The Beach Boys - Acappella: 1967-1968

Back in April 2018, I posted two albums here of the Beach Boys doing acappella versions of some of their songs. I broke it into two parts, one covering 1963 to 1966, and one covering 1967 to 1977. There also is an officially released CD of acappella versions of the entire "Pet Sounds" album (as part of the "Pet Sounds Sessions" box set), so I didn't include that.

Now, I'm deleting that second album covering 1967 to 1968 with two albums covering that time period, because I've found a bunch more acappella versions. These come from an obscure place. In December 2018, the Beach Boys officially released two big archival albums of 1968 material called "Wake the World: The Friends Sessions" and "I Can Hear Music -The 20/20 Sessions."

The reason they did this is because of European copyright law that says a record company loses the rights to the music if they don't make it available for sale within 50 years. December 2018 was the last moment to secure the rights to 1968 recordings. Strangely though, last year the Beach Boys did the same thing with 1967 recordings and they made CDs for sale of that material, but these 1968 albums are on-line download only. As a result, they've gone by almost unnoticed.

You have to a die-hard Beach Boys fan to find much of the music on these 1968 archival releases very interesting (although there are a few previously unreleased songs, which I will be doing something with on another album here). The main appeal to me is a handful of newly revealed acappella versions of songs, plus some other acappella songs that had only existed on bootlegs.

So here's the first of the two albums I've made from the mere one I did before. If you haven't heard much of the Beach Boys singing acappella, you're in for a treat!

01 Our Prayer [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
02 Heroes and Villains [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
03 She's Goin' Bald [He Gives Speeches] [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
04 Do You Like Worms [Roll Plymouth Rock] [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
05 Vega-Tables [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
06 Wind Chimes [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
07 Surfer Girl [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
08 Darlin' [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
09 Little Pad [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
10 Here Comes the Night [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
11 Let the Wind Blow [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
12 Friends [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
13 Little Bird [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
14 Anna Lee the Healer [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
15 Transcendental Meditation [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
16 Do It Again [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
17 Time to Get Alone [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)
18 I Went to Sleep [Acappella Version] (Beach Boys)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16376711/TBECHBYS1967-1968AcppllaVrsons_atse.zip.html

I made the cover using a photo of the Beach Boys rehearsing in 1967.