C50: Red Rocks

'Sup everybody. Here's a full audience recording from a 50th anniversary concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado. Totally inexplicably the first disc is in 256k mp3s and the second disc is in flac - I'll update the first disc next opportunity I get. Enjoy!

Download disc 1 (167mb)
Download disc 2 + images (438mb)

Brian Wilson Sessions (FLAC)

Here's a lovely boxset from 1994 of Brian Wilson tidbits, mostly Landy-era. Some of these tracks aren't as great-sounding as you'd find on more recent boots (especially the case with Sweet Insanity), but this is worth having for anyone wanting to hear this stuff in flac.

Disc 1: Sweet Insanity + more Landy productions
Disc 2: Sweet Insanity outtakes
Disc 3: Outtakes (incl. alternate versions and Adult/Child tracks)
Disc 4: Demos + London '77 and LA '85 live tracks
Disc 5: Still I Dream of You: The Rare Works of Brian Wilson
Disc 6: Radio interview + more BW productions
Disc 7: 'Words and Music' promo CD + radio and TV interviews

Download here

Come Back, Brian!

I'm sorry you had to see that cover.

This is a Vigotone boot from 1994. It's got alternate versions of Brian Wilson '88 tracks (including the horrendous Landy-penned 'love attack' version of one of my absolute favourites from that album, "Meet Me In My Dreams Tonight"), a few highlights from the first version of Sweet Insanity, and other assorted live performances, outtakes, and demos (plus a very underrated Brian demo, "Black Widow").

01. Intro

02. Turning Point

03. Heavenly Bodies

04. Black Widow

05. In The Nighttime

06. Love and Mercy (live)

07. Walkin' the Line (live)

08. Melt Away (live)

09. Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long

10. Little Children

11. One for the Boys

12. Up in the Sky

13. Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight

14. He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body to Move

15. Don't Let Her Know She's an Angel (demo)

16. Someone to Love

17. Water Builds Up

18. Don't Let Her Know She's an Angel

19. Let's Get Together

20. Smart Girls

21. We Love You

22. Fantasy is Reality/ Belles of Madness

23. Outro

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Our Favorite Recordings: For Collectors Only (FLAC)

A range of great-sounding recordings over two discs, from the very good ("We Got Love"), to the pretty good ("Monkey's Uncle"), to the bad ("Problem Child"), to the baaaaaad ("Crocodile Rock", "Fun Fun Fun" with Status Quo, whatever the hell "Howdy from Maui" is oh god maybe you shouldn't get this

Also included are several backing tracks and alternate versions, as well as a few live cuts from (I think) 1993.

CD1
01. Surfin' Safari
02. Karen
03. What'd I Say
04. The Monkey's Uncle
05. Wouldn't It Be Nice
06. We Got Love
07. Here Comes the Night (instrumental)
08. California Dreamin'
09. Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue
10. Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue (instrumental)
11. Back in the USSR
12. Come Go with Me
13. Surfer Girl
14. Barbara Ann
15. Happy Birthday America

CD2
01. Runaway
02. California Girls
03. Don't Worry Baby
04. Problem Child (instrumental)
05. Problem Child
06. Crocodile Rock
07. Forever w/ John Stamos
08. Forever (instrumental)
09. Fun Fun Fun w/ Status Quo
10. Fun Fun Fun w/ Status Quo (extended)
11. Hawdi from Maui
12. The Beach Boys Medley

Download here (FLAC, 605mb)

Enoshima Beach 1979 (On The Beach) FLAC

Concert at Enoshima Beach, August 4th 1979. All in FLAC, so if hearing "Sumahama" live in the best possible condition is a thing you'd be interested in:

01. California Girls
02. Darlin'
03. Little Deuce Coupe
04. In My Room
05. Good Timin'
06. Sumahama
07. Help Me Rhonda
08. I Get Around
09. Surfin' USA
10. Good Vibrations
11. Fun Fun Fun

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Dumb Angel Rarities 14: Bamboo + Bonus Tracks (FLAC)

Here's a decent quality copy of the Dennis edition of Dumb Angel Rarities, which includes a few alternate cuts of Bambu tracks not available on the released Legacy Edition.

