Sail On Sailor box set

[superunison]

Does anyone know if the booklet/liner notes differ for the CD vs vinyl release? It looks like there is a difference in number of pages. Also, does anyone know if there was a difference between the Feel Flows CD/vinyl books?

[Rocker]

Does anyone know if the booklet/liner notes differ for the CD vs vinyl release? It looks like there is a difference in number of pages. Also, does anyone know if there was a difference between the Feel Flows CD/vinyl books?

The 2 CD version had a short text by Howie inside the gatefold. I don't know about the multi CD set but would guess that it had the same notes as the vinyl. Probably the new set will be similar built.


I can't wait for the people to (re-)discover what a great song "The Trader" is! Those lyrics and that melody 

[SonicVolcano]

Dutch retailer Bol.com also changed the date to 9 December...

I wonder if it will be on Spotify tomorrow?

Edit: I guess it will be, because it is on iTunes if you are in the Australia/NZ region.

[William Bowe]

Yep, it's on Spotify in Australia.

[William Bowe]

I'm not sure if this is news to anyone here or not, but Spark In The Dark turns out to have nothing to do with Funky Pretty -- it's completely instrumental and has part of the melody of Chain Reaction Of Love.

[pixletwin]

My set has shipped. 

[HeyJude]

Folks who like to pick out and hear Brian re-using riffs and chord patterns (or the genesis of them, one can never know) are going to really dig some of the tracks on this set. Multiple call-backs (or I guess call-forwards?) to Brian's 80s and 90s solo stuff.

Also, I'll be fascinated to hear if the improved fidelity of the Little Child/Daddy Dear tape will quell or spur more Al vs. Brian debates.

I noticed elsewhere someone said that tape sounds the same on this set as the circulating versions, and that's not the case. It sounds noticeably better here. It's still a "home recording", so it's not like an A+ studio recording. But it's much clearer. Recall that the first time any of this tape was heard was during that A&E Biography back in from the late 90s. So no, I don't think they just pulled this "from YouTube" or whatever like someone elsewhere said.

[Tony S]

In the US and just received confirmation from Amazon that mine  has shipped and will be delivered tomorrow! Woohoo

[ForHerCryingSoul]

Pa Let Her Go Out has the verse from Lazy Lizzie... 

[Pretty Funky]

Yep, it's on Spotify in Australia.

Same in NZ. Nice to hear Mike crediting Billy for the lead in the 1975 live ‘Sail On Sailor’. 👏👏👏

[Pretty Funky]

Jumping Jack Flash…..WHOA! 👍

[Rocker]

Amazon Germany has a release date of Dec. 2nd

[Mooger Fooger]

Listening on Amazon. OMfG

No further text needed.

This.

[Mooger Fooger]

Oh Good GOD. Marcella intsrumental. Yowza!

[Mooger Fooger]

Steamboat instrumental. Tears. Tears.

[Mooger Fooger]

HYPNOTIZE ME is in there. HOLY FFFFFFF!!!!!

[18thofMay]

Sail on sailor wow.

I love you Brian

[18thofMay]

Daddy Dear- Vocals Brian Wilson....my ears don't lie..

[Bedroom Tapes]

Oh my, so many highlights for me here including Gimme Some Lovin, Spark In the Dark, Body Talk, Rooftop Harry and the SOS demo just to name a few.  It's clear Brian was still productive during this period.  My only qualm is some of the edited down tracks like Out In the Country (Version 2) which I know exists in a 5+ minute version.  Presumably some tracks like this are shorter due to the space limitations of CD's.  I always enjoy hearing full, extended versions of songs.  VERY curious to hear what's lurking in the vaults for 1973-1975.  All things considered, major thanks to all involved in getting this set out and cheers to more like it in the near future perhaps.     

[NOLA BB Fan]

Just got it from ITunes. An hour early (it’s 11 pm, 1 Dec)
Giving at least part of it a listen tonight. Sounds great so far.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Rooftop Harry sounds like Pacific Coast Highway …and the end is VERY similar (melodically) to one of my recent songs…I swear I didn’t hear this before…promise!

The SOS demo …Brian did ALL the cocaine lol …and man it sounds like Live let Live in this version

Brian on Daddy Dear

And wow that WAS Spark in the Dark I heard somehow years ago via a dearly departed friend.

Body Talk is awesome

The biggest revelatory moment was realizing how much of Holland had Brian on backups. I think Sail On Sailor, Steamboat and Leaving This Town are the only ones he’s not present on.

[Cristian Kiper]

The digital release of the 2-disc set (Deluxe) has the wrong track for "Marcella (Live At Carnegie Hall)". I've checked this on Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz and YouTube: https://youtu.be/g0fa7Izm8Jk

The 6-disc set (Super Deluxe) has the correct track: https://youtu.be/roQRxEcbWys

Also, for some reason the Super Deluxe set is missing from Deezer.

[SonicVolcano]

Hard Time is such a banger. Blondie and Ricky really added a lot of 'oomph' to their sound.

[Cabinessenceking]

Pretty huge error, but "Marcella - Live At Carnegie Hall" is actually a repeat of You Need A Mess of Help. How did this not get quality checked? Also saw a typo somwhere.

[WillJC]

The biggest revelatory moment was realizing how much of Holland had Brian on backups. I think Sail On Sailor, Steamboat and Leaving This Town are the only ones he’s not present on.

He's singing on Funky Pretty, Mt Vernon, first half of The Trader (his vocal arrangement) and the beginning of California (in the "spend" as well as his lead), but none of the other songs.