Beach Boys - Come Go With Me

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   I'm having a hard time sorting out this one -- the database says there is an "original" take (which was recorded in 1978 but became a hit in 1981) and an "alternate take" (which ended up replacing the original take on several of the CD re-released of the original LPs).

I have three different copies which seem to be identical in take and mix, and have even compared them to the sample on Amazon's page for the "vol. 3" that's supposed to have the original take.

Are the takes just that similar, or do I just have four copies of the alternate take (or 4 copies of the original take!)?

What should I be listening for...  I'm so confused!

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NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Beach Boys - Come Go With Me Posted: 08 July 2014 at 12:14am
	I'm having a hard time sorting out this one -- the database says there is an "original" take (which was recorded in 1978 but became a hit in 1981) and an "alternate take" (which ended up replacing the original take on several of the CD re-released of the original LPs). I have three different copies which seem to be identical in take and mix, and have even compared them to the sample on Amazon's page for the "vol. 3" that's supposed to have the original take. Are the takes just that similar, or do I just have four copies of the alternate take (or 4 copies of the original take!)? What should I be listening for... I'm so confused!
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

Pat Downey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pat Downey Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 July 2014 at 8:54am
	My compact disc copy of the Beach Boys MIU album released as Caribou/Epic 46957 with no standard matrix number stamped on the playing side of the disc but with a CMU P 59 stamped on the printed non-playing side of the disc features a version of Come Go With Me that has a totally different arrangement of this song vs the vinyl LP release and single release. On this arrangement you will clearly hear a piano in the background from the very start of the song. Don't know if Epic ever remastered this cd to correct the problem but you will immediately know upon listening that this is an alternate mix.

NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 July 2014 at 8:40pm
	That's exactly what I needed to know, Pat... so the version WITHOUT a piano is the "hit" version. Thank you so much!!!
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

AaronsAmazing Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 April 2024 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote AaronsAmazing Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 February 2025 at 10:52pm
	The mastering of the single/album version as found on the digital release of M.I.U. Album (which I assume is sourced from the 2000 M.I.U. Album/L.A. (Light Album) twofer) features an odd digital glitch at the start. The mastering found on the 2003 compilation Sounds of Summer appears to correct this, but was the hit version "glitched" or not? I'm confused.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 hours 46 minutes ago at 3:01pm
	Does anyone know when this alternate mix of "Come Go With Me" first appeared? I bought "Ten Years of Harmony" (the LP) in 1981 partly to get the current hit "Come Go With Me". When I later got this album on CD with this other mix, I knew the song first appeared on a 1978 LP (which I didn't have) and just assumed this mix was from that LP. But that's not the case. I'm now guessing this was an abandoned mix from 1978, not 1981 or even created for the CDs that came out in the late 80s and beyond. There may be some Beach Boys fans here and I'm wondering if anyone can enlighten us to what the story is behind these releases.

Ringmaster_D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 08 July 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ringmaster_D Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 14 minutes ago at 7:33am
	It is believed the "incorrect" mix was the original mix as it stood when the song was first completed by Al Jardine in 1976! The song was later dusted off and re-mixed for the MIU Album after the record company kept rejecting the band's track lists. The incorrect, earlier mix first appeared on the early CD of the MIU Album in 1990.