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Beach Boys, The - Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 16-18 '1999

Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 16-18
ArtistBeach Boys, The Related artists
Album name Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 16-18
Country
Date 1999
GenrePop
Play time 5:54:31
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
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Size 821 mb / 1.45 gb / 3.50 gb
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Tracks list

:: TRACKLIST ::

Smile (Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 16 (1966-1967) )
1 Prayer 1:05
2 Heroes And Villains 2:56
3 Barnyard 0:56
4 Do You Like Worms 4:04
5 The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine 1:11
6 He Gives Speeches 0:56
7 Wonderful 2:13
8 Child Is Father Of The Man 1:52
9 Cabin Essence 3:33
10 Look 2:41
11 Good Vibrations 3:41
12 I Wanna Be Around / Friday Night 1:38
13 Vega-Tables 3:28
14 Wind Chimes 2:39
15 Mrs. OLearys Cow 2:40
16 I Love To Say Da Da 2:28
17 Youre Welcome 1:06
18 Surfs Up 5:17



Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 17 (1966-1967) Smile Sessions

Disc 1
1. Heroes And Villains Theme (take 14) 0:51 *
2. Heroes And Villains Theme (take unknown) 1:06 *
3. Heroes And Villains (part 1 - 1st vocal overdub) 0:52
4. Heroes And Villains (part 1 - 2nd vocal overdub) 0:46
5. Heroes And Villains (part 1 - 3rd vocal overdub) 0:46
6. Heroes And Villains (part 1 - 4th vocal overdub) 0:47
7. Heroes And Villains (part 1 - 5th vocal overdub) 0:47
8. In The Cantina (vocal overdub take unknown) 0:38 *
9. My Children Were Raised (vocal overdub take unknown) 0:18 *
10. How I Love My Girl (vocal overdub take 10) 1:59
11. Heroes And Villains (last part - mono mix) 1:13 *
12. Heroes And Villains (last part - stereo mix) 0:40
13. Heroes And Villains (last part - stereo mix) 1:09
14. Heroes And Villains (mono mix attempt) 1:55 *
15. Heroes And Villains (mono mix attempt) 0:52 *
16. Heroes And Villains (mono mix attempt) 1:21 *
17. Heroes And Villains Part 2 (takes 1 & 2) 1:40
18. Heroes And Villains Part 2 (takes 4-8) 2:35
19. Heroes And Villains Part 2 (takes 14 & 15) 1:45
20. Bicycle Rider (1st vocal overdub) 0:33
21. Bicycle Rider (2nd vocal overdub) 0:32
22. Bicycle Rider (3rd vocal overdub) 0:36
23. Do You Like Worms (part 1 - takes 23 & 24) 1:09
24. Do You Like Worms (part 1 - 1st vocal overdub) 1:19
25. Do You Like Worms (part 1 - 2nd vocal overdub) 1:19
26. Do You Like Worms (part 2 - rehearsal final part) 1:04
27. Do You Like Worms (part 2 - 1st vocal overdub) 2:56
28. Do You Like Worms (part 2 - 2nd vocal overdub) 2:55
29. The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (takes 1 & 2) 1:41
30. The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (take 4) 1:27
31. The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (takes 6 & 7) 2:47
32. The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (takes 10 & 11) 1:11
33. The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (mono mix) 1:07 *
34. He Gives Speeches (take unknown) 1:04 *
35. He Gives Speeches (lead vocal overdub) 1:09
36. He Gives Speeches (backing vocal overdub) 1:12
37. Wonderful (takes 1-3) 2:52 *
38. Wonderful (takes 6-8) 2:48 *
39. Wonderful (takes 16-18) 0:51 *
40. Wonderful (take unknown) 2:14 *
41. Wonderful (instrumental overdub) 2:13
42. Wonderful (1st vocal overdub) 2:13
43. Wonderful (vocal insert rehearsals) 6:27 *
44. Wonderful (1st vocal insert) 0:56
45. Wonderful (2nd vocal insert) 0:55
46. Wonderful (vocal insert stereo mix) 1:05

