Awesome- and thanks for the tip on Outlaw Blues. I thought Love and Mercy was a very good movie. In an interview with Brian and his wife, he also gave his blessing to the movie. They found it a hard watch, which I guess is an indication it was pretty true to reality. If memory serves, that interview was done by Whoopi Goldberg of all people. She must have/had a talk show. Acoustic Sounds is out of the Smile Sessions, so I will seek it out from one of the other vendors. I know it's still available. Cheers -Don
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Thanks Bdp24, yes we are about the same age except I grew up in South Jersey. The BB got me into surfing as a teenager even. Ironically none of the BB except Dennis actually surfed and was the one that came up with their name. While I loved the BB, like yourself up through Pet Sounds, I lost interest until Sunflower. I never warmed up to Smiley Smile or Wild Honey. I really got into some of the groups you mentioned along with Buffalo Springfield, The Doors and particularly Led Zepplin along with many of the Motown groups throughout the 60's. Early Poco was also a favorite, those great vocal harmonies! It wasn't until Sunflower that I became reacquainted although I enjoyed "Do it Again" from the late 60's a revisit of their earlier stuff and a great summer song. My 2nd favorite behind "Pet Sounds" is "Surf's Up". I didn't actually see the Beach Boys in concert until around 1972 when they were drawing huge crowds as a nostalgia act but without Brian, even so it was a great show and fulfilled a long held desire to see them perform. |
The Holland album is very interesting. I have been listening at work, sort of as background music. The first track on the album is a GREAT song. Sail On, Sailor I believe…. My shopping list so far: Surfs Up, Pet Sounds Stereo version, and Smile 2-LP set from 2011. My friend says he has Smile from 2004, and I'm not sure which he means at this point. I'm also tempted to get Pet Sounds in Mono. My standard press of Sunflower sounds good, so I might run with that for now. Cheers -Don |
Fjn04 Blondie Chaplan did the lead vocal on Sail on Sailor. He originally appeared with Rickie Fataar on the "So Tough" album. These guys gave the BBs a more well rounded sound IMHO. They were in the lineup when I saw them live in 72'. That show had some really good musicians in the band and did they rock! |
There are currently two album versions of Smile that I know of. The first is the one Brian did in collaboration with The Wondermints in 2004. It was released on WEA in 2004 or 2005. http://www.elusivedisc.com/Brian-Wilson-Smile-180g-2LP/productinfo/WEALP76582/ I saw that version live when the tour came to Seattle in 2005. The other is The Smile Sessions on EMI/Capitol released in 2011. I have and like both, though I only have the WEA version on CD and DVD. The LP is a 24/48Khz digital master. The Capitol one is not only all analog (AFAIK) but is the mono mix Brian's deaf in one ear and always favored mono. http://www.elusivedisc.com/The-Beach-Boys-The-Smile-Sessions-180g-Mono-2LP/productinfo/EMILP75781/ |
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