I just created a thread on this a couple of days ago because I could not find "Copyright Extension 2019" in the search results. Hah... There's so much fuss over The Rutles right now I figured I would give America's favorite sweethearts some time in the spotlight... If they were to release all sessions documented for 1969 (per Bellagio) we would have: January 9 - session: Forever/San Miguel 13 - session: San Miguel (remake) [Sunset] 22 - session: San Miguel [Valentine - 2 sessions] 24 - session: San Miguel [Sunset] 27 - session: San Miguel [Sunset] 29 - session: San Miguel [Capitol] February 13 - session: Got To Know The Woman [Sunset] 14 - session: Got To Know The Woman [Sunset] 21 - session: Deidrie 24 - session: What Can The Matter Be ?/Celebrate The News [Sunset] 25 - session: Celebrate The News [Sunset] March 3 - session: Celebrate The News [Sunset] 5 - session: Loop De Loop [Western] 6 - session: Loop De Loop [Western] 8 - session: Loop De Loop 11 - session: Loop De Loop [Sunset] 12 - session: Forever [Gold Star] 14 - session: Forever [Gold Star] 17 - session: Forever [Gold Star] 19 - session: All I Wanna Do [Gold Star] 21 - session: Deidrie [Gold Star] 31 - single session: Break Away [ID Sound] April 2 - single session: Break Away 10 - single session: Break Away vocals [ID Sound] 23 - single session: Break Away [Gold Star] May 24 - session: What Can The Matter Be [Valentine] July 9 - session: Slip On Through 14 - session: Slip On Through/I'm Going Your Way (= California Slide) [Sunset] August 8 - single session: Cotton Fields (45 version) 15 - single session: Cotton Fields (45 version) [Sunset] 22 - Kalinich poetry album session: America, I Know You [Wally Heider][5] 29 - session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine [Sunset] September 5 - session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine [Sunset] October 6 - Add Some Music session: Slip On Through 13 - Add Some Music session: Walkin' 20 - Add Some Music session: Games Two Can Play 28 - Add Some Music session: Add Some Music To Your Day November 3 - Add Some Music session: 'untitled' 4 - Add Some Music session: When Girls Get Together 6 - Add Some Music session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine/Our Sweet Love/'Til I Die (demo) [Sunset] 9 - Add Some Music session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine vocals 10 - Add Some Music session: 'untitled' 11 - Add Some Music session: Raspberries, Strawberries (= At My Window) 13 - Add Some Music session: This Whole World 18 - Add Some Music session: Tears In The Morning ?? - Add Some Music session: Where is She ? December 23 - Dennis Wilson session: 'Dennis' piano interlude' (= (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again demo) 24 - Add Some Music session: Susie Cincinnati/Back Home 26 - Add Some Music session: Lady ?? - Add Some Music session: Carnival (= Over The Waves) [9] ?? - Add Some Music session: Add Some Music To Your Day That's a lot of sessions; a lot of individual songs, and a lot of outtakes. But then that also leaves us with the remaining Sunflower sessions tracked in 1970. Do you suspect they would prefer to package it all in one "Sunflower Sessions" box? If they do, will we have enough copyright extension leftover for 2020 to fill our heart's content? 1970 Sessions January 2 - Add Some Music session: 'Untitled #3' 5 - Add Some Music session: I Just Got My Pay/Carnival (= Over The Waves) 7 - Add Some Music session: Susie Cincinnati/Good Time/You Never Give Me Your Money 9 - Add Some Music session: Carnival (= Over The Waves) 17 - Add Some Music session: Take A Load Off Your Feet, Pete 18 - Add Some Music session: Back Home [demo] 19 - Add Some Music session: Back Home 26 - Add Some Music session: Tears In The Morning/Our Sweet Love/Take A Load Off Your Feet/Fallin' In Love (= Lady) strings 27 - Live In London session: mixing (Capitol) [1] 28 - Live In London session: mixing (Capitol) 28 - Add Some Music session: Tears In The Morning [piano tag - Valentine] ?? - Add Some Music session: Back Home ?? - Add Some Music session: Take A Load Off Your Feet ?? - Add Some Music session: Cool, Cool Water ?? - Add Some Music session: Add Some Music To Your Day February 2 - Add Some Music session: Susie Cincinatti [car fx] 18 - Add Some Music session: mastering and album assembled the tracks for the first offering to Reprise were as follows: Susie Cincinnati/Good Time/Our Sweet Love/Tears In The Morning/When Girls Get Together/Slip On Through/Add Some Music To Your Day/Take A Load Off Your