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I've only ever heard the Brian/Carnie/Wendy version and the CM Parkes version, but I've never really loved this song. I questioned whether, if the song had different treatment, I would have liked it more.

I read an interview with Carol Kaye (not always the msot reliable source), who said that she and some of the other 60s players played on the 1996 (?)  Brian/Carnie/Wendy version and that Brian was in charge and created a really terrific, vintage BW track. And then, according to Carol, someone planted doubt in Brian's head and told him it should be more contemporary, and they added a whole bunch of other instruments and sounds, effectively ruining what Brian had captured.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Two words - Joe Thomas.

The members of the 'crew' who played on the original session were:

Hal Blaine - drums
Carol Kaye - bass
Frank Marocco - accordion
Tommy Morgan - harmonica
Jay Migliori - sax

I've heard the original non-Thomased, track, and I have to say, it sounds decidedly underdeveloped. Jeff Foskett's version uses this track, and also the girl's & Brian's scratch vocals.

Where can we find Jeff's version?

Thanks

On his solo album.   http://www.amazon.com/Stars-Sand-Jeffrey-Foskett/dp/B00067REKG/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7525210-8534439?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1180812744&sr=1-1

Andrew: Surely you mean to say that Jeff's version uses Brian's as the basis for his backing track? Jeff's version features Darian S. and an interpolation of the original "Sandy/Sherry/Whoever the hell She Needs Me" backing track riff, as well as a few lines sung by a decidedly out-of-it-Brian. The leaked version of the original EIN track has none of those things.

I hadn't heard Foskett's version before, but I just listened to a 30-second clip of it on Amazon, and apart from the Brian vocal part, it didn't sound like the original/rough version that floats around with Brian sharing the lead vocal with Carnie and Wendy. I suppose Foskett could have used the original backing track as a starting point, but on that clip that I heard, Foskett's version sounded as different from the original as the Thomas-produced version on "The Wilsons."

But I readily admit that I'm going off of a mediocre-sounding 30-second clip, so I only have so much detail to compare.

I have the whole song and while I couldn't verify if this is the original version, it does indeed sound a little rough around the edges.  It definitely sounds more like something Brian Wilson would do.