Beach Boys’ archival series continues in November with 'Sail On Sailor - 1972' box set

The Beach Boys albums, 1972’s Carl and the Passions – So Tough and 1973’s Holland, will take center focus in Sail On Sailor - 1972, a new expansive multi-disc and digital box set, releasing November 18 via Capitol Records/UMe.

The latest chapter in the Beach Boys’ archival series was produced by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd, the team behind 2013’s GRAMMY® Award-winning SMiLE Sessions and last year’s acclaimed Feel Flows – The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971. The comprehensive 6CD Super Deluxe Edition features newly remastered versions of Carl and the Passions – So Tough and Holland, plus Holland’s Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairytale) EP (complete with its original instructions to “please listen in the dark”), and boasts an unreleased live concert recorded at NYC’s famed Carnegie Hall on Thanksgiving, 1972, the first-ever release of a complete Beach Boys concert from this era with the original setlist.

Similar to Feel Flows, which topped many year-end lists in 2022 and was selected by MOJO as their prestigious “Reissue Of The Year,” Sail On Sailor - 1972 includes unreleased outtakes, live recordings, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, isolated backing tracks and a cappella versions, culled from the historic album sessions. In all, it contains 105 tracks, 80 of which are previously unreleased.

Sail On Sailor – 1972 is being previewed with the previously unreleased performance of Carl and The Passions’ album opener, “You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone,” recorded live during their performance at Carnegie Hall on November 23, 1972. The complete Carnegie Hall set, which has remained unreleased for 50 years, was recorded on then state-of-the-art 16-track tape, rare for the time and a great advantage given the number of instruments and vocalists in the band.

Housed in a 12.5” x 10” hardback book-style package, Sail On Sailor - 1972 is rounded out with a detailed 48-page booklet with extensive liner notes by noted radio veteran and Beach Boys aficionado Howie Edelson, featuring new and archival interviews with The Beach Boys, rare photos of the band, images of tape boxes and reels and other recording artifacts, producers notes from Linett and Boyd, and promotional memorabilia from the day, providing an in-depth look at the recording of these albums.

In addition to the 6CD Super Deluxe Edition, Sail on Sailor - 1972 will be available as a 5LP+7-inch EP vinyl box set, which includes the entire Carnegie Hall concerts, a variety of bonus material (also found on the Super Deluxe), and for the first time ever, a reproduction of Brian Wilson’s EP, Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairytale) on 7-inch, the format it was originally released on as a companion to Holland. The vinyl box will be available on its own or as a limited edition set with lithographs. A variety of abbreviated versions will also be available, including a 2LP+7-inch EP set, available with or without a limited edition reproduction of the original Holland promotional book telling the story of the making of the album; a 2CD deluxe edition; and digitally.

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SAIL ON SAILOR – 1972

6CD SUPER DELUXE EDITION TRACK LISTING

CD 1

CARL AND THE PASSIONS - “SO TOUGH”

1. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
2. Here She Comes
3. He Come Down
4. Marcella
5. Hold On Dear Brother
6. Make It Good
7. All This Is That
8. Cuddle Up

CARL AND THE PASSIONS - “SO TOUGH” BONUS TRACKS (Previously Unreleased)
9. The Road Not Taken (demo - previously unreleased)
10. All This Is That (a Cappella mix - previously unreleased)
11. He Come Down (2022 mix - previously unreleased)
12. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone (track and backing vocals)
13. Marcella (a Cappella mix - previously unreleased)
14. Make It Good (alternate mix with Intro - previously unreleased)
15. Cuddle Up (alternate mix - previously unreleased)
16. Carl and the Passions /Pet Sounds Promo (1972)

CD 2
HOLLAND
1. Sail On Sailor
2. Steamboat
3. California Saga - Big Sur
4. California Saga - The Beaks Of Eagles
5. California Saga – California
6. The Trader
7. Leaving This Town
8. Only With You
9. Funky Pretty

MOUNT VERNON AND FAIRWAY (A FAIRYTALE)
By Brian Wilson
(Please listen in the dark)

10. Mount Vernon And Fairway Theme
11. I’m The Pied Piper - Instrumental
12. Better Get Back In Bed
13. Magic Transistor Radio
14. I’m The Pied Piper
15. Radio King Dom

