Brian Wilson Piano Demos -- "oh, the profundity of it all..."

[Jim V.]

Thanks.

Anybody have any info on That Special Feeling?

Seconded on whether anybody has info on this thing. It's been in my "collection" for a while and I could never quite place it. I assumed it was among the Love You demos, but apparently that's not true. Is it possibly from the early '80s, around the time of "Walkin' on Water", "Sweetie", etc.?

[Rocker]

Is that Brian doing the piano Demo of Soulful Old Man Sunshine?  I always thought that one had so much more... swing.... then the released one. 

I think the piano way played by Rick Henn (?) of the Sunrays who co-wrote the song with Brian. I love the demo, it indeed is much more swinging as you said.

Would love to hear that full run-through (assuming it was such). Did it ever surface in the public domain?

Not as far as I know. I asked that question some time ago but it seems no one really knows about it.

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10826.0.html

[The Shift]

Is that Brian doing the piano Demo of Soulful Old Man Sunshine?  I always thought that one had so much more... swing.... then the released one. 

I think the piano way played by Rick Henn (?) of the Sunrays who co-wrote the song with Brian. I love the demo, it indeed is much more swinging as you said.

Would love to hear that full run-through (assuming it was such). Did it ever surface in the public domain?

Not as far as I know. I asked that question some time ago but it seems no one really knows about it.

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10826.0.html

Ah, then we can add it to the "wants" list ("hopes" list?) for the next archival box set release.

[Pablo.]

What I love about his piano demos is how you can appreciate even more the way he voices the chords (i.e. the Don't talk demo. Sheer beauty)