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have attained some level of public circulation without being available as a legal release, and several albums by the band or its members were fully assembled or near completion, before being shelved, rejected, or revised as an entirely new project. Since the early 1980s, numerous rarities compilations and album reissues have been released with studio outtakes included as bonus tracks.
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s arise from a multitude of sources, including broadcast performances, recordings of live shows, test discs, privately distributed copies of demos, and covertly copied studio session tapes. Some recordings have never seen wide public circulation. Others are only rumored to exist, were misapprehended to tangentially related projects, or have yet to surface in the hands of archivists or
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. This article includes commonly bootlegged material and unreleased (or formerly unreleased) recordings that are reported to exist. Some of the largest sources of Beach Boys bootleg material have derived from the ''
Pet Sounds ''Pet Sounds'' is the eleventh studio album by the American Rock music, rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. It was produced, arranged, and primarily composed by Brian Wilson with guest lyricist Tony Asher. R ...
'' and ''
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'' sessions; their underground circulation eventually resulted in the officially issued compilations ''
The Pet Sounds Sessions ''The Pet Sounds Sessions'' is a 4- CD box set by the American rock band the Beach Boys. Released on November 4, 1997, by Capitol Records, it compiles tracks from the group's 11th studio album ''Pet Sounds'' (1966) and its 1965–66 recording ses ...
'' (1997) and ''
The Smile Sessions ''The Smile Sessions'' is a compilation album and box set recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on October 31, 2011, by Capitol Records. The set is the follow-up to ''The Pet Sounds Sessions'' (1997), this time focusing on ...
'' (2011). In 2013, the latter won the
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. In 2011, '' Uncut'' voted ''Smile'' the number one "greatest bootleg recording of all time". In 2003, ''
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'' named the Beach Boys' ''Smile'', ''Landlocked'', '' Adult Child'', and
Dennis Wilson Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their drummer and the middle brother of bandmates Brian Wilson, Brian and Carl Wilson as well as ...
's ''Bambu'' "A Lost Album Category Unto Themselves".


Background


Existence of tapes

The current existence of most of the Beach Boys' tape masters was made possible by the fact that the band was in control of their material. Typically, record labels at the time would possess the multi-tracks, then wipe them once a final master was mixed down. However, a myriad of original multi-track masters have been lost due to various circumstances. Some reports currently missing are: *"
Good Vibrations "Good Vibrations" is a song by the American rock music, rock band the Beach Boys, produced and composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love. Released as a single on October 10, 1966, it achieved immediate critical and commercial success, ...
": The final multi-track. It is speculated to have been left behind at
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shortly after the record was made. *''
Smile A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile. Among humans, a smile expresses d ...
'': A half-inch reel that may have also been left behind or destroyed at
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headquarters in 1968. This includes the multi-tracks to the songs " Wonderful,” “ My Only Sunshine,” and "
Cabinessence "Cabinessence" (also typeset as "Cabin Essence") is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1969 album ''20/20 (The Beach Boys album), 20/20'' and their unfinished ''Smile (The Beach Boys album), Smile'' project. Written by Bri ...
". * Various tracks recorded since the 1960s with little information known beyond their song titles.


Discoveries

In the last few decades, reels of tapes that were thought to be lost have been intermittently rediscovered. *In 1990 – CBS Columbia Square delivered a reel of 1965-era tapes sourced from the album ''
Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) ''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)'' is the ninth studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on July 5, 1965, by Capitol Records. The band's previous album, ''The Beach Boys Today!'' (released March 1965), represented a depa ...
'' which were thought to be lost. When the studio closed, a major number of tapes were left behind. Ten years later, they were all destroyed without checking for inventory. *In 2009 – Beach Boys biographer
Jon Stebbins Jon Stebbins is a Los Osos, California-based musician, songwriter, documentary producer and author of four books about The Beach Boys, as well as two other books. Music career Stebbins was a member of a music band called 'The Point' which was ac ...
was contacted by a man living in central California who possessed a box of multi-track tapes deriving from the ''
Shut Down Volume 2 ''Shut Down Volume 2'' is the fifth album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released March 2, 1964 on Capitol Records. Produced by Brian Wilson, it is the follow-up to the band's '' Little Deuce Coupe'', released the previous October, a ...
'' album that had been lost for decades. *In 2010 – Twenty-eight tapes that were stolen from the Beach Boys and Capitol archives in 1980 were retrieved; this included the original multi-track masters to " Do It Again", " We're Together Again", '' Adult Child'', and a version of ''California Feeling''. *In 2010 – A piano demo of " Surf's Up" was found hidden within a reel of the '' Wild Honey'' track " Country Air". It was soon included on ''
The Smile Sessions ''The Smile Sessions'' is a compilation album and box set recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on October 31, 2011, by Capitol Records. The set is the follow-up to ''The Pet Sounds Sessions'' (1997), this time focusing on ...
'' (2011). *In 2013 – Acetates were unearthed that showed " I'm in Great Shape" as part of the projected "
Heroes and Villains "Heroes and Villains" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album ''Smiley Smile'' and their unfinished ''Smile (The Beach Boys album), Smile'' project. Written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, Wilson envisioned ...
" single. Before the release of ''
Made in California ''Made in California (1962–2012)'' is a compilation album, compilation box set by the Beach Boys, released on August 27, 2013. The set, released through Capitol Records, was designed by Mark London in a form emulating a high school yearbook. Th ...
'' (2013), a reel of tapes sourced from November 1964 live performances broadcast on
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were retrieved. *In 2014 – Writer Brian Chidester reported that additional Brian Wilson recordings dated from the late 1960s and early 1970s were recently found.


