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This got me thinking about the latest round of Analogue Productions reissues, where it was discovered by listeners that some of the songs on those albums that were picked as singles were sourced from lesser generations because the original masters had been moved over to isolated reels or phono reels that were later discarded. I'm not sure of the exact songs (I seem to remember "Little Deuce Coupe being mentioned) but am I right in thinking that the procedure Capitol/ Brian used at the time was to remix the songs once they had been cut from the LP reel and transferred, thus the variations in overall sound between LP vs. singles pressings? It would cool to get to the bottom of all this.
I just got one of the Analogue Productions LPs in the mail today. It shows pictures of the back of the tape boxes for the mono mix of Surfer Girl and Surfin' Safari LPs. Each box has some interesting markings on a few songs-
Surfer Girl (Replaced 5-4-67)
Surfin Safari (Back In 5-4-67)
Surfin' (Back In 5-4-67)
What the heck was going on in May of 1967? Was Brian trying to cut up his old master tapes while setting the Smile tapes on fire at the same time?
IIRC, didn't Chuck Britz remix Surfer Girl in 1967? That could be when the remix was substituted on the master tape.
