Solo Brian Wilson: dipping into archives
the captain:
Brian (not to mention the Beach Boys and many other bands, for that matter) has been widely known to use his older, unreleased material on his "new" solo albums. I'm curious, has anyone ever counted through his solo albums and noted which songs were actually "new" (meaning not recorded before other than as recent, pre-album demos...not widely booted, not intended for previous albums, etc.).
On GIOMH, I know that almost all of the songs existed in previous incarnations, whether from the Paley sessions, Joe Thomas era, or even earlier. Are "You've Touched Me," A Friend Like You" and "The Waltz" the only new songs?
I'm curious to hear everyone's input on each of the three studio solo albums (not counting Smile, which is too obvious). What's new, what's old, what are the oldest recordings of each song?
Sheriff John Stone:
Quote from: Luther on January 08, 2006, 05:04:11 PM
On GIOMH, I know that almost all of the songs existed in previous incarnations, whether from the Paley sessions, Joe Thomas era, or even earlier. Are "You've Touched Me," A Friend Like You" and "The Waltz" the only new songs?
I don't think "The Waltz" was a new song. Wasn't it a re-working of "Let's Stick Together" from the SWEET INSANITY sessions?
Jason:
You've Touched Me recycles part of the melody from a Wilson/Usher track from '86 entitled So Long (aka Turning Point). The Waltz has the same music as the Sweet Insanity track Let's Stick Together.
the captain:
Keep it up, all. So is "A Friend Like You" the only really new track on GIOMH? What about the others?
Toby:
Ok, I have a minute to spare, and I'm going from memory:
*BW88
Walkin' The Line - first recorded during the Usher sessions
Little Children - written in 1976 as They're Marching Along
There's So Many - demoed in 1983 as Up In The Sky
Rio Grande - consist almost entirely of fragments written by Brian since the Seventies and onwards, with some new assistance from Paley
*Imagination
She Says That She Needs Me - the same as Sandy/Sherry/Terry She Needs Me
Sunshine - Sometimes you never what version of a fragment was written first with Brian but the tag shows up in Believe In Yourself.
Happy Days - recorded in 1970 and 1980 as My Solution
+ two old BB covers
Roxy:
The First Time - recorded in 1983 as In the Nighttime (and the demo is 1000000 times better than the live version)
This Isn't Love - recorded in 1982 as I Say A Prayer
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