Keepin' the Summer Alive

Keepin' the Summer Alive
Studio album by
The Beach Boys
ReleasedMarch 24, 1980 (1980-03-24)
RecordedJuly 1, 1979 – March 20, 1980 (except "When Girls Get Together" and "Santa Ana Winds", 1969–1978)[1]
Studio
Length33:10
LabelBrother/Caribou/CBS
ProducerBruce Johnston
The Beach Boys chronology
L.A. (Light Album)
(1979) 		Keepin' the Summer Alive
(1980) 		Ten Years of Harmony
(1981)
Singles from Keepin' the Summer Alive
  1. "Goin' On" / "Endless Harmony"
    Released: March 11, 1980
  2. "Livin' with a Heartache" / "Santa Ana Winds"
    Released: May 20, 1980

Keepin' the Summer Alive is the 24th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released March 24, 1980, on Brother, Caribou and CBS Records. Produced by Bruce Johnston, the album peaked at number 75 in the US, during a chart stay of 6 weeks,[3] and number 54 in the UK. It is the group's last album recorded with Dennis Wilson, who drowned in 1983, although he only appears on one song.

The album included new material alongside several older songs that had not been released up until that point. Two of the new songs were written by Carl Wilson and Randy Bachman, the title track and "Livin' with a Heartache". The latter was released as a single alongside "Goin' On", written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Brian wrote or co-wrote five of the other seven tracks.

  1. ^ Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). Beard, David (ed.). "Keepin' the Summer Alive: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Vol. 33, no. 132. Charlotte, North Carolina.
  2. ^ Joseph, Adam (October 7, 2010). "Exploring the only-in-Big-Sur Red Barn Recording Studio". Monterey County Weekly. Milestone Communications Inc. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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