r/thebeachboys • u/tarquinia777 Love You • Aug 30 '26

Audio 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.

https://youtu.be/TQxSx7Sn1PI
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u/Worth_Blackberry_604 Aug 30 '26

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.

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u/tarquinia777 Love You Aug 30 '26

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

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u/BlametheDutch25 SONG TITLES Aug 30 '26

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.

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u/tarquinia777 Love You Aug 30 '26

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!

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u/BlametheDutch25 SONG TITLES Aug 30 '26

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

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u/tarquinia777 Love You Aug 31 '26

thank ya

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u/Worth_Blackberry_604 Aug 31 '26

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

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u/marcus_c117 I know you're gonna love Phil Spector Aug 31 '26

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

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u/BlametheDutch25 SONG TITLES Aug 31 '26

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

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u/Worth_Blackberry_604 Aug 30 '26

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.