With the explosion of high-quality unreleased songs found on the Sunshine Tomorrow compilation, including several names that had been floating around for awhile but never bootlegged like "Game of Love" and "Honey Get Home", I was curious to see if we can come up with a basic idea for what tracks we can hope will finally be unleashed upon our ears in future rarity compilations. This is all assuming that Brother Records continues their yearly release cycle of copyright extension albums, which they show no sign of slowing down with.
I've combined the likes of the "Vaults" page (
http://esquarterly.com/bellagio/vaults.html) (also found here in more readable form:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unreleased_songs_recorded_by_the_Beach_Boys), the Proposed Brother Bonus Tracks thread (
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,17621.0.html), and my own personal collection of bootlegs to give a good idea of what exactly is still out there and if it will ever see the light of day. Of course, we have no way of knowing if some of these are even releasable at all, but some of them are worth speculating on I think.
I’ve also made notes on the various copyright extension releases we’ve gotten over the years. These grey market digital drops have been done due to the European copyright law which dictates that the copyright on certain music recorded 50 years ago will be lost if it isn’t released. To skirt this outcome without spending money on an actual release of unheard music, the rights holders to The Beach Boys music have quietly uploaded yearly archival albums on smaller platforms like bandcamp and then removed them shortly after, technically counting as a “release” with almost no one knowing it even happened. This is obviously a heinous practice because these are put out with no mixing or care put into them, and for the 1971 dump, all songs included were only half of the original file. Not the entire track, just half of it, which meant butchering the second album recorded by The Flame. This practice seems to have no end in sight, so stay tuned for any news on these as they do contain worthwhile music but can be very hard to find.
And a quick guide to shortened terms I used to save myself some time:
booted = bootlegged
unbooted = not bootlegged
not available for streaming = was released on a CD at some point, but not on any streaming platform
1967 -
SMiLE, Smiley Smile, Lei'd In Hawaii, Wild Honey era
- "Sunflower Maiden": Brian and Van Dyke Parks song written for Three Dog Night. Apparently lost
-
Lei'd In Hawaii studio rehearsal sessions; "Surfin'", "God Only Knows", "Good Vibrations", "California Girls", "Surfer Girl": Brian running through some of the songs they would play live on an organ with his faint vocals heard in the background. Not extremely necessary, but I certainly enjoy putting them on sometimes, if not just to hear Brian play all of "Good Vibrations" on an organ
- backing tracks to; "Gettin' Hungry", "She's Goin' Bald" (released with backing vocals instead of just the track), "Wind Chimes" (Smiley version), "Vegetables" (Smiley version): booted
-
SMiLE backing tracks: booted, should have been released years ago
1968 -
Friends, 20/20 era
- "Friends" (alternate mix): booted
- "Fig Plucker": Dennis leading some of the group through a tongue-twister about a fig plucker
- booted backing tracks to; "Meant for You", "Wake the World", "We're Together Again"
1969 -
Sunflower era
- "Harmony Friends" - name of the soaring vocal-only coda to "Break Away" booted as a standalone 2 minute track, a treat for the ears
- "Slip on Through" (acetate mix): different from the '69 mix on the Feel Flows set
- "(Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again" (demo): anything related to this song must be released
- "America, I Know You" (backing track): unbooted, collaboration with Stephen Kalinich
