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1968
    Wake the World: The Friends Sessions
   
   
TRACK LISTINGS

- “Meant for You” — Alternate Version with Session Intro (2:17) 
 (B. Wilson - M. Love)
 Lead vocals: Mike Love & Brian Wilson
 Recorded April 1, 1968
 
- “Friends” — Backing Track (2:38) 
 (B. Wilson - C. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine)
 Recorded March 13, 1968
 
- “Friends” — A Cappella (2:20) 
 (B. Wilson - C. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine)
 Lead vocal: Carl Wilson (with Brian Wilson)
 Recorded March, 1968
 
- “Wake the World” — Alternate Version (2:12)
 (B. Wilson - Jardine)
 Lead vocal: Group
 Recorded March 28 & 30, April 1, 1968
 
- “Be Here in the Morning” — Backing Track (2:20) 
 (B. Wilson - C. Wilson - D. Wilson - Love - Jardine)
 Recorded March 29, 1968
 
- “When a Man Needs a Woman” — Early Take Basic Track (0:50)
 (B. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine - Korthof - Parks)
 Recorded March 18, 1968
 
- “When a Man Needs a Woman” — Alternate Version (2:08)
 (B. Wilson - D. Wilson - Jardine - Korthof - Parks)
 Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
 Basic track recorded March 18, 1968; vocals recorded March, 1968
 
- “Passing By” — Alternate Version (1:44)
 (B. Wilson)
 Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
 Recorded March 22, 1968
 
- “Anna Lee the Healer” — Session Excerpt (1:22)
 (B. Wilson - Love)
 Recorded April 2, 1968
 
- “Anna Lee the Healer” — A Cappella (1:54)
 (B. Wilson - Love)
 Lead Vocal: Group
 Recorded April 2, 1968
 
- “Little Bird” — Backing Track (2:00) 
 (D. Wilson - Kalinich)
 Recorded February 29, 1968
 
- “Little Bird” — A Cappella (2:04)
 (D. Wilson - Kalinich)
 Lead vocal: Dennis & Carl Wilson
 Vocals recorded February 29 – March, 1968
 
- “Be Still” — Alternate Take with Session Excerpt (2:09)
 (D. Wilson - Kalinich)
 Lead vocal: Dennis Wilson
 Recorded April 3, 1968
 
- “Even Steven” — Early Version of “Busy Doin’ Nothin’” (2:52)
 (B. Wilson)
 Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
 Recorded March 26, 1968
 
- “Diamond Head” — Alternate Version with Session Excerpt (4:33) 
 (Vescovo - Ritz - Ackley - B. Wilson)
 Recorded April 12, 1968
 
- New Song (“Transcendental Meditation”) — Backing Track with Partial Vocals (1:51)
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded March, 1968
 
- “Transcendental Meditation” — Backing Track with Session Excerpt (2:22)
 (B. Wilson - Love - Jardine)
 Recorded April 4, 1968
 
- “Transcendental Meditation” — A Cappella (1:52) 
 (B. Wilson - Love - Jardine)
 All vocals: Brian Wilson
 Recorded April 4, 1968
 
- “My Little Red Book” (2:45) 
 (Bacharach - David)
 Lead vocal: Brian Wilson
 Recorded April, 1968
 
- “Away” — Track (0:57) 
 (D. Wilson - Hinsche)
 Recorded circa January 1968
 
- “I’m Confessin’” — Demo (2:17) 
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded February or March, 1968
 
- “I’m Confessin’” / “You’re as Cool as Can Be 1” — Track (1:38) 
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded February or March, 1968
 
- “You’re as Cool as Can Be 2” — Track (1:14)
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded February or March, 1968
 
- “Be Here in the Morning Darling” — Track (3:29) 
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded March 6, 1968
 
- “Our New Home” — Track (2:02) 
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded March 20, 1968
 
- New Song — Track (1:26) 
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded March, 1968
 
- “Be Still” — Alternate Track (1:03)
 (D. Wilson - Kalinich)
 Recorded March, 1968
 
- “Rock and Roll Woman” — Track (2:19)
 (Stills)
 Recorded March, 1968
 
- “Time to Get Alone” — Alternate Version Demo (2:04) 
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded March, 1968
 
- Untitled 1/25/68 — Track (1:07) 
 (D. Wilson)
 Recorded January 25, 1968
 
- “Passing By” — Demo with New Lyrics c1971 (2:34) 
 (B. Wilson - Shapiro - Almer)
 Lead vocal: Brian Wilson (with Stan Shapiro & Tandyn Almer)
 Demo recorded circa 1971
 
- “Child Is Father of the Man” — Original 1966 Track Mix (3:36)
 (B. Wilson)
 Recorded, mixed & edited late 1966
 
CREDITS
   
   THE BEACH BOYS, 1968:
     Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine & Bruce Johnston
Compilation and New Mixes Produced by Mark Linett & Alan Boyd
       Edited, Mixed and Mastered by Mark Linett at Your Place Or Mine
Executive Producers: Matt D’Amico & Peter Fletcher
     Art Direction: Susan Lavoie
Original Recordings Produced by  The Beach Boys
    Engineers: Stephen Desper & Jim Lockert
Brother Records, Inc: Jerry Schilling, President
Session Research: Craig Slowinski
Special Thanks: Howie Edelson; Elliot Kendall; Ross Schwartz; Mark Kaplan; Pacific Title Archives; Al Gomes, Connie Watrous & The Rhode Island BB Posse; Stanley Shapiro; Billy Hinsche; Stephen Kalinich; Brad Rosenberger; Lee Dempsey; Andrew G. Doe; Margaret Gwynne; Betty Collignon Wright; Lori Lightfoot; Steve Latshaw; Panayiotis Bogdanos; Les Chan; Monty & Bailey Linett, David Beard & Endless Summer Quarterly
   
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