01. Companion
02. Moonlight
03. It's Not Too Late
04. (I Found Myself In A) Wild Situation
05. Baby Blue [Alternate Version]
06. School Girl
07. Love Surrounds Me [Alternate Version]
08. New Orleans
09. All Alone [Alternate Version]
10. Morning Christmas
11. Good Timin' [Live]
12. Angel Come Home [Live]
13. Quad Symphony [Excerpt]
14. River Song [Early Version]
15. San Miguel [Alternate Instrumental Version] *Actually just the backing track for Time For Bed
16. All Of My Love
17. Pacific Ocean Blues [Track]
18. You Are So Beautiful [Live]
19. He's A Bum
20. Quad Symphony [Excerpt]
21. Carry Me Home
22. (I Found Myself In A) Wild Situation [Without Lead Vocal]
23. Sound of Free
24. Interview [Live]
25. Lady [Live]

Download here (FLAC, 410 mb)

Heroes and Vibrations

Here's Heroes and Vibrations, the "taster" for the proposed Smile box set by Vigotone which never materialized (fittingly), which has some superb vocal takes and session snippets unavailable on The Smile Sessions.

"Good Vibrations" Sessions
01. Instrumental Track
02. Toy Piano
03. Fuzz Bass
04. Rehearsals - Instrumental Track
05. Piccolo
06. She's Already Workin' On My Brain (mono)
07. Hum-Be-Dum (mono)
08. Rarities mix (mono)

"Heroes and Villains" Sessions
09. Fire Intro
10. I've Been In This Town... (instrumental)
11. I've Been In This Town... (w/ vocals)
12. In The Cantina... (piano rehearsal, final version w/ vocals)
13. My Children Were Raised... (vocal rehearsals)
14. My Children Were Raised... (w/ final vocals)
15. Sunny Down Snuff... (final vocals)
16. Dum, Dum, Dum (end of H&V part one)
17. Tag To Part One (2nd version)
18. Bicycle Rider (main H&V theme)
19. H&V Part Two (revised version take one)
20. Just See What You've Done (final vocals)
21. Mike Fucks With The Formula

Download here (FLAC, 173mb)

Wild Honey (stereo mix by Memory Man)

Memory Man's stereo mix of the Wild Honey album. Includes fake stereo mixes of "Aren't You Glad", "I'd Love Just Once To See You", "How She Boogalooed It", and "Mama Says".

Download here (flac, 155mb)

Smile (Stereo Mix by Memory Man)

Another stereo mix of Smile, plus a ton of bonus tracks.

01. Our Prayer
02. Gee
03. Heroes and Villains
04. Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)
05. I'm In Great Shape
06. Barnyard
07. My Only Sunshine
08. Cabin Essence
09. Wonderful
10. Look (Song For Children)
11. Child Is Father Of The Man
12. Surf's Up
13. I Wanna Be Around/ Workshop
14. Vega-Tables
15. Holidays
16. Wind Chimes
17. The Elements: Fire
18. Love To Say Dada
19. Good Vibrations
20. You're Welcome
21. Heroes and Villains (part 1 - stereo)
22. Heroes and Villains (part 2 - stereo)
23. Good Vibrations (instrumental sections)
24. He Gives Speeches
25. Wonderful Tag
26. Carl Wilson
27. You're With Me Tonight
28. Cool Cool Water
29. I Don't Know
30. Tune X
31. Smile Retail Promo Advert
32. Carl Wilson - Coda

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flac

Goodbye Surfing, Hello God!

