Sail On Sailor — 1972, a new box set from the Beach Boys, is due in December, featuring music from 1972's Carl and the Passions — "So Tough" and 1973's Holland. Today, they're previewing the effort with one of a whopping 80 previously unreleased tracks: "Carry Me Home," written and sung by the late Dennis Wilson.
Despite never having had an official release before, the song — about a soldier dying during the Vietnam War — was recorded during the Holland sessions and has long been a bootlegged fan favourite. On it, Wilson shares vocals with Blondie Chaplin over mournful piano and pedal steel.
"It's eerie listening back to this song after all these years," Chaplin told Rolling Stone. "It's how Dennis felt at the time. I see him struggling with his own worries. The voice is really sensitive, and you can feel the emotional pain. War on the battlefield and inside, it's always very combustible inside. He was the real surfer, rowdy and sweet."
Listen to "Carry Me Home" below, and keep scrolling to see the massive box set's tracklist.
Sail On Sailor — 1972:
LP1: Carl and the Passions — "So Tough"
1. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
2. Here She Comes
3. He Come Down
4. Marcella
5. Hold On, Dear Brother
6. Make It Good
7. All This Is That
8. Cuddle Up
LP2: Holland
1. Sail On, Sailor
2. Steamboat
3. California Saga (Big Sur)
4. California Saga (The Beaks of Eagles)
5. California Saga (California)
6. The Trader
7. Leaving This Town
8. Only with You
9. Funky Pretty
LP3: Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairytale)
1. Mt. Vernon And Fairway (Theme)
2. I'm the Pied Piper
3. Better Get Back in Bed
4. Magic Transistor Radio
5. I'm the Pied Piper
6. Radio King Dum
LP4: The Beach Boys Live at Carnegie Hall
1. Only with You
2. Concert Intro: Jack Rieley
3. Sloop John B
4. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
5. Leaving This Town
6. Darlin'
7. Heroes and Villains
8. Long Promised Road
9. Don't Worry, Baby
10. Student Demonstration Time
11. I Get Around
LP5: The Beach Boys Live at Carnegie Hall
1. Intro To 2nd Set: Jack Rieley
2. Marcella
3. California Saga (California)
4. Help Me, Rhonda
5. Let the Wind Blow
6. Wonderful / Don't Worry, Bill
7. God Only Knows
8. Do It Again
9. Wouldn't It Be Nice
10. Wild Honey
LP6: The Beach Boys Live at Carnegie Hall
1. Good Vibrations
2. California Girls
3. Surfin' USA
4. Fun Fun Fun
5. Jumpin' Jack Flash
6. We Got Love
7. Hard Time
8. Carry Me Home
9. Fairy Tale Music
Pre-order Sail On Sailor — 1972.
Despite never having had an official release before, the song — about a soldier dying during the Vietnam War — was recorded during the Holland sessions and has long been a bootlegged fan favourite. On it, Wilson shares vocals with Blondie Chaplin over mournful piano and pedal steel.
"It's eerie listening back to this song after all these years," Chaplin told Rolling Stone. "It's how Dennis felt at the time. I see him struggling with his own worries. The voice is really sensitive, and you can feel the emotional pain. War on the battlefield and inside, it's always very combustible inside. He was the real surfer, rowdy and sweet."
Listen to "Carry Me Home" below, and keep scrolling to see the massive box set's tracklist.
Sail On Sailor — 1972:
LP1: Carl and the Passions — "So Tough"
1. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
2. Here She Comes
3. He Come Down
4. Marcella
5. Hold On, Dear Brother
6. Make It Good
7. All This Is That
8. Cuddle Up
LP2: Holland
1. Sail On, Sailor
2. Steamboat
3. California Saga (Big Sur)
4. California Saga (The Beaks of Eagles)
5. California Saga (California)
6. The Trader
7. Leaving This Town
8. Only with You
9. Funky Pretty
LP3: Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairytale)
1. Mt. Vernon And Fairway (Theme)
2. I'm the Pied Piper
3. Better Get Back in Bed
4. Magic Transistor Radio
5. I'm the Pied Piper
6. Radio King Dum
LP4: The Beach Boys Live at Carnegie Hall
1. Only with You
2. Concert Intro: Jack Rieley
3. Sloop John B
4. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
5. Leaving This Town
6. Darlin'
7. Heroes and Villains
8. Long Promised Road
9. Don't Worry, Baby
10. Student Demonstration Time
11. I Get Around
LP5: The Beach Boys Live at Carnegie Hall
1. Intro To 2nd Set: Jack Rieley
2. Marcella
3. California Saga (California)
4. Help Me, Rhonda
5. Let the Wind Blow
6. Wonderful / Don't Worry, Bill
7. God Only Knows
8. Do It Again
9. Wouldn't It Be Nice
10. Wild Honey
LP6: The Beach Boys Live at Carnegie Hall
1. Good Vibrations
2. California Girls
3. Surfin' USA
4. Fun Fun Fun
5. Jumpin' Jack Flash
6. We Got Love
7. Hard Time
8. Carry Me Home
9. Fairy Tale Music
Pre-order Sail On Sailor — 1972.