Announcing Beach Boys RSD 2013 Releases

[picassosson]

Announcing Beach Boys Record Store Day 2013 Limited Edition Releases

The Beach Boys are accompanying their career-spanning collection Made in California with a Record Store Day 2013 limited edition release of two "lost" albums and accompanying 7"s.

Titled Reverberation and Landlocked, these two "lost" albums from 1970 have been long speculated about in collector's circles, but are largely unknown to the general public. Although not technically "lost", these collections were working titles for songs that were in the running for the seminal albums Sunflower and Surf's Up.

Reverberation was a working title for the Beach Boys proposed final Capitol album, dated June 19th, 1970 - before the group decided to deliver Live In London instead. Landlocked was a working title for Surf's Up, and was originally a tape of tracks compiled by engineer Steve Desper that were in consideration for the Beach Boys second Reprise album.

Although the original sequencing for these collections is uncertain, various track listings have surfaced over the years - with many of the proposed songs making it on to completed albums. This limited edition release does not attempt to duplicate those original sequences, but instead proposes an alternate 1970, where the Beach Boys released both a last Capitol album, and a new Reprise album in-between Sunflower and Surf's Up, duplicating none of the tracks on those celebrated releases.

Also included are four unreleased 7" singles. Included among the tracks are speed corrected covers of "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "The Letter" recorded during the 1967 Wild Honey sessions and originally released on the out of print Rarities collection in 1983. "My Solution" is a never before released Halloween themed Brian Wilson curio from 1970, whose musical theme was later resurrected for his solo track "Happy Days" in 1998. Also included is Brian's charmingly bizarre health restaurant shout-out "H.E.L.P. Is On The Way", originally released on the 1993 Good Vibrations box. On the flip-side is an unreleased and unfinished slice-of-life Brian track "Walkin'".

Rounding out the 45s  is the unreleased Dennis Wilson gem "Carry Me Home", from the Holland sessions. Deemed "too dark" to be a Beach Boys track, this spine-tingling song has criminally never been released until now. On the flip side is the gospel inspired fragment "Out In The Country" an Al Jardine track also from the Holland sessions.

1967 through 1973 was a very fertile period for the Beach Boys, with all members of the band contributing mostly high quality, if not interesting work. The list of unreleased tracks worked on during this era was huge, many of which for space and sequencing issues were left off Made In California.

All tracks are sourced from the original analog tapes, with accompanying period style artwork, and are strictly limited edition.

Tracklistings:

REVERBERATION LP

1. A Time To Live In Dreams
2. Break Away (Brian Lead)
3. Celebrate The News
4. Sail Plane Song
5. We're Together Again
6. Mona Kana
7. Cotton Fields (Stereo Single Version)
8. San Miguel
9. Can't Wait Too Long
10. Old Folks At Home
11. Ol' Man River
12. Walk On By

LANDLOCKED LP

1. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
2. Lady (Single Version)
3. Good Time
4. Susie Cincinatti
5. Games Two Can Play
6. Back Home
7. 4th Of July
8. Loop De Loop (Original Mix)
9. Over The Waves
10. Big Sur (4/4 Version)
11. I Just Got My Pay
12. Sound Of Free
13. Where Is She
14. When Girls Get Together (Instrumental)
15. Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS 7"

1. With A Little Help From My Friends (Speed Corrected)
2. The Letter

HELP IS ON THE WAY 7"

1. HELP Is On The Way
2. Walkin'

MY SOLUTION 7"

1. My Solution
2. My Solution (without narration)

CARRY ME HOME 7"

1. Carry Me Home
2. Out In The Country

[Nicko1234]

Funny guy. 

[picassosson]

Sometimes people need to be given good ideas... 

[Shady]

I believed this for a second

[Jason]

As soon as I saw "Record Store Day 2013" I immediately laughed at the article. Well played.

[Bud Shaver]

 

It was fun to dream for that split second....

[Eric Aniversario]

This is very well-crafted, if people had responded and went along with it, I probably would've gotten my hopes up big time.

[Rocker]

I believed this for a second

Me too until I read this sentence:

Reverberation was a working title for the Beach Boys proposed final Capitol album, dated June 19th, 1970 - before the group decided to deliver Live In London instead

The group didn't know about the release of Live In London (they did however for the US release in'76)



Well done, picassosson! 

[picassosson]

I actually think this would be a pretty sensible route for releasing archival material that is "less palatable" by the general public. It's more substantial, less messy, and probably more lucrative than beachboyscentral.com downloads, and who really pays attention to limited edition vinyl releases except the people who really care? A classy, low-stakes way to give the fans what they want without potentially "marring" a high profile career-spanning box set...

[RonBaker2003]

Wow.  I was all ready for these releases.  I thought that finally Capitol did it right.  Now my hopes are dashed.  Thanks.

[Lowbacca]

I believed this for a second

Me too [...]

Me three.



Damnit.

[SMiLE Brian]

This is great!

[bgas]

I believed this for a second

Me too [...]

Me three.



Damnit.

You're all fooling, right?  
They were OBVIOUSLY not real

[The Shift]

Superb detailing on the images, well done!

[KokoNO]

This would have fooled a great many people had the thread actually been made before the recent Record Store Day.

That said, I immediately went into the next room to grab my wallet. 

[SummerInParadise23]

Not sure the point of this post....I was tricked to until I Saw the first response. o well

[LetHimRun]

Ban the OP.

[Gabo]

I would so buy these...

[Mikie]

This had me going for a second, then I thought, "Wait, they have Record Store Days in April - they're having another one?" Capitol's changing the "Good Vibrations" '70 album cover to Reverberation and the "Landlocked" cover looks so real!

This would have been a great April Fool's Day joke.  I've seen some great artwork on this board, but this one really took some time! I'm kinda bumed it isn't for real! 

[Gertie J.]

Ban the OP.

double ban 

[Smilin Ed H]

We can dream...

[Custom Machine]

Really nicely done, picassosson.  This for sure is the kind of stuff that should see the light on a Record Store Day.

[Jay]

I almost fainted when I saw "My Solution(without narration)". Damn you, picassosson. 

[Ebb and Flow]

I don't get why we don't get mono pressings of the original albums, or replicas of original 45's etc for RSD.  At my local record store I see so many copies of that Pee Chee style Surfin Safari 10" single that don't sell and collect dust.  IMO stuff like this WOULD sell, especially with that sort of artwork.

[Please delete my account]

Rounding out the 45s  is the unreleased Dennis Wilson gem "Carry Me Home", from the Holland sessions. Deemed "too dark" to be a Beach Boys track, this spine-tingling song has criminally never been released until now. On the flip side is the gospel inspired fragment "Out In The Country" an Al Jardine track also from the Holland sessions.

Picassosson, did you know about this discussion? http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,14995.0.html . Just because if you haven't, it's interesting, that's all.