HOLLAND BONUS TRACKS (Previously Unreleased)
16. We Got Love (2022 mix - previously unreleased)
17. Hard Time (previously unreleased)
18. Carry Me Home (previously unreleased)
19. California Saga - The Beaks Of Eagles (1973 single mix - previously unreleased)
20. California Saga - California (1973 single mix)
21. Sail On Sailor (track - previously unreleased 2022 mix)
22. Holland Promo 1 (1973)

CD 3
THE BEACH BOYS LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (Previously Unreleased)
November 23, 1972
1st Set
1. Concert Intro: Jack Rieley
2. Sloop John B
3. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
4. Leaving This Town
5. Darlin’
6. Only With You
7. Heroes and Villains
8. Long Promised Road
9. Don’t Worry, Baby
10. Student Demonstration Time
11. I Get Around

CD 4
THE BEACH BOYS LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (Previously Unreleased)
November 23, 1972
2nd Set
1. Intro to 2nd Set: Jack Rieley
2. Marcella
3. California Saga – California
4. Help Me, Rhonda
5. Let The Wind Blow
6. Medley: Wonderful / Don’t Worry, Bill
7. God Only Knows
8. Do It Again
9. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
10. Wild Honey
11. Good Vibrations
12. California Girls
13. Surfin’ USA
14. Fun Fun Fun
15. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

CD 5
1972 SESSIONS (Previously Unreleased)
1. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone (a Capella mix - previously unreleased)
2. Marcella (track and backing vocals - previously unreleased)
3. Here She Comes (session excerpt - previously unreleased)
4. Here She Comes (2022 mix - previously unreleased)
5. He Come Down (a Cappella section - previously unreleased)
6. Hold On Dear Brother (track and backing vocals - previously unreleased)
7. Steamboat (track and backing vocals - previously unreleased)
8. California Saga - California (track and backing vocals - previously unreleased)
9. The Trader (track and backing vocals - previously unreleased)
10. The Trader (second section a Cappella - previously unreleased)
11. Only With You (alternate mix - previously unreleased)
12. Funky Pretty (track and backing vocals - previously unreleased)
13. Sail On Sailor (songwriting session - previously unreleased)
14. Sail On Sailor (a Cappella mix - previously unreleased)
15. Out In The Country (version 1) (previously unreleased)
16. Out In The Country (version 2) (previously unreleased)
17. Oh Sweet Something (previously unreleased)
18. Spark in the Dark (previously unreleased track)
19. Rooftop Harry (previously unreleased track)
18. Body Talk (Grease Job) (previously unreleased track)
19. Holland Promo 2 (1973)

CD 6
LIVE BONUS TRACKS
1. We Got Love (Live 1973 - previously unreleased)
2. California Saga - Big Sur (Live 1973 - previously unreleased)
3. Funky Pretty (Live 1973 - previously unreleased)
4. The Trader (Live 1975 - previously unreleased)
5. Sail On Sailor (Live 1975 - previously unreleased)
6. All This Is That (Live 1993 - previously unreleased)

MOUNT VERNON AND FAIRWAY (A FAIRYTALE) SESSIONS (Previously Unreleased)
7. Fairy Tale Music (2022 mix - previously unreleased)
8. Pa Let Her Go Out (Better Get Back In Bed alternate version with intro - previously unreleased)
9. I’m The Pied Piper (a Cappella section - previously unreleased)
10. Radio King Dom (a Cappella section - previously unreleased)
11. I’m The Pied Piper (alternate take spoken section – previously unreleased)
12. Medley: Mount Vernon and Fairway Theme / A Casual Look (session excerpt – previously
unreleased)

1972 BONUS TRACKS (Previously Unreleased)
13. Little Child (Daddy Dear) (Holland home recording)
14. Susie Cincinnati (Holland home recording)
15. Medley: Gimme Some Lovin/ I Need Your Love

CALIFORNIA SAGA TRILOGY

16. California Saga - Big Sur
17. California Saga - The Beaks of Eagles (2022 edit – previously unreleased)
18. California Saga – California
19. Carry Me Home (track and backing vocals – previously unreleased)
20. All This Is That (a Capella alternate verse – previously unreleased)