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« on: February 22, 2006, 09:37:30 AM »

I just recently bought the BB Selections by BW and I love his version of California Feeling...it's such a peaceful vibe...in fact, it makes this album like something to get high to...like god only knows- CF is great....
the BB version is good too (from the 70s)...it sounds so brian-y but doesnt even have a Brian vocal, right? Hearing bruce on there....that's the most clear as day ive heard him since I'll Bet he's nice and dont hear anything from him til endless harmony...say, did he submit any tunes for LA that are obviously unreleased? I know he produced it, right?
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2006, 10:34:14 AM »

I hope I'm understanding your questions right.  That's Carl singing the lead on the Beach Boys version of "California Feeling", with Bruce on the bridge... indicating this song was finished during the sessions where Bruce was brought in to work on the Light Album.  No I don't hear Brian at all on this, though there's a demo making the rounds where he sings it (as well as an alternate version featuring the vocal "talents" of Rocky Pamplin, about which the less said the better.)  I don't think Bruce is featured on "I'll Bet He's Nice" or Love You at all for that matter.

I don't know if it was ever submitted for LA or not, but Bruce wrote an incredible song around this time called "Brand New Old Friends" that was cut by Curt Becher's group California Music but sat unreleased until the year 2000.  Would have made a wonderful addition to LA Light.

Some other good stuff that sat in the can around this time:  "Santa Ana Winds", "Looking Down the Coast"/ "Monterey" all by Al Jardine, "Our Team" (MIU reject I believe; surely this was better than "Kona Coast"?), "Sherry She Needs Me"... All of these can be found on a boot titled California Feeling, along with some lesser period outtakes ("Skatetown USA", anyone?) 
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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2006, 11:39:01 AM »

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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2006, 11:43:43 AM »

"Those groovy little wheels are gonna git me sum."

Oh, Mike. Sum what? Hip replacement surgeries?
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2006, 12:34:36 PM »

i coulda sworn Bruce was on IBHN...he sings around the end..."well it's you"

pretty sure bruce has even went on to say he's sang on every BB record except MIU
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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2006, 03:19:55 PM »

That IS Bruce. He made little apperances every now and then, true. Although, I did not know he was So Tough. Anybody have any info on what he was on on that album?

I've never heard the BB version of CF with Brian on lead. I've heard the version with Carl, and of course the "new" Brian version from 2002. Anybody who has heard it..any comments? How does Brian's voice sound on it?


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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2006, 03:21:19 PM »

The California Feelin' demo from 1974 is unbooted, but one of the most talked about recordings of any of the Beach Boys. Brian still has his sweet voice and plays a gospel piano. I'm told it puts the 1978 and 2002 versions to complete and utter shame.
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« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2006, 03:24:24 PM »

It's unbooted?!  Cry

I've heard similar from AGD, but I think he's heard EVERYTHING.
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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2006, 03:27:36 PM »

It's unbooted?!  Cry

I've heard similar from AGD, but I think he's heard EVERYTHING.

Yes, it's unbooted, sadly. There's a lot of stuff that is. Oodles.

AGD hasn't heard everything. Not even Alan Boyd has heard everything, and he manages the tape vault, for Chrissakes!
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2006, 01:08:42 AM »

What? A 1974 version with Brian singing lead?  I would give a lot to hear this.
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2006, 05:00:01 AM »

  I don't think Bruce is featured on "I'll Bet He's Nice" or Love You at all for that matter.

Bruce can be clearly heard on the tag of "IBHN" - further, he's stated many times that the only BB album he's not on since he joined the band was M.I.U..

Oh, and Brian is on the 10/78 recording of "CF" - that's him being whiny all over the end of the chorus.
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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2006, 05:03:08 AM »

What? A 1974 version with Brian singing lead?  I would give a lot to hear this.

It's a pretty loose demo, just BW and a piano. He's in excellent voice though. Go figure.

Always recall reading about it in the 1976 Crawdaddy articles, thinking "WHOA !"... then actually hearing the 1978 version and thinking, "WTF... ?". BIG letdown.

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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2006, 05:45:11 AM »

thank you AGD!  Grin
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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2006, 02:36:01 PM »

What? A 1974 version with Brian singing lead?  I would give a lot to hear this.

It's a pretty loose demo, just BW and a piano. He's in excellent voice though. Go figure.

Always recall reading about it in the 1976 Crawdaddy articles, thinking "WHOA !"... then actually hearing the 1978 version and thinking, "WTF... ?". BIG letdown.