Disc 2
1. Child Is Father Of The Man (part 1 - takes 1-4) 4:51
2. Child Is Father Of The Man (part 1 - take 8) 0:40
3. Child Is Father Of The Man (verse - takes 1-10) 1:36
4. Child Is Father Of The Man (take unknown) 0:59 *
5. Look (takes 1 & 2) 1:22
6. Look (takes 4 & 5) 1:08
7. Look (takes 6-13) 2:10
8. Look (takes 14-19) 1:06
9. Look (take 20) 2:49
10. Vega-Tables (part 1 - piano track) 1:29 *
11. Vega-Tables (part 1 - vocal overdub) 1:31
12. Vega-Tables (part 1 - vocal overdub attempt) 1:28
13. Vega-Tables stereo (part 1 - instrumental & vocal overdub attempts) 1:30
14. Vega-Tables stereo (part 1 - instrumental & vocal overdub attempts) 1:30
15. Vega-Tables stereo (part 1 - instrumental & vocal overdub attempts) 1:30
16. Vega-Tables (part 1 - vocal overdub attempts) 1:35
17. Vega-Tables (part 1 - vocal overdub attempts) 1:35
18. Vega-Tables (part 1 - vocal overdub attempts) 1:33
19. Vega-Tables (part 1 - vocal overdub attempts) 1:34
20. Vega-Tables (part 1 - instrumental insert takes 1-8) 5:13 *
21. Vega-Tables (part 1 - vocal insert rehearsals) 1:08 *
22. Vega-Tables (part 1 - mono mix rehearsals) 2:33 *
23. Vega-Tables (part 2 - take unknown) 1:22
24. Vega-Tables (part 2 - 1st vocal overdub) 1:30
25. Vega-Tables (part 2 - 2nd vocal overdub) 1:25
26. Vega-Tables (part 2 - track rehearsal) 2:18 *
27. Vega-Tables (part 2 - 1st vocal overdub) 1:27
28. Vega-Tables (part 2 - 2nd vocal overdub) 1:28
29. Vega-Tables (part 2 - 3rd vocal overdub) 1:29
30. Vega-Tables (part 2 - 4th vocal overdub) 1:28
31. Vega-Tables (part 2 - mono mix) 1:20 *
32. Vega-Tables (part 3 - take 12) 1:44
33. Vega-Tables (part 3 - 1st vocal overdub) 1:46
34. Vega-Tables (part 3 - 2nd vocal overdub) 1:49
35. Vega-Tables (part 3 - mono mix) 1:15 *
36. Vega-Tables (various mix rehearsals) 1:53 *

Disc 3
1. Wind Chimes (takes 1-3) 2:43
2. Wind Chimes (take 4) 1:45
3. Wind Chimes (take 5) 3:19
4. Wind Chimes (takes 6 & 7) 1:32
5. Wind Chimes (pick-up takes 1-5) 4:04
6. Wind Chimes (takes 8 & 9) 1:59
7. Wind Chimes (track) 3:01
8. Wind Chimes (1st vocal overdub) 2:58
9. Wind Chimes (last part take 3) 0:35
10. Mrs. OLearys Cow (part 1 - take unknown) 0:56
11. Mrs. OLearys Cow (take 1) 0:53
12. Mrs. OLearys Cow (take 2) 2:21
13. Mrs. OLearys Cow (takes 3-7) 3:14
14. Mrs. OLearys Cow (takes 11 & 12) 1:28
15. Mrs. OLearys Cow (takes 15-18) 2:11
16. Mrs. OLearys Cow (overdub take 1) 1:45
17. Mrs. OLearys Cow (mono mix) 1:37 *
18. Friday Night (take 1) 2:17
19. Friday Night (take 2) 1:22 *
20. Friday Night (takes 6-10) 2:24
21. Water (take unknown) 0:59 *
22. Water (1st vocal overdub) 0:58
23. Water (2nd vocal overdub) 0:57
24. Water (3rd vocal overdub) 0:59
25. Water (4th vocal overdub) 0:57
26. Water (stereo mix) 0:59
27. Vega-Tables radio spot rehearsals 22:43

All tracks are stereo, except * indicated are mono.

