Weird effect on Take A Load Off Your Feet

[Joel Goldenberg]

Anybody else experience this? When I first got the Surf's Up album on vinyl and listened to Take A Load Off Your Feet, in the tag of the song, someone says something a bit indistinguishable at the tail end, like "whoa." Every time I heard that, I thought someone was calling me from a neighbouring room of where I lived. Was this a sly Steve Desper surround effect?

[Bill M]

No, but I always thought the horn honking effect sounded like it was coming from outside

[Jukka]

Yeah, Surf's Up (the album) contains many sounds and effects that make me go "what was that?" on few first listens. Oh, that rascal Desper!

[Michael Edward Osbourne]

I've definitely experienced some 'what-the-heck-was-that' from listening to the Surf's Up album. Mr. Desper sure was brilliant!

[Mr. Cohen]

I thought I smelled Al's feet the first time. Amazing what the Desper matrix captures.

[phirnis]

Always loved this song. It's fun and lightweight, almost bordering on nursery rhyme but features some spectacular sound work as well as some sweet Brian involvement. To me there's something very Smile-like about it, in a hipsterish early-70s way.

[Wrightfan]

Very fun song. My WTF moment though is when the vocals go from left-center-right in the span of about 3 seconds.