Isn't there a version from '76 with Brian in his voice of the period?
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« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2006, 04:15:00 AM »

That IS Bruce. He made little apperances every now and then, true. Although, I did not know he was So Tough. Anybody have any info on what he was on on that album?


I believe Bruce left the BBs when most of "So tough" was already finished.

But if he was on every album except M.I.U. (and I don't blame him for not being on THAT !), does that mean, he's also on "In concert"? If so, what songs is he on and what is he playing (instrument) ?
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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2006, 08:43:08 AM »

I think the quote was about studio albums.
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« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2009, 08:54:12 AM »

What? A 1974 version with Brian singing lead?  I would give a lot to hear this.

It's a pretty loose demo, just BW and a piano. He's in excellent voice though. Go figure.

Always recall reading about it in the 1976 Crawdaddy articles, thinking "WHOA !"... then actually hearing the 1978 version and thinking, "WTF... ?". BIG letdown.



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I sort of felt the same way -- having read about it in Tim White's TNFAP.  When I finally heard the boot, I was kind of bummed.  Carl sounds like he's been sedated.

That said, this week, I'm kind of into it.  The Bruce part, in particular, where he repeats the title over and over again w/ the modulation.  Sometimes I just wonder how in the hell these guys put out so much garbage in the late 1970's when they had so much better material in the can.
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« Reply #17 on: May 19, 2009, 09:20:13 AM »

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LOL I've never actually heard the song but that didn't stop me from making a terrible electric keyboard cover version by following along with the chords and guessing the melody, and singing in an assortment of creepy pervert voices. I'll have to find it and upload it sometime. That song just seems like it represents everything wrong with Mike Love and the BBs at the time, even though I've never heard it.

edit- Finally listened to it. I had guessed the vocal melody pretty closely. I figured that the song would be produced to sound exactly like "Almost Summer", and I was right. As an aside - isn't it depressing to see Mike Love live now? I know it's great that he's still touring, but after seeing all of those ridiculous dances and hand gestures he did as a youngster, it's sad to see the feeble hand movements he's limited to today. It's like he wants to do more, but his body just won't. He tries to swing his hips and nothing happens.

Someone give him a Red Bull before concerts. Actually, giving cocaine to Mike Love and Brian Wilson would be a great idea. Perk 'em up.
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« Reply #18 on: May 19, 2009, 11:00:32 AM »

I'm sure I've read that CF was recorded for MIU. 
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« Reply #19 on: May 19, 2009, 11:09:08 AM »

I've had a hard time getting into this song...at least on a par with the way it has been talked up.  I've heard better unreleased stuff.  Some of it quite good in comparison imo.

Of course, I'm a big fan of Holland and Love You so I should like this song in terms of the era ......maybe it will one day grow on me.
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« Reply #20 on: May 19, 2009, 11:11:55 AM »

Nope - however, M. I. U. was originally called California Feeling, even though Brian flatly refused to allow them to include the song. It wasn't recorded during the MIU sessions - the first known version (Brian's original 11/12/74 Western demo aside) was with American Spring in summer 1977 at Brother (lead vocal, Rocky, and I don't think it's too bad). The BB version was cut at Criteria during the Miami sessions, 8/28 and 9/1/78.
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« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2009, 11:28:18 AM »

Bruce, What songs are going on LA (as David Leaf asked in the fall of 1978):

As of now, the songs that will probably be on the album are “Baby Blue”, “Angel Come Home”, “Lady Lynda”, “Here Comes The Night”, “Full Sail”, “Going South” … maybe “Calendar Girl” … I’m trying not to put “Santa Ana Winds" on … a heavy ‘no’ on “California Feeling”.
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« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2009, 11:29:41 AM »

… a heavy ‘no’ on “California Feeling”.

Meaning...?  That they had a hard time cutting the song or something?
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« Reply #23 on: May 19, 2009, 12:34:49 PM »

… a heavy ‘no’ on “California Feeling”.

Meaning...?  That they had a hard time cutting the song or something?

Sounds like Bruce didn't like the results.
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« Reply #24 on: May 19, 2009, 12:37:50 PM »

… a heavy ‘no’ on “California Feeling”.

Meaning...?  That they had a hard time cutting the song or something?

Meaning, 'no, it's not going to be on the album'. And by God, it wasn't. Amazing, huh ?  Grin
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