San Fran Sessions [Box set]

Beau Brummels | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1996)
• Original Release Date: July 17, 1996
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B000003H0Z
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Still in Love With You Baby [Version 1][#]

2. It's So Nice [#][Demo Version]

3. Love Is Just a Game [#][Demo Version]

4. Just a Little [Alternate Version 1][#]

5. Just Wait and See [Version 1][#]

6. How Many Times [#][Demo Version]

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Disc: 2

1. Sometime at Night [Alternate Vocal][#]

2. Sad Little Girl [Alternate Version][#]

3. I'll Tell You [Alternate Version 1][#]

4. When It Comes to Your Love [Alternate Version][#]

5. Can't Be So [Demo Version]

6. That's Alright [#][Demo Version]

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Disc: 3

1. She Sends Me

2. Fine With Me

3. Friend of Mine [#][Demo Version]

4. Gentle Wandering Ways

5. This Is Love [#][Demo Version]

6. This Is Love [#]

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Editorial Reviews

1996 Sundazed release, a 3 disc box set featuring 60 tracks recorded between 1964-1966 - hits, covers, alternate versions, previously unreleased tracks - every cut taken from the original multi-tracks and session masters. Half of the cuts are in mono, half are in stereo. Comes packaged in a full color slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. All tracks are 20 bit masters! Includes 'Just A Little', 'Laugh Laugh', 'Still In Love With You Baby' and dozens more!

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Monument to one of San Francisco's great 60s pop bands, April 28, 2000

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Fran Sessions (Audio CD)

A truly superb collection that mines a surprisingly deep vein of unreleased Beau Brummels tapes. It's amazing that there is so much listenable material, given that the band's original output on the Autumn label only amounted to a couple of LPs.

The unreleased alternate versions provide a rare glimpse into the making of hit songs, and the demos of previously unreleased titles show the band to be even deeper than their albums revealed. While their sound marked them as an answer to the British Invasion, their songwriting, especially that of Ron Elliot, was more akin to the growing folk-rock and singer-songwriter movements.

While clearly aimed at Beau Brummels completists (the original LP reissues, greatest hits compilation, and single-disc rarities issue "Autumn of Their Years" are cheaper ways to introduce yourself to the band), this set is anything but a dull recitation of half-finished masters. There is a lot of gold to be found here, and the sequencing and liner notes make this a collection that you'll actually play over and over.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stellar look at the unreleased works of brilliant S.F. band, March 22, 2000

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Fran Sessions (Audio CD)

This 3-CD set ups the ante on Rhino's previously issued "From the Vault" LP and Big Beat's single-CD "Autumn of Their Years." It is truly astounding that a band that only issued two LPs on the Autumn label would have 3 full CDs of great tracks in the vault. This LP repeats tracks from both Rhino and Big Beat's previous efforts, but extends them in a frenzy of great demos, alternative takes and unreleased tracks.

While not the best introduction to the Brummels, this is a terrifically listenable compilation. A few repeated tracks, showing some of the Brummels best songs in different stages of completion or arrangements, are a treat rather than a drudge. Lots of demo session from both Sal Valentino and Ron Elliot, including a few really great Valentino compositions that never got recorded by the full band. Also included are tracks from their aborted 3rd album.

Liner notes include recent interviews with all band members, and give some really interesting insight into the pre-hippie San Francisco scene.

Sundazed deserves an award for this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Autumn Years, January 12, 2011

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This review is from: San Fran Sessions (Audio CD)

This is a must for any Beau Brummels fan, without it your collection is incomplete. If you have the 2 Autumn CDs and maybe the Autumn Of Their Years CD, plus a greatest hits, then this would only add to the other CDs. I thoroughly enjoy the guitar of Ron Elliot, and Sal Valentino is terrific as lead singer. I couldn't be happier I got this box set.