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Don't know if this has been done before, and this is pie in the sky stuff, but . . . reading one of the other threads here got me thinking - what would a Brian Wilson archival release look like.

I'm gonna set a few ground rules -

1. Let's say it's gotta fit on a 74 minute CD [old school, I know]

2. You can include any unreleased track, alternate, a capella version etc, as long as it has not appeared on an official Brian Wilson CD/digital album before.

3. Tracks have to come from the Brian Wilson solo era, if I can call it that - don't include "Caroline, No" 45 version for god's sake.

For my track list (in no particular order) -

Cabinessence - BWPS instrumental track
H & V - BWPS instrumental track
On A Holiday - BWPS instrumental track
Wind Chimes - BWPS instrumental track
Surf's Up - BWPS instrumental track
Let's Go To Heaven In My Car [Police Academy IV OST]
Smart Girls - a guilty pleasure
Don't Let Her Know (She's An Angel)
Goodnight Irene
Elbow '63 - I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea
I'm Broke
Proud Mary - I think there's a very early version of this - prior to the Paley sessions
Let It Be - meant to be good.
Love & Mercy - instrumental track only
Love & Mercy - original version with extra verse lyrics ("I was prayin' to a god . . . ")
I think there were 2 or 3 extra songs recorded but left off the IJWMFTT soundtrack.
Some of the B-sides/alternates from Imagination
Walkin' The Line with TTD (almost forgot that one)
The Spirit of Rock N Roll - 25th Anniversary special version from the multis.


I can't think what else there is right now -

Any thoughts?

Just give us an official release of the Paley sessions.

Amen to that that. Paley Sessions, The Wilson Project with Gary Usher, and officially released Sweet Insanity is all I would ever need.