Here's a beast of a boot; 178 tracks, all in flac, of material mostly from the 20/20 period. We have full mixing sessions of "Help Me Rhonda", "Little Bird", "Never Learn Not To Love", "Be With Me", "Bluebirds Over The Mountain", "Time To Get Alone", and "The Nearest Faraway Place", as well as an amalgam of other goodies such as "Harmony Friends", "Oh Yeah!", "Fig Plucker", alternate mixes and vocals, and a full live show in Washington DC from 11/19/67!

flac (1.42 gb)
mp3s (192kbps, 401 mb)

The Smile Sessions Companion - Disc 1

Released in 2011, this was the first disc of a proposed 9-disc companion to The Smile Sessions as well as a complete toolkit for fanmixers of all known Smile songs, fragments, and test mixes. This is what was intended:

TSS Companion Disc 1 - Stereo
TSS Companion Disc 2 - Historical Mono Re-Creation
TSS Companion Disc 3 - BW vintage Smile mixes and edits
TSS Companion Discs 4-9 - Additional Session Material

Only disc 1 has been released and there's been no updates from the author of any progress on disc 2...
Whether or not the rest of the project is going forward, here's disc 1, a lovely stereo mix of The Smile Sessions' reconstruction.

FLACs:
Part one
Part two
Part three

mp3

Secret Smile

2004 boot of rare Smile material. (2 CDs)

Download here


April 2014 Update: For the audiophiles, Secret Smile is now available in FLAC - Download here

SMiLE instrumentals

A lovely stereo compilation of all the Smile instrumentals, by soniclovenoize.

mp3
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/37039354/file.html

FLAC
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/30807297/file.html
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/31761623/file.html

Get The Boot (vol 1 & 2)

    

Two excellent boots of 63-2003 demos, alternate mixes, outtakes and other rarities, including the hot mix of "Rock and Roll Music" and the notorious outtake "Rollin' Up To Heaven".

GET THE BOOT VOL. 1
01. Beginning of the End
02. Thank Him
03. Side Two
04. Back Home (1963)
05. Can't Wait Too Long (snippet)
06. Lonely Days (rehearsal)
07. Mona Kani
08. Break Away (vocals only mix)
09. Won't You Tell Me
10. Back Home (1970 demo)
11. Back Home (1970 version)
12. Walkin'
13. It's A New Day
14. Barbara (demo)
15. Add Some Music To Your Day (alternate mix)
16. Slip On Through (alternate mix)
17. Slip On Through (live)
18. Our Sweet Love (instrumental track with backing vocals)
19. I'm Going Your Way
20. 'Til I Die (vocals only)
21. Surf's Up (vocals only)
22. Rollin' Up To Heaven
23. I've Got A Friend (live)
24. Here She Comes (live)
25. Fairy Tale Music (demo)

GET THE BOOT VOL. 2
01. Snowflakes (outtake)
02. Hard Times
03. Battle Hymn of the Republic
04. Good Timin' (track and lead vocal)
05. Don't You Just Know It (single)
06. Why Do Fools Fall In Love (single)
07. Interview/ Rock and Roll Music (hot mix)
08. Runnin' Bear (15 Big Ones outtake)
09. Shake, Rattle and Roll (15 Big Ones outtake)
10. Short Skirts (15 Big Ones outtake)
11. Had To Phone Ya (backing track)
12. New England Waltz (Adult/Child outtake)
13. Here Come De Honey Man
14. California Feelin'
15. Da Doo Ron Ron (Keepin' The Summer Alive outtake)
16. Oh Darlin' (alternate vocal take)
17. Boogie Woogie intro
18. Back in the USSR
19. River Deep, Mountain High
20. Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love (BW)
21. Rescue Me (ML)
22. Stagger Lee (ML)
23. Carl's Song (DW)
24. Where We Are (CW)
25. At The Hop
26. Let's Dance/ Do You Wanna Dance
27. I Can Hear Music (recorded for radio broadcast)
28. Little Deuce Coupe (recorded for radio broadcast)
29. Kokomo (David Marks)

MP3:
Volume 1
Volume 2

FLAC:
Volume 1
Volume 2

SMiLE (JMZ mix)

For a while I was having trouble finding JMZ's Smile mix, but as luck would have it he recently reposted it on his blog. Go check it out!

Update: For me at least, the blog isn't working right now, so I've uploaded the mix to Mediafire:

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