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Does anybody have the means to take the original speed 'Caroline, No' backing track from the Sessions box and speed it up to the way it is on the album? Like with some music editor program or something?

I'll never understand why so many prefer the slow-as-a-dead-snail speed of how it was originally recorded. Seems like only me and Brian Wilson liked Murry's idea of speeding it up, even if it was for commercial reasons. It made it sound better, IMO.

If there's some way to speed it up to normal, it'd be outta site.

I like the speeded up version too. Heck, I like all versions, but I definitely prefer the album version w/vox compared to the slow version with vox. I don't have the means to help you out, Summer_Days.

I'll never forget listening to the instrumental version with my eyes closed on a couch during a lunch break at work- it was a divine experience I will never forget. I'm sure the speeded up instrumental is also unreal, and I too am curious as to the feeling it conveys compared to the slower version. I would think the instrumental's for both versions are equal, none being more moving than the other, but I may be wrong- as is often the case.

I've sped up the backing track to the correct speed and it sounds pretty good compared to the "slow" instrumental!  :)

In the album version, it's the sped-up vocals that bother me - Brian doesn't sound natural at all.