Thanks for this set.
It clearly is a labour of love.

Additional liner notes (by user Peerke from Hoffman board):


The Beach Boys were hot in 1974. They were even elected "Band of the Year" in Rolling Stone, in their end of the year poll. But it was entirely on the strength of their live show….

There was no new material released during that period. Not that they didn't try: not one, but two more unreleased Beach Boys albums were attempted.
And then there are contributions to other people's singles.

After Beach Boys manager Jack Reilly wanted to stay in Holland, he was replaced by James William Guercio, producer and founder of the band Chicago. Guercio had recently built Caribou Ranch, a recording studio in a converted barn on ranch property in the Rocky Mountains near Nederland, Colorado.

So, when Elton John recorded his Caribou album, in the studio, in January 1974, Carl Wilson and Bruce Johnston were asked to contribute backing vocals to 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me'. The song is released as the first single of the album, on June 10, 1974 in the US and reached # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Obviously, when The Beach Boys, in the Fall of 1974 attempt to record a new studio album, Caribou Ranch is a natural choice.

According to Mike, some 40 songs were recorded: “Brian is very involved with the album. We did two tracks of his before we left to go on tour and he did three tracks while we were away. I’ve written about ten songs, Carl about five, and Al’s done a couple.

I have this one song ‘Our Life, Our Love and Our Land’, it’s kind of an ethnic thing and has the feeling of ‘Trader’ from Holland. Al has this incredible thing about a landslide… There’s a Carl song, ‘Don’t Let Me Go’, which I wrote lyrics to… There’s a Brian song that is reminiscent of ’Surfer Girl’, called ‘Good Timing’. He also wrote another tune, which is very up and bouncy. The album’s a combination of Sunflower and Holland.”

But, the recordings were continued in the brand new Brothers Studio in Santa Monica. Engineers Steve Moffitt and Gordon Rudd have equipped it with the newest 24- and 16-tracks recording equipment. "When we got back [from Holland]", Steve Moffitt explained, "the equipment went into storage for about a year before Carl and Dennis asked me to help put Brother together. Since then it’s been a twenty-hour-a-day job for me.”

Dennis produces an early version of his 'River Song' with the band and Brian still has the wildest ideas. Mike recalls a proposition to record an album full of “helpful hints”. How to get dressed quicker: practise you can get your arm faster in and out of your sleeve. With a lot of practise you can gain valuable seconds when you're late for work… And how to avoid falling objects… "The whole thing was typed out one night. He stayed up all night, that’s the kind of guy he is – completely maniacal, humorous, just deadpan… How you put it into an album, I’ll never know.”

As time went by it leaked out that the sessions produced mostly incomplete tracks.

To quote by Andrew G. Doe, author of "The Complete Guide To The Music Of The Beach Boys":

"'Good Timin'' surfaced on L.A. (Light Album) in a revised form but based on the 1974 tape while 'Ding Dang' (also referred to as 'Rolling Up To Heaven') was released on The Beach Boys Love You, albeit in a completely re-recorded version.

A completely new (2001) recording of 'California Feelin'' appeared on the 2002 compilation The Beach Boys Classics Selected By Brian Wilson. The 1978 Carl Wilson-sung version was released on the Made In California boxset.

The legendary 'Battle Hymn Of The Republic' was included on an initial lineup of Endless Harmony - that is, until the compilers actually heard it, whereupon it was swiftly dropped. The charitable opinion is that Brian was having one of his musical jokes and making lead vocalist Mike look a complete idiot in the process: it is truly, truly awful."

After the sessions Ricky Fataar leaves the band, joining Joe Walsh's Barnstorm.

During the Caribou sessions, the band Chicago was recording the album Chicago VII in one of the other studios. It was a dream come true for Peter Cetera: "There's two people that I always wanted to be, and that was a Beatle or a Beach Boy. I got to meet the Beach Boys at various times and got to be good friends with Carl Wilson."

So Peter asked Alan, Carl & Dennis to contribute backing vocals to the bridge and chorus of one his songs: 'Wishing You Were Here'.
"'They said, 'Yeah, we'd love to,'' he recalls. "So, I got to do the background harmonies with Carl and Dennis (Wilson) and Alan Jardine. For a night, I was a Beach Boy."