1970 -
Sunflower era
- "Take A Load Off Your Feet, Pete" (original mix), "Tears In the Morning" (original version with different lyrics, as well as the studio backing track), "When Girls Get Together" (original mixes for both the studio version and the instrumental track), "Good Time" (original mix), "It's About Time" (percussion mix with some dazzling bongo playing): booted
- "Carnival": still waiting for the channel-swapping version of this to be released
- Big Sur concert: excellent show booted in good quality
- Fred Vail country album: a country album that was at least somewhat produced by Brian that has not been booted, planned for release in 2025 I guess? Tracks included; "Bethany Ann", "There's Always Something There to Remind Me", "Kittens, Kids & Kites, "Lucky Billy", "Black Man in Georgia", "One Woman Won't Hold Me", "Why Don't You Give Her to Me", "If You're Not Loving, You're Not Living", "All for The Love of A Girl", "Only the Lonely", "Carolina On My Mind", "My Way of Life", "A Fool Such as I", "You Pass Me By", "I Can't Help It if I'm Still In Love With You"
1970 Copyright Release: essentially this was most of the archival tracks from the Feel Flows boxset but covertly released a year earlier in 2020 so the precious copyright wouldn’t be lost. Interestingly though, the version of “Seasons in the Sun” here is closer to the original mix of the song with full backing vocals, as opposed to the version released on the boxset which Al had remixed to remove some backing vocals
1971 -
Surf's Up, Carl & the Passions era
- "4th of July" (alternate version), "H.E.L.P. Is on the Way" (original mix), "Lookin' at Tomorrow" (original mix), "Big Sur" (original mix), "Won't You Tell Me" (original mix): booted
- "Barnyard Blues" (demo): unbooted
- 1971
Friends remakes; "Wake the World", "Be Still" and "Friends": Stanley Shapiro and Tandyn Almer worked with Brian on these rerecordings. Only Brian's lead vocal of "Passing By" with lyrics has been released, the others are assumed to have been lost, especially considering that "Passing By" was sourced from a low-quality backup cassette
- "Follow Me to the Sea": early title for “Before” which has more Dennis vocals than what was released on Feel Flows
1971 Copyright Release - an absolutely brutal way to let the public hear this music. Every song is only half of it’s actual length, they couldn’t even be bothered to release the entirety of each track. Here’s what was put out in an unforgivable form;
- Dennis Wilson solo album sessions (known as
Poops or
Hubba Hubba); "Sea Cruise", “Just for You”, “Untitled Piano Track” : a full take of “Just for You” has luckily surfaced on youtube
- “Sing Out a Song”: piano demo by David Sandler, not sure if it was meant for the band or not
- The Flame second album: the band consisting of Blondie Chaplin and Ricky, Steve & Brother Fataar that finished a followup album to their first release on Brother Records. None of these tracks are presented in full which is massive insult to how good this music sounds. Tracks are; "Mother Of The Century", "Sigh Baby Sigh", "High Overhead", "Sunny Skies", "Thank Someone", "Seven Sisters", "Have You Ever Been Happy", "Henry's Son", "Sweet Jane", "I'm A Man" (Outtake), "Hello!" (Outtake), "Everybody" (Outtake)
1972 -
Carl & the Passions "So Tough", Holland era
- "Fairy Tale Music" (with narration by Brian): a rough piano performance of some of the Fairy Tale from a time Brian was playing music for a reporter
- "Burlesque": Brian and Jack Riely song, may have never been recorded. Jack said in an interview that a line of lyric in it is "Tantalation and hot glowing skin/Sun’s ‘bout to rest"
- "Slow Song": unbooted
- "The Trader" (early mix): booted shorter version found on the Brother Bonus Tracks CD, a rough version of just the first part of the song
- "Cuddle Up" (single mix): rare, but booted
