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   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <5fhtfgF3aq97bU1@mid.individual.net>,   
   Brian Watson  wrote:   
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   >"The old geezer"  wrote in message   
   >news:1184012038.439081.290430@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...   
   >> On Jul 9, 3:03 pm, fadeToblack  wrote:   
   >>> I read in a review about Pet Sounds that Sloop John B wasn't   
   >>> originally intended to go on the album.   
   >>> Was it not originally part of the PS sessions? To me it always sounded   
   >>> out of place and did not fit the mood of the rest of the album.   
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   >> Capitol Record execs "persuaded" the BBs to include SJB on the PS   
   >> Album so that there would be a "Hit" song on it to help sales.   
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   >That sounds likely, plus the Beach Boys had established a pattern of   
   >including an American standard on each album.   
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   >Brian   
      
   Could you enumerate these "American standard" tracks from the albums preceding   
   "Pet Sounds"?  I can't think of any except that "South Bay Surfers" was based   
   on "Old Folks at Home" (Swanee River).   
      
      
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