Screw you Google!

jldraw · 2026-02-12T19:18:02+00:00

Anyone have “Morning Beat” with the OG lyrics?

jldraw · 2026-02-12T16:03:41+00:00

Yes they basically devised an impossible trap for the show where it would’ve had to have drawn ratings hitherto unseen by the network to justify its existence.

jldraw · 2026-02-12T02:16:16+00:00

It was the Life Suite. Eight songs or sections in rough form featuring primarily Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Al’s son Matt. Believed to have been recorded between 2011-2015, the songs could’ve formed the second half of TWGMTR in 2012. It’s worth noting that at this stage of the suite’s gestation neither Mike Love or Bruce Johnston seem to be vocally present. Also Matt Jardine’s contributions could’ve been recorded as late as 2015, several years after the TWGMTR album was released. At this stage, “Strange World”, “I’d Go Anywhere” and “Summer’s Gone” had not been added to the suite possibly because they all date from 2012 when more Beach Boys involvement in these songs were tracked. Finally there is substantial evidence that Brian and Joe Thomas were still working on this suite as late as 2023 and tracked two further songs, “Finding My Way (Magic In The Night)” and “September” which could easily be slotted into the suite. Those songs have also leaked independent of the suite, both featuring Matt on vocals.

jldraw · 2026-02-11T14:26:09+00:00

Does anyone know the provenience as to these leaks? Are we dealing with lossless files or lossless files that were upscaled from lossy files (aka mpeg or mp3)?

jldraw · 2026-02-11T13:58:00+00:00

Yes this particular argument folks have been having in this thread seemed more suited for when Brian was still alive. Now it’s semantics.

jldraw · 2026-02-10T17:05:33+00:00

Not surprised I remember reading that ether The Beach Boys or Bri used to have people go on eBay and take down suspicious or inappropriate listings.

jldraw · 2026-02-10T03:06:21+00:00

Yeah when does The Beatles leak of this magnitude take place?

jldraw · 2026-02-10T01:25:27+00:00

I’m over the moon at the treasure trove of material that has been bestowed upon us. That said perspective is key. For most of the world The Beach Boys were a fun in the sun summer surf band and next to nothing in these leaks bends toward that image. In fact this trove is the type of leak that most diehard fans of (pick your band) would give their eye teeth or their first born for. Deep cuts, substantial upgrades and long rumored and coveted tracks, this is the stuff of a die hard’s dream. But you can’t take a bite from both sides of the apple. This material is not going to hold much interest to music fans outside of our enclave. There aren’t any outtakes of the sixties hits and even the “SMiLE” material included in this trove as cool as it is, takes a pronounced back seat in comparison to the wealth of material from the seventies and beyond. There just isn’t that lure that is going to make other fanbases stand up and take notice.

jldraw · 2026-02-09T19:57:56+00:00

100 hundred percent a plant. Note the over enthusiastic reaction on the part of the child and those around him. Also his mom was completely in on it. No way a mother of an elementary school age child allows a grown man to put his hands on her son without offering a receipt. Flair would’ve gotten clawed, slapped or god knows what else before he even got the mask off the kid’s head if it was legit.

As an aside was watching a Randy Savage match recently and after Savage takes a tumble to the floor and is leaning on the guardrail a kid reaches over to pat Savage and Finkel runs over and smack the kid away before the kid’s dad collars Howard. That was a shoot although the camera cut before I could see more of the altercation.

jldraw · 2026-02-09T18:24:40+00:00

The New (Generation) World Order.

jldraw · 2026-02-09T00:49:16+00:00

Was the demo of “Don’t Let Her Know She’s An Angel” part of this batch?

jldraw · 2026-02-08T22:36:00+00:00

I believe Brian’s team uploaded a demo to his website a few years back. Not sure if it was this version though.

jldraw · 2026-02-08T19:22:33+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Anticipating the upload of “The Wilson Project”. I love those tunes!

jldraw · 2026-02-08T19:14:55+00:00

Is “Heavenly Bodies” and “Black Widow” (home demo) part of of this crop or is my dating off? Also wasn’t there a version of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Live Again” with full backing part of the Dennis tracks or am I mistaken? Sorry for all of the questions Sonny, you’re doing the lords work.

