Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" with Daryl Dragon, hinting towards the sound of his solo debut album, "Pacific Ocean Blue". Other songwriting contributions came from Jack Rieley (two co-credits), Alan Jardine (two co-credits), Mike Love (two co-credits), Tandyn Almer (one co-credit) and Carl Wilson (one co-credit). This LP was mixed for Quadraphonic reproduction (also compatible with stereo). It was to be played back using the now long-extinct Dynaco or EV Stereo-4 decoders, or later, using the "360Surround" matrix decoder built by Stephen Desper and previously included with purchases of his limited-edition book "Recording the Beach Boys". However, the recording (LP or CD) can be played
The Real Thing (Norwegian band) The Real Thing (Norwegian band) The Real Thing (1992-1995) was a Soul Jazz Band from Oslo, Norway, founded in 1992 when Sigurd Køhn and Palle Wagnberg formed the forerunner, The B3 Blues Band with Vidar Busk and Hamlet Pedersen. They changed the name when Staffan William-Olsson and Fredrik Carl Stormer joined the band. Størmer was replaced by Torstein Ellingsen in 1995, and Ellingsen again by Børre Dalhaug in 1998. Due to the sudden death of the band's saxophonist Sigurd Køhn in December 2004 The Real Thing was hibernating until a reunion in 2010. The quartet released eight albums, their debut