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"The Album That Never Was" series
Cork In The Ocean production

Recorded early 1964-late 1965
Projected release date early 1966
produced by Brian Wilson
(track sequence not known)


01. In The Back Of My Mind
02. Let Him Run Wild
03. Summer Means New Love
04. The Little Girl I Once Knew
05. Trombone Dixie*
06. In My Childhood
07. Pet Sounds*
08. I'm Waiting For The Day
09. I'm In Great Shape
10. Teeter-Totter Love
11. Tones
12. Remember The Zoo?

[tracks noted * had lyrics]

As a working title for Pet Sounds, Remember The Zoo probably lasted all of an afternoonÖ but according to an article in the July 1994 issue of the highly regarded Beach Boys Australia fanzine, it was in fact the title of an album set to have been released between Party and Pet Sounds itself but, for reasons unspecified, shelved. Penned by someone sheltering behind the pen name 'The Correct Perspective' (someone who claimed to be a confidante of Brian's from the earliest days), the article was full of fascinating information: "I'm In Great Shape" predated its commonly held Smile origins - as did "Tones" -† and eventually mutated into the B side of Brian's 1988 "Love & Mercy" singleÖ both "Trombone Dixie" and "Pet Sounds" had lyrics written for them (by Brian)Ö and so on. All fascinating stuff.
And, of course, all complete nonsense. The holes in this particular fantasy are numerous, the most obvious being the total lack of documentation for certain songs being recorded - or even written - during the period in question, and the extreme unlikelihood of including three songs released in 1965 on an album alleged to have been slated for spring 1966. It's a testament to the esteem in which BBA was held that this gibberish wasn't immediately dismissed out of hand, but the story soon unraveled; yet even today, every now and then, the topic resurfaces.
Andrew G. Doe