I mean from the reporting on the matter it seems like Charlie gave/swapped the song for some of Dennis's material items. The Beach Boys version was started only 3 days after Charlie's "demo" version was done. Maybe one day we'll hear the demos that Manson did at the studio in Brian Wilson's house produced by then Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper. I wouldn't say this song is "post" Brian Wilson. While his contributions were declining he contributed all the songs bar one to the Beach Boys 1968 album Friends, and 5 to the 1969 20/20 album that Never Learn Not to Love was on and 6 to 1970's Sunflower.
Always loved this song! Thanks for posting. 👍
It's a curious one for sure!
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I mean from the reporting on the matter it seems like Charlie gave/swapped the song for some of Dennis's material items. The Beach Boys version was started only 3 days after Charlie's "demo" version was done. Maybe one day we'll hear the demos that Manson did at the studio in Brian Wilson's house produced by then Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper. I wouldn't say this song is "post" Brian Wilson. While his contributions were declining he contributed all the songs bar one to the Beach Boys 1968 album Friends, and 5 to the 1969 20/20 album that Never Learn Not to Love was on and 6 to 1970's Sunflower.
I say "Post Brian Wilson" simply because this was during the era where he very much wasn't part of the public Beach Boys persona.
CM's version was way better.