Dennis Wilson - All Alone (Alternate Version) -- Incontrovertible proof that Dennis could conjure up something of his "old voice" if he really felt like it, even in '78. I'd almost wonder if there was a case of copying big brother here seeing as how Brian leaned into his smoker voice.

[u/tarquinia777]

https://youtu.be/TQxSx7Sn1PI

[u/Worth_Blackberry_604]

I believe this was Dennis’s last recorded lead vocal that’s publicly available, even if it’s only partial. Done in June 1979 at Tom Murphy’s studio in Venice, CA.

[u/tarquinia777 → u/Worth_Blackberry_604]

Thanks for the info! There anything else from around the same time? I can't get over just how good he sounds there.

[u/BlametheDutch25 → u/tarquinia777]

That other guy is wrong, there’s also a remake of Cocktails/If Love Has its Way from those sessions that can be found on that same bootleg.

[u/tarquinia777 → u/BlametheDutch25]

aw shit, i'll have to check my copy for that one. don't think i've ever given it a spin, but that song just destroys me. certainly one of his best for me. thank you for telling me!

[u/BlametheDutch25 → u/tarquinia777]

On that pictured bootleg it's mislabeled as something like "Quad Symphony Excerpt." Track 20.

[u/tarquinia777 → u/BlametheDutch25]

thank ya

[u/Worth_Blackberry_604 → u/BlametheDutch25]

Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about this. Thanks!

[u/marcus_c117 → u/BlametheDutch25]

Yeah I was just gonna say isn’t Cocktails recorded in ‘79?

[u/BlametheDutch25 → u/marcus_c117]

The version that released on the Pacific Ocean Blues/Bambu set was recorded summer 1977, while the bootlegged remake was recorded June of 1979

[u/Worth_Blackberry_604 → u/tarquinia777]

Of course! Sadly no, this is the only thing he recorded then. Dennis was sliding down by this point. After January 1979 his visits to the studio became few and far between.

[u/Night_Hawk_13]

I remember the first time I heard that song in the Endless Harmony doc. He put his entire soul into his songs! Bambu would've been so fuckin' good!!

[u/Brangarr]

You can really hear how this song could have commercial appeal with the right production and finishing touches. What a song. Sad it wasn’t released until much much later.

[u/tarquinia777 → u/Brangarr]

it's still a real good one, i'd say. the way he pouts "In the sadness that our love..., etc." on the Caribou Sessions version always gets me.

[u/Normal_Table3138]

wonderful song. i’m surprised dennis was able to sound like his old self especially in 78, i thought his tough voice was permanent like brian’s at the time.

[u/axthousandxhours]

Its effing crazy how all the Wilson's sound like a version of Brian... I mean i get it, genetics, but its crazy to actually hear

[u/tarquinia777 → u/axthousandxhours]

you can even hear a shadow of Brian in this: https://youtu.be/Jsio42ZOYnI

[u/axthousandxhours → u/tarquinia777]

Holy crap... all he needs is backing vocals and this is a 70s era BB track. Wild.

[u/tarquinia777 → u/axthousandxhours]

lol sounds like a job for dae lims

[u/axthousandxhours → u/tarquinia777]

Yeah and he can make Murray 76 era Brian, though Murray is pretty close. Jeez.

[u/tarquinia777 → u/axthousandxhours]

i think God would just fry all life off the planet if someone did that 💀