Becoming the Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions
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Becoming the Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions | ||||
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Released | December 6, 2016 | |||
Recorded | September 1961 and March 1962 | |||
Genre | Surf rock | |||
Label | Omnivore Recordings | |||
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Becoming the Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions is a Beach Boys compilation album released in 2016. It was originally recorded in 1961 and in 1962. Some of the tracks were previously unreleased.
Background[]
The Beach Boys made some demos in 1961 with the help of Murry Wilson, the group's first manager, and father of Beach Boys siblings Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson. The material was produced by the producers Hite & Dorinda Morgan. Hite later produced their first single, "Surfin'", released on Candix Records.
This album contains some unreleased material, among them numerous takes of songs that showed up on later Beach Boys albums.
Track listing[]
Disc one[]
"Surfin"
- (Demo)
- (Takes 1–2)
- (Take 3)
- (Take 4)
- (Take 5)
- (Take 6)
- (Take 7)
- (Take 8)
- (Master)
- "Luau"
- (Demo – Take 1)
- (Demo – Take 2)
- (Demo – Take 3)
- (Takes 1–2)
- (Takes 3, 5–6)
- (Take 7)
- (Take 8–11)
- (Take 12)
- (Master)
- "Lavander"
- (Rehearsal – Take 1)
- (Rehearsal – Take 2)
- (Rehearsal – Take 3)
- (Take 1)
- (Take 2)
- (Take 4)
- "Surfin' Safari"
- (Takes 3–4)
- (Takes 5–6)
- (Take 10)
- (Overdub – Take 1 on Take 6)
- (Overdub – Take 2 on Take 10)
- (Stereo Overdub)
- (Master)
Disc two[]
"Surfer Girl"
- (Take 1)
- (Take 2)
- (Take 3)
- (Take 4)
- (Take 5)
- (Take 6)
- (Master)
- (Overdub – Lead Vocals)
- "Judy"
- (Take 1)
- (Take 2)
- (Overdub – Takes 1–2)
- (Overdub – Take 4)
- (Master)
- (Demo – April 1962 Guitar Solo)
- "Beach Boy Stomp"
- (Take 1)
- (Rehearsal – Take 2)
- (Overdub – Take 1 on Take 1)
- (Overdub – Take 2 on Take 1)
- (Master)
- "Barbie"
- (Overdub – Take 1)
- (Overdub – Takes 2–4)
- (Overdub – Take 5)
- (Overdub – Take 7)
- (Single Master)
- (Album Master)
- "What Is a Young Girl Made Of"
- (Demo)
- (Overdub – Take 1)
- (Overdub – Take 3)
- (Overdub – Takes 4–5)
- (Overdub – Take 6)
- (Overdub – Take 7)
- (Master)
Categories:
- 2016 compilation albums
- The Beach Boys compilation albums
- Omnivore Recordings albums