Robert
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Post by Robert on Jun 17, 2024 23:26:02 GMT -5
Is there a story behind the piano intro to 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love?'
I never heard the intro until just a few years ago and liked it so much I made it my ringtone. I read somewhere that it was "long lost", or something to that effect. What's the story on that, if any?
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petsite
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Post by petsite on Jun 18, 2024 1:52:24 GMT -5
Is there a story behind the piano intro to 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love?' I never heard the intro until just a few years ago and liked it so much I made it my ringtone. I read somewhere that it was "long lost", or something to that effect. What's the story on that, if any? I published this link back in January of this year. Why Do Fools Fall In Love was on the master tapes referred to in this story.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Jun 18, 2024 7:36:48 GMT -5
Bob, I just finished reading the article. It mentions that the tapes contained 6 songs which included Don’t Worry Baby and Why To Fools Fall In Love, but not Fun, Fun, Fun and The Warmth Of The Sun. Do we know what the 4 other songs were on the Robison tapes? Also, I am forgetting how they were able to remix Fun, Fun, Fun and The Warmth Of The Sun in 2013?
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Post by Mikie on Jun 18, 2024 9:24:34 GMT -5
Found this on the Hoffman site: Steve wrote:
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love, there are two mixes of the song. First mix done at Gold Star for the album. Second mix done at Capitol from the Gold Star three-track. They sound pretty much alike. The Capitol mix has the voices further down in the mix. They took a dub of the Capitol mix and switched the parts around, starting with the middle a capella part at the beginning.
I used the LP mix, unedited. Better mix, the one with Brian in attendance during mixing. He would have been the one to pick the "good" mix, eh?
The 3 versions/mixes of Why Do Fools Fall in Love:
1. The LP mix from the twin-track done at Gold Star (ala Phil Spector) by Larry Levine with Brian Wilson that I used, as stored on mono LP master of SHUT DOWN, VOLUME II.
2. The Capitol 45 remix from the twin-track done without Brian's OK with lowered vocal track and filtered top and bottom to make it easier to cut. Unused, stored in the old "S" reel section, marked "reject".
3. The Capitol SPLICED version which totally screws up the song (actually the same mix as number 2 but with the A&R guy's idea of a better intro). Duped from number 2. Stored in the "S" reel section (Singles). This is the version that was the "B" side of the single. If you like this "arrangement", make your own digital edits to create it; it's easy.
Note From Andrew Sandoval:
FYI: The Capitol/EMI vault had a safety phono reel tape of the "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" single version when I worked The Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 CD's (on which it was almost included) in 1999."
Is this what we're talking about here regarding the WDFFIL intro? Note #3 above? Or is that something else?
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