Backing Tracks & A capellas

[mikeyj]

Okay I am just interested in all the backing tracks and a capellas available out there, this is including all official and unofficial releases and also includes solo songs etc... Okay, here is how much I know, but is there any more that people know of

Backing Tracks
*Wouldn't It Be Nice
*You Still Believe In Me
*That's Not Me
*Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
*I'm Waiting For The Day
*Sloop John B
*God Only Knows
*I Know Theres An Answer
*Here Today
*I Just wasnt Made For These Times
*Caroline No
*Good Vibrations
*Surf's Up (first section)
*Cabinessence
*Heroes And Villains (only first section)
*Hushabye (in left/right channel)
*Wendy (in left/right channel)
*All Summer Long (in left/right channel)
*Surfer Girl (in left/right channel)
*When I Grow Up To Be A Man (in left/right channel)
*Dance, Dance, Dance (not sure if this is the actual track but Im pretty sure it is, the actual track is a session but its the actual backing track isn't it?)
*Good Timin
*In The Back of My Mind
*Darlin'
*Salt Lake City
*In My Room
*Catch A Wave
*Wild Honey
*Little Saint Nick
*Do It Again
*Little Honda
*You're So Good To Me
*Let Him Run Wild
*Help Me, Rhonda
*California Girls
*Our Car Club
*Sail On Sailor
*Break Away
*Time To Get Alone
*Cotton Fields
*Be With Me
*Good To My Baby
*Fun Fun Fun
*Surfin USA
*I Get Around (Concert backing track)
*Heroes And Villains (BW Solo)

NOTE: I know that on some Japanese release (or something) there is more backing tracks from BWPS (4 in total I think), but Im not 100% sure what they are, though Im sure H & V is one of them (thats why I listed it)

A Capellas
*Wouldn't It Be Nice
*You Still Believe In Me
*That's Not Me
*Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
*I'm Waiting For The Day
*Sloop John B
*God Only Knows
*I Know Theres An Answer
*Here Today
*I Just wasnt Made For These Times
*Caroline No
*Surf's Up
*Vegetables
*Hushabye (in left/right channel)
*Wendy (in left/right channel)
*All Summer Long (in left/right channel)
*Surfer Girl (in left/right channel)
*When I Grow Up To Be A Man (in left/right channel)
*California Girls
*Break Away
*Time To Get Alone
*Cotton Fields
*Forever
*Add Some Music To Your Day
*I Went To Sleep
*Cant Wait Too Long (first minute or so)
*Kiss Me Baby
*Your Imagination (BW Solo)
*South American (BW Solo)

Just as a side note, on Amazon.com (I needed to look up the track listing for Stack-O-Tracks as I cant remember off the top of my head every backing track) it lists Wild Honey as "Wind Honey" and Surfer Girl as "Super Girl"

[smile-holland]

*Heroes And Villains (BW Solo)

NOTE: I know that on some Japanese release (or something) there is more backing tracks from BWPS (4 in total I think), but Im not 100% sure what they are, though Im sure H & V is one of them (thats why I listed it)

The Japanese release of BWPS contains 2 bonustracks: Cabin Essence and H&V, both instrumental versions....sort of...some background vocals here and there.
The vinyl release of BWPS even has 4 bonus instrumentals: again CE and H&V (and again some bv's but different from the cd-release) + On A Holiday and Wind Chimes
Also released as instrumentals (from BWPS, on several cd-singles and on a bonus-cd): Roll Plymouth Rock, In Blue Hawaii, Surf's Up

[mikeyj]

*Heroes And Villains (BW Solo)

NOTE: I know that on some Japanese release (or something) there is more backing tracks from BWPS (4 in total I think), but Im not 100% sure what they are, though Im sure H & V is one of them (thats why I listed it)

The Japanese release of BWPS contains 2 bonustracks: Cabin Essence and H&V, both instrumental versions....sort of...some background vocals here and there.
The vinyl release of BWPS even has 4 bonus instrumentals: again CE and H&V (and again some bv's but different from the cd-release) + On A Holiday and Wind Chimes
Also released as instrumentals (from BWPS, on several cd-singles and on a bonus-cd): Roll Plymouth Rock, In Blue Hawaii, Surf's Up

Thanks smile-holland. By the way, I dont know if anyone else has noticed this but on the Sea of Tunes bootlegs some of the tracks are split tracks (ie: vocals in one side/backing tracks in the other) so you can get more backing tracks & a capellas that way and of course you can get the backing tracks for pretty much all the songs that have the tracking sessions available on them. Heres some that I've found so far that are binaural (split) tracks:

*The Surfer Moon (backing track)
*The Surfer Moon (a capella)
*Your Summer Dream (a capella)
*Do You wanna Dance (a capella)
*Hawaii (a capella)
*South Bay Surfer (backing track)
*The Baker Man (a capella)
*Surfers Rule (a capella)
*Lana (backing track)
*Girls On the Beach (a capella)
*Ganz Allein (a capella)
*Drive-In (a capella)

I havent checked all of them yet but Im sure there is more. Of course on most of these (though not all) there is SOME music/vocals in the background but its still a nice way to hear the backing tracks/a capella's whereas you wouldnt be able to usually. I especially like it on the "Surfer Moon (2nd stereo vocal mix)" when in the right channel it has Brian's lead only and in the left channel it has the backing (sung by Brian himself) but he sings in a different key and in some cases follows a different melody line. Very interesting to hear these sorts of things. Also on the Sea of Tunes Pet Sounds sessions in one channel you can hear the double-tracked vocal and in the opposite channel you can hear them as they actually sound! Great stuff