2012 copyright extension

In 2012, a new European Union copyright law was passed which extended the copyright of songs to 70 years, but only for recordings that were published within 50 years after they were made. To prevent recordings made by 1960s artists from legally entering the
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, many new rarities compilations were issued by record labels. For the Beach Boys, this began with the digitally exclusive release ''
The Big Beat 1963 ''The Big Beat 1963'' is a compilation album released on December 17, 2013, exclusively through digital distribution. It features selections of early demos and recordings made by Brian Wilson in the early 1960s with such acts as the Beach Boys an ...
'' (2013).


Unreleased albums


''Smile'' (1966–1967)

''
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'' is an unfinished album that was abandoned in 1967. A large portion of the recordings were released on '' Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys'' (1993) and ''
The Smile Sessions ''The Smile Sessions'' is a compilation album and box set recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on October 31, 2011, by Capitol Records. The set is the follow-up to ''The Pet Sounds Sessions'' (1997), this time focusing on ...
'' (2011).


''Lei'd in Hawaii'' (1967)

''
Lei'd in Hawaii ''Lei'd in Hawaii'' is an unfinished live album by the American rock music, rock band the Beach Boys that was produced shortly after the completion of their 1967 studio album ''Smiley Smile''. It was initially planned to include the band's first ...
'' is a live album recorded in August and September 1967. In 2017, the album was included in the compilation ''
1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow ''1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow'' is an expanded reissue of the 1967 album ''Wild Honey (album), Wild Honey'' by American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released by Capitol Records on June 30, 2017 and consists largely of previously unreleased mat ...
''.


1975 Beach Boys/Chicago tour live album

In 1975,
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and the Beach Boys performed together on a joint summer tour. These performances were recorded for a potential live album, but one never materialized.


''Adult/Child'' (1977)

''
Adult/Child ''Adult/Child'' (sometimes typeset as ''Adult Child'') is an unreleased studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was produced in early 1977. Similar to the release it was meant to follow, ''The Beach Boys Love You'', the album ...
'' was the intended follow-up to ''
The Beach Boys Love You ''The Beach Boys Love You'' is the 21st studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released April 11, 1977, on Brother/Reprise. Sometimes called the band's "punk" or "synth-pop" album, ''Love You'' is characterized for its pioneering u ...
'' (1977).


''Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys'' (1977)

''Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys'' is the second Christmas album recorded by The Beach Boys and their third album planned for release in 1977. It was reportedly denied by
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. Instead, the group released ''
M.I.U. Album ''M.I.U. Album'' is the 22nd studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on September 25, 1978. Characterized for its easy-listening sound, the album was produced by Al Jardine and touring member Ron Altbach during one of th ...
'' in 1978 which was composed of songs from the same sessions.


''Summer's Gone'' (2011–12)

''Summer's Gone'' was the original title for the group's 2012 reunion album ''
That's Why God Made the Radio ''That's Why God Made the Radio'' is the twenty-ninth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 5, 2012, by Capitol Records. Produced by Brian Wilson, the album was recorded to coincide with the band's 50th anniversary ...
'', and an album-length suite was written in the theme. Only four of five tracks from the suite's closing half were included. The fifth was "I'd Go Anywhere" and would have fit between "Strange World" and "From There to Back Again". Both "I'd Go Anywhere" and the suite's opening half remain incomplete. Producer Joe Thomas had indicated a desire to finish the suite, which had its origins in 1998 as cassette demos before Wilson began working on them again in 2008. A total of 28 songs were written and recorded for the album. In 2013, it was announced that Wilson was working on finishing the thematic tracks (now dubbed "The Suite") for a new solo project.