Although this three-CD box set is entirely unauthorized, it holds the
distinction of being the first arguably authoritative release to exclusively
feature music that Brian Wilson and company were preparing for the album Smile,
the Beach Boys follow-up to Pet Sounds. Although the project was never
completed, many of Wilsons brilliant fragments have been incorporated into other
Beach Boys works -- mostly pre-1973 -- over the roughly 33 and one-third years
separating the unfulfilled album and this wholly fulfilling multimedia project.
Even at three full-length CDs, Unsurpassed Masters, Vol. 17 is woefully
incomplete when attempting to corral all known recordings connected with Smile.
However, what is presented here -- as has been the hallmark of this series -- is
the flawless sound quality. The amazing aural presence that is re-created on
this bootleg set rivals if not undeniably beats the same material as issued
throughout the various box sets and compilations -- such as Good Vibrations:
Thirty Years of the Beach Boys and Hawthorne, CA. In the context of this box
Wilsons passions can best be understood. Not just musical passion, but the
life-force passion that drove him to this creative zenith. The intricate
harmonic balance between the Wilson-arranged vocals and instrumentation borders
on magic. If layer upon layer of sound fitting with jigsaw puzzle precision was
Brian Wilsons goal, then the extended sessions for Heroes and Villains, Wind
Chimes, Vega-Tables, and especially Wonderful argue the fact that indeed much of
Smile was already complete, albeit not compiled. Alas, here seems to lay the
proverbial rub. Shorter musical links and even some of the spoken-word
recordings have also been gathered on this box. Oft referred to but rarely heard
tracks such as the Bicycle Rider theme, Do You Like Worms, Look, Mrs. OLearys
Cow (aka Fire), and the I Wanna Be Around/ Friday Night medley are all amply
represented. The set is capped off with the 22-minute Vega-Tables Radio Spot
Rehearsals featuring Brian Wilson and percussionist extraordinaire Hal Blaine.
The two are involved in trying to re-create an organic-sounding
man-on-the-street type of scenario revolving around Wilsons quest for veggies.
Heavily edited portions were included on the Vegetables Promo mock-up on the
previously mentioned Hawthorne, CA. compilation of revisionist history. The
packaging of this very special and equally limited box set is also worthy of
mention. Original pressings include a mammoth 110-page booklet as well as an
individually numbered (to 1,000) certificate. This volume has raised the bar
immeasurably in regards to the quality and completeness of all Smile-related
volumes -- bootleg or legit. It might take another 33-and-one-third-year
revolution to find out.

Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 18 (1967) The Alternate Smiley Smile Album
1 Wonderful (Take 1) 2:25
2 Wonderful (Takes 4 & 5) 2:30
3 Wonderful (Vocal Overdub Attempts) 1:05
4 Wonderful (Vocal & Instrumental Overdub) 2:24
5 Wonderful (1st Vocal Overdub) 2:24
6 Wonderful (2nd Vocal Overdub) 2:23
7 Wind Chimes (Takes 1 & 2) 2:30
8 Wind Chimes (Vocal Overdub Attempt) 1:37
9 Wind Chimes (Vocal Overdub Attempt) 1:35
10 Wind Chimes (Instrumental Insert) 2:34
11 Wind Chimes (Instrumental Insert) 1:38
12 Wind Chimes (Insert Take 2) 2:17
13 Wind Chimes (Vocal Inserts) 1:46
14 Wind Chimes (Vocal Rehearsals Fade Sequence) 2:34
15 Wind Chimes (Vocal Rehearsals Fade Sequence) 5:37
16 Wind Chimes (Fade Sequence Takes 1-3) 2:34
17 Wind Chimes (Fade Sequence Take 11) 0:53
18 Vegetables (Bass Rehearsal) 0:56
19 Vegetables (Bass Track) 2:17
20 Vegetables (Bass & Piano Track) 2:18
21 Vegetables (1st Vocal Overdub) 0:51
22 Vegetables (2nd Vocal Overdub) 0:58
23 Vegetables (Instrumental Insert) 1:36
24 Shes Goin Bald (Section 1 - Take 1) 0:51
25 Shes Goin Bald (Section 1 - Backing Track 0:58
26 Shes Goin Bald (Section 1 - 1st Vocal Overdub) 1:36
27 Shes Goin Bald (Section 1 - 2nd Vocal Overdub) 1:36
28 Shes Goin Bald (Section 1 - Studio Mix) 1:36
29 Shes Goin Bald (Section 2 - Take 1) 0:24
30 Shes Goin Bald (Section 2 - Take 2) 0:44
31 Shes Goin Bald (Section 3 - Takes 1 & 2) 0:49
32 Shes Goin Bald (Section 3 - Backing Track) 0:55
33 Shes Goin Bald (Section 3 - 1st Vocal Overdub) 0:54
34 Shes Goin Bald (Section 3 - 2nd Vocal Overdub) 0:55
35 Getting Hungry (Rehearsals) 4:32
36 Getting Hungry (Takes 1 & 2) 1:21
37 Getting Hungry (Vocal Overdubs) 0:59
38 With Me Tonight (Vocal Rehearsals Intro) 1:55
39 With Me Tonight (Vocal Overdub Intro) 0:43

Volume 18 in the Unsurpassed Masters series of illegitimately released Beach
Boys vault tapes is dedicated to studio recordings made concurrent to the Smiley
Smile album. This includes much of the fallout from the forsaken Smile project
-- which, as enthusiasts will note, is alluded to in name more so than spirit.
At exactly what point Smiley Smile became the successor has been widely
speculated. However, the nearly hour and 15 minutes on this disc only further
obscure any deadlines or delineations between where one undertaking ceased and
the other resumed. Although Brian Wilson has been portrayed as drug-addled
and/or mentally challenged during this era, these recordings prove quite the
contrary. Indeed, the rehearsals and preliminary takes of Wonderful and Wind
Chimes heard here are drenched in a Smile-esque noir psychosis and brilliant,
introspective pathos. This is a notable progression merely hinted at a few years
earlier on the comparably innocuous In My Room or Warmth of the Sun. Ever the
multi-taskmaster, Wilson can be heard throughout these sessions performing as
well as directing every nuance of sound until satisfied with its pitch, mood,
and timbre. So for some, hearing the deliberate aural construction of Wind
Chimes may be overkill. However, those willing to search for the grail, so to
speak, are greeted with not only superior sonics, but also a closer examination
as to the unique methodology and techniques Wilson incorporated in recording.
The tracks Vegetables and Shes Goin Bald are also holdovers from Smile -- the
latter being reworked from its former incarnation as He Gives Speeches. The
songs as represented here consist of the remolding that Wilson did in
preparation for Smiley Smile. Comparatively, these tracks were dumbed down for
the album, as their Smile counterparts are uniformly better. Not all of Smiley
Smile consisted of leftovers, however. Both Getting Hungry and With Me Tonight
were new to the project, and while given only rudimentary examinations on this
disc, those interested in hearing the vocal overdubs for both tracks can find
them here. In light of the conspicuous absence of the rest of these sessions, on
this volume at least, Unsurpassed Masters is dissatisfying -- especially when
held against the three-disc Unsurpassed Masters, Vol. 17 (1966-1967)
extravaganza which proceeded it.

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