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If Ever A Love There Was

Promotional edition with same track on each side.
From the album “Indestructible”.
Loaned For Promotion Only printed on labels.
All Rights Reserved printed on labels.
Promotional Copy Not For Sale printed on labels.
Produced for Aaronknight Music CO.
Issued with picture sleeve cover.
A If Ever A Love There Was 4:30
B If Ever A Love There Was 4:30

The Basement Tapes

This version was pressed by the Columbia Records Pressing Plant in Pitman, NJ [identified by an additional “?”, stamped or etched in some runouts].

Recorded in the basement of Big Pink, West Saugerties, New York, 1967.

A1 Odds And Ends 1:43
A2 Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) 3:40
A3 Million Dollar Bash 2:30
A4 Yazoo Street Scandal 3:26
A5 Goin’ To Acapulco 5:25
A6 Katie’s Been Gone 2:49
B1 Lo And Behold! 2:43
B2 Bessie Smith 4:17
B3 Clothes Line Saga 2:56
B4 Apple Suckling Tree 2:47
B5 Please, Mrs. Henry 2:31
B6 Tears Of Rage 4:17
C1 Too Much Of Nothing 3:00
C2 Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread 2:14
C3 Ain’t No More Cane 3:57
C4 Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) 2:06
C5 Ruben Remus 3:11
C6 Tiny Montgomery 2:51
D1 You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 2:39
D2 Don’t Ya Tell Henry 3:12
D3 Nothing Was Delivered 4:22
D4 Open The Door, Homer 2:47
D5 Long Distance Operator 3:38
D6 This Wheel’s On Fire 3:55

Pet Sounds

No barcode club edition

Original MONO program (tracks 1-13)
Track 14 is MONO, mixed from the original 4-track master tapes.
repeats in STEREO on tracks 15-27, remixed from the original 3-track, 4-track and 8-track master tapes.

Tracks 1 & 15: Instrumental recorded Jan. 22, 1965. Vocals recorded March-April 1966. Originally released as Capitol Single 5706 “God Only Knows.”
Tracks 2 & 16: Instrumental Track recorded Nov. 1, 1965 . Instrumental Introduction recorded Jan. 24, 1966. Vocals recorded January-February 1966.
Tracks 3 & 17: Basic Track recorded Feb 15, 1966. Additional instrumentation and Vocals recorded February or March 1966.
Tracks 4 & 18: Instrumental track recorded Feb 11, 1966, String Overdub recorded April 3, 1966.
Tracks 5 & 19: Instrumental and String overdub recorded March 6 1966. Vocals recorded March 1966.
Tracks 6 & 20: Instrumental Recorded Jan 18, 1966. String and Flute overdubs recorded Jan 19, 1966. Released October 10, 1966 as B-Side of Capitol single 5676, “Good Vibrations.”
Tracks 7 & 21: Instrumental recorded July 12, 1965. Vocals recorded Dec. 22, 1965. New Lead Vocals and 12-string electric guitar overdub recorded Dec 29, 1965. High Harmony lead and additional backing vocals recorded Jan. 1966. Released March 21, 1966 as Capitol Single 5602.
Tracks 8 & 22: Instrumental recorded March 10, 1966. Vocals recorded March-April 1966. Released July 18, 1966 as the B-Side of Capitol Single 5706 “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
Tracks 9 & 23: Instrumental recorded Feb 9, 1966. Vocals recorded February -March 1966. Originally Titled “Hang On to your Ego.”
Tracks 10 & 24: Instrumental recorded March 11, 1966. Vocals recorded March 25, 1966.
Tracks 11 & 25: Instrumental recorded Feb 14, 1966. Vocals recored March-April 1966.
Tracks 12 & 26 recored Nov. 17, 1965.
Tracks 13 & 27 recorded Jan 31, 1966. Released March 7, 1966 as Capitol single 5610.
Track 14 recorded Feb. 9, 1966. Mixed December 1987.

Instrumentals on Tracks 1, 11, 15 & 25 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Vocals on Tracks 1, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 19, 22, 24 & 25 recorded at Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Tracks 2 to 4, 5 (instrumental and string overdub), 6, 7, 8 (instrumental), 9, 12 to 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 (instrumental and string overdub), 20, 21, 22 (instrumental), 23, 26 & 27 Recorded at Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA.
Tracks 10 & 24 (Instrumental) recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA.
Track 14 Mixed at capitol records, Hollywood, CA.

Tracks 15-27 Produced and Engineered at “Your Place or Mine” Recording Studios, Glendale CA.
Track 14 Mixed at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, CA, 1987.

Remastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 using the HDCD process.

?© Capitol Records, Inc. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. Printed in the U.S.A.

1 Wouldn’t It Be Nice 2:26
2 You Still Believe In Me 2:35
3 That’s Not Me 2:30
4 Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) 2:54
5 I’m Waiting For The Day 3:06
6 Let’s Go Away For A While 2:21
7 Sloop John B 3:00
8 God Only Knows 2:53
9 I Know There’s An Answer 3:11
10 Here Today 2:55
11 I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times 3:16
12 Pet Sounds 2:23
13 Caroline No 2:54
14 Hang On To Your Ego (Bonus Track) 3:04
15 Wouldn’t It Be Nice 2:33
16 You Still Believe In Me 2:36
17 That’s Not Me 2:31
18 Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) 2:58
19 I’m Waiting For The Day 3:07
20 Let’s Go Away For A While 2:25
21 Sloop John B 3:00
22 God Only Knows 2:55
23 I Know There’s An Answer 3:18
24 Here Today 3:07
25 I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times 3:21
26 Pet Sounds 2:38
27 Caroline No 2:54

Beth / Detroit Rock City

Label variation: Early tan label design with dark sky and no Filmworks on the Casablanca logos.
Originally release with Detroit Rock City as the A side. Sides were flipped when Beth became a big radio hit.

A Beth 2:45
B Detroit Rock City 2:57

That Be The Day

Label variation: A side writing credits fit under the end of “Day” to the right.
Matrix number on A side has comma.
Matrix number on B side has NO comma
A That’ll Be The Day
B I’m Lookin’ For Someone To Love

Welcome To Sky Valley

“INSTRUCTIONS: LISTEN WITHOUT DISTRACTION”

(Full credits as above)

Additional percussion on “Asteroid” by Peter Moffet.
Additional peculiar background vocals: Scott Reeder, Josh Homme, & Madman of Encino.

Thank you to Mario Lalli for lead guitar on “N.O.”
THANK YOU TO ALL THE BANDS WE HAVE TOURED WITH, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILIES

Center label of both sides have traditional 90s Elektra uppercase ‘E’ & lowercase ‘e’ logo and Lizard logo.

On both sides of center label, Josh Homme is incorrectly credited as “John Homme” in the songwriting credits.

Barcode available only on hype sticker. No barcode on rear.
Salmon colored hype sticker: “THE CLASSIC ALBUM FROM THE LEGENDARY PALM DESERT STONER ROCK BAND FEATURING JOSH HOMME NICK OLIVERI JOHN GARCIA BRANT BJORK”

? © 1994 Elektra Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Manufactured & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 3400 W. Olive Ave., Burbank, CA 91505.


“Lick Doo” is not mentioned anywhere on the release, as with all other versions including it.
I
A1 Gardenia 5:53
A2 Asteroid 4:50
A3 Supa Scoopa And Mighty Scoop 5:56
II
A4 100° 2:29
A5 Space Cadet 7:03
B1 Demon Cleaner 5:11
III
B2 Odyssey 4:20
B3 Conan Troutman 2:12
B4 N.O. 3:48
B5 Whitewater 7:52
B6 Lick Doo 0:58

Greatest Love Of All

(P) 1986 Arista Records, Inc.
From the LP “Whitney Houston”
Specialty pressing indicated by SRC logo in runouts.
Issued with picture sleeve. Smiley face in B side run-out.
A Greatest Love Of All 4:30
B Thinking About You 4:03

The Crossing

Recorded at The Manor and RAK Studios May 1983.
(C) Big Country / Virgin Music Ltd
(P)(C) 1983 Phonogram Ltd.
Made in USA.

1 In A Big Country 4:44
2 Inwards 4:38
3 Chance 4:24
4 1000 Stars 3:53
5 The Storm 6:21
6 Harvest Home 4:20
7 Lost Patrol 4:53
8 Close Action 4:16
9 Fields Of Fire 3:32
10 Porrohman 7:53

Play Deep

Track B2 is listed “All The Love” on cover and sleeve and “All The Love In The World” on label
“STERLING” stamped on both A&B side runouts. All others etched.
A1 Say It Isn’t So 3:49
A2 Your Love 3:44
A3 I Don’t Need Her 3:56
A4 Everytime You Cry 4:29
A5 61 Seconds 4:14
B1 Mystery Man 4:06
B2 All The Love 3:33
B3 Talk To Me 3:36
B4 Taking My Chances 3:35
B5 Nervous Alibi 3:45