"Becoming The Beach Boys" Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions coming Aug 26

Just saw this on Amazon - Becoming the Beach boys the Complete Hite and Dorinda Morgan Sessions is being released Aug 26. The same sessions BRI vigorously litigated to prevent coming out. The same sessions mastered by our host, Mr Hoffman. Unclear if this is a new mastering - I hope not as I want to hear Steve's mastering, but I would although I woulld expect Steve to get some money from this release if it uses his previous work.

 

Legit: Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions »

 

Any Updates on "The First Wave: Complete Hit Morgan Beach Boy Sessions" CDs? »

 

OK I just found out that these have been newly remastered by Mark Linett, so unfortunately for us, no Steve golden touch here. Hopefully there will be minimal messing with the tapes.

 

Got mine today. Guess I'm the only one. Great historically important recordings. Sitting through a dozen takes of "Luau" isn't something I'll do often but it's nice to have. Of all the songs the "Surfer Girl" sessions are of the most interest to me, personally, for obvious reasons. Sound quality is good. You feel like you are there. Informative booklet. Photos of tape boxes. Not many of the group themselves.

 

My story in Billboard with interviews of Brad Rosenberger of Omnivore Records, who produced it, and Jim Murphy, author of the book "Becoming the Beach Boys": Beach Boys' Earliest Recordings Come to Light on 'Becoming the Beach Boys' »

 

They're not obvious to me. I know I live in Hawthorne, but...I must have missed a meeting

I almost picked this up today but frankly multiple takes of nine tracks across two discs would probably be a listen-once-and-file-away. But yeah, important history to be sure!

 

As Brad Rosenberger said to me in my interview with him, the thing about these sessions is they weren't the Beach Boys then, but five young guys. The degree of sophistication they had in these early sessions is amazing for such a startup group. It really shows bigger things were to come.

 

Review here: FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite and Dorinda Morgan Sessions - review »

 

Yours is the one to keep. Just did an A/B yesterday. Hands down. New one mastered by ML. As usual, purchased for the additional archival material.

Yes, its legit. Omnivore and Brad Rosenberger.

Jeff

 

Think of it like the Croce home tape since released as Americana. The whole thing was released, an amazing, honest, man and guitar wonderful tape - but the songs you plucked for the Saja 2-CD set are the winners for those songs (same with the Jim & Ingrid LP and relelease).

Jeff

 

YOURS is "Lost and Found" - the DCC. I thought that was what you were referring to. Silver disc.

Jeff

 

Yes, you did. But for a guy who collects every Wilson fart, I had to own it. This "Complete" is mastered by Mark Linett.

The DCC is a single disc fun straight-through listen like you're "there". New set is for fart collectors of old farts. Even if these farts are a little sharper than a more "natural" fart.

Jeff

 

Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions (2CD) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HRENTOU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ZThXxb9TM1ZQRI'

 

As noted in the other thread, it is circulating.

 

Just seemed to circulate conveniently a few days before this was released...

 

I listened to mine this past weekend. Bought because I am an insane completest but I will probably not pull it out again often if ever. It was a fun listen once thru tho.

 

I'm surprised it didn't make its way over to a European PD release in the past four years.

 

Is there a defect on disc 2? A reviewer at Amazon says his disc 2 track 5 has a problem. I want to get this but don't want to deal with a bad disc if that is a real problem.

Anybody here that has this please check and let us know. Thanks if you can.

 

Perhaps the recent leak/appearance of Steve's version has something to do with that attempted Kickstarter campaign a couple of years back

 

No leak. I tried to get it kickstarted a while back but was met with too much resistant by Beach Boys fans....I don't even have the files because we didn't even get it pressed!

I've been busy travelling the last couple of months and so didn't even know about this release until I saw it in a store in HMV Oxford St....Them's the breaks...

This was my first / last attempt to get into record labels. I'll stick to what I know....