The song is released as a single and becomes #11 on the Billboard hit list.

The members of the two bands seem to like each other, so James Guercio suggests a national tour.
From May to June 1975, the Chicago-Beach Boys tour filled stadiums from coast to coast. During 12-city SRO series of shows - the 'Beachago' tour, each band did a set before combining in a joint finale, where Chicago performs a few of their song ('Wishing You Were Here' and 'Saturday In The Park' with Beach Boys on backing vocals, while the Beach Boys perform four songs with the Chicago horn section ('God Only Knows', 'Darlin', 'California Girls' and 'Fun, Fun, Fun'.

The last two songs are a combined effort: 'Feelin' Stronger Every Day', is performed as a duet with lead vocals by Mike Love and James Pankow and 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' is sung by Mike Love. Occasionally Bobby Lamm sang 'Surf's Up'.

Several shows are recorded for a possible live album, that, regretfully, never was released. Perhaps it was felt that two live albums back to back were too much of a good thing.

Nice to see me quoted.

Here's a quote from Fred Tackett, Dylan's guitar player in those days:
"He had this really cool thing. When we were working on Saved, we just worked on those tunes. He was writing them and we were learning them before we recorded them. But later on, when we started playing his old songs again, he’d give me a tape of someone else’s song. One time it was Bob Seger’s Night Moves. Another time it was Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline. We even did a version of the Muppets song, Rainbow Connection. He’d say, teach the band this song, so I’d write the chord sheets, the guys would come in and I’d teach them Night Moves, Sweet Caroline, and so on, and he would sing it, then he’d send the recording to Bob Sager or Neil Diamond. [laughter]

He never said anything about it, but I always thought he didn’t want us to have these set-in-stone arrangements down. He wanted us to rehearse as a band but without us butchering his tunes over and over again, banging them into the ground. So he gave us these other songs to play. Then we’d go out on stage and play his songs. We’d rehearse them a bit, but not enough to be set in stone or to get our parts down. And I thought that it worked great. It was a great tactic, and I’ve never run across anyone else doing that. It’s a great way to rehearse a band, where you’ve got everyone together playing, without wearing the songs out."

You also got to consider that Dylan was then involved with one (or more) of his backing singers, a girl called Carole Dennis. Which might explain the 'Sweet Caroline' thing.
Never heard about him doing a recent Beach Boys song.

He once tried  to do 'God Only Knows' onde, though the band had never rehearsed it and he forgot some of the lyrics.
Funny man, our Bob.

Damn. Both are blocked in my country.

Here's the new arrangement  for 'Thunder on the Mountain', Dylan uses during his US Fall tour: https://youtu.be/CZN3SEgPtg8

Sounds familiar to Beach Boys fans, doesn't it.

(Whistles 'Shut Down, Part II' while leaving.)
 

Hi Brian.
I come from the future, listen to this, just one time.
Then i will disappear

https://youtu.be/nwCdeF0RzSI

Simply excellent. Congrats!

Here's a compilation I made a few years for a made who said he didn't care for Macca.
After listening to it all he declared it was the greatest gift he ever received.


Disk  1 ::  1970-1973

Paul McCartney
1. The Lovely Linda :: McCartney - 4/70
2. Every Night  :: McCartney - 4/70
3. Junk  :: McCartney - 4/70
4. Maybe I’m Amazed  :: McCartney - 4/70
Paul and Linda McCartney
5. Another Day :: single - 2/71
6. Too Many People :: Ram - 5/71
7. Heart of The Country  :: Ram - 5/71
8. Eat At Home  :: Ram - 5/71
9. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey  :: Ram - 5/71
10. Back Seat Of My Car  :: Ram - 5/71
Wings
11. Tomorrow :: Wild Life - 12/71
12. Some People Never Know  :: Wild Life - 12/71
13. Give Ireland Back To The Irish :: single - 2/72
14. Mary Had A Little Lamb :: single - 5/72
15. Little Woman Love :: b-side single - 5/72
16. The Mess :: Live in Den Haag - 8/72
17. Hi Hi Hi :: single  - 11/72
18. C Moon :: b-side single  - 11/72
Paul McCartney and Wings
19. My Love :: Red Rose Speedway - 4/73
20. Country Dreamer :: outtake Red Rose Speedway sessies
21. Live And Let Die :: single - 6/73


