Everything Under The Sun

Everything Under The Sun is a very rare unreleased demo recording, probably produced by Bob Crewe. The song was officially first released in 1967 by The Walker Brothers and a Spectoresque version - very similar to Tina’s version - by The Ronettes in 1976.

The demo acetate was found in London’s Notting Hill area in the late seventies at a market stall, selling records for 50p each. The disc was pressed by Associated Recording Studios in midtown Manhattan and features the same version as recorded by Phil Spector with The Ronettes. Tina takes the song at a slower pace and the familiar "sh-doop, sh-doop" backing vocals are absent. Her voice is double-tracked in harmony throughout parts of the song and strings and backing vocalists are featured to great effect. It starts off quietly and gradually builds to a „River Deep“ style climax, with Tina’s voice joined by the brass section. The record ends with Tina repeating “I need and want you, baby” before a tremendous shriek of „Baby!“

Beside of the ARS acetate, a second two-sided Bell acetate, dated September 19, 1966, features a slightly different version. In particular, the swirling string line is very present on the fade and the subtler placing of the bass line further indicates that this is the more polished version. More significantly, the Bell disc is seven seconds longer on the fade and has also more echo on the vocal. This one is backed with the track Two To Tango, another extremely rare Philles recording.

The biggest difference between the two versions is when the last chorus enters after the break at 3:29. On the ARS acetate you can hear Tina start to go into another section, and those two words (sounding like „You're my“) are not on the Bell acetate.

Producer: Bob Crewe
Recorded: September 1966
Label: Associated Recording Studios / Bell Sound Studios
Format: 7“ Acetate