23-11-2015 Brian Wilson and Bruce Springsteen Day
Two giants of American music today,BRIAN WILSON and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN kicking off with The Beach Boys at Christmas then looking at the incomperable Genius of Brian Wilson in 1966 an Alternate PET SOUNDS 2 hours of peerless beauty
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE tracking and alt version
IN MY CHILDHOOD tracking and backing track
YOU STILL BELIEVE IN ME alt version
TROMBONE DIXIE tracking and rough stereo mix
THE LITTLE GIRL I ONCE KNEW tracking alt version
HANG ON TO YOUR EGO tracking inserts and vocal
I KNOW THERE'S AN ANSWER track and lead vocal overdubs
DON'T TALK [PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER] tracking Brian single tracked vocal overdub
THAT'S NOT ME tracking alt version
I'M WAITING FOR THE DAY tracking string overdubs alt version
HERE TODAY tracking brian vocal, mike vocal alt version
SLOOP JOHN B vocal tracking carl lead vocal tracking brian lead vocal alt vcl mix
RUN JAMES RUN tracking
PET SOUNDS alt mono mix
LETS GO AWAY FOR AWHILE tracking master alt mix
CAROLINE NO tracking track take 17 vocal overdub single tracked master correct speed
GOD ONLY KNOWS instrumental and vocal tracking alt version
I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES tracking alt version
Then SMiLE SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR .…the masters as they stood in Feb 67 before Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane put the kibosh on the whole shebang, Brian was tantalizingly close to having a masterwork completed .
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Then we celebrate Bruce Springsteen five hours of the making of
Darkness on the Edge Of Town
all songs from the ‘Darkness Sessions’ still in the vaults, never selected for a possible inclusion neither in ‘Tracks’ box set, nor in ‘The Promise’ double CD—Break Out – Version 1, Break Out – Version 2, Don’t Say No – Version 1, Don’t Say No – Version 2, Say Sons, I Wanna Be With You, I’m Goin’ Back, Frankie, Janey Needs A Shooter, Sherry Darling – Version 1, Sherry Darling – Version 2, Bring On The Night Drive All Night – Version 1, Drive All Night – Version 2, Drive All Night – Version 3, Preacher’s Daughter, Crazy Rocker, What’s The Matter Darling – Version 1, What’s The Matter Darling – Version 2, Independence Day, Ramrod, Castaway
featuring the alternate versions of the songs that make the final selection going to create the definitive ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’ album Badlands – Version 1A, Badlands – Version 1B, Badlands – Version 1C, Badlands – Version 2, Something In The Night – Version 1, Something In The Night – Version 2A, Something In The Night – Version 2B, Racing In The Street – Version 1, Racing In The Street – Version 2, Racing In The Street – Version 3, Racing In The Street – Version 4, Streets Of Fire – Version 1, Streets Of Fire – Version 2 Prove It All Night – Version 1, Prove It All Night – Version 2A, Prove It All Night – Version 2B, Factory – Version 1, Factory – Version 2A, Factory – Version 2B, Adam Raised A Cain – Version 1, Candy’s Room (The Fast Song) – Version 1 instrumental, Candy’s Room (The Fast Song) Version 2, Candy’s Room (The Fast Song) – Version 3, Candy’s Room (The Fast Song) – Version 4A, Candy’s Room (The Fast Song) – Version 4B, The Promised Land – Version 1A, Darkness On The Edge Of Town – Version 1, Darkness On The Edge Of Town – Version 2.
featuring the alternate versions of the songs that didn’t make the final tracklist of ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’ album, but were included later on ‘Tracks’ box set or ‘The Promise’ double CD.
Racing In The Street, Candy’s Boy, Come On (Let’s Go Tonight), Don’t Look Back – Version 1, Don’t Look Back – Version 2, Don’t Look Back – Version 3, Hearts Of Stone, The Promise – Version 1, The Promise – Version 2, The Promise – Version 3, Spanish Eyes – Version 1, Spanish Eyes – Version 2
Because The Night – Version 1, Because The Night – Version 2, Gonna Get That Feeling – Version 1, Gonna get That Feeling – Version 2, Talk To Me – instrumental, Someday (We’ll Be Together) – instrumental, Rendezvous, Fire, One Way Street, Outside Lookin’ In, Wrong Side Of The Street, The Way
bonus bit o' fun...The 4 surround speakers from the 5.1 mix minus the centre channel ,mostly just missing the lead vocal but a true sence of being in the middle of the band