Disk  2 :: 1973-1978

Paul McCartney and Wings
1. Helen Wheels :: single - 10/73
2. Band On The Run :: Band On The Run - 12/73
3. Jet  :: Band On The Run - 12/73
4. Mrs. Vanderbilt  :: Band On The Run - 12/73
5. Let Me Roll It  :: Band On The Run - 12/73
6. Junior’s Farm :: single - 10/74
Wings
7. Venus And Mars/Rock Show :: Venus And Mars - 5/75
8. Letting Go  :: Venus And Mars - 5/75
9. Listen To What The Man Said  :: Venus And Mars - 5/75
10. Let ’Em In :: Wings At The Speed of Sound - 3/76
11. Silly Love Songs  :: Wings At The Speed of Sound - 3/76
12. Lady Madonna  :: Wings Over America - 12/76
13. I’ve Just Seen A Face :: Wings Over America - 12/76
14. Mull Of Kintyre :: single - 11/77
15. London Town :: London Town - 3/78
16. I’m Carrying  :: London Town - 3/78
17. Waterspout  :: outtake London Town sessions
18. With A Little Luck  :: London Town - 3/78
19. I’ve Had Enough  :: London Town - 3/78


Disk  3 ::  1979-1984

Wings
1. Goodnight Tonight :: 12” single - 3/79
2. Daytime Nightime Suffering :: b-side single - 3/79
3. Getting Closer :: Back To The Egg - 6/79 ::
4. Old Siam, Sir  :: Back To The Egg - 6/79
5. Arrow Through Me  :: Back To The Egg - 6/79
Paul McCartney
6. Wonderful Christmas Time :: single - 11/79
7. Coming Up :: McCartney II - 4/80
8. Waterfalls  :: McCartney II - 4/80
9. Ebony And Ivory  :: Tug Of War - 4/82
10. Tug Of War  :: Tug Of War - 4/82
11. Take It Away  :: Tug Of War - 4/82
12. Here Today  :: Tug Of War - 4/82
13. Ballroom Dancing  :: Tug Of War - 4/82
14. Wanderlust  :: Tug Of War - 4/82
15. Pipes Of Peace :: Pipes Of Peace - 10/83
16. Say Say Say  :: Pipes Of Peace - 10/83
17. No More Lonely Nights :: Give My Regards to Broad Street - 10/84
18. We All Stand Together  :: single - 11/84


Disk  4 ::  1986-1990

Paul McCartney
1. Spies Like Us :: single -11/85
2. Press (single mix)  :: single - 7/86 ::
3. It’s Not True :: b-side single - 7/86
4. Stranglehold :: Press To Play - 8/86
5. Pretty Little Head (single mix)  :: Press To Play - 8/86
6. Footprints  :: Press To Play - 8/86
7. Only Love Remains (single mix)  :: single  - 2/87
8. Tough On A Tightrope :: b-side single - 2/87
9. Once Upon A Long Ago :: single - 11/87
10. Back On My Feet :: b-side single -11/87
11. My Brave Face :: Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
12. Flying To My Home :: b-side single - 5/89
13. Put It There  :: Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
14. This One  :: Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
15. We Got Married  :: Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
16. Figure Of Eight   :: single - 11/89
17. Strawberry Fields Forever/Help!/Give Peace A Chance :: 10/90


Disk  5 ::  1991-1998

Paul McCartney
1. Midnight Special  :: Unplugged - 5/91 ::
2. Singing The Blues :: Unplugged - 5/91
3. Hope Of Deliverance :: single – 12/92
4. Kicked Around No More :: b-side single -12/92
5. The Lovers That Never Were  :: Off The Ground – 2/93
6. Off The Ground  :: Off The Ground – 2/93
7. Peace In The Neighborhood :: Paul Is Live – 11/93
8. C’mon People  :: Paul Is Live – 11/93
9. Come Together :: The Help Album – 9/95
10. The World Tonight :: Flaming Pie – 5/97 ::
11. Young Boy  :: Flaming Pie – 5/97
12. The Songs We Were Singing  :: Flaming Pie – 5/97
13. Somedays  :: Flaming Pie – 5/97
14. Souvenir  :: Flaming Pie – 5/97
15. Little Willow  :: Flaming Pie – 5/97
16. Beautiful Night  :: Flaming Pie – 5/97
17. Calico Skies  :: Flaming Pie – 5/97
18. A Room With A View :: The Songs of Noël Coward – 4/98 ::