1972 Copyright Release - mercifully these weren’t cut in half for some reason, but still some low quality audio files tossed online:
- “Unknown Dennis Piano Synth Track”
- “City Jim”: various takes of Carl playing a piano demo for what would become “The Trader”, lyrics he sings to it are “City Jim jived the city crowd, and City Jim fooled them all”
- “Ten Years Harmony” (incomplete electric piano take): early version of “Endless Harmony”
- full live sets from their shows in Jamaica, NY and Pasaic, NJ (some of these recordings were recently sweetened in the studio to enhance the performances, some are from the original assembly of the “In Concert” album)
1973- "River Song" (original mix): booted. Recorded with the Beach Boys, seems the backing track and backing vocals were kept for Dennis' solo version. May have been from ‘74
- "Dr. Tom": unbooted Al song, apparently a reworking of the folk song “Tom Dooley”
- "Pattycake": apparently never recorded, about a gorilla that Brian saw at the Bronx zoo
1973 Copyright Release: just the live show at the Hollywood Palladium on April 20th, 1973
1974 - Caribou Sessions era
- "Honeycomb": unbooted cover recorded during the same session as "It's OK", also featuring Roy Wood of ELO and Wizzard on saxophone and Marilyn on lead vocal
- Carl demos: unbooted Moog and guitar demos
- "Just An Imitation": still hard to tell if a recording of this exists, written by Brian after his father's death
- Caribou sessions; "Good Timin'" (original track and lead vocal as well the instrumental version with more prominent mellotron), "Is This Really Love", "Why Don't You Try Me?": only both versions of "Good Timin'" circulate
- "Child of Winter": unbooted alternate mix with Carl and Dennis lead vocals
- "California Saga" (1974 live version with sitar): booted, might only exist as an audience recording
1974 Copyright Release - some bits here that fans have been waiting years for;
-“Dennis’ Symphony”: the first 2 sections of this are the same as the track “10,000 Years” which is instrumental with some Dennis backing vocals, the 3rd section is similar to the intro of “Friday Night” from his solo album
-“Brian’s Jam”: the first true recording done solely of the famous “Shortenin’ Bread” riff that became a lifelong obsession for Brian
- “String Bass Song”: an early instrumental version of Dennis’ “Rainbows”
- “Happy Birthday Roger McGuinn”: Ricky & Carl produced this elaborate version of the Birthday Song for The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn
- “Long Road”: parts of this demo would become Dennis’ “Cocktails”
- “Dennis Moog and Piano Riff”: early version of “Album Tag Song” done in 4/4
- “Untitled Dennis Demo”: a sweet little recording of Dennis & Audree Wilson wordlessly singing to Dennis’ piano playing
- “Rollin’ Up to Heaven” at last: the actual song in slightly better quality in all it’s profane glory
- “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”: also in slightly better quality in all it’s profane glory
1975 - start of "Brian Is Back" era
- "Come to the Sunshine": Brian's cover of a Van Dyke Parks song, supposed to be lost
- "Carl's Song": booted instrumental of what would become “Where We Are (It Could Be Anything)”
- "In the Back of My Mind" (piano demo): still unavailable for streaming for whatever reason, was a bonus track for the Target release of
No Pier Pressure I believe. An emotional and revealing version with altered lyrics by Brian and features him prominently switching between his more coarse 15 Big Ones voice with the soaring falsetto from his younger voice
- "Rainbows" (early version), “Slow Blues”: unbooted
- “Grateful We Are for Little Children” - unbooted song by Brian and Stephen Kalinich that would later turn into “Saturday Morning in the City”
- Beachago live album: recording from the Beach Boys hugely popular tour with Chicago
1976 -
15 Big Ones, Love You era
