The Beach Boys - "All This Is That" (2007 bootleg)

Tracklisting:

1. Time to Get Alone – stereo instrumental track, new to boot. Proof Brian hadn’t lost any of his abilities in the post-Smile/Smiley Smile meltdown.

2. Country Air – stereo mix, new to boot. Narrow stereo, with Brian count-in and some organ noise before the track starts. Organ more to the right, guitar and piano more to the left.

3. Won’t You Tell Me – on Get the Boot, major sound upgrade, narrow stereo with vocals mostly centered. The Get the Boot version has additional studio chatter at the beginning (“Brian and Carl up, background down, mix one”) before the count-in.

4. Tears in the Morning – stereo instrumental track, new to boot, nice wide stereo, with some “tears” backing vocals.

5. Slip on Through – stereo, new to boot. The slate says take 12. Badman claims the final take was 18, with a pickup piece added to the end. This is a vocal take, not the instrumental track on Get the Boot and Dumb Angel Rarities. Listening to the lead vocal, it is identical to the finished vocal on Sunflower, and the ending is intact. It is apparently an underdub tape of the released version, missing some backing vocals and instrumental overdubs. There’s 13 seconds of introductory studio chatter, and the compressed cowbell is buried in the mix. No bongos on the fade. Either Badman is wrong (no big surprise) or take 18 referred to the pickup piece which has been spliced onto take 12, or to the additional instrumental overdubs. An interesting but hardly essential track.

6. When Girls Get Together – stereo instrumental track, new to boot. This is the track from the “Last Capitol Album” tape. I like it better without the vocals but it’s still . . . underwhelming.

7. Cottonfields – stereo vocal only version, new to boot. Runs too fast – there’s a “chipmunks” quality to Al’s vocal, especially in the beginning.

8. All This is That – stereo, alternate version with sax solo, new to boot. I’ve heard a live version of this with the identical arrangement, but since there’s no applause at the end this may be a taped live rehearsal or even a studio rehearsal for an upcoming tour. Carl laughs at someone coming in too early half way through the song, great vocal work by the group, beautiful version.

9. It’s a New Day – stereo, on Get the Boot. This is the Dennis song sung by Blondie that was considered for a toothpaste commercial. A great uptempo song, it would have been a highlight on Carl and the Passions or Holland. There’s studio chatter at the start not on Get The Boot.

10. Hard Times – stereo, on Get The Boot. Recorded after Holland, it’s the best song Blondie and Ricky ever recorded with the Beach Boys – although I don’t know how many Beach Boys were in attendance at the sessions. Would have made a great single after Sail on Sailor!

11. Blueberry Hill – stereo, alternate mix, new to boot. Vocals are up in the mix, you can hear Mike swallow before he starts singing and some background talking at 0:43. A few seconds longer fade than on 15 Big Ones. I’m not a fan of the released track so this is a minor rarity at best.

12. Had to Phone Ya – stereo instrumental track, on Get the Boot. This has the strings that were mixed out on 15 Big Ones. An amazing track up there with some of the best Brian’s done.

13. Palisades Park – stereo, alternate mix, new to boot. Sounds like a rough mix not dissimilar to the released version – the guitar is lower down in the mix.

14. Short Skirts – stereo instrumental track, on Get the Boot. ATIT claims this is the “correct speed,” i.e. previous releases run slow. On GTB it runs 2:46, here 2:41.

15. Shake Rattle and Roll – stereo, on Get the Boot, “corrected speed.” Runs 2:51 on GTB, here only 2:41.

16. Just Once in My Life – stereo instrumental track, new to boot. It’s all piano, synthesizer, guitar and drums, one of the least interesting tracks on 15 Big Ones. For the completist only.

17. Running Bear – stereo, on Get the Boot. Although the liners don’t indicate corrected speed, this runs faster than on GTB – 2:55 vs. 3:01.

18. Let Us Go On Our Way – stereo backing vocals only, new to boot. You can hear the headphone track bleed into the mikes in the beginning. For the hardcore Love You fans.

19. Sherry She Needs Me – stereo “complete” version – this runs 3:01 with a count-in and no fade - comes to a cold stop, with additional singing by Brian until the end, compared to the shorter versions on Dumb Angel Rarities and Vigotone’s Lei’d in Hawaii. The mix is also different – the guitar and horns are higher up in the mix. It’s nice to have this without a fade.

20. The Night was So Young – stereo vocal only version. One of the highlights of this release, new to boot.

21. Shortenin’ Bread – mono alternate mix, new to boot? Same version as on Adult Child (numerous boots) but in mono rather than stereo. No lead guitar, much more prominent Moog bass, fades later but same track length (a quick fade in other words) as the L.A. version.

22. Life is for the Living – stereo instrumental track, new to boot. Amazing, this really swings. Another highlight.

23. It’s Like Heaven – mono alternate version, new to boot – with Rocky on backing vocals and the bridge. It won’t replace the official Spring version that’s been released in anyone’s collection.

24. Our Love – awesome stereo Dennis track that’s been released on various Dennis boots, sound quality a step down from the rest of this CD but still quite good.

25. Da Doo Ron Ron – stereo. Get the Boot has some studio chatter (“what goin’ on”) that’s missing on this, but the step up in sound quality is remarkable.

26. Oh Darlin’ – stereo alternate version – this is the one with the Brian lead vocal, on Get the Boot.

27. Where We Are – stereo, Carl’s 1980 track, on Get the Boot.



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