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« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2012, 08:50:34 AM »
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1. Stereo version on 'Hawthorne'.
2. Beach Boys '73 'In Concert'.

3. Version with the "Amy" vocal.
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« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2012, 12:58:00 PM »
I've always wondered exactly how the poor fat bunny would take away their sorrows and give them sunshine tomorrow.
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« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2012, 01:01:32 PM »
I've never known a poor fat bunny to not take away my sorrows. Weather manipulation, though... nop.
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« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2012, 01:38:26 PM »
Poor fat bunny? I don't understand.
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« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2012, 01:51:18 PM »
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Quote from: Mikie on August 21, 2012, 09:17:46 AM
1. Stereo version on 'Hawthorne'.
2. Beach Boys '73 'In Concert'.

3. Version with the "Amy" vocal.

"Amy" Vocal?
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« Reply #30 on: August 22, 2012, 02:07:18 PM »
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1. Stereo version on 'Hawthorne'.
2. Beach Boys '73 'In Concert'.

3. Version with the "Amy" vocal.

"Amy" Vocal?

You think you want to hear it, but you don't.
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« Reply #31 on: August 22, 2012, 02:13:56 PM »
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1. Stereo version on 'Hawthorne'.
2. Beach Boys '73 'In Concert'.

3. Version with the "Amy" vocal.

"Amy" Vocal?

You think you want to hear it, but you don't.

Best leave it at that then  LOL
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« Reply #32 on: August 22, 2012, 02:20:38 PM »
My first hearing of this beautiful song was on the BB- An American Family, and I've loved it ever since. I do dig the Concert version, more bluesy, but the original is so darn good, with that Wild Honey era piano Brian was using. From the film, I got the idea he was writing it when Marilyn left him during the Smile era, but I'm sure that's not the case. Made for dramatic effect  Wink
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« Reply #33 on: August 22, 2012, 02:28:36 PM »
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1. Stereo version on 'Hawthorne'.
2. Beach Boys '73 'In Concert'.

3. Version with the "Amy" vocal.

"Amy" Vocal?

You think you want to hear it, but you don't.

Best leave it at that then  LOL

Basically, this Amy lady was signed to Brother Records for "about ten minutes" (Bruce's words) and a 1970 recording featuring her singing over the original Wild Honey track was done by Brian. Didn't amount to anything beyond that, and you'd know why once you heard it. I'd send, but alas, I don't have it on me Sad using a certain search engine and typing "beach boys priess tape" into it may help.
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« Reply #34 on: August 22, 2012, 03:54:55 PM »
The first time I heard the song was as a brand-new fan back in 1995 on the Don Was IJWMFTT soundtrack. I fell in love with this song especially, but also that whole album and film. I was fascinated by Brian's vocal delivery, how he radically distorted his face while barking the lines out with a gulp and a yelp. I actually found it very expressive for a man emerging from a long shadow. I know many people hate the vocals in that film, but not me.
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« Reply #35 on: August 22, 2012, 03:58:17 PM »
I'm with you...I love that film, the soundtrack and Brian's vocals on it. The versions of Melt Away and Love and Mercy on there are far, far superior to the BW88 versions. 
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« Reply #36 on: August 22, 2012, 05:48:11 PM »
Well I just downloaded the Amy vocal one, Her voice is pretty good I might add
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« Reply #37 on: August 22, 2012, 08:25:21 PM »
A-LET THE WIND BLOOO
A-LET THE GRASS GROOO

She's not turrible, and it really feels like this song/arrangement are a terrible fit for her, but ehhh. Not surprised she wasn't around long, I guess. Not terrible, but not especially good and a little comically grating at times, at least on this song. Again, it doesn't feel appropriate for her, or at least not as is without going an octave up mid-verse as per the original.

Man Sad she's probably still around. I doubt she has any idea folks're trashing a one-off performance of hers from over forty years ago, and I can't imagine going through the whole "I'm signed to the Beach Boys' label! Wait, they let me go. Uhhh, wow, this is depressing," thing. I feel bad.
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« Reply #38 on: August 22, 2012, 08:26:45 PM »
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  And I'll never know why this song was ever released as a single.

It wasn't.
 
I'm looking at this thread and thinking, Doesn't this count? 

