Back Home - The Beach Boys - Early Version

Recorded in 1963, with a different chorus to the finally released 1976 version

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[petephils]

cool version.....like Denny's driving beat

[jadorebri]

How cool! I love the 76 version, one of my favourite songs, but this sounds really good too. Thanks for posting.

[massF1]

Hal Blaine and The Wrecking Crew made magic in 95% of the early records On Capitol.

[massF1]

@petephils That's Hal Blaine on drums.

[tehmaster690]

@tehmaster690

Also, the Holland (and Mt. Vernon and Fairway) sessions were in 1972. I like to think that this latter day raspiness was due to his desire to express more of his range (he sings falsetto on Funky Pretty's tag, where he does hit the notes, despite being sped up). And, of course, Rollin' Up to Heaven features Wilson falsetto that's more 1970 than '75. By all accounts, Brian didn't start trying to destroy his voice until mid '75, when he was smoking five packs a day.

[tehmaster690]

@alexandertarangerkin

He did a lot of bass vocals during the early 70's. You can hear this on the American Spring album, specifically, Sweet Mountain (he sings the chorus and the "it rained on the mountain, the mountain of love" tag).

It's not really an example of real vocal degeneration, though his range was lowering due to age and cocaine use. (Compare with his bass vocals on Love to Say Da Da, for instance.)

cont.

[alexandertarangerkin]

@tehmaster690

I believe you are correct and I recall that Marcella was his and his voice on YNAMOH. But by the time of Mt.Vernon his voice had already deteriorated pretty much, if you listen to Fairy Tale Music from the GV box set(1993) which is just a mash of music from Mt Vernon, you can hear his raspy voice, and this was in 1973. Perhaps his voice varied a lot back then, but I have heard that he wanted to have a more rought manly voice instead of his sweet falsetto back then.

[TheGreatWhiteShank]

No way this is a '63 recording. The backing track with horns and drums don't fit any 1963 recording style. I'm sticking with the vocals circa 1970 and the backing track from the 15 Big Ones sessions. Hal Blaine would know.

[tehmaster690]

@TheGreatWhiteShank Not 1970, either, there's a different version of Back Home that was cut during 1970, it's piano focused and Al's on lead. Brian's voice was noticeably different during the Sunflower/Add Some Music sessions, too. Compare this with the bootlegged song "Walkin'" to see my point.

[tehmaster690]

@TheGreatWhiteShank Brian was doing significant brass work in 1963; several of the original tunes on Little Deuce Coupe, the album, use brass. And, of course, Brian's voice sounds far closer to 1963 tunes like Lana and the Lonely Sea than anything Al did in 1976. You are right about the Wrecking Crew bit, but Brian was using members of the Wrecking Crew (Hal Blane especially) as early as 1963, so that's a rather moot point.

[tehmaster690]

@alexandertarangerkin Two things wrong with that: From all accounts from that era, Brian didn't lose his voice (at least, not fully) until Dec. 1974 (where the original still unreleased California Feelin' demo was recorded, with Brian instead of Carl on lead like the later version). Brian was involved in both the Carl and the Passions (Marcella, You Need a Mess of Help) and the Holland (Funky Pretty, Mt. Vernon and Fairway) sessions, as well as the 1974 Caribou sessions.

[menziesmilngavie]

Big Phil sound, on that one.