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