what was the first album to release the pre-capitol demos?

[Andrew G. Doe]

No. An entirely corporate decision.

[The Shift]

The last attempt to release some of this material was a kickstarter one by "Raphael". There was a thread about it on this site, and hi Kickstarter page – with samples – is still there though the project was cancelled… don't think it was ever resurrected though he had talked about it.

Kickstarter/samples:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/448050763/unreleased-beach-boys-recordings

Earlier thread:
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,21369.0.html

Worth a read for sure!

[The Shift]

Hmmm… just Googled "Beach Boys" + "Prelude to summer" and there' a message from Google stating that some results have been deleted due to a copyright issue. Spcifically:

"In response to a complaint that we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 3 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at LumenDatabase.org."

The associated notice holds no clues at all:

https://www.lumendatabase.org/notices/11739011

… but I haven't a clue how all that kind of stuff works. It's admin, I'm therefore allergic to it.

[joshferrell]

I bought one of the Hite Morgon releases on vinyl and it had the song plus a couple instrumentals of "409" and "Little deuce Coupe" but for some reason the songs sound like they are slower than usual. like they pressed it at a slower speed,,,,kind of annoying,,,,the company is Teldec (from Germany) and the album is simply titled "The Beach Boys" and it features a photo of them from the last 60's sans Brian..it ha a 1982 date on it..has anyone else ever heard a release of these songs with the songs at the wrong speed?

[Andrew G. Doe]

A lot of releases of the Morgan tapes pad them out with non-BB tracks, thusly:

Balboa Blue - Marketts (Liberty 55443, 1962)
Wipe Out - Marketts
Surfer's Stomp - Marketts (Liberty 10110, 1962)

Tioga - Frogmen (Candix 326, 1961)
Beware Below - Frogmen (Candix 326, 1961)
Underwater - Frogmen (Candix 314, 1961)

ERA HTE 805
Phantom Surfer - Tornadoes (Auertaun 45-103, 1963)
Bustin' Surfboards - Tornadoes (Auertaun 45-100, 1963)

Little Deuce Coupe - Surfin' Six (probably members of the Crew)
409 - Surfin' Six