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I was inspired to do a Beach Boys series of alternate albums after coming across another person doing the same thing on YouTube, called Scott G. He/She has done impressive work, making an alternate album for every single Beach Boys album.

What in particular I wanted to do was three or four albums between 1968 and 1971, a time of great change for the Beach Boys.

While looking at their sessionography, I noticed a decent sized session, months after Friends and months before 20/20 and I thought, "Could you make an album out of this material?"

I also though the same for some lone sessions that took place two months after 20/20.

These were the results.

Rendezvous
An album in a similar lo-fi vein as Friends.

Side 1
1. Been Way Too Long (Prelude)
2. Walkin'
3. I Went To Sleep
4. We're Together Again
5. Sail Plane Song
6. Been Way Too Long (Can't Wait Too Long)

Side 2
7. Do It Again
8. The Nearest Faraway Place
9. Walk On By
10. Never Learn Not to Love
11. All I Want to Do
12. Ol' Man River

Break Away
Next is this album, which takes up the session from the beginning of 1969 and the remaining songs from 20/20.

Side 1
1. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
2. San Miguel
3. Celebrate the News
4. Slip On Through
5. Forever
6. Time To Get Alone
7. Break Away

Side 2
8. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
9. Loop de Loop (Flyin' In an Aeroplane) *
10. I Can Hear Music
11. Be With Me
12. A Time To Live In Dreams
13. Mona Kana
14. Deirdre

* I know I used "Sail Plane Song", the early version of "Loop de Loop", on the previous album, but it well within the realm of possibility for this to happen on a Beach Boys album, like "Help Me Rhonda" on both Today! and Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!).

I also have plans from a version of Add Some Music, the album that eventually became Sunflower, but I have to test out the songs and tracklists before I can post it.

Locked-Land
A version of the album Surf's Up, now with 30% more Dennis.

Side 1
1. Don't Go Near the Water
2. H.E.L.P. Is On the Way
3. 4th of July
4. Long Promised Road
5. Feel Flows

Side 2
6. Disney Girls (1957)
7. Barbara
8. A Day in the Life of a Tree
9. Til I Die
10. (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again

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Also, I now have enough time to re-upload the albums and I know have a blog and a place to host the files.

https://unreleasedsounds.wordpress.com/

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I love my Break Away imaginary album so much, that I've made a Spotify playlist to share it. Enjoy.

https://open.spotify.com/user/1242456205/playlist/3joBZBOjTaDWcAaQNFRovo