   
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« Reply #39 on: August 22, 2012, 10:10:33 PM »
I always include her version on the Best of the Brother Records disc I made up. Ranging from the Flame to America I Know You to Leaves of Grass to the H&V/You're Welcome to The Letter to Oh Yeah to Fig Plucker to Cease to Exist to Time to Get Alone (Redwood)...etc. etc.
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« Reply #40 on: August 22, 2012, 11:47:40 PM »
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 And I'll never know why this song was ever released as a single.

It wasn't.
 
I'm looking at this thread and thinking, Doesn't this count?  

    
I never knew that lol
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« Reply #41 on: August 23, 2012, 06:26:12 AM »
The live version from In Concert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0WshQmpH68) is greatest, to me the final best arrangement. It has many things different to the studio version.
I like Carl's 'desperate and lonely' voice, the guitar solo, the moog basslines with those octave leaps, and the final modulation to the lowered 7th note of the scale, just before it ends, and how it returns to an unresolved I7 chord. Brilliant.

Kayla Williams's version is different but ain't bad either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMkJMM3Gkc
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« Reply #42 on: August 23, 2012, 07:49:04 AM »
oh god, the comments on those Kayla Williams videos make me hate the internet.
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« Reply #43 on: August 23, 2012, 09:02:24 AM »
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The first time I heard the song was as a brand-new fan back in 1995 on the Don Was IJWMFTT soundtrack. I fell in love with this song especially, but also that whole album and film. I was fascinated by Brian's vocal delivery, how he radically distorted his face while barking the lines out with a gulp and a yelp. I actually found it very expressive for a man emerging from a long shadow. I know many people hate the vocals in that film, but not me.

I'm ok with most of the lead vocals.

But keep in mind that Brian is lip-synching to his previously-recorded vocals. He overacts a little bit, I think.
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« Reply #44 on: August 23, 2012, 09:05:01 AM »
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  And I'll never know why this song was ever released as a single.

It wasn't.
 
I'm looking at this thread and thinking, Doesn't this count? 

   

Assume that's mono, Bgas?
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« Reply #45 on: August 23, 2012, 09:07:26 AM »
Quote from: Jaco on August 23, 2012, 06:26:12 AM
The live version from In Concert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0WshQmpH68) is greatest, to me the final best arrangement. It has many things different to the studio version. I like Carl's 'desperate and lonely' voice, the guitar solo, the moog basslines with those octave leaps, and the final modulation to the lowered 7th note of the scale, just before it ends, and how it returns to an unresolved I7 chord. Brilliant.

Completely agree with that assessment!
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« Reply #46 on: August 23, 2012, 09:12:04 AM »
Yes, it's mono, John.  Came out around the time of the Warners Wild Honey/20/20 2-fer album release in '74.
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I, I love the colorful clothes she wears, and she's already working on my brain. I only looked in her eyes, but I picked up something I just can't explain. I, I bet I know what she’s like, and I can feel how right she’d be for me. It’s weird how she comes in so strong, and I wonder what she’s picking up from me. I hope it’s good, good, good, good vibrations, yeah!!
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« Reply #47 on: August 23, 2012, 01:31:52 PM »
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Yes, it's mono, John.  Came out around the time of the Warners Wild Honey/20/20 2-fer album release in '74.

Thanks Mikie, what was on the flip?

Now that I have a turntable again I must revisit my 45s to see how many of them I've forgotten!
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« Reply #48 on: August 23, 2012, 02:18:38 PM »
Quote from: John Manning on August 23, 2012, 01:31:52 PM
Quote from: Mikie on August 23, 2012, 09:12:04 AM
Yes, it's mono, John.  Came out around the time of the Warners Wild Honey/20/20 2-fer album release in '74.

Thanks Mikie, what was on the flip?

Now that I have a turntable again I must revisit my 45s to see how many of them I've forgotten!

Mikie's tongue tied...  I Can Hear Music gets the nod.
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« Reply #49 on: August 23, 2012, 04:07:28 PM »
Sorry John - just saw this!  Yes, this was a reissued single in the U.S. on Brother Reprise in 1974:

RPS 1310 - I Can Hear Music/Let The Wind Blow

RPS 1310 - I Can Hear Music/I Can Hear Music (promo)  -  stereo/mono
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