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Title: The Rejected Songs of "Sunflower"
Post by: Stephen W. Desper on September 04, 2015, 12:44:00 PM
COMMENT:

What are The Contender Songs?  -- the songs rejected by Warner & Reprise for Sunflower. Still a good weekend listening treat.

After several months work by myself and Professor Mike Conner, the contender songs can now be heard as intended and/or rejected on my website.

Read all about this new Study-Video by viewing http://swdstudyvideos.com -- use the 'Addendum' button


~swd

P.S.  Please post comments on the Desper thread. However, unless you let me know how you liked the Study-Video by posting at the Desper thread, there's not much incentive for releasing further studies. Thanks.


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: king of anglia on September 05, 2015, 01:49:13 AM
Come on guys, stop talking about Beach Boys breakfast cereal, Beach Boys tatoos, "Summer In Paradise" and how much you don't like gay marriage.

Watch these study videos instead and discuss.


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: JCarson on September 05, 2015, 03:34:56 AM
Have listened to the Cabinessence and Vega-tables videos - beautiful stuff, revelatory even. The Heroes and Villains link did not seem to work. Will listen to more when I have a moment.

Thanks for all the hard work, Stephen.

Anyone else listening???



Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: JCarson on September 05, 2015, 03:40:28 AM
Doh! All the cool kids are hanging out at the Stephen Desper thread!


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: Cool Cool Water on September 05, 2015, 07:27:35 AM
Great videos as always, Stephen!


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: c-man on September 05, 2015, 07:42:43 AM
Only someone with the patience and expertise to sit through hundreds of hours of tracking, overdubs & mixdowns could achieve this monumentally impressive endeavor - hat off, repeatedly!


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: Gerry on September 05, 2015, 08:32:51 AM
I for one ,love gay marriage .


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of
Post by: drbeachboy on September 05, 2015, 10:57:25 AM
I for one ,love gay marriage .
Terrific! And this has to do with this thread, how?


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of
Post by: bgas on September 05, 2015, 11:33:59 AM
I for one ,love gay marriage .
Terrific! And this has to do with this thread, how?

pleased don't troll the troll


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: Gerry on September 05, 2015, 11:37:39 AM
Hey, you're the doctor.


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: runnersdialzero on September 05, 2015, 02:01:59 PM
gay marriage


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: sockittome on September 05, 2015, 02:34:35 PM
donkey show!


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: Disney Boy (1985) on September 05, 2015, 05:53:08 PM
What's the password??


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: Loves The Sunflower on September 05, 2015, 11:28:26 PM
It floors me to no end that those are the rejected tracks. I mean, were the folks at Warner Brothers just deaf or were they strung out on heroin when they heard these songs?!? The rejects from the BB are several orders of magnitude better than any number of finest efforts from many other bands. That aside, as always Mr. Desper... one word... SUPERB.


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: roll plymouth rock on September 07, 2015, 01:20:14 PM
Can't believe they took This Whole World AND Add Some Music off the 2nd proposed Sunflower tracklisting tbh


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: Joel Goldenberg on September 08, 2015, 07:59:51 AM
This is a good opportunity to ask again— the Susie Cincinnatti single as pictured on the video says "produced by the Beach Boys." The 15 Big Ones credit is given to Brian, as does Steve in his notes on the video. But Best of the Brother Years Vol. 3 credits the production to Al.
If anyone can resolve this, it's Steve.


Title: Re: The Rejected Songs of \
Post by: Stephen W. Desper on September 08, 2015, 08:34:44 PM
This is a good opportunity to ask again— the Susie Cincinnatti single as pictured on the video says "produced by the Beach Boys." The 15 Big Ones credit is given to Brian, as does Steve in his notes on the video. But Best of the Brother Years Vol. 3 credits the production to Al.
If anyone can resolve this, it's Steve.
COMMENT: I  hope to see Brian and Alan in November. I'll ask them for an answer and let you know. ~swd