BEACH BOYS
CD · HotWacks archive review
RARITIES ON COMPACT DISC VOLUME TWO
- Label
- Wilson Records
- Source
- Various as noted
- Format
- CD
- Running time
- 70:17:00
- Sound / source
- Various; recording studio, live and TV
- Packaging
- single CD jewel case
- Features
- Video / source
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Track list
Sandy She Needs Me (partial vocals)/ Pamela Jean (early demo)/ I Do (early demo)/ Little Saint Nick (single stereo version) / All I Wanna Do (outtake from Live in London album)/ After the Game (b-side of Pamela Jean)/ Endless Sleep (1963 Brian Wilson production: artist Larry Denton)/ If I Can’t Be You (1963 Brian Wilson production: artist Ron Wilson)/ The One You Can’t Have (Brian Wilson demo for The Honeys)/ He’s A Doll (same as previous)/ Malibu Sunset (Brian Wilson production for Glenn Campbell, 1963, one of Brian’s ‘lost songs’)/ East Meets West (early demo, basic vocals) / You Still Believe in Me / Caroline No (Live at Syracuse University 05/71, no Brian)/ Rock and Roll Music (Live on Midnight Special, Roger McGuinn on guitar)/ Good Vibrations (same as above, Brian on electric piano)/ Good Vibrations Reprise (as above)/ Lady Lynda (as above) / You Are So Beautiful (Dennis 1976)/ If I Could Live My Life Again (Dennis, unreleased)/ Baby Blue Eyes (original Dennis version)/ San Miguel (Dennis, alternate instrumental version)/ Forever CHR Mix (John Stamos tribute version)/ With A Little Help From My Friends (from Rarities album).
The review
Mostly studio outtakes with a few live cuts and alternate released versions, covering a long period of years. Most in excellent quality. Some points taken off for the lousy sounding “Malibu Sunset,” probably taken from a scratchy acetate with skips and everything, but not too many points off since we should probably be grateful to be able to hear it at all. The cuts from Midnight Special (circa 1976?) are a treat, with the band only 10 years on from their glory days and Brian actually sounding decent (this was the “Fat Brian” era though, so I’m glad I didn’t have to look at him).
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Published Jul 3, 2003 - 6:33:00 PM