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Title: Beach Boy Demos
Post by: Seagull Merlin on November 10, 2020, 07:47:10 PM
I was just thinking about this today, how many known beach boys demo are their available to the public (whether through legitimate means or otherwise lol).

Off the top of my head I can think of a few,
Don’t Talk
Surfin
Be With Me
Mona Kani
I Can Hear Music
Surf’s Up
Heroes and Villains (although this is a radio broadcast wasn’t it?)
Soulful Ol Man Sunshine
California Feelin’

I just think it would be cool to compile a list in chronological order. What are some that I’m missing?


Title: Re: Beach Boy Demos
Post by: Rocker on November 11, 2020, 02:30:24 AM
There's the "Surfin' USA" demo on "Hawthorne, CA".

Brian sings a couple of different lyrics on that one. I wondered if maybe those were the earliest and if then may have Mike re-written some of them, hence his claim of co-authorship.  ???


Title: Re: Beach Boy Demos
Post by: Matt H on November 11, 2020, 04:42:15 AM
Under the otherwise category:

Let's Put Our Hearts Together
Still I Dream Of It
Mona
Love Is A Woman
It's Over Now
Airplane
I'll Bet He's Nice
Almost Summer


Title: Re: Beach Boy Demos
Post by: GoodVibrations33 on November 11, 2020, 04:56:17 AM
In My Room
Little Deuce Coupe


Title: Re: Beach Boy Demos
Post by: Jay on November 11, 2020, 06:50:21 AM
There's Till I Die, and two Mt Vernon demos.


Title: Re: Beach Boy Demos
Post by: Seagull Merlin on November 11, 2020, 09:12:29 AM
Also remembering

It’s over now (two of them at least)
Still I Dream Of It


Title: Re: Beach Boy Demos
Post by: thetojo on November 12, 2020, 12:24:08 PM
Are we including Brian solo demos?

There are more than a couple from his first solo album/Usher era.

I seem to remember there being one or two from the Paley era.

Of course, with the passage of time and adoption of digital recording methods, the line between a demo and a final track has become very blurry - just look at the That Lucky Old Sun demos for evidence of that.