Disk  6 ::  1999-2013

Paul McCartney
1. No Other Baby  :: Run Devil Run – 10/99
2. Lonesome Town  :: Run Devil Run – 10/99
3. Try Not To Cry  :: Run Devil Run – 10/99
4. Maybe Baby :: OST Maybe Baby - 6/00
5. That’s All Right, Mama :: The Legacy Of Sun Records – 10/01
6. From A Lover To A Friend :: single -10/01
7. Heather :: Driving Rain – 11/01
8. Vanilla Sky :: OST Vanilla Sky – 12/01
9. Something :: Back In The US – 11/02
10. All Things Must Pass :: Concert For George – 11/03
11. Fine Line :: Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05
12. Jenny Wren  :: Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05
13. Friends To Go  :: Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05 ::
14. Ever Present Past  :: Memory Almost Full – 6/07
15. Dance Tonight :: Memory Almost Full – 6/07
16. Only Mama Knows :: Amoeba’s Secret – 6/07
The Fireman
17. Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight  :: Electric Arguments – 11/80 ::
18. Sing The Changes  :: Electric Arguments – 11/80
19. Travelling Light :: Electric Arguments – 11/80
Paul McCartney
20. My Valentine :: Kisses On The Bottom – 2/12
21. New :: New – 10/13
22. Queenie Eye :: New – 10/13
23. Early Days :: New – 10/13

A few favorites:

Come Home :: Amatorski   (2010)
https://youtu.be/WnxNqS47MaM

Amsterdam :: John Cale (1970)
https://youtu.be/wGCu1okRPcA

Through December :: Laura Veirs (2001)
https://youtu.be/UAGx_1nR-LA

You Cut Her Hair :: Tom McRae    (2000)
https://youtu.be/g-ZlXxd3ra8

Thorn Tree In The Garden :: Bobby Whitlock (1970)
https://youtu.be/hEWvJHd67KE

Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometimes ::The Korgies (1980)
https://youtu.be/UOqXy64-hTw

He heard She's Going Home in April - nothing Smiley about that track. 

I think you're referring to 'She's Leaving Home'. ;-)

...

Thanks, Sjöman.

Over the years there has been some doubth that Paul actuallymunched celery on 'Vega-Tables'. Here's the man himself comfirming it.

Paul: “Yeah, that is true, yeah! I mean it was wild and wacky days, you know, and I just went round to the studio because they invited me. I just thought it would be fun to sit there and watch them record, ’cause I’m a big fan. And so I was there, and then it was, I think, Brian who came over and said, ‘Oh Paul, got a favour to ask: would you mind recording something?’ I thought, ‘Oh, no! But great, I could do that’. Oh God, I’m gonna be singing on a Beach Boys record or something, you know! I got a bit kind of intimidated and thought, ‘Okay, here goes nothing’. And they said, ‘Well, what we want you to do is go in there and just munch!’ …Well, I can do that! So, if you hear somebody munching celery, that’s me!”

http://www.meatfreemondays.com/paul-mccartney-i-give-good-celery/

CD 2, track 4 of The Smile Sessions 5 cd box is marked:
"Heroes and Villains: Barnyard (Master Take)"      (10/20/66)    1:12

AGD's review of SiP

You should have seen the original version. Here it is, in full:

"This sucks".

Nice sleeve, though.

Here's my list for those who quit living in the past: twenty great albums since the new millenium:
2000   Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
2000   John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
2002   Beck - Sea Change
2002   Damien Rice - O
2002   Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
2002   White Stripes – Elephant
2003   Kelly Joe Phelps - Slingshot Professionals
2004   Brian Wilson - Presents SMiLE
2005   Jim Byrnes - House of Refuge
2005   Josh Rouse - Nashville
2005   Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
2006   Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
2006   Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
2007   Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
2007   Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
2008   Chris Eckman – The Last Side of the Mountain
2008   Various Artists - Take Me to the River:  A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977
2010   Dylan Leblanc - Paupers Field
2010   Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise
2011   Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest

Some great suggestions. Thanks. I'll go searchin' after them.

