Life can have a higher meaning in a Carnival of Sound
1960s – Studio Gallery
Surfin’ Wild — Alternate lyrics for this album cut from the RIDE THE WILD SURF LP sessions, 1964. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Surf City — Alternate lyrics, 1963. Compare these to the lyric image on Dean’s Website (in the chapter history for 1963). The handwriting is the same on both, but two different documents. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) — Guitar chord chart from the original sessions in 1964, first 16 bars for parts 1 & 2. The third guitar part was the Danelectro 6-string bass. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Gonna Hustle You — Western Recorders tape log with lyrics. Back side, 1963. Compare the handwriting seen here to the alternate lyrics for Surf City in this gallery. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Gonna Hustle You — Western Recorders tape log with reference to Brian Wilson and Capitol Records. Front side, 1963. The upside down note in pencil is a reference to Conway Recorders, with the number 4668257. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Gonna Hustle You — A portion of Jan Berry’s authentic drum chart from 1963, with title written out by Dean Torrence. Under the title, Dean jokingly wrote, ‘A VON DOT PRODUCTION’ — This is a rarity not seen anywhere else among Jan’s original music scores. The purple ‘Sign’ and ‘Coda’ stamps were common on Jan’s earlier charts. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Freeway Flyer — Original music score cover, 1964. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Drag City — Alternate lyrics and song titles from the DRAG CITY LP sessions, 1963. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
“Dead Man’s Curve” Original music score cover, 1964. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Dead Man’s Curve — Jan’s one-million-broadcast award from BMI. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Before Kittyhawk — Dean Torrence drew this during the sessions for the SURF CITY LP in 1963. It reflects the ‘city’ concept for the album. The drawing is on the back of some of Jan’s music score paper. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Honolulu Lulu — Dean’s vocal cues for the harmony lines in the verses, 1963. Written by Dean on the back of some of Jan’s music score paper. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
Before Kittyhawk — Dean doodled on one the of copyist-generated vocal harmony charts for ‘Batman’ in 1966. Fear the ‘BATEMAN.’ This chart shows the authentic opening vocal parts heard on the record. From Jan Berry’s personal collection. Published here for the first time.
