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Happy Sunday everyone! Here's a little fanmix I did of the never-made 1974-75 BB LP featuring what is available AND not including Battle Hymn of the Republic.:lol Also, I tried to fit River Song into the mix but it's too damn epic and it doesn't fit the overall mood of the record.
Enjoy! :)

https://www.mixcloud.com/gabriel-lamarche/califfeel1975lp/

CALIFORNIA FEELING (1975)

Side A

01 Good Timin'
02 Susie Cincinatti (MIC mix)
03 Barnyard Blues
04 Had To Phone Ya (MIC mix)
05 Rainbows
06 Good Time
07 Rolling Up To Heaven

Side B

08 It's Ok
09 Pacific Ocean Blues
10 Back Home (1970 version)
11 Everyone's In Love With You
12 Holy Man (Taylor Hawkins vocal version)
13 California Feeling (MIC mix)

I really liked this.   It worked well as a cohesive listening experience.  I found myself thinking, if they had released this, or something similar, back then instead of 15BO - wow, they would have had a truly credible album that may very well have been a huge popular success.   It's a good example of how they could have maintained a thriving "new music" career, while still embracing their past and pleasing the fans that wanted to hear those songs too.  
Anyway, well done.  :)

How about River Song??

It would've done well in '75, granted Endless Summer was released prior to it. An LP named "California Feeling" will give a nostalgic enough "feel" to the old-timers, and the content would be hip enough for the critics. It flowed very well.

Good selection.

Sorry I didn't read first post detail.
good selection !This is similar feeling to Sunflower.

I like that selection of songs. It would've at least been better than 15 Big Ones! Another song I would add would be The Night Was So Young, which I think was written around 1975.

Great selection , really works well - A true democratic BB's album ( a la Sunflower ) and Dennis heavy (thank you)

On a side note , I could listen to POB (the track) all day long ( there is so much going on ) I would just love Gregg Jakobson and Earle Mankey to do a study video of that song.

Nice work!

Really enjoyed that. Would have made a great album. Listened to about half of 15 Real Ones after too.  :smokin

Thanks a bunch all for the kind comments!  :)
Any SSmilers out there up for the task to come up with a cover art for the album?  My Photoshop skills are too damn rusty :hat

I never heard "Rollin' Up to Heaven" till now - 'tis real good! I expected worse than that, given its infamous status. Big deal, the lyrics. :quote

Thumbs up for inclusion of Pacific Ocean Blue, that's one groovy toon! :3d

Here is my Version#2!

https://www.mixcloud.com/gabriel-lamarche/1975goodtiminver2/

Thanks a bunch to Andrew G. Doe's awesome site Bellagio 10452 and the gigs section that helped a lot in the making up of this ''lost album''.
Said LP would have appeared at the end of Fall 1975.

GOOD TIMIN' (1975)

Side A

1. Good Timin'
2. Susie Cincinatti
3. Barnyard Blues
4. Had To Phona Ya
5. Rainbows
6. Everyone's In Love With You
7. Rollin' Up To Heaven

Side B

8. It's OK
9. Pacific Ocean Blues
10. San Miguel
11. Angel Come Home
12. Back Home
13. California Feeling

Excellent! Sure would make a damn fine album!

Good work. I really like this. It's the first (in my opinion) successful attempt at this mix.