The Beach Boys Announce New Box Set We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years, Drop Title Track: Stream

These days, The Beach Boys are more likely to beef over funeral remarks than ever write or perform together. So, for a reminder of the truly good ol’ days when they were a bona fide pop music machine, the Boys have announced the release of yet another archival release with We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years.

Due out February 13th via Capitol/UME, We Gotta Groove spans six discs (three LPs and three CDs) and collects for the very first time The Beach Boys’ 1976-1977 recordings at Santa Monica’s Brother Studio. The release features a newly remastered edition of 1977’s The Beach Boys Love You, the long-awaited release of the perpetually-shelved Adult/Child, and alternates and outtakes from the 1976 sessions for 15 Big Ones. In all, there are 73 tracks, including 35 unreleased cuts.

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According to a press release, the songs here (produced by veteran engineer James Sáez and longtime Beach Boys historian Howie Edelson) are said to have “powered the era’s ‘Brian’s Back!’ campaign — launched to re-balance the band’s commercial fortunes — which presented Brian [Wilson] as returning to full creative command.” Part of this history is covered in the set’s 40-page liner notes, with insights from The Beach Boys and the Brother Studio engineering team of Stephen Moffitt, Earle Mankey, and John Hanlon.

The release goes on to describe the significance of this “era,” as the band was contending with the “unexpected success of two back-to-back Top 10 greatest hits albums.” That sharp uptick in attention then pushed The Beach Boys toward their “early surf-and-cars past, fueling hits-laden nostalgia tours at sold-out stadiums and arenas across the U.S.” The resulting songs, however, represent “a body of work far more complex than the era’s public narrative suggested.”

As a sneak peek of the set, The Beach Boys have unveiled “We Gotta Groove,” a Love You outtake that was written and co-produced by Wilson in 1976. Featuring Mike Love on lead vocals, and a guest appearance by guitarist Billy Hinsche, the song captures the sonic magic that the band was capable of when they came together like some pop music Voltron. Check it out below.

This release follows two other recent-ish archival offerings. Those are 2021’s Feel Flows (which centered on 1970’s Sunflower and 1971’s Surf’s Up) and 2022’s Sail On Sailor (featuring reissues of 1972’s Carl and the Passions – “So Tough” and 1973’s Holland).

Pre-orders for We Gotta Groove are available now. If you’d like to experience more than just the music, Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum is hosting a special event on Thursday, February 12th, with Edelson and Sáez in conversation with Moffitt, Earle Mankey, and John Hanlon to discuss the songs and their recording process for the first time. Check out event details here.

We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years Packaging:

We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Tracklist:
Disc 1: The Beach Boys Love You Album (1977 Mix)
LP 1, Side 1
01. Let Us Go On This Way
02. Roller Skating Child
03. Mona
04. Johnny Carson
05. Good Time
06. Honkin’ Down The Highway
07. Ding Dang

LP 1, Side 2
08. Solar System
09. The Night Was So Young
10. I’ll Bet He’s Nice
11. Let’s Put Our Hearts Together
12. I Wanna Pick You Up
13. Airplane
14. Love Is A Woman

Love You Outtakes (CD Only)
15. Ruby Baby *
16. Marilyn Rovell *
17. Sherry She Needs Me *
18. Lazy Lizzie *
19. We Gotta Groove (2025 Mix) *
20. Hey There Mama (2025 Mix) *
21. Clangin’ (2025 Mix) *
22. Love Is A Woman (Al Jardine Vocal) *
23. Johnny Carson (Alternate Mix With Intro) *
24. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling *

Disc 2 — Adult/Child Sessions
LP 2, Side 1
01. Life Is For The Living *
02. Deep Purple *
03. It’s Over Now
04. Still I Dream Of It
05. Everybody Wants To Live *
06. Lines *
07. It’s Trying To Say *

LP 2, Side 2
08. Shortenin’ Bread *
09. New England Waltz *
10. Life Is For The Living (Backing Track) *
11. Deep Purple (2025 Backing Track Mix) #
12. It’s Over Now (2025 Backing Track Mix) #
13. Still I Dream Of It (2025 Backing Track Mix) #

1974 – 1977 Select Outtakes (CD Only)
14. Holy Man (2025 Mix Carl Wilson Vocal) #
15. Carl’s Song 1 (It Could Be Anything) (2025 Mix) #
16. Carl’s Song 2 (Angel Come Home) (2025 Mix) #
17. String Bass Song (Rainbows) (2025 Mix) **
18. 10,000 Years Ago *
19. Gimme Some Lovin’ (2025 Mix) *
20. Honeycomb (Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford Vocal) *
21. In The Back Of My Mind (1975 Alternate Take 2025 Mix) #

Disc 3 — 15 Big Ones Outtakes and Alternate Mixes
LP 3, Side 1
01. Just Once In My Life (2025 Mix) #
02. Mony, Mony (2025 Mix) *
03. Running Bear (2025 Mix) *
04. Shake, Rattle And Roll *
05. On Broadway (2025 Mix) #
06. Sea Cruise (2025 Mix) #

LP 3, Side 2
07. Chapel Of Love (2025 Mix) #
08. Short Skirts (2025 Mix) #
09. TM Song (2025 Backing Track Mix) #
10. Rock And Roll Music (2025 Backing Track Mix) #
11. Had To Phone Ya (2025 Deconstructed Mix) #
12. Just Once In My Life (2025 Backing Track Mix) #

Love You Alternate Mixes (CD Only)
13. Let Us Go On This Way (Alternate Mix) *
14. Mona (2025 Deconstructed Mix) #
15. Honkin’ Down The Highway (Billy Hinsche Vocal) *
16. Ding Dang (Session Highlights and Unedited 2025 Mix) #
17. Solar System (2025 Backing Track Mix) #
18. The Night Was So Young (2025 Vocals Only Mix) #
19. Let’s Put Our Hearts Together (2025 Coda Mix) #

Love You Brian Cassette Demos (CD Only)
20. That Special Feeling (Demo) *
21. It’s Over Now (Demo) *
22. They’re Marching Along (Demo) *
23. Love Is A Woman (Demo) *
24. Mona (Demo) *
25. Airplane (Demo) *
26. Let’s Put Our Hearts Together (Demo) *
27. I’ll Bet He’s Nice (Demo) *
28. Still I Dream Of It (Demo) *

* = previously unreleased
# = newly mixed in 2025