Try "Country Girl" by the " Carolina Chocolate Drops ".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVIaiADsyYo

Thanks Beatnickle. Great tip.

I want to compile some cd’s with songs that have a Southern feel. Now, living in Europe, I've never been there. So the feeling I have in mind probably only exists in my imagination. It's purely based on films, books and songs.

So, here's what I've got this far:

Songs From The South, Vol. 1

1. Eric Weisberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos - 1973
2. John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters - 2000
3. Josh Turner - Way Down South - 2006
4. Buddy Jewel - Sweet Southern Comfort - 2003
5. Alabama - Dixieland Delight - 1983
6. Alan Jackson - Small Town Southern Man - 2007
7. Jerry Reed - Amos Moses - 1970
8. Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie - 1968
9. Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia - 1969
10. Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain - 1969
11. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - 1968
12. Joe South - Walk A Mile In My Shoes - 1970
13. Billy Joe Royal - Down In The Boondocks - 1965
14. Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe - 1967
15. Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA - 1968
16. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights - 1975
17. Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon - 1989
18. Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time - 1973
19. The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko - 1965
20. The Meters - Fire On The Bayou - 1975
21. Al Green - Take Me To The River - 1974
22. Little Feat - Dixie Chicken - 1973



Songs From The South, Vol. 2
1. Ann Peebles - I Can’t Stand The Rain - 1971
2. Mac Davis - Lucas Was A Redneck - 1974
3. Clarence Carter - Patches - 1970
4. Link Wray - Fire And Brimstone - 1971
5. The Louvin Brothers - Southern Moon - 1960
6. The Stanley Brothers - Rank Strangers - 1955
7. Marty Robbins - El Paso - 1959
8. Joe Ely - She Never Spoke Spanish To Me - 1977
9. Marshall Chapman - Leaving Loachapoka - 1982
10. Iris Dement - Our Town - 1992
11. Diana Jones - Better Times Will Come - 2009
12. Caroline Herring - Mistress - 2003
13. Dylan LeBlanc - If the Creek Don’t Rise - 2010
14. Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee River Bottomband - 1975
15. John Anderson - Seminole Wind - 1992
16. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents - 1985
17. Jamey Johnson - Stars In Alabama - 2008
18. Mavis Staples - Hard Times - 2004
19. The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 1969
20. Bobby Charles - Tennessee Blues – 2008

Any comments, additions or recommandations?

Some time ago I made a compilation of country music for a friend's 50th anniversary. It's an overview from 1922 up to 2009. Every decade gets two cd's, except for the 1920's.

Here are a few examples.

A History of Country :: 1945-1949
 
1.   Bob Wills   Smoke On The Water   1945
2.   Gene Autry   Don't Fence Me In   1945
3.   Eddy Arnold   The Cattle Call   1945
4.   Al Dexter   I'm Losing My Mind Over You   1945
5.   Spade Cooley & His Orchestra     Shame On You   1945
6.   Jerry Irby   Nails In My Coffin   1945
7.   Jack Guthrie   Oklahoma Hills   1945
8.   Merle Travis   Dark as a Dungeon   1946
9.   Delmore Brothers   Freight Train Boogie   1946
10.   Harry Choates   Jole Blon   1946
11.   Cowboy Copas   Are You Honest?   1947
12.   Hank Williams   Move It On Over   1947
13.   Sons Of The Pioneers   Cigarettes, Whiskey And Wild Women   1947
14.   Tex Williams   Smoke, Smoke, Smoke   1947
15.   Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys   I Saw The Light   1947
16.   Bill Monroe   Blue Moon Of Kentucky   1947
17.   Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys   Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain   1947
18.   Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys   Tennessee Waltz   1948
19.   Red Foley   Tennessee Saturday Night   1948
20.   Maddox Bros & Rose   New Muleskinner Blues   1948
21.   Bill Monroe   Little Cabin Home On The Hills   1948
22.   The Stanley Brothers   Molly And Tenbrook   1948
23.   Eddy Arnold   Bouquet Of Roses   1948
24.   Flatt & Scruggs   Foggy Mountain Breakdown   1949
25.   Tennessee Ernie Ford   Mule Train   1949
26.   Hank Williams Sr.   I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry   1949
27.   Leon Payne   I Love You Because   1949
28.   Vaughn Monroe   Riders In The Sky   1949



