The Thomas Group - Then It Begins (unreleased alternate mix/edit)

"Then It Begins"
Written by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri
Performed by The Thomas Group
Produced by Sloan and Barri for Dunhill Productions
Recorded at United Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA, late 1966
Engineered by Chuck Britz
(c) Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP)

This is an unreleased alternate mix and edit, different from the version released in January 1967 as the B-side of Dunhill D-4062 ("I've Got No More To Say"). Aurally, it seems to have additional percussion, bass, and guitar overdubs, possibly in preparation for a single release that never happened. It was taken from the only known surviving copy -- an 8" Western Recorders acetate. This version does not appear on the 2017 Hanky Panky Records anthology The Thomas Group - Hollywoodland 1966-1969.