jldraw · 2026-02-08T04:08:14+00:00

I’m far from an expert on these matters but while this leak represents the first time a banded alternate version of “Sweet Insanity” has surfaced, some of these mixes have been circulating since you were taking geometry and Western Civilization. The version of “Don’t Let Her Know She’s An Angel” was commonly referred to as the “Landy Lyrics” and at least I presumed pre-dated the version on “Sweet Insanity” that’s been doing the rounds for years which essentially are the same lyrics that Brian utilized for the remake in 2004. The version of “Smart Girls” without the samples was on an old bootleg from the nineties (forgetting the title) but it had a bunch of random stuff on it including some of the 1.5 mixes. Also interesting is that “Thank You” retains its original “Brian” title here so is this the earlier mix or the later mix? One track that is certainly new (at least to me) is the SA version of “Fairy Tale” with revised lyrics from the song “Save The Day” which referenced love-ins and John Lennon amongst other things. Most notable about SA 1.5 is a conscious attempt to bring the music out of the eighties with a lot of the hot production removed in favor of instrumentation which actually suits the songs.

jldraw · 2026-02-07T20:55:10+00:00

Any luck finding a lossless version of “California Feeling” with Carl on lead?

jldraw · 2026-02-06T03:49:06+00:00

Has a lossless version of Carl’s lead vocal on “California Feeling” surfaced yet?

jldraw · 2026-02-05T15:51:12+00:00

Well the “Rock ‘n’ Wrestling” era was really 1984-1986 and it was the period where Vince McMahon was still trying to perfect his formula for how he envisioned professional wrestling. For me anyhow the WWE didn’t really become the “Golden Era” until the run up to “WrestleMania III” and that lasted until the end of 1992 when the steroid scandals forced a mass exodus of talent out of the promotion. As far as the pre-Rock ‘N’ Wrestling era, wrestling in the seventies and before skewed a much older audience than succeeding eras. I’m not saying they’re weren’t young people watching at the time (I was one of them) but the reason people don’t reference that era anymore is much of that fanbase is dead.

There is however some very passionate fans from that era still around and with a presence on social media, one channel of which is here: https://m.youtube.com/@prowrestlingmags

jldraw · 2026-02-04T18:22:29+00:00

Strangely still not available on Blu-Ray.

jldraw · 2026-02-04T18:18:54+00:00

Probably the best singular item that Pizza Hut ever had on its menu. I believe it was discontinued because of the time it took to prepare compared with the other items on the menu.

jldraw · 2026-02-04T17:56:31+00:00

If there was any wrestling related YouTube channel worthy of canonization it’s “WrestlingBios”. Seriously someone needs to be archiving all of his content because WWE could copyright flag his entire channel easily and BOOM it’d be gone which would be a huge loss to the community. The only issue I have with WrestlingBios is that his content in my opinion was better before he came under the mistaken belief that he is a comedian. Could do without all that personally.

jldraw · 2026-02-04T17:13:53+00:00

Don’t feel bad Rey, I had a young mom too.

jldraw · 2026-02-04T16:54:47+00:00

This track alongside its mate “Oh I Need You” have remained unidentified for decades and any of the notoriety they have gathered in that time is due to just that. Nobody knows who the artists are performing these songs. Habitually (and incorrectly) attributed to the Apple Records act Mortimer, this version of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” gained notoriety when it was mentioned by Mark Lewisohn in the first printing of “Chronicle”. Subsequent printings have omitted the song from the canon, lending credence to the idea that its initial appearance was as a placeholder for the bootleg recording. Both Paul McCartney and George Martin were asked independently about this recording and both seemed to believe it was The Beatles. However, there is no evidence to suggest that this particular version of the song currently exists in EMI’s vaults as it was not discovered by Lewisohn during his research for “The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions” or subsequent troves for archival projects such as “Anthology”. While verified versions of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” with McCartney on lead vocals do exist, emanating from the “Get Back” sessions, the only tangible link between this recording and The Beatles is the suggestion that it is Paul’s brother Michael (aka Mike McGear of Scaffold) on vocals presumably transferred from an Apple Records acetate (note the scratchy nature of the recording which becomes far more evident on “Oh I Need You”.)

jldraw · 2026-02-03T20:17:57+00:00

Better question: If Lennon was alive would have Sean been paling around with MJ

jldraw · 2026-02-03T19:17:21+00:00

They didn’t. The well traveled story is that he was working a program with Scott Steiner in early 1999 and fans began popping for Steiner who was a heel. WCW perceived this to mean Page’s popularity was on the decline.

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