- Love You demos: recording of Brian playing for the band a selection of new songs he had written on the piano. The following were released in high quality on the Timeline from Brian’s website; “Airplane”, “I’ll Bet He’s Nice”, “Little Children”, “Love Is a Woman”, “Mona”
and the rest have been bootlegged in varying quality over the years; “That Special Feeling”, “Let’s Put Our Hearts Together”, “It’s Over Now”, “Still I Dream of It” (higher quality version than what was released on Brian’s I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times soundtrack)
- "Michael Row the Boat Ashore", "Mony Mony", "Rock & Roll Music" ("Hot" mix), "Come Go With Me" (original mix), "Ruby Baby", "Short Skirts" (versions with & without backing vocals), "Running Bear", "10,000 Years" (instrumental), "On Broadway", "Sea Cruise", "We Gotta Groove" (versions with & without lead vocal), "Marilyn Rovell", "Lazy Lizzie", "Hey There Momma", "Let Us Go On This Way" (a capella backing vocals): booted
- "Don't Fight the Sea": unbooted, Al later rerecorded this and then worked on it for the next few decades, adding Carl & Brian in the late 80's and Mike in the 2000's
- unbooted Dennis songs; - "10,000 Years” (another take on the instrumental track?), "Life Symphony" (may be “Dennis’ Symphony” which was released on the shady 1974 copyright extension release), "Flowers Come In the Spring" (might be a remake of "Fallin' In Love"), "I Didn't Mean to Make You Worry", "Taking Off", "2,000 Years Ago" (possibly just a misnamed "10,000 Years Ago"), "String Thing 2", "Long String Song" (lotta "String" songs from Dennis around this time)
- "It's Like Heaven": booted. Recorded with Rocky Pamplin and Marilyn on vocals, I assume it predates the American Spring version
- "Just Once In My Life" (backing track): one of the absolute highlights of all bootlegs I've heard
- "Let's Dance", "Secret Love", and "Working in the Coal Mine": unheard covers
- "Lady Lynda" (original version): more superior version in my mind, lacks the classical music intro and has different instrumentation. Recorded for the band Celebration so may not be eligible as a Beach Boy release
- "That Same Song": performance with a church choir from the It's OK special for TV
- Anaheim concert: apparently polished with overdubs
1977 -
Love You, Adult/Child, Pacific Ocean Blue, M.I.U. era
- "The Night Was So Young" (early mix), "Love Is A Woman" (early mix with Al lead vocal), "Johnny Carson" (early mix with guitar intro), "Roller Skating Child" (early mix with different vocals), "I'll Bet He's Nice" (early mix), "Solar System" (early mix with no backing vocals), "Clangin'", "11th Bar Blues": all on the Brothers Bonus Tracks CD
- "Honkin' Down the Highway" (alternate version): booted version with Billy Hinsche on lead vocal and a synth solo
- "Solar System" (backing track): a rare find, but what a knockout track
-
Adult/Child sessions, booted; "Life Is for the Living" (studio version and backing track), "Lines" (also exists an early mix with different Brian vocal), "Everybody Wants to Live", "It's Trying to Say (Baseball)", "Deep Purple", "My Diane" (original mix without string section and demo mix), "Shortenin' Bread" (original mix), "New England Waltz", "Still I Dream of It" (alternate rougher Brian vocal)
- "Oh Darling", "Something New", "Crying", "Fever", "Here Comes the Sun": unbooted Dennis songs
- "Gimme Some Lovin'", “Number One” (Mike song about a lonely rock star before its Christmas rewrite turned it into “Alone on Christmas Day”): unbooted
- "Mike Come Back to L.A.": any edit or rough version would be welcome, very fun and energetic track
- "How's About A Little Bit of Your Sweet Lovin'?", "Go and Get That Girl", "Beach Burlesque", "Egypt": only “Beach Burlesque” is unbooted, “Egypt” was released on the Made in California boxset as “Why” but this might be a different version?