Other material


''Reverberation'' (1969–70)

An alternate version of ''
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'' and ''
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'' contained multiple tracks that would not be released for many years.


''Landlocked'' (1970s)

''Landlocked'' was a working title for '' Surf's Up'' (1971) and '' Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"'' (1972). Many bootlegs later adopted the title.


Bedroom Tapes (1960s–70s)

" Bedroom Tapes" is an umbrella term for much of the unreleased material that Brian Wilson recorded in the late 1960s to early 1970s. It was coined by music journalist Brian Chidester in a 2014 article for ''
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''.


Caribou Ranch sessions (1974)

In the mid-1970s, the Beach Boys recorded a wealth of unreleased material that had been intended for the album that became ''
15 Big Ones ''15 Big Ones'' is the 20th studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released July 5, 1976, by Brother/Reprise. It includes a mix of original songs and renditions of rock 'n' roll and R&B standards. The LP was the band's first a ...
'' (1976).


Studio reunion and Paley sessions (1990s)

In the 1990s, Brian worked with multi-instrumentalist
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on an assortment of recordings destined for a potential album that could have featured some involvement with the Beach Boys.


Solo Beach Boys and side projects


Charles Manson sessions (1968)

According to
Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a Manson ...
, the musician later convicted for several murders, he took part in "a pretty fair session, putting down about ten songs" at Brian's home studio. Band manager Nick Grillo stated that there were approximately "a hundred hours" of Manson's music recorded at the studio. In 1971, Mike Love told ''Rolling Stone'' that the band still possessed "several 8-track tapes of Charlie and the girls that Dennis cut." In
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's 1974 book '' Helter Skelter'', he reported that Dennis claimed to have destroyed the tapes, because "the vibrations connected with them don't belong on this earth." While the group denied that tapes of these sessions exist – with co-productions by
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and Brian (not Dennis as had often been stated) – engineer
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averred that they do, believing at the time that Manson's material was "pretty good... he had musical talent." The recordings were not demos as is often believed, but complete studio productions of songs which may have later appeared as rerecordings on his album '' Lie: The Love and Terror Cult'' (1970). Badman states that a run-through of Manson's " Look at Your Game, Girl" was recorded on the same eight-track tape used for the ''20/20'' outtake "Well You Know I Knew". Music historian Andrew Doe has written that the chance of Manson's recordings seeing an official release has "not a hope in hell." In 2009, photographer Ed Roach, a friend of Dennis's, posted online that he had "witnessed Dennis throw a 2" master tape in the ocean the year he died; (believe me, I tried to stop him!) I do understand that there is an additional tape still in the vault." Asked about the existence of those tapes in 2021, Brother Records archive manager Alan Boyd declined to offer a comment.


''A World of Peace Must Come'' (1969)

'' A World of Peace Must Come'' is an album by poet Stephen Kalinich that was produced by Brian Wilson in August and September 1969. It was officially released on October 6, 2008.


''Friends'' remake (1970s)

In the early 1970s, Wilson rewrote and rerecorded some cuts from the ''Friends'' album. Of the songs rerecorded, it was only the semi-instrumental "Passing By" that was eventually released on the compilation album ''Wake the World: The Friends Sessions'' in 2018, with notable differences being the addition of lyrics sung by Brian. The others are believed to have been lost or erased.


''Cows in the Pasture'' (1970s)

'' Cows in the Pasture'' is an unfinished
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album by band promoter Fred Vail that was produced by Brian Wilson in April 1970. In February 2024, it was announced that the album would finally see an official release, in 2025.


''Poops/Hubba Hubba'' (1970s)

Dennis's unfinished solo album from the early 1970s, co-produced with
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.


''Bambu'' (1977–1979)

'' Bambu'' is an unfinished Dennis Wilson solo album which would have followed his first, ''
Pacific Ocean Blue ''Pacific Ocean Blue'' is the only solo studio album by American musician Dennis Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys. When released in August 1977, it was warmly received critically, and noted for outselling the Beach Boys' contemporary efforts ...
'' (1977).


