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
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