Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again

[Shady]

One or two people on this board have the song and they appear not to be sharing 

[Al Jardine: Pick Up Artist]

Jackasses.

Unless those people that have the song are people in positions where they should have the song and then all is good.

But otherwise, selfish jackasses

[Generation42]

  I've been waiting so many years to hear this song, it almost doesn't seem possible that it could actualy happen.  I would certainly contribute to finaly hear this song!

I remember waiting for, oh, 8 years, or so, just dreaming (literally daily) about NIRVANA's "You Know You're Right," pouring over descriptions from those who had heard the recording and imagining how the live version we in the fan community were familiar with would translate in the studio.

Sounds an awful like what's going on here, no? 

Happily, when we finally did get a hold of it, the final recording by the band turned out to be an absolutely stallar achievement (and two years later, we got the arguably even more stunning, "Do Re Mi").  My hope is that the same will be true of WIBNTLA.  Something tells me that, in this regard, lightning may just strike twice and although I would love if someone were to share this song, if it's included on any offical Beach Boys release, I'll eventually be purchasing it, anyway.

I have to say, part of me is jealous that The Beach Boys still have such potential unheard gems in their posession.  I know the Beatles had fewer years-worth of recording sessions, by far, than the 'Boys, but the best we in Beatlefan-dom have to hope for (that we know of, anyway) is, what, "Carnival of Light"?  Oh, well, the complete acetate of "Revolution 1" was an amazing, surprise unearthing, in its own right, so I suppose one never does know.

Either way, these are exciting times, for sure.

[acedecade75]

I would give almost anything to hear this song... PLEASE!

[Shady]

I would give almost anything to hear this song... PLEASE!

Same..

One person who was lucky enough to receive the song via PM posted that it was "Dennis's 'surf's up'". Not quite sure why he's not spreading the wealth

[Al Jardine: Pick Up Artist]

Seriously, I bet every person in this thread if not this board would love to hear it.

[pixletwin]

Where has anyone posted that they have it?

[Generation42]

Seriously, I bet every person in this thread if not this board would love to hear it.

Naturally.  As this is a small community of devoted Beach Boys fans, that's a given. 

The upside of, say, making it available by linking it only to we here, is that every one of us is bound to purchase the song the moment it becomes avaiable commercially, so there's no hit to the group and/or the label.  I'm not necessarily advocating a move like that, per se, but it would be cool (however unlikely) for the powers-that-be to offer an arrangement of some sort, along those lines.

[SurfRiderHawaii]

I'd rather wait to hear the remixed, remastered version on MIC. First time and all.

[runnersdialzero]

Yeah, I'd love to hear it. Nothing will happen if this gets out.

I'd rather wait to hear the remixed, remastered version on MIC. First time and all.

It already was remixed and mastered for The Warmth Of The Sun. There's no promise it'll be on Made In California, either.

[EgoHanger1966]

I would give almost anything to hear this song... PLEASE!

Same..

One person who was lucky enough to receive the song via PM posted that it was "Dennis's 'surf's up'". Not quite sure why he's not spreading the wealth

Pretty sure no one has gotten this yet, and that Dennis' "Surf's Up" comment (IIRC) was FOTM geeking out.

[pixletwin]

I would give almost anything to hear this song... PLEASE!

Same..

One person who was lucky enough to receive the song via PM posted that it was "Dennis's 'surf's up'". Not quite sure why he's not spreading the wealth

Pretty sure no one has gotten this yet, and that Dennis' "Surf's Up" comment (IIRC) was FOTM geeking out.

That is pretty much what I had figured too,

[Shady]

I would give almost anything to hear this song... PLEASE!

Same..

One person who was lucky enough to receive the song via PM posted that it was "Dennis's 'surf's up'". Not quite sure why he's not spreading the wealth

Pretty sure no one has gotten this yet, and that Dennis' "Surf's Up" comment (IIRC) was FOTM geeking out.

My mistake.

[AndrewHickey]

Seriously, I bet every person in this thread if not this board would love to hear it.

Honestly, I'm not that bothered. Adam's version of the song is very nice, but the song itself doesn't do all that much for me. I'm sure it's a great production, and so on, but I can't imagine any version of that song being much better than, say, Carry Me Home or plenty of other already-booted stuff.

I may be wrong, of course, but I'll just wait for the box to come out. It'll probably be on there, and I'm not so desperate to hear this that I can't wait...

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I would give almost anything to hear this song... PLEASE!

Same..

One person who was lucky enough to receive the song via PM posted that it was "Dennis's 'surf's up'". Not quite sure why he's not spreading the wealth

I only have the AMCB version, I'm waiting (impatiently) as well!

[pixletwin]

I really enjoyed the Alan Boyd (?) version someone posted a few pages back. I have given that and the AMCB version quite a lot of plays this last week. 

[HeyJude]

I can just say objectively that it's probably harder for something to get "leaked" when there is literally only one known source that it could have leaked from, and the identity of the person who procured that one source is known or able to be determined.

Brother/Capitol could post it online to tease the boxed set or something, but that would, you know, make some sense. We never got "Beach Boys Central" with the trove of unreleased material, so it would be nice if they could maybe post this track on the web or facebook or something, just one track, one that could imminently leak anyway and is going to be released soon.

[runnersdialzero]

I can just say objectively that it's probably harder for something to get "leaked" when there is literally only one known source that it could have leaked from, and the identity of the person who procured that one source is known or able to be determined.

Thing is, more people are aware of the promo now. Odd that it took six years for this to come to light, but it does happen.

[Ebb and Flow]

If they put out a finished band/Capitol approved master on a promo CD and left it off the final release of WOTS (WHY?!?) they don't really have room to complain that a few fans are finally enjoying a song that has been heavily discussed in the fan community and even covered.

We don't even have a guarantee that it will make the MIC box set, however crazy it would be for them not to include it.  It appears as though the song has almost been released at least once only to be pulled at the last minute.

[runnersdialzero]

If they put out a finished band/Capitol approved master on a promo CD and left it off the final release of WOTS (WHY?!?) they don't really have room to complain that a few fans are finally enjoying a song that has been heavily discussed in the fan community and even covered.

I said the same thing elsewhere on the interwebz.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Jackasses.

Unless those people that have the song are people in positions where they should have the song and then all is good.

But otherwise, selfish jackasses

I agree it is a bit odd that someone's bought this off eBay, turns up here saying "hey, look at what I've got, is it the real deal ?" then wonders what to do. Much easier to authenticate it in private via PM with someone who would know, like Adam or Alan. All seems a bit 'honey trap'-ish...

[?]

I don't think it's odd at all.  He's primarily a cd collector so he wanted the promo and then besides the fact realized it may have something special on it.

The track isn't a final, mastered version.  The promo was clearly just a working copy before they settled on a tracklist.  Mastering is the last step of the process.

[Andrew G. Doe]

"(WIBNT)LA" has been established as a legendary track (and rightly so) for over a decade, and the 'realizing' consisted of reading the track listing. Call me cynical but something's just not sitting right. Why the drawing attention when a PM would have been way more effective ? From the description, it's the real deal. It got canned from WOTS because someone exercised their veto.

[?]

You're cynical. 

I'm sure the poster is legit.  Outside of this board and the few like it no one has heard of this song.  It makes perfect sense that if he stumbled across a copy and didn't recognize the title he'd do a search on here to find out what it is.

[The Shift]

Lee Dempsey already verified the guy's authenticity as a major collector. Maybe that was one of the posts lost in the server swap, I haven't looked back.