Beach Boys stereo albums (early-mid ’60s)

What earlier Beach Boys albums were released in stereo (back in the day)? When I look at early recordings in the database, I find:

1962 Surfin' Safari - all early CD releases were only in mono
1963 Surfin' USA - many early CD releases were stereo incl. the CD "Surfin' Safari/Surfin' USA"
1964 Fun Fun Fun - many early CD releases in stereo (some entries list "stereo lp mix", some list "mono lp mix" so obviously this LP was released both ways
1964 I Get Around - all early CD releases were only in mono
1964 Don't Worry Baby - many stereo
1965 Help Me Rhonda - all early CD releases were mono
1965 California Girls - all early CD releases mono except "Endless Harmony" which was a mid '70s comp
1966 Barbara Ann - all early CD releases mono
1966 Sloop John B, Wouldn't It Be Nice, God Only Knows - all early CD releases mono until "Pet Sounds" CD came out in stereo (and I believe "Pet Sounds" was only mixed to stereo in more
modern times - '90s or 00s).
1966 Good Vibrations - all early CD releases in mono

I'm not referring to any single versions which obviously would be mono.

So why do 1963's Surfin' USA and 1964's "Fun Fun Fun" have stereo lp mixes - yet all these later (1965 and 1966) releases only seem to have mono LPs back in the day?

And then when did they go back to releasing albums in stereo - 1968? I base this guess based on what I see for 1968's "Friends" and "Do It Again"?

Thanks for the info, Richie

There's been modern remixes done through the years (often more than one) of the songs that were previously mono only since the early 2000s. Whenever there's a new
compilation or box set, a few more sneak their way out, sometimes without fanfare. The 2002 Sounds of Summer CD for instance had new mixes of:

1. "California Girls" (the third stereo remix of this following the two different ones on two different pressings of the "Endless Harmony" CD soundtrack)
2. "Shut Down" (more narrow mix)
3. "Dance Dance Dance" (the second stereo remix following the attempt on the "Hawthorne, CA" CD compilation which had more reverb)
4. "Heroes and Villains" (as above, the second stereo remix following the "Hawthorne, CA" CD)

Even with extraction and the re-discovery of some vocal tapes, none of the "stereo" mixes of "Good Vibrations" ever sound quite as correct as the mono does. A well-
mastered mono mix, even with the inherent distortion, is still the ultimate way to experience this slice of pop genius.

Thanks for the info Jared. I should probably get that Endless Harmony CD. (Or
are there 2 versions with different stereo mixes each)?

LunarLaugh wrote: Even with extraction and the re-discovery of some vocal tapes, none of the "stereo" mixes of "Good Vibrations" ever sound quite as correct as the mono does. A well-mastered mono mix, even with the inherent distortion, is still the ultimate way to experience this slice of pop genius.

Yesterday, I picked a stereo version of "Good Vibrations" to use for my
collection. It sounded quite nice. But after reading your comment, I'm going to
take the mono version that I'm sure I have on a few BB CDs and A-B it with the
stereo one, to see what I'm missing in the stereo version. I agree this record
and song is a slice of pop genius, and I want to listen to all the genius that is
contained within it, lol.