Jan Berry's Original Music Scores Published

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AUTHENTIC SHEET MUSIC — Fifty-six years after the car accident that changed his life forever, Jan Berry’s original music scores and charts from the 1960s still exist—the actual documents used by the Wrecking Crew to record the original songs. These fascinating manuscripts open an important window on Jan’s body of work for Jan & Dean and other artists.

In association with Jan’s estate, author Mark A. Moore has begun to transcribe and publish some of Jan’s best arrangements, to shed more light on him as a songwriter and arranger, and to invite further study of the music.

These transcribed scores will interest musicians, music educators, school ensembles, bands, and any musician/aficionado of the West Coast Sound and the Hollywood studio system of the 1960s.

First up is the classic “Dead Man’s Curve” . . . and more will soon follow:

Dead Man’s Curve
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song (and for live performances).
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Size: 10″ x 14″
Length: 48 pages
Contents: Cover Page; Introductory Text; Full Score; Individual Charts; and End Page.
18 Parts: Alto Sax 1-2; Tenor Sax 1-2; Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3; Trombone 1-3; Bass; Guitars 1-3; Timpani; Drums; and Piano. (The classic "big band" lineup for jazz ensembles).

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: May 17, 2022.

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The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song (and for live performances).
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 71 pages
Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement (with Full Vocal Arrangement and Individual Charts), Full Score Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (with Individual Charts), and End Page.

Studio Recording Arrangement (20 parts): Oboe, Bassoon, Trumpet, French Horn; Guitar 1-3, Bass 1-2; Glockenspiel, Timpani, Percussion, Drums 1-2; Harpsichord, Piano; Vocals (lead, falsetto, alto, tenor, and bass).

Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (live performances) (11 parts): Alto Sax 1-2, Tenor Sax 1-2, Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3, Trombone 1-3.

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Universal Music Careers.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: July 27, 2022 (Fiji Printing #2).

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Batman
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song (and for live performances).
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 78 pages

Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement (with Full Vocal Arrangement and Individual Charts), Full Score Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (with Individual Charts), and End Page.

Studio Recording Arrangement (18 parts): Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3, French Horn, Trombone 1-3, Tuba; Guitar 1-3, Bass; Timpani, Drums; Piano

Vocal Arrangement (5 parts): Lead, Falsetto, Alto, Tenor, and Bass

Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (live performances) (11 parts): Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3, French Horn, Trombone 1-3, Tuba.

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: EMI Music Publishing.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: August 13, 2022 (Fiji Printing #3).

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Surf City
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song (and for live performances).
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: Jan & Dean’s blockbuster hit from the summer of 1963—the first record in the Surf genre to hit #1 nationally (#1 Billboard; #1 Cash Box; #3 R&B; #1 Australia; #26 UK; #26 Cash Box Year-End; #28 Billboard Year-End). A BMI Award-winning song.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 61 pages
Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement (with Full Vocal Arrangement and Individual Charts), Full Score Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (with Individual Charts), and End Page.

Studio Recording Arrangement (14 parts): Guitar 1-4 (with tablature), Bass (with tablature), Vibraphone, Percussion, Drums; Piano; Vocals (lead, falsetto, alto, tenor, and bass).

Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (used for live performances in the '60s) (9 parts): Alto Sax, Tenor Sax 1-2, Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3, Trombone 1-2.
Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: September 9, 2022 (Fiji Printing #4).

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It’s As Easy As 1, 2, 3
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song.
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: Jan Berry’s duet with Jill Gibson, originally from Jan & Dean’s Dead Man’s Curve/The New Girl in School LP, 1964. Also a Jill Gibson solo single, 1964.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 40 pages
Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement (with Full Vocal Arrangement), and Individual Charts.

Studio Recording Arrangement (15 parts): Baritone Sax, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, French Horn, Guitar 1-3 (with tablature), Bass (with tablature), Drums; Piano; Vocals (lead, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass).

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: October 4, 2022 (Fiji Printing #5).

https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1211108/Product.aspx

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The interview with Phil Miglioratti is fascinating. I have read both of Mark's books and this interview adds or at the very least underlines and confirms Jan's massive talents. Not satisfied as bass and lead singer, song writer and producer, Jan's arranging abilities surely exceed any contemporary rock singer / musician. I know of no other performer (in the usual meaning of that word) who was able to orchestrate such complex arrangements and for so many different instruments.
Jan did not have that "natural" genius of Brian Wilson but he was far more talented and by all accounts (not just Mark's) influenced Brian and others... in creating a studio based sound.
It is fascinating also to read about the separate arrangements for live shows.

