"We knocked on the studio door and Christine unlocked it to let us in," recalls Roach. In the early morning hours, they returned, worn out, to pick up Christine. Dennis teased Christine, saying, "See, I told you we were good." At that point, Dennis and Ed left the studio to paint the town. "Stevie and Lindsay were saying what big Beach Boys fans they were when they were teenagers." Then, in a casual a cappella style, Buckingham and Nicks started singing Brian's old song "The Farmer's Daughter" from Surfin´ USA. "We all started talking about Brian," remembers Roach. "One night, while Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were working at Village Recorders, Dennis, Christine, and Ed Roach stopped by. The story is basically told the same way in Ken Caillat's book too.
The story actually comes from the John Stebbins book - The Real Beach Boy - Dennis Wilson. I never knew much about how this song came to be until I read the story in an earlier SH forum thread. I was going to post a pic of the sleeve, but I never have any luck with that on this site, and maybe some kind soul could do that.
#TUSK FLEETWOOD MAC U TUBE CRACKED#
The song was released as a single, but did not do very well, except for in Austria - where it cracked the top 10. The 2004 version does sound like a different mix, but that's about it. The version appearing in the 2004 release also did not have any crowd noise in the beginning or end of the track, but the version sounds nearly identical to the song on the live album. One of the clues that this track was not among those recorded at the soundcheck was that for the 2004 re-release of "Tusk", "The Farmer's Daughter" was included as a bonus track and the liner notes indicated "tracks recorded at Village Recorders". It seems our Fleetwood Mac heroes were possibly telling a little lie about this track. The sleeve for the LIVE album indicated that this song was recorded at a soundcheck in Santa Monica, CA, but there is some evidence indicating that it may be a studio track after all. This song is a cover of The Beach Boys track from from their 1963 album Surfin' USA. "The Farmer's Daughter", which first appeared on the 1980 release "Fleetwood Mac Live". I'm not sure there are really any "true" outtakes but there are a couple of songs to discuss. "Tusk" Outtakes & Associated Tracks - "The Farmer's Daughter" (Beach Boys Cover)Īs promised, we'll have a short ride through some "outtakes" from Tusk - I thought it would be good to talk briefly about a couple live tracksįrom the Tusk tour that did not make the album.