The Beach Boys and Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing are proud to announce the May 22 release of The Warmth Of The Sun, a new collection of 28 career-spanning tracks. Hand-selected and sequenced by The Beach Boys themselves, the new set includes six classic tracks mixed in stereo for the first time. The Warmth Of The Sun traces the iconic band’s creative arc in a sunup to sundown musical journey that goes beyond the beach, presenting a broad view of the rich musical legacy of America’s band.

Also, an 11-episode Beach Boys Podcast series, featuring new interviews with Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, will launch May 8. The series, to be presented in weekly installments, focuses on the 28 tracks selected by The Beach Boys for their new career-spanning Capitol/EMI collection, The Warmth Of The Sun. The Podcast series can be accessed via The Beach Boys’ official website, www.thebeachboys.com

Indeed, if you would like to win an exclusive Beach Boys 'Warmth Of The Sun' bright yellow T-shirt, and you think you know all there is to know about the band, just answer this easy question: All 30 tracks included on this new CD span several label changesa and were all Billboard Top 40 hits ... but, how many of them were #1's in the US?!

Send us your answers and if you're correct you'll be in the running to win one of these wonderful exclusive T-shirts! Just send us an e:mail here before September 1st with your answer and the subject title CONTEST: BEACH BOYS T-SHIRTs to: exclusivemagazine@flash.net