The Cocaine Sessions (1981)

"The Cocaine Sessions" (or "The Hamburger Sessions") refers to a sporadic, collaborative recording session conducted by Brian Wilson in 1981 at musicologist Garby Leon's beach house. Recordings were made for songs entitled "Yeah", "Oh Lord", "City Blues", "I Made a Prayer" or "I Search This World", "Why Don't You Tell Me Why" or "You've Been", and "I Feel So Fine" (including a snippet of a cover of
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' "
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") on bootlegs as well as a rendition of "
Heroes and Villains "Heroes and Villains" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album ''Smiley Smile'' and their unfinished ''Smile (The Beach Boys album), Smile'' project. Written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, Wilson envisioned ...
" with at least one other song, a ballad entitled "Bobby, Dale and Holly", having yet to surface officially or otherwise. The titles popularly assigned to the sessions derive from an anecdote that Dennis Wilson gave Brian
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and
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hamburgers in exchange for his participation (which was dramatized in a scene of the 1990 television movie '' Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys'') with Leon preferring "The Hamburger Sessions" as he claimed no cocaine was involved in the sessions themselves. Another song written by the two Wilsons and Leon, "Stevie", was later recorded at a studio as Dennis' final production before he died in 1983. Sequences that would later form the "
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" suite on Brian's 1988 debut solo album reportedly also came from the collaboration. "I Made a Prayer" was reworked into "This Isn't Love" and recorded by actor
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for the 2000 film ''
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'' soundtrack. Brian later rerecorded "City Blues" (without co-writing credits of Dennis and/or Leon) featuring
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for his 2004 album '' Gettin' In Over My Head''. "Stevie" was allegedly written about
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of
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and was considered for the 2013 box set ''Made in California''.


The Wilson Project (1986–87)

"The Wilson Project" refers to sessions conducted between Brian and
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from June 1986 to July 1987 before the recording of Brian's first solo album. The name derives from Stephen McParland's book ''The Wilson Project'', drawn from journals and tape diaries kept by Usher from the period.


''Sweet Insanity'' (1990–91)

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due to the inclusion of a rap song entitled " Smart Girls" and certain lyrics written by Wilson's conservator
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.


Bootlegs


Vigotone

In 1993, the bootleg label Vigotone released a 2 CD edition of Smile (VT-110 &111), including a "complete" version of the album as well as other outtakes. 1998, the label Vigotone followed up with ''Heroes and Vibrations (VT-163)'', a forty-minute disc culling working tapes from "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains".


Sea of Tunes

Beginning in 1997, the
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-based bootleg label Sea of Tunes (named after the Beach Boys' original publishing company) began releasing a series of CDs featuring high-quality outtakes, session tracks and alternate recordings that spanned the group's entire career. Among these was a three-CD set featuring over three hours of sessions for "Good Vibrations", and several multi-CD sets containing a significant number of the tracking, overdubbing, and mixing sessions for ''
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''. Those involved with releasing these bootlegs were later apprehended by authorities, and it was reported that nearly 10,000 discs were seized.


Discography

Provided by the
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database and Bret Wheadon. *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 1 (1962) The Alternate Surfin' Safari Album'' (1997) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 2 (1963) The Alternate Surfin' USA Album'' (1997) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 3 (1963) The Alternate Surfer Girl Album'' (1997) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 4 (1963) Miscellaneous Trax'' (1997) *''The Beach Boys Live In Sacramento, 1964'' (1997) *''The Beach Boys Live In Sacramento, 1964 Second Show!'' (1997) *''The Beach Boys Christmas Sessions'' (1997) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 5 (1964) Miscellaneous Trax Vol. 2'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 6 (1964) The Alternate "All Summer Long" Album'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 7 (1964) The Alternate "Today" Album, Vol. 1'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 8 (1965) The Alternate "Today" Album, Vol. 2'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 9 (1965) The Alternate "Summer Days (and Summer Nights!)" Album'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 10 (1965) The Alternate "Beach Boys Party!" Album'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 11 (1965) Miscellaneous Trax Vol. 3'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 12 (1965) "Sloop John B" Sessions and Radio Spots'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 13 (1965–66) The Alternate "Pet Sound" Album, Vol. 1'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 14 (1966) The Alternate "Pet Sound" Album, Vol. 2'' (1998) *''The Live Box (1965–1968) The Complete Michigan Concert Tapes and More...'' (1998) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 15 (1966) Good Vibrations'' (1999) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 16 (1966–1967) Smile'' (1999) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 17 (1966–1967) Smile Sessions'' (1999) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 18 (1967) The Alternate "Smiley Smile" Album'' (1999) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 19 (1967) The Alternate "Wild Honey" Album'' (1999) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 20 (1968–69) "Friends, 20/20 and Odds & Ends"'' (1999) *''Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 21 "Today/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)" TEREO' (1999) *''In The Beginning/The Garage Tapes'' (2007) *''All This Is That'' (2007)


References


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External links


Bootleg Zone
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.
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