Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) Sessions CD

[hapman]

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/EGRO-28

It's weird how BRI / Capitol / Universal let stuff like this get released and do nothing about it, while themselves couldn't be bothered to release a single note from the Summer Days sessions in 2015.

[UEF]

I suppose the question they have to ask themselves is, "is it worth the trouble to put something out ourselves" - considering how few people will actually pay money for it

[hapman]

Possibly, yes, but in that same year (2015) they put out 2 CD's worth of Party! session material. So I just wonder what makes three mockery versions of Laugh At Me more saleable than something like the backing track of The Little Girl I Once Knew, or Sandy, a song that is still officially unreleased in its original form.

[HeyJude]

The "Copyright Extension" sets are first and foremost about protecting material that needs to be protected for copyright purposes, and then when they can they add extra stuff. Everything on that "Summer Days" comp was/is already protected.

I'm all for a total dump of the vaults for fans to buy/stream, etc., but they've released a good amount of stuff under the auspices of "Copyright Extension", especially in 2017 and 2018 with new management and whatnot.

That item being sold on that website from Japan is obviously not legit. It would be more consistent and fair to see BRI pursue those companies and websites selling that stuff the same way they pursue having stuff yanked off of YouTube and eBay, etc. But who knows, maybe they are?

[Wata]

I don't think they could actually purse these non-official releases, because, uh, they seem to be completely legal in Japan.

I'm no expert on domestic copyright law, but it seems any recordings recorded before 1968 are now out of copyright here. 

They're even selling non-official copies of Beatles' bootlegs on stores like Amazon (and other "legitimate" record stores) and getting away with it.

[37!ws]

If this were twenty years ago, BRI would have sent the freakin' mob after them.

[Alex]

I wonder if it's just a comp of the most "complete" takes from the SOT boot

[Wata]

I wonder if it's just a comp of the most "complete" takes from the SOT boot

It almost certainly is.

Here's the tracklist from a Japanese fan website(http://agttbb.web.fc2.com/newitem.html):

1. The Girl From New York City [rough mix]　　1965/5/24
2. The Girl From New York City [take 17, inst.]　　1965/5/24
3. Amusement Parks USA [rough mix, alt lyrics]　　1965/5/5
4. Amusement Parks USA [inst.]　　1965/5/5
5. Then I Kissed Her [rough mix]　　1965/5/3
6. Then I Kissed Her [stereo inst.]　　1965/5/3
7. Salt Lake City [inst. with extra intro]　　1965/3/30
8. Girl Don't Tell Me [rough mix]　　1965/4/30
9. Girl Don't Tell Me [take 10, inst.]　　1965/4/30
10. Help Me Rhonda [rough mix]　　1965/2/24
11. Help Me Rhonda [take 1, inst.]　　1965/2/24
12. California Girls [rough mix (take 41)]　　1965/4/6
13. California Girls [take 40, inst.]　　1965/4/6
14. Let Him Run Wild [rough mix]　　1965/3/30
15. Let Him Run Wild [stereo inst.]　　1965/3/30
16. You're So Good To Me [stereo inst.]　　1965/5/24
■ Related Songs
17. Sandy [unreleased song, vocal dub]　　1965/3/29
18. Sandy [unreleased song, inst.]　　1965/3/29
19. The Little Girl I Once Knew [rough mix]　　1965/10/13
20. The Little Girl I Once Knew [take 6, inst.]　　1965/10/13
21. Graduation Day [rough mix]　　1965/5/5
22. Graduation Day [chorus dub]　　1965/5/5
23. Graduation Day [chat]　　1965/5/5
■ Making of "California Girls"
24. California Girls [making take 5-6]　　1965/4/6
25. California Girls [making take 7]　　1965/4/6
26. California Girls [making run-thru after take 7]　　1965/4/6
27. California Girls [making take 15]　　1965/4/6
28. California Girls [making take 30]　　1965/4/6