Summer's just around the corner, and, appropriately enough, so is an album from the kings of the summer song, the Beach Boys.

Titled Hawthorne, CA — Birthplace of a Musical Legacy, the 58-track tome takes its name from the coastal town where the Beach Boys got their start 40 years ago. The rarity-packed Hawthorne hits stores May 22.

Along with four previously unreleased songs, the two-CD set includes rehearsal recordings and studio banter among bandmembers Mike Love, Al Jardine and Wilson brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl.

The album opens with Love's introduction to "Surfin'," the 1961 single that served as the music world's introduction to the then-budding pop stars. From there, the set surfs through a hodgepodge of singles and album tracks in previously unheard versions — among them "Surfin' USA," "Little Deuce Coupe" and their 1966 psychedelic chart-topper "Good Vibrations."

It's been a good year for the Beach Boys so far — the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences awarded the Beach Boys with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Sir Paul McCartney inducted Brian Wilson into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The track listing for Hawthorne, according to Capitol Records:

Disc One

  1. Mike Love introduces "Surfin'"
  2. 3701 W. 119th Street, Hawthorne, California: The "Surfin'" rehearsal (fall 1961)
  3. "Happy Birthday Four Freshmen"
  4. Mike on Brian's harmonies
  5. "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring" (live rehearsal)
  6. "Surfin' USA" (demo)
  7. "Surfin' USA" (backing track)
  8. Carl Wilson radio promo
  9. "Shut Down" (live)
  10. "Little Deuce Coupe" (demo)
  11. Murry Wilson directs a radio promo
  12. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (backing track)
  13. Brian message to "Rog," take 22
  14. "Dance Dance Dance" (stereo remix)
  15. "Kiss Me Baby" (a cappella mix)
  16. "Good to My Baby" (backing track)
  17. Chuck Britz on Brian in the studio (10/99)
  18. "Salt Lake City" (session highlights)
  19. "Salt Lake City" (stereo remix)
  20. "Wish That He Could Stay" (session excerpt)
  21. "And Your Dream Comes True" (stereo remix)
  22. Carol K session highlights
  23. "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (alternate version)
  24. Alan and Dennis introduce "Barbara Ann"
  25. "Barbara Ann" (session excerpt with Dean Torrence)
  26. "Barbara Ann" (master take without party overdubs)
  27. Mike on the Everly Brothers (3/20/98)
  28. "Devoted to You" (master take without party overdub)
  29. Dennis thanks "Everybody in the Back of My Mind"

Disc Two

  1. "Can't Wait Too Long" (a cappella mix)
  2. Dennis introduces Carl (5/26/69)
  3. "Good Vibrations" (stereo track sections)
  4. "Good Vibrations" (concert rehearsal)
  5. "Heroes and Villains" (stereo single version)
  6. "Vegetables Promo" (instrumental section)
  7. "Vegetables" (stereo extended mix)
  8. "You're With Me Tonight"
  9. "Lonely Days"
  10. Bruce on "Wild Honey"
  11. "Let the Wind Blow" (stereo remix)
  12. "I Went to Sleep" (a cappella mix)
  13. "Time to Get Alone" (alternate version)
  14. Alan and Brian talk about Dennis
  15. "A Time to Live in Dreams"
  16. "Be With Me" (backing track)
  17. Dennis introduces "Cotton Fields"
  18. "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (stereo single version)
  19. Alan and Carl on "Break Away" (5/26/69)
  20. "Break Away" (alternate version)
  21. "Add Some Music to Your Day" (a cappella mix)
  22. Dennis Wilson
  23. "Forever" (a cappella mix)
  24. "Sail On, Sailor" (backing track)
  25. "Old Man River" (vocal section)
  26. "Carl Wilson"
  27. "The Lord's Prayer" (stereo remix)
  28. "Carl Wilson Coda"