Recorders Track B2: Recorded at Brian Wilson's house Mastered at Location Recorders. Brother Records/Distributed by Warner Bros. Records Inc. Reprise Records, a division of Warner Bros. Records Inc. Made in U.S.A. Printed in Surf City, U.S.A. ℗ 1976 Warner Bros. Records Inc. © 1976 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Album Designed by Dean O. Torrence / KittyHawk Graphics Special Thanks to: Charles Lloyde, Marilyn Wilson, Chip Rachlin and all of the people at ICM and Caribou, Warren Duffy for joining us, Trish at Brother Studio, Stephen Love, whose Dream of six years has at last become a reality. Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille appear courtesy of A&M Records, Inc. Bruce Johnston appears courtesy of Equinox Records Roy Wood and Wizzard appear courtesy of United Artists Records / Jet Records Gatefold sleeve, A = Side I, B = Side II Durations taken from labels, duration for track B5 does not appear printed on label. "It's OK" appears on sleeve, "It's O.K." appears on label. Diane Rovell appears in songwriting credits on label but not on sleeve for "Had To Phone Ya". "Medley" appears on back of sleeve following "Talk To Me" but not on label, "Medley" appears within the track "Talk To Me". Symbol in run-out groove appears as 2 A's or 2 triangles overlapping one another.

Musicians

	The Beach Boys , *1961 US album by
	Carl Fortina acc, US accordion
	Ron Altbach p, bvoc, key, US accordion, piano, harpsichord
	Brian Wilson voc, *1942 US arranged by, backing vocals, backgrounds, bass, bass, moog bass, bells, chimes, harmonica, lead vocals, organ, piano, producer, strings, string ensemble, synthesizer, arp, synthesizer, moog, written by, written by
	Mike Love voc, *1941 US arranged by, backing vocals, backgrounds, lead vocals, written by
	Daryl Dragon , *1942 US arranged by, vocals arranged, clavinet
	Carol Lee Miller autoharp, auto harp
	Alan Jardine voc, g, *1942 US backing vocals, backgrounds, guitar, lead vocals, written by
	Bruce Johnston voc, *1942 US backing vocals, backgrounds, piano
	Carl Wilson voc, g, 1946-1998 US backing vocals, backgrounds, bass, guitar, harp, lead vocals, percussion, synthesizer
	Dennis Wilson dr, voc, 1944-1983 US backing vocals, backgrounds, drums, lead vocals, percussion, vibraphone, vibes
	Lyle Ritz b, uke, *1930 US bass
	Ray Pohlman b, US bass, bass
	Tim Drummond b, cb, 1940-2015 US bass
	Julius Wechter mar, 1935-1999 US bells, percussion
	Dennis Dreith , *1948 US clarinet, clavinet, saxophone, sax
	Jack Nimitz bs, sax, 1930-2009 US clarinet, saxophone, sax
	John Kelson sax, *1922 US clarinet, saxophone, sax
	Jules Jacob , GB clarinet, clavinet
	Mike Altschul cl, bs, bcl, fl, US clarinet, saxophone, sax
	Jim Hughart b, ep, *1936 US double bass, string bass
	Dennis Dragon dr, voc, perc, US drums
	Hal Blaine dr, *1929 US drums
	Ricky Fataar dr, *1952 AU drums, percussion
	Charles Lloyd fl, ts, *1938 US flute
	Jay Migliori ts, 1930-2001 US flute, horns, saxophone, sax
	Steve Douglas sax, 1938-1993 US flute, horns, saxophone, sax, soloist, horn solos
	Ben Benay g, voc, US guitar
	Billy Hinsche voc, g, p, *1951 PH guitar
	Ed Carter g, voc, US guitar
	Jerry Cole voc, g, 1939-2008 US guitar
	Tommy Tedesco g, 1930-1997 US guitar
	Maureen L. West harp
	Gene Estes vib, perc, 1931-1996 US percussion
	Plas Johnson ts, sax, fl, *1931 US saxophone, sax
	Roy Wood , *1946 GB saxophone, sax
	Wizzard , GB saxophone, sax
	Bobby Shaw trumpet
	Arnold Belnick vn, str, US violin
	Bernard Kundell vn, str, US violin
	Henry Ferber vn, US violin
	Henry Roth vn, str, violin
	James Getzoff vn, str, US violin
	Lou Klass vn, violin, violin
	Murray Adler vn, US violin
	Sidney Sharp str, vn, 1919-2013 violin
	Tibor Zelig str, US violin
	William Kurasch str, US violin

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