-
Merry Christmas From The Beach Boys sessions; "Christmas Medley" (a medley of Christmas songs with the band and their children singing “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "Hark The Herald Angels Sing", and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"), "Santa Is on His Way" (rerecording of "H.E.L.P. Is on the Way"), "Alone on Christmas Day", "Sad, Sad Christmas": no boot has "Sad, Sad Christmas", but it's the original version of "Sad, Sad Summer" so it probably isn't too different from that
- "Pacific Ocean Blue" (backing track): booted
- rehearsals for Dennis Wilson solo tour: according to Ed Roach, there is some fantastic stuff here that some people have heard. Seems like it absolutely deserves uncovering, features Carl and a full band running through songs from his recently released solo album
1978 -
M.I.U., Bambu, L.A. era
- "Rubles", "Ride Arabian, Ride": unbooted Al songs
- "Santa Ana Winds" (original mix): booted Brian song with different lyrics, grander instrumentation, and lacking the very unnecessary spoken word intro. Also exists an alternate mix with more instrumentation and double-tracked vocals. Al later revamped this for
KTSA- "Lookin' Down the Coast/Monterey": great work by Al on this one, meant to be a trilogy along with “Santa Ana Winds”
- "I'm Begging You Please": booted Brian demo, his voice is a bit rough reaching for the falsetto but still an excellent song with the kind of mature lyrics I wish Brian wrote more of
- "Where We Are (It Could Be Anything)": early version of a Carl song
- "California Feelin'" (original mix): booted mix with more synthy and without Brian vocals
- "Drip Drop": booted cover by Brian, although maybe not worth release for how off Brian sounds
- "Calendar Girl": booted cover with Mike on lead vocal with Brian singing the intro and providing backing vocals
- "I Really Love You": early version of a Brian song with him singing lead, a bit rough but his voice is smoother compared to a lot of 15BO and Love You. A rare find, along with its backing track
- "Basketball Rock", "Bowling", “There’s a Feeling Through the Air”: unbooted Brian, first 2 are instrumentals
- booted outtakes from
Bambu; "Constant Companion" (extended alternate mix without backing vocals), "Baby Blue" (rough mix with no Dennis vocal) "Time for Bed" (backing track), "He's A Bum" (backing track), "Wild Situation" (backing track with backing vocals), "Love Surrounds Me" (backing track), "All Alone" (demo mix)
- and unbooted
Bambu; "I Don't Want to Go" and "Let Me Out of Here"
1979 -
L.A., Keepin' the Summer Alive era
- "Little Girl", "Jamaica Farewell", "Stranded In the Jungle", "Johnny B. Goode" (two versions exist, one with Dennis on drums and a later one with Bruce producing) "Smokey Places": covers recorded with Brian involvement, only the first song is booted in unfinished form which would then be strangely finished into an original song "Sunshine" on
KTSA- “I’ll Always Love You”: Carl’s cover of the Barry Mann song
- “Surfer Suzie”: unbooted song written by touring guitarist Ed Carter
- “School Days” (single mix), “Da Doo Ron Ron” (original mix)
- "Oh Darlin'": unbooted earlier attempt on the
KTSA song with Dennis drumming
- "Boys and Girls": unbooted Brian song, one from the
KTSA sessions produced by Bruce and a remake from 1980 produced by Brian. Both may not have vocals
1980 -
Keepin' the Summer Alive era
- "Oh Darlin'" (original version): features Brian on lead vocal with prominent Carl vocals, alternate lyrics, and a much less busy backing track, I prefer this one 1000x more than the studio version with Bruce's overblown production
- "Goin' On" (original backing track): neat version with some charged-up drum solos not in the studio version
- "Be My Baby", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Smokey Places", "Greenback Dollar": covers with Brian involvement. Only the first two are booted
- "My Solution" and "Shortenin' Bread": booted instrumentals by Brian, meant to be part of a track called "Song Within a Song" with narration from Brian that’s unbooted
- "Can't Wait Too Long" (1980 remake): unbooted. Overdubs were attempted by the group
- "Fly", "Up Again", "Candlesticks", “Starbaby”, How’s About It”, “Return” (track), “Roller Skating Child” (remake): unbooted
