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Sound of Free

Sound of Free

1970 single by Dennis Wilson & Rumbo

"Sound of Free" (alternately known as "Settle Down") is a song performed by American musicians Dennis Wilson and Daryl Dragon (the latter credited as "Rumbo") that was written by Wilson and Mike Love. It was released by Stateside Records as a British-exclusive single on December 4, 1970. The B-side was "Lady". In 2013, "Sound of Free" was officially released on CD for the first time on the Beach Boys' box set Made in California.

Quick Facts B-side, Released ...

Writing in his 1978 biography of the band John Tobler said, "No-one seems to have ever asked Dennis what the idea was behind this burst of independence, but it's possible that there's some connection with the fact that Sunflower, and in fact Surf's Up ... were released in Britain on the Stateside label."[1]

In 2021, a remaster of the song was included on the compilation Feel Flows. A stereo mix was not created because the multitrack tape had been lost.[2]

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski [3]

Dennis Wilson and Rumbo

Additional musicians

References

  1. [1]
    Tobler, John (1978). The Beach Boys. Chartwell Books. p. 56. ISBN 0890091749.
  2. [2]
    yrplace (June 7, 2021). "Re: Feel Flows box set". smileysmile.net. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. [3]
    Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2019). Beard, David (ed.). "THE BEACH BOYS REMEMBER DARYL DRAGON". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. No. 126. Charlotte, North Carolina.


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