Feel Flows – The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 is introduced today (3) with the streaming debut of the unreleased Beach Boys gem “Big Sur.” The group’s mesmeric love letter to the central California coastal town of the title, it was recorded for Surf’s Up but has remained unreleased in this version for more than five decades, and is highly prized among collectors. In a different recording, the song was part of the group’s “California Saga” suite on the 1973 album Holland.
The Feel Flows collection is housed in a book-style package, boasting a 48-page book packed full of unreleased and rare photos, lyric sheets, tape box images, recording artifacts, and new liner notes by music historian, broadcaster and Beach Boys afficionado Howie Edelson. The notes also include both new and archive interviews with Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, and others.