- "I'm a Man": unbooted Brian song
- "Bucks": unbooted Mike song
- Dennis Wilson and Christie McVie sessions: unknown what these were like
1981- "Stevie": Brian/Dennis collaboration, written by Brian with production by Dennis and Garby Leon. Baffling why it hasn't been released, sounds so damn good and finished enough to put out there
- "I Ran (All the Way Home)": unbooted
- "Sweetie": unbooted studio version with Al, Mike and Brian taking turns on lead vocal
1982- Cocaine Sessions material: "Why Don't You Tell Me Why (You've Been Good to Me)", "I Feel So Fine", "Oh Lord", "City Blues", "Heroes and Villains", "I Said A Prayer" (early demo of "This Isn't Love"): been circulating for many many years, being repeatedly taken off Youtube whenever it is discovered there
- "Cry Like a Baby" and two other untitled songs: ubooted Brian songs
- "Labor Day": reported to be Dennis' final studio recording, unheard but hopefully out there
1983- "California Dreamin'" (alternate version): earlier attempt with Mike on lead
- Brian and Carl sessions: unbooted. Unknown what these were like, need to get my hands on this
- Carl demo sessions: unbooted
- "Black Widow" (piano demo), "The First Time" (demo mix): booted
- "It's Just a Matter of Time": a live version with Brian on lead vocals, he sounds better here than he does on the '85 album
1984 -
The Beach Boys (self-titled album) era- "Getcha Back" (alternate extended mix), "She Believes In Love Again" (alternate mix), "California Calling" (Al lead vocal): booted
- "Down By the Pier", "And I Always Will", "At the Hop": covers, only "At the Hop" is booted, and it might be better off kept in the vault
- "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz": unbooted live cover
- "Water Builds Up": unbooted. A song Brian later recorded on his own for the
Sweet Insanity album
1986 -
Wilson Project era
- "Sweetie", "Rings", "Walking on Water", "Don't Let Her Know She's an Angel": booted piano demos by Brian
- "Rock and Roll to the Rescue" (alternate extended mix): not available for streaming, don't think the original version is either
- "Wouldn't That Be Cool": a Brian song attempted during sessions for Made in U.S.A. with a co-lead vocal from Terry Melcher
- "Spirit of Rock and Roll": unbooted live version with the Boys
-
Wilson Project recordings: Brian's first serious work on a solo album done with Gary Usher and under the watchful eye of Dr. Landy. Here is what's booted; "Christine" (and it's other version "Barbie", made for Mattel), "Doing Time on Planet Earth" (early version of "Being With the One You Love" made for a movie of the same title), "He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body to Move" (early version with more Brian-y lyrics before Lindsay Buckingham came in to collaborate), "Heavenly Bodies", "Christmas Time", "Just Say No"
- and what is unbooted from those sessions; "I'm Broke" (early version of Paley era song), "I'm Tired", "A Little Love", "Magic", "All Over Me", "Still I Dream of You" (a rerecording of "Still I Dream of It"), "Magnetic Attraction" (apparently two versions exist), "You" (demo), "Up In the Sky" (early "There's So Many" demo), "Night Time" (demo), "Being With the One You Love" (early version)
- these were uploaded on the Timeline from Brian’s website; “So Long (Turning Point)” (along with a snippet of backing vocals from a different version, there also exists a bootlegged mix with more prominent sax, unsure of the years on these), “The Spirit of Rock and Roll” (solo version)
1987 -
Brian Wilson solo album era
- "Saturday Morning in the City" (early version); booted
- "Saturday Evening in the City" (I would guess a companion piece to "Saturday Morning"), "Boogie Woogie Beat", "Water Builds Up" (early version), "The Spirit of Rock and Roll" (another mix) : unbooted
- these were released on the Timeline from Brian’s website; “I Feel This Love”, “Terry She Needs Me” demo (yet another rewrite of “Sandy/Sherry She Needs Me”) “Let’s Do It Again” (rewrite of “Black Widow”)
1988- "Hotter", "Heavenly Lovers", "Love Ya", "God Only Knows" (live), "I Sleep Alone", "Love and Mercy" (backing track and backing vocals), "Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight" (alternate mix with different lyrics), "Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long" (alternate mix with different lyrics), "Walk the Line" (with Terrence Trent Darby in a duet with Brian): booted
