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There are a few albums that lack alternate material, so I thought I'd make a list of what is available, and possibly why nothing else has surfaced.

As far as I know, here's what is out there. Please tell me if you have something to add, I'd like to know.

I have every track I've listed, unless noted otherwise by:
BR = From the Brother Rarities set posted by Klay
BT = From the Basement Tapes tracklist posted on LA Weekly
* = I don't have it, and it's not from the BR or BT set.

Tracking Sessions not included, though I would like to know why none from 1970 onward circulate...they do exist!

FRIENDS
Meant for You
-Extended Version (MiC)
-Acapella
Friends
-70s Remake*
-Fully Bootlegged
Wake the World
-Backing Track
-Single Mix
-70's Remake*
Be Here in the Morning
-Nothing
When a Man Needs a Woman
-Nothing
Passing By
-70's Remake*
Anna Lee, The Healer
-Nothing
Little Bird
-Backing Track Fragment
-Single Mix
Be Still
-70s Remake*
Busy Doin' Nothin'
-Even Stephen (early version, alt lyrics) (BT)
-Acetate (slighty different vocal take)
Diamond Head
-Nothing
Transcendental Meditation
-Backing Track

SUNFLOWER
Slip on Through
-Acapella Mix
-Backing Track
-Alternate early Version
This Whole World
-Acapella Mix
-Promo Mix
-Alternate Version (BR)
-Eastern Airlines Alternate Mix*
Add Some Music To Your Day
-Alternate Lyrics (circulates in poor quality) (BR)
Got To Know the Woman
-Nothing
Deirdre
-Alternate Mix
It's About Time
-Bongo track
Tears In the Morning
-Alternate Mix
All I Wanna Do
-1968 Instrumental Track (BT)
Forever
-Acapella
Our Sweet Love
-Vocals and Strings
-Early Version (BT)
At My Window
-Nothing
Cool, Cool Water  
-Fully Bootlegged

SURF'S UP   
Don't Go Near the Water
-Backing Track   
Long Promised Road
-Nothing
Take a Load Off Your Feet
-Original Mix (BR)
Disney Girls (1957)  
-Nothing
Student Demonstration Time
-Nothing
Feel Flows
-Nothing    
Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)   
-Original Unphazed Mix (BR)
A Day In the Life of a Tree
-Dennis Wilson Vocal Take
'Til I Die   
-1969 Piano Demo (BR)
-Alternate 'Positive' Lyrics (BR)
-Stephen Desper Mix
Surf's Up  
-Backing Track for first part
-Acapella (circulate in ok quality) (BR)

CARL AND THE PASSIONS
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
-Alternate 'gruff Vocal' Mix
-Promo Mix
Here She Comes
-Nothing
He Come Down
-Nothing
Marcella
-Long Mix (extended outro) in poor quality
Hold on Dear Brother
-Nothing
Make It Good
-Nothing
All This Is That
-Nothing that circulates, but there are apparently alternate mixes in the vaults
Cuddle Up
-Single Mix
-Early Version "Ol' Movie" (BR)

HOLLAND   
Sail on, Sailor
-Backing track
-Acapella
-Possible alternate vocal takes?
Steamboat
-Nothing
California Saga: Big Sur
-Sunflower era 4/4 Version
California Saga: The Beaks of Eagles
-Nothing
California Saga: California
-Nothing
The Trader
-Short Mix (BR)
Leavin' This Town
-Nothing
Only with You
-Nothing
Funky Pretty
-Nothing
Mt. Vernon and Fairway
-Early piano demo (BR)
-Second fairy Tale exists, apparently in the possession of Ed Roach
Carry Me Home and Hard Time exist in high quality (BR)

LOVE YOU   
Let Us Go on This Way
-Acapella
Roller Skating Child
-Alternate Version (Different vocals, no guitar)
-Early mix, (BR)
Mona
-Alternate Version
Johnny Carson
-Alternate Version w/ Guitar intro (BR)
Good Time
-Original 1970 Mix
Honkin' Down the Highway
-Nothing
Ding Dang
-Alternate Version (longer, diff vocals)
-Various early versions
Solar System
-Early Mix w/ No Backing Vocals (BR)
The Night Was So Young
-Alternate Version (BR)
I'll Bet He's Nice
-Alternate Version (BR)
Let's Put Our Hearts Together
-Alternate Version (BR)
-Early Alternate Mix
I Wanna Pick You Up
-Alternate Version
Airplane
-Nothing
Love Is a Woman
-Nothing

RANDOM TRACKS WORTH MENTIONING
HELP Is on the Way
-Acetate
Games Two Can Play
-Acetate
Still I Dream of It
-Alternate lead Vocal (different lyrics during outro "I'll find my life")
It's Over Now
-Acetate
Getcha Back
-Acetate w/ Extended Intro
Maybe I Don't Know
-Acetate
It's Gettin' Late
-Acetate

Add Some Music To Your Day acapella from the Hawthorne CD?

link to article: http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/03/05/brian-wilsons-secret-bedroom-tapes-a-track-listing

Alternate lead of Honkin', single mix of California, Meant for You backing track, acappella 'Til I Die...

I swear I once heard a version of Long Promised Road on Youtube that was a slightly different, possibly earlier mix. From what I remember, it was missing a few keyboard parts and had a much more prominent acoustic guitar part I'd never noticed before.

There's some stuff on Wikipedia listed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unreleased_songs_recorded_by_the_Beach_Boys#Alternate_versions_and_demos) and also stuff that's yet to be listed.

There's also an alternate version of the song in which there's a very slight lyrical change in the beginning; forgot what. Might be the single mix. I think the word "the" is missing from a line or something.


There's also audio of Al and I think Johnny Rivers teaching little kids about music, and there's a bit of Al singing "Add Some Music" in it. I think it was from a TV special or something.


This is probably very, very semantic and useless, but on the Good Vibrations set the track doesn't include that distant organ chord in the beginning.


I'd like to argue that the version on the 1990 CD is different. First of all, the EQ is a lot more balanced whereas on all other releases the middle ranges are way up, and on most releases you can hear what sounds like a heavily reverbed hum or grunt in the beginning, missing from the 1990 version.


Another version has circulated too. If you have this on a 1990 CD or the Good Vibrations box set, you can hear a lot of what sounds like studio noise and chatter and music on the left channel, especially noticeable during the second half. Most likely mastered on a poorly-erased tape. Might have appeared on other previous releases as well.


I think the single mix is slightly different. Very bass-heavy.


...well, nothing except the single version is very noticeably different! The mix sounds a lot busier; don't know how else to explain it...you can hear more. And at various points during the mix Brian sings "On my wa-ay," one example being right after Mike sings "'neath waves of golden sunshine."


POB outtake version? :)


Again, this might be too insignificant for your purposes, but the single version (which was the one used on the 1990 reissue of the album as well for some reason) is missing the drum intro.

There's also an alternate take in the vault with a different lead vocal, I think by Billy Hinsche. It's been booted.


Is that the Gary Usher re-write?? (I don't have my copy of The Wilson Project  -- the book -- handy.)

Thanks for taking the time to help me out here. I'll track that stuff down and add it in  :)


No it isn't - it's an early vocal take. Aside from the outro with the "I'll find my life" line, it has the same lyrics.