A History of Country :: 1955-1959

1.   Fess Parker   Ballad of Davy Crockett   1955
2.   Jimmy Work   Makin' Believe   1955
3.   George Jones   Why Baby Why   1955
4.   Faron Young   Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young   1955
5.   Elvis Presley   I Forgot to Remember to Forget   1955
6.   Tennessee Ernie Ford   Sixteen Tons   1955
7.   Ernest Tubb   The Yellow Rose of Texas   1955
8.   Marty Robbins   Singing The Blues   1956
9.   Ray Price   Crazy Arms   1956
10.   Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two   Folsom Prison Blues   1956
11.   Elvis Presley   Heartbreak Hotel   1956
12.   Carl Perkins   Blue Suede Shoes   1956
13.   Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two   I Walk The Line   1956
14.   The Louvin Brothers   I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby   1956
15.   Wanda Jackson   Silver Threads And Golden Needles   1956
16.   Hank Snow   Conscience I'm Guilty   1956
17.   Everly Brothers   Bye Bye Love   1957
18.   Webb Pierce   Honky Tonk Song   1957
19.   Patsy Cline   Walkin' After Midnight   1957
20.   Marty Robbins with Ray Conniff and his Orchestra   The Story Of My Life   1957
21.   Johnny Cash   Ballad of a Teenage Queen   1958
22.   Don Gibson   Oh Lonesome Me   1958
23.   Faron Young   Alone with You   1958
24.   Jerry Lee Lewis   You Win Again   1958
25.   Billy Grammer   Gotta Travel On   1959
26.   Stonewall Jackson   Waterloo   1959
27.   Johnny Horton   The Battle of New Orleans   1959
28.   Lefty Frizzell   Long Black Veil   1959
29.   George Jones   White Lightnin'   1959
30.   Marty Robbins   El Paso   1959

A History of Country :: 1985-1989
 
1   Waylon, Willie, Cash & Kristofferson    Highwayman   1985
2   Reba McEntire   Somebody Should Leave   1985
3   George Strait   The Chair   1985
4   Ricky Skaggs   Country Boy   1985
5   Steve Earle   Guitar Town   1986
6   Dwight Yoakam   Honky Tonk Man   1986
7   Randy Travis   On the Other Hand   1986
8   The Judds   Grandpa (Tell Me Bout The Good Ole Days)   1986
9   T-Bone Burnett   River Of Love   1986
10   Nanci Griffith   On The Banks Of The Pontchartrain   1986
11   The O'Kanes   Oh Darlin'   1986
12   Ricky Van Shelton   Life Turned Her That Way   1987
13   Nanci Griffith   From A Distance   1987
14   George Strait   All My Ex’s Live in Texas   1987
15   Trio   My Dear Companion   1987
16   Steve Earle   Copperhead Road   1988
17   Dwight Yoakam   I Sang Dixie   1988
18   Rodney Crowell   I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried   1988
19   Earl Thomas Conley   What I’d Say   1988
20   Keith Whitley   I’m No Stranger To The Rain   1989
21   Shenandoah   The Church On Cumberland Road   1989
22   Patty Loveless   Chains   1989
23   Clint Black   A Better Man   1989
24   Steve Wariner   Where Did I Go Wrong   1989

 

[Blonde On Blonde]

No love for Dylan's Blonde On Blonde around here?

Back on track: Ryan Adams has a whole bunch of unreleased albums, with and without Whiskeytown.
I hope he'll released some of them one time officially.

You can read all about the album cover art of the original UK albums by the Beatles here.
I guess that's also where these pictures come from.
 

Blame Allen Klein!

Two words: Nick Drake.

I'm amazed 'Dig It' is mentioned only once on these pages.
Perhaps most people agree it's  not even worth to be called a song: it's a jam and it shows.

That's one of the reasons I prefer Let It Be ... Naked. Any album of the Get Back sessions  that omits 'Dig It' and 'Maggie Mae' to give space to 'Don't Let Me Down' gets my vote.