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   > On Jul 13, 4:01 pm, "Brian Watson"  wrote:   
   >> "Ted Nolan "  wrote in   
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   >> > In article <5fhtfgF3aq97...@mid.individual.net>,   
   >> > Brian Watson  wrote:   
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   >> >>"The old geezer"  wrote in message   
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   >> >>> 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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   >> > 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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   >> Not necessarily in chronological order; Summertime Blues on Surfin'   
   >> Safari,   
   >> In My Room on Surfer Girl, Why Do Fools Fall In Love on Shut Down Vol 2,   
   >> A   
   >> Young Man Is Gone (reworked Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring) from Little   
   >> Deuce Coupe, Do Ya Wanna Dance from Today!, Then I Kissed Her from Summer   
   >> Days. And the less than wonderful (in my opinion) Beach Boys Party has a   
   >> couple too.   
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   >> I guess one person's (ie, mine) American Standard is another person's   
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   >> Version, but when each of these albums came out I found a song that I   
   >> already knew well from my vantage point in the UK.   
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   > In My Room is a Beach Boys original...   
      
   Oops, my error. I was pretty much quoting from memory though I'll admit   
   checking a couple as to which album they're on.   
      
   The original versions of Summertime Blues, Why Do Fools Fall In Love and   
   Then I Kissed Her were all hits in the UK.   
      
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