Feet/This Whole World/I Just Got My Pay/At My Window/Fallin' In Love [Artisan Sounds] April 17, 21, 28, 29 - Fred Vail country album session: the following titles were recorded over the four sessions - Bethany Ann*/There's Always Something There To Remind Me*/Kittens, Kids & Kites/Lucky Billy/Black Man In Georgia/One Woman Won't Hold Me/Why Don't You Give Her To Me/If You're Not Loving, You're Not Living/All For The Love Of A Girl*/Only The Lonely*/Carolina On My Mind/My Way Of Life*/A Fool Such As I*/You Pass Me By/I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You [Wally Heider's][3] June 19 - session: master for "Last Capitol Album" prepared. The tracks to be included on the album (apparently entitled Reverberation) were: Cotton Fields (45 version, DuoPhonic)/Loop De Loop+/All I Wanna Do*/Got To Know The Woman (mono mix)/When Girls Get Together (track only)Break Away/San Miguel+/Celebrate The News/Deirdre*/The Lord's Prayer (stereo remix of 1963 version - actually electronically reprocessed)/Forever*. This is the order on the master. The tracks noted * were used on Sunflower while those noted + were pulled to the "2nd Warner Brothers album" reel. [Artisan Sounds ?] July ?? - Sunflower session: It's About Time (before the 8th) ?? - "Big Gus Club", Los Angeles CA [6] 7 - Sunflower session: Cool, Cool Water 8 - Sunflower session: Cool, Cool Water (mixdown) 21 - session: [no title] [7] 21 - Sunflower session: mastering & copying [Artisan Sounds]
I feel your pain but Beach Boy fans have got an abundance of riches over the years, much more than every band you mentioned. And these new sets are unbelievable.
Vinyl Edition Side 1&2 Original Sunflower album Side 3&4 Alternate takes, Outtakes 1. Forever (demo) 2. San Miguel (alternate take) 3. Got To Know The Woman (alternate take) 4. Deirdre (demo) 5. What Can The Matter Be? 6. Celebrate The News 7. Loop De Loop (rehearsal) 1. Break Away (alternate take) 2. Slip On Through (demo) 3. I'm Going Your Way (California Slide) (Remix 2019) 4. 'Til I Die (demo) 5. Soulful Old Man Sunshine (acoustic version) 6. Games Two Can Play (alternate take) 7. America I Know You Side 6&7 (Add Some Music Vinyl) Alternate "Add Some Music" mix/sequence 1. "Susie Cincinnati" 2. "Good Time" 3. "Our Sweet Love" 4. "Tears in the Morning" 5. "When Girls Get Together" 6. "Slip On Through" 1. "Add Some Music to Your Day" 2. "Take a Load Off Your Feet, Pete" 3. "This Whole World" 4. "I Just Got My Pay" 5. "At My Window" 6. "Fallin' in Love"
Later last month I compiled speculative tracklist for potential CD release for the Sunflower Sessions, based on Bellagio and other sources: 1969-70: Add Some Music To Your Day [Disc 1] Sunflower Sessions 1. Slip On Through (Session Highlights) 2. This Whole World (Session Highlights) 3. This Whole World (Alternate Mix) 4. Add Some Music To Your Day (Session Highlights) 5. Add Some Music To Your Day (Early Version) 6. Got to Know the Woman (Session Highlights) 7. Deirdre (Session Highlights) 8. Deirdre (A Cappella) 9. It's About Time (Session Highlights) 10. It's About Time (A Cappella) 11. Tears in the Morning (Session Highlights) 12. Tears in the Morning (A Cappella) 13. All I Wanna Do (Session Highlights) 14. All I Wanna Do (A Cappella) 15. Forever (Session Highlights) 16. Forever (Early Version) 17. Our Sweet Love (Session Highlights) 18. At My Window (Session Highlights) 19. At My Window (A Cappella) 20. Cool, Cool Water (Session Highlights) 21. Cool, Cool Water (A Cappella) 22. Slip On Through (Alternate Backing Track) 23. This Whole World (w/ Alternate Tag) 24. Tears in the Morning (Early Version) 25. Rapsberries, Strawberries (Early Version of "At My Window") [Disc 2] 2nd Brother Album (a.k.a. Landlocked) - Original Mix/2020 Remaster, Previously Unreleased 1. Loop De Loop (Flip Flop Flying In an Aeroplane) 2. Susie Cincinatti 3. San Miguel 4. H.E.L.P. Is on the Way 5. Take A Load off Your Feet 6. Carnival 7. I Just Got My Pay 8. Good Time 9. Big Sur 10. Lady 11. When Girls Get Together 12. Lookin' At Tomorrow 13. Til' I Die 2nd Brother Album Sessions 14. Loop De Loop (Session Highlights) 15. Susie Cincinatti (A Cappella) 16. San Miguel (Session Highlights) 17. Take A Load Off Your Feet (Session Highlights) 18. Good Time/You Never Give Me Your Money (Track Session) 19. Lady (Session Highlights) 20. When Girls Get Together (Session Highlights) 21. Til' I Die (Piano Demo) 22. Til' I Die (Alternate Version) Singles 1969-70 Singles 23. Break Away (Session Highlights) 24. Break Away (A Cappella) 25. Celebrate The News (Session Highlights) 26. Celebrate The News (2020 Remix) 27. Cotton Fields (Session highlights) 28. Cotton Fields (A Cappella) [Disc 3] Fred Vail Country Album (a.k.a. Cows in the Pasture) - 2020 Mix, Previously Unreleased 1. Bethany Ann (Track) 2. There's Always Something There To Remind Me 3. Kittens, Kids & Kites (Track) 4. Lucky Billy (Track) 5. Black Man In Georgia (Track) 6. One Woman Won't Hold Me (Track) 7. Why Don't You Give Her To Me (Track) 8. If You're Not Loving, You're Not Living (Track) 9. All For The Love Of A Girl 10. Only The Lonely 11. Carolina On My Mind (Track) 12. My Way Of Life (Track) 13. A Fool Such As I 14. You Pass Me By (Track) 15. I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Track) Odds & Ends 16. What Can The Matter Be? 17. I'm Going Your Way 18. Soulful Old Man Sunshine (Sections) 19. Dennis' Piano Interlude (Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again) 20. Back Home (Demo) 21. Back Home (2020 Mix) 22. Seasons in the Sun 23. My Solution 24. Loop De Loop (Sound Effect Recording Session) *Each disc may contain too many tracks to fit in, but I didn't bother to figure out how long each track would last (which is almost impossible)
It was shrouded in mystery and then one day it was out: the producers themselves were surprised, as they had thought it was coming out a week later.
If I recall correctly, last year's release was confirmed in the middle of November when Alan Boyd showed up on Beach Boys Discord (a chat room) and said he was working on it (prior to that, the rumor of the release had been passed around since later in September). And yeah, Even Alan Boyd hadn't been informed of the actual release date until the day it was released.
Al Jardine said today that there is a great box set that they're working on. Its working title is Feel Flows. Contents are Sunflower, Surfs Up, and an unreleased live recording of which he has no memory doing. He didn't say what concert, physical/download, if it's certain for release, possible release date, whether remastered, if there are outtakes,...
I can't believe how indie bands have 10th anniversary box sets while legendary Beach Boys albums like "Friends" and "20/20" only get a digital release.
THat is interesting. The two actually form the best double album ever IMO. Despite their obvious differences in style and atmosphere, I see them as complimentary, like Yin and Yang. with 'water' as the appropriate bridging element. I mean, they cover such a wide spectrum, between syrupy At My Window and SDT. The last song is permanently deleted from my cd edited playlist btw.
On Endless Harmony Forum, a member called SaltyMarshmallow said: "When I spoke to Alan B recently he mentioned "imminent deadlines on a new archival project", so it's comin'. " (1969-70 Copyright Extension Release Prediction Thread | EH
Sounds promising! While I'm OK with the downloads, I would prefer to see a physical release in this case. This was a brilliant phase in the band's career that deserves more recognition. Everyone in the band was bringing something worthwhile to the table, so I can't wait to hear more outtakes and alternate versions.
Great news. Certainly on the previous archival year-end clearance BB releases, they seem to be taking the "Everything must go!" approach. If they do that for both the Sunflower and Surf's Up sessions... that sounds like potentially a lot of unreleased material, correct? It almost sounds too ambitious in scope, but I certainly won't complain.
"It's About Time" is one of the best things they ever did. It's about as hard as they ever rocked, too.
I was wondering how they might handle the 1969-71 era. Or at least the Sunflower material which was broken up over 1969-70. I can't imagine this box being released by the holiday rush. Normally there is at least a 6 week press release prior to the release date. Unless it's another download only release for next month like they have every year. Either way whether it's a 1969 only release or a mega set covering 1969-71 something big and awesome is coming.
I bet we are getting a physical box next year, but will see a 1969 download release next month as well. Most likely 1969 concerts and maybe some sessions.
I thought I read somewhere awhile back that they don't actually have any live 1969 tapes. Which would be a bummer, but the archives are what they are.
Not sure about 69', but Carl did get a lot tracked for the 'In Concert' album period. The results being what were released, but apparently there is much more 'sitting around' from that period.