Cotton Fields

Single version


Single
Cotton Fields / The Nearest Faraway Place
Written By
Huddie Ledbetter
Produced By
Al Jardine
Lead Vocals
Al
Recorded On
August 15, 1969
Length
3:03
Notes
  • This was the second version of Cotton Fields cut after the Beach Boys were unhappy with Brian's original production. It was recorded at Sunset Sound Records in LA with Red Rhodes on steel guitar.
  • A flop in the USA, it went #1 in South Africa and the Netherlands and #5 in the UK.

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