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1968
Wake the World: The Friends Sessions
TRACK LISTINGS
- “Meant for You” — Alternate Version with Session Intro (2:17)
(B. Wilson - M. Love)
Lead vocals: Mike Love & Brian Wilson
Recorded April 1, 1968
- “Friends” — Backing Track (2:38)
(B. Wilson - C. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine)
Recorded March 13, 1968
- “Friends” — A Cappella (2:20)
(B. Wilson - C. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine)
Lead vocal: Carl Wilson (with Brian Wilson)
Recorded March, 1968
- “Wake the World” — Alternate Version (2:12)
(B. Wilson - Jardine)
Lead vocal: Group
Recorded March 28 & 30, April 1, 1968
- “Be Here in the Morning” — Backing Track (2:20)
(B. Wilson - C. Wilson - D. Wilson - Love - Jardine)
Recorded March 29, 1968
- “When a Man Needs a Woman” — Early Take Basic Track (0:50)
(B. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine - Korthof - Parks)
Recorded March 18, 1968
- “When a Man Needs a Woman” — Alternate Version (2:08)
(B. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine - Korthof - Parks)
Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
Basic track recorded March 18, 1968; vocals recorded March, 1968
- “Passing By” — Alternate Version (1:44)
(B. Wilson)
Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
Recorded March 22, 1968
- “Anna Lee the Healer” — Session Excerpt (1:22)
(B. Wilson - Love)
Recorded April 2, 1968
- “Anna Lee the Healer” — A Cappella (1:54)
(B. Wilson - Love)
Lead Vocal: Group
Recorded April 2, 1968
- “Little Bird” — Backing Track (2:00)
(D. Wilson - Kalinich)
Recorded February 29, 1968
- “Little Bird” — A Cappella (2:04)
(D. Wilson - Kalinich)
Lead vocal: Dennis & Carl Wilson
Vocals recorded February 29 – March, 1968
- “Be Still” — Alternate Take with Session Excerpt (2:09)
(D. Wilson - Kalinich)
Lead vocal: Dennis Wilson
Recorded April 3, 1968
- “Even Steven” — Early Version of “Busy Doin’ Nothin’” (2:52)
(B. Wilson)
Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
Recorded March 26, 1968
- “Diamond Head” — Alternate Version with Session Excerpt (4:33)
(Vescovo - Ritz - Ackley - B. Wilson)
Recorded April 12, 1968
- New Song (“Transcendental Meditation”) — Backing Track with Partial Vocals (1:51)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded March, 1968
- “Transcendental Meditation” — Backing Track with Session Excerpt (2:22)
(B. Wilson - Love - Jardine)
Recorded April 4, 1968
- “Transcendental Meditation” — A Cappella (1:52)
(B. Wilson - Love - Jardine)
All vocals: Brian Wilson
Recorded April 4, 1968
- “My Little Red Book” (2:45)
(Bacharach - David)
Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
Recorded April, 1968
- “Away” — Track (0:57)
(D. Wilson - Hinsche)
Recorded circa January 1968
- “I’m Confessin’” — Demo (2:17)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded February or March, 1968
- “I’m Confessin’” / “You’re as Cool as Can Be 1” — Track (1:38)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded February or March, 1968
- “You’re as Cool as Can Be 2” — Track (1:14)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded February or March, 1968
- “Be Here in the Morning Darling” — Track (3:29)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded March 6, 1968
- “Our New Home” — Track (2:02)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded March 20, 1968
- New Song — Track (1:26)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded March, 1968
- “Be Still” — Alternate Track (1:03)
(D. Wilson - Kalinich)
Recorded March, 1968
- “Rock and Roll Woman” — Track (2:19)
(Stills)
Recorded March, 1968
- “Time to Get Alone” — Alternate Version Demo (2:04)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded March, 1968
- Untitled 1/25/68 — Track (1:07)
(D. Wilson)
Recorded January 25, 1968
- “Passing By” — Demo with New Lyrics c1971 (2:34)
(B. Wilson - Shapiro - Almer)
Lead vocal: Brian Wilson (with Stan Shapiro & Tandyn Almer)
Demo recorded circa 1971
- “Child Is Father of the Man” — Original 1966 Track Mix (3:36)
(B. Wilson)
Recorded, mixed & edited late 1966
CREDITS
THE BEACH BOYS, 1968:
Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine & Bruce Johnston
Compilation and New Mixes Produced by Mark Linett & Alan Boyd
Edited, Mixed and Mastered by Mark Linett at Your Place Or Mine
Executive Producers: Matt D’Amico & Peter Fletcher
Art Direction: Susan Lavoie
Original Recordings Produced by The Beach Boys
Engineers: Stephen Desper & Jim Lockert
Brother Records, Inc: Jerry Schilling, President
Session Research: Craig Slowinski
Special Thanks: Howie Edelson; Elliot Kendall; Ross Schwartz; Mark Kaplan; Pacific Title Archives; Al Gomes, Connie Watrous & The Rhode Island BB Posse; Stanley Shapiro; Billy Hinsche; Stephen Kalinich; Brad Rosenberger; Lee Dempsey; Andrew G. Doe; Margaret Gwynne; Betty Collignon Wright; Lori Lightfoot; Steve Latshaw; Panayiotis Bogdanos; Les Chan; Monty & Bailey Linett, David Beard & Endless Summer Quarterly
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