God, you know what I wish they would release?

The "fast version" WMT found on the Secret Smile boot, I freakin' LOVE it but it is in such horrible, horrible, horrible quality.

Isn't this on Hawthorne in A1 Stereo? 

Disney Girls from The Ol' Grey Whistle Test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4m5SfdZ_n4

Was just about to post this.  It's such a great performance until he goes completely over the top in the last verse.  Mike Love in the background is a plus, though.

Ye Gods that is an awful hystrionic version.  Never liked this song.

.so the weakest songs from summer days and summer nights...have to be "Amusement Park U.S.A." or "The Girl from New York City"

Which just goes to show how strong all the tracks on the album are.  I'd love to hear a stereo remix of The Girl from New York City.

Am I right in thinking completed multi tracks for this are missing for the verse?  The verse on all versions I've heard is mono.  Did that come from a rough mix?  Hang on, I'll just check AGD's site instead

Surely Battle Hymn of the Republic should be on this?

It fades way too early, that's for sure.

"California Feelin'" was done much better on Brian Wilson's Classics compilation;

Really?  I thought Brian Wilson's Classics comp version was awful.  Leaden with a totally uninterested Brian vocal.  I thought Al's version is the best version I've heard of the song (and I've heard Late Brian, Rocky Pamplin, Carl and Al sing it).

Where are people getting the impression that some of these have been remixed?  It wouldn't surprise me if they're using vintage mono/stereo/duophonic mixes.

I may have to try to seek this out. To bring the responsible parties to justice, mind you. 

Absolutely.  I also hear it contains the 1975 live performance of Back Of My Mind sung by Dennis....

How many takes of it are circulating? I've heard two versions. One from the special, and another take that breaks down because of coughing.

I've heard that there are two complete takes on the Long Lost Surf Songs 6 without coughing.  Brian's vocals are very clear and strong.  Apparently.  Both are leagues ahead of the filmed take that's in the special.

I was just listening to the two takes of this recorded for the SNL special (I think).  The first take doesn't have any coughing in it and his voice doesn't sound gruff at all.  I was quite surprised how much it sounded like old Brian.

I love it.  Favourite song is San Francisco which I also think has the best Brian vocals of the album

Nice.  I particularly like your version of In The Back Of My Mind.  I'm also glad you didn't use the original fade and allowed the strings to continue, that's a beautiful little bit.

I'm looking forward to the rest.

Sounds like the mics on the audience get switched off during 409

As I wrote earlier...the car medley starting with 409 is lifted directly from the Sirius XM performance.  Although the NPR version is mixed better, a quick comparison shows that the performances are one in the same...same guitar licks, same remarks by Al to "Go David go!"  That is why the audience drops out--because the Sirius set was taped in a studio with a less exuberant audience in attendance.

Sorry, didn't catch it when you said it earlier.  That makes a lot of sense.

I'm about 20 mins. in and I think that "Isn't it time" is indeed the studio version with additional overdubs. In fact I think this version is much better. The overdubs make this sound much fuller and Brian Wilson-like. This should be the single version

What's really strange is that the very final sung line right at the end (which I presume is Brian) is live.

Sounds like the mics on the audience get switched off during 409

I detect classical guitar (nylon string) ALL OVER Daybreak Over the Ocean.  Joe Thomas strikes again!  

The lyrics to Everybody Wants to Live with their negative reference to celebration and reference to ecology sound like not very veiled digs at Love and Jardine.

There was an interview somewhere with I think Danny Hutton where he said he kicked out Brian and Landy from his studio during recording for the 1988 album.  Something along the lines that why was Brian letting Landy call the shots arrangement wise as Landy clearly had no idea what he was doing.

I also remember reading an interview from somewhere who said if Brian was left to his own devices in the studio, the arrangements would come out sounding like Sweet Insanity, the inference being that the arrangements for Sweet Insanity is how Brian would arrange if he solely produced himself.

This is great, thanks for sharing.

With the chorus of You're Still A Mystery I've always heard it as Brian on the falsetto (You're still a mysteryyyyyyy) with Al and Bruce doing the "tell me your secrets" and Mike on the bass vocal.  I've never really heard Carl anywhere on this song.

I love the WTF look Brian gives Mike as he sings that line from Baby You're A Rich Man 

In regards to Mike toking or not, listening to the Smiley Smile outtakes he certainly sounds like he'd spent time in the tent. 

First time I've heard this, gosh he sounds like Dennis.

I think it must be sort of awkward for Brian that very obviously drugged-out recordings of him doing music exist that fans could easily acquire if they were so inclined, haha. Things like the infamous cocaine/hamburger sessions, "Teardrops On My Bed", or the various clips on Endless Bummer. How does Brian feel about this or does he more than likely not care?

This was posted in the Brian's lowest ebb thread and it got me thinking.  City Blues from GIOMH is demoed on the Cocaine Session bootleg in pretty much the same form as the finished song.  

What I'm wondering is, did Brian simply remember the song for GIOMH, or did he listen to an old demo and if he did, I would've thought listening to the Cocaine Session tape would be pretty painful for him.  Does another demo of the song exist?  Then I wondered did someone else simply transcribe the song for Brian from the Cocaine tape and he went from there?  Does anyone know?

Also, I really like the song, it's one of the few I think works on GIOMH.

On disc 3 of TSS, what's the hidden track at the very very end of the tools banging? it's an organ section of something and for the life of me, I cant think of it...sounds Smiley-esq or Water chant backing...anyone know?

Isn't it the baldwin from the chorus of the Smiley Smile version of Heroes?