Stack-O-Tracks

Stack-O-Tracks was released on August 19, 1968 under label company Capitol and produced by Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys third and final album release of 1968, Stack-O-Tracks, containins the backing tracks to fifteen of their songs spanning their career to that point. Considered little more than a penny pincher when it came out, Stack-O-Tracks turned out to be a very educational album for those who wanted to know what went into the making of a Beach Boys music track. This type of release was unique for the band, and generally was and still is relatively unique throughout the music industry where backing tracks, in the rare event of their commercial release, are generally bonus tracks or b-sides to singles.