- "Must Be a Miracle" (early version): unbooted
1990 -
Sweet Insanity era
-
Sweet Insanity sessions, booted; "Brian (Thank You)", "Do You Have Any Regrets?", "Don't Let Her Know She's an Angel", "Let's Stick Together", "Rainbow Eyes", "Make a Wish" (original mix and backing track), "Concert Tonight" (plus the extended mix), "Someone to Love", "Spirit of Rock and Roll" (yet another mix), "Smart Girls", "Water Builds Up" (original mix and backing track), "Country Feelin"
- "In My Life" and "Let It Be": Beatle covers done with Landy
shudder1992 - start of
Paley Sessions era
Paley Sessions: a treasure trove of fantastic material from Brian and Andy Paley through the early and mid 90's, a good amount has been bootlegged in varying quality but much is still disappointingly unreleased. Here is what circulates from this year
- "Proud Mary": Carl was present for at least some of this recording, it was later redone with Don Was
- “I’m Broke” (original mix)
1993- "God Did It" and "Chain Reaction of Love": booted
1994- "It's Not Easy Bein' Me" (original mix), “Goin’ Home” (original mix), "Elbow '63": booted
- "Off My Chest", "Right Before Your Eyes", a few untitled songs: unbooted
1995- "Dancin' the Night Away", "Mary Ann", "Marketplace", "Must Be a Miracle" (original version): booted
- "Grace of My Heart", "I'm Psyched", "Turn On Your Love Light": unbooted
- these were released on the Timeline from Brian’s website; “Desert Drive” (original mono backing track and a stereo mix as well), “Gettin’ In Over My Head” (original version), “Saturday Morning In the City” (original version), “Soul Searchin’” (original mix), “You’re Still a Mystery” (original mix)
Other bootlegged songs from the Paley sessions without dates to my knowledge: "Frankie Avalon", "What Rock and Roll Can Do"
"This Song Wants to Sleep with You Tonight", "Sweets for My Sweet": unavailable for streaming
(Let's hope we won't have to wait until the early 2040's for an official release for all of the Paley session material)
- "Everything I Need" (original version with Wendy & Carnie and a mix with Brian on lead)
1997 -
Imagination era
- “Sunshine” (original mix): release on the Timeline of Brian’s website
2004 -
Brian Wilson Presents Smile, Gettin’ In Over My Head, What I Really Want for Christmas era
- released on the Timeline of Brian’s website; “Child Is the Father of the Man/Easy My Child” (recording session) and “Surf’s Up” (recording session)
- “A Friend Like You” (2022 mix): Mark Linett put this together for some reason and it was posted on Brian’s website
- “On Christmas Day” (track and backing vocals): also from Brian’s website
- “Believe In Yourself”: song written for the Duck Dodgers animated show
2007 -
That Lucky Old Sun era
- released on the Timeline of Brian’s website; “Good Kind of Love” (original version), “Forever She’ll Be My Surfer Girl” (original version), “Live Let Live” (original version), “Midnight’s Another Day” (original version), “Goin’ Home” (original version)
- “I’m Into Something Good” (with Carole King), “Good Kind of Love” (with Carole King), “Just Like Me and You”: all from the Best Buy edition of
That Lucky Old Sun which aren’t streaming
2012 -
That's Why God Made the Radio era
- "I'd Go Anywhere": apparently unused part of Brian's suite from the end of the album, bits of it can be heard here since it was used in a behind the scenes EPK of the album with interviews played over it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1MWbi5jjh4 - "She Believes in Love Again": remake of the Bruce song from 85. See you in 2062 for these hot tracks!!
-"Waves of Love": if it was even worked on? Al offered it for the album. Who knows if the Beach Boys (outside of Carl and Al) ever touched it
-supposedly there were like 29 tracks overall recorded for this album. Whether or not any ended up on
No Pier Pressure is another question though
I'll try and update this as more information becomes available. Let's hope and pray much of this becomes available for streaming sooner rather than later. Big thank you to Salty and Do You Like Veggies for the fact checking here.
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