I do wonder - in terms of Jan's legacy - why he so often chose to not focus on the four part harmonies on tv (other than cost) meaning that some of the live versions we have tend to expose Jan and Dean's vocals.

Thanks Mark again for your work.

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Thanks Surferbee.

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Rockin’ Little Roadster
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song.
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: Non-single album cut from the Dead Man’s Curve/The New Girl in School LP, 1964.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 44 pages
Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement (with Full Vocal Arrangement and Individual Charts).

Studio Recording Arrangement (15 parts): Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, French Horn, Guitar 1-3 (with tablature), Bass (with tablature), Drums; Piano; Vocals (lead, falsetto, alto, tenor, and bass).

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music. Also available from Sheet Music Plus.
Published: December 19, 2022 (Fiji Printing #6).

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Pop Symphony: The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)
Jan Berry and George Tipton’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew in recording the Pop Symphony LP, 1965.
Arranged by Jan Berry & George Tipton
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: The opening track of Jan’s ambitious orchestral project from 1965. Here the classic ’60s hit is re-imagined as a sophisticated Viennese Waltz.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 41 pages
Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score and Individual Charts, and End Page.

Studio Recording Arrangement (25 parts): WOODWINDS: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet 1 (Clarinet & Flute); Clarinet 2 (Clarinet & Bass Clarinet); BRASS: French Horn 1-2, Trumpet 1-2, Trombone; STRINGS: Harp, Violin 1-8, Viola 1-2, Cello 1-2, Contrabass; RHYTHM: Guitar, Danelectro 6-String Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (Triangle, Piatti, Concert Bass Drum) — The original recording was made with 28 Wrecking Crew musicians, plus Jan as session leader.

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. and Universal Music-Careers.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music. Also available from Sheet Music Plus.
Published: February 1, 2023 (Fiji Printing #7).

https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1267159/Product.aspx

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Ride the Wild Surf
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: Title track from the Columbia Pictures film Ride the Wild Surf, and a Top-20 hit single for Jan & Dean in 1964.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 51 pages
Contents: Cover Page; Introductory text, with commentary on Jan Berry’s arrangement and recording process; Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement; Full Score Vocal Arrangement; and Individual Charts for each score.

Studio Recording Arrangement (20 parts): WOODWINDS: Oboe, English Horn; RHYTHM: Guitar 1-3 (including Danelectro 6-string bass guitar, with standard notation and tablature), Bass 1-2 (Fender electric and upright acoustic, with standard notation and tablature), Percussion (Suspended Cymbal and Hawaiian Pu’ili Sticks), Drums; Piano; STRINGS: Violin 1-2, Viola, Cello; VOCALS: (lead, falsetto, alto, tenor, and bass).

Number of Distinct Chords: 30

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. and Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music. Also available from Sheet Music Plus.
Published: May 5, 2023 (Fiji Printing #8).

https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1322832/Product.aspx

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I Found A Girl

Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song.
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: Jan & Dean’s Top-30 hit from the fall of 1965. Folk tinged with sunshine pop.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 55 pages
Contents: Cover Page; Introductory text, with commentary on Jan Berry’s arrangement and recording process; Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement; Full Score Vocal Arrangement; and Individual Charts for each score.

Studio Recording Arrangement (20 parts): WOODWINDS: Harmonica, Oboe, Tenor Saxophone; BRASS: Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone; RHYTHM: Guitar 1-3 (including electric 12-string and Danelectro 6-string bass guitar, with standard notation and tablature), Bass 1-2 (Fender electric and upright acoustic, with standard notation and tablature), Percussion (Hand Claps and Chimes), Drums, Piano; VOCALS: (lead, lead harmony, falsetto, alto, tenor, and bass).

Number of Distinct Chords: 19

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Universal Music Corporation.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music. Also available from Sheet Music Plus.
Published: May 31, 2023 (Fiji Printing #9).



https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1337262/Product.aspx