Beach Boys News

Stevie / My Diane

2012-03-01T17:57:00.001+01:00

Saint Etienne - Stevie (with 'My Diane' instrumental tag) 2000

The Beach Boys - Stevie (Unreleased Brian lead vocal 1980)

The Beach Boys - My Diane 1978 (MIU version with Dennis lead)

[Stevie is about Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, My Diane is about Brian's sister in law Diane Rovell.]

+ The Beach Boys: An American Band (1hr 43min)

THE BEACH BOYS — SURFER GIRL: The Eternal Teenage Surfside Paradise Is Born

2012-02-29T10:18:00.000+01:00

February 28, 2012 -> schlockmania.com
[notice David Marks in the middle]

Surfer Girl was the third album for the Beach Boys but it’s where the magic really begins for this group.

It represents the first time that Brian Wilson was allowed to assume sole production responsibilities on a Beach Boys album.

Freed up to follow his muse, he’d quickly develop the group’s basic “surf and drag” formula into something amazing.

Julia Nunes: How a YouTube star was born

2012-02-28T14:07:00.003+01:00

Part one: READ

Feb 23 2012 -> music-mix.ew.com

When Julia Nunes first uploaded a video of herself singing an original song called “A Welcome Vacation” onto YouTube in January 2007, she never expected what came next.

“I put it on YouTube instead of Facebook because I wanted it be more private!” Nunes, now 23, insists. Suffice it to say, she didn’t get her wish. Over the last five years, the Rochester native has amassed 50 million video views, ...

Part two: LISTEN (AND BUY HER NEW ALBUM?)

Feb 27 2012 -> NOW STREAMING ON mashable.com

YouTube sensation Julia Nunes is gearing up to release her fourth album — this one funded with a little help from her online friends.

4/24: Brian Wilson and Beach Boys reunion tour in Tuscon

2012-02-24T13:20:00.000+01:00

Here's Ed Masley's interview with Brian Wilson and Mike Love on the Beach Boys reunion tour and album.

Feb. 23, 2012 -> azcentral.com

And Love likes what he's hearing.

"It's sounding really good in the studio," he says. "The tracks are pretty much done. We're still working on finishing up all the vocals, but it's sounding fantastic so far."

To Wilson's ears, "The word for this new album is mellow. It's the '60s revisited, kind of a dip back into the past, but it retains a little bit of the 2000s, too. So all in all, it's a very good album."

+ Beach Boys ready for harmonic convergence on tour, album

+ North Salem's Beach Boy David Marks - Good Vibes

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Cover Compilation

2012-02-18T15:37:00.000+01:00

by various artists

Released 28 January 2012

-> petsoundscovercomp.bandcamp.com

I first thought it was the same as the cd 'Do it Again: A tribute to Pet Sounds' from a few years back wich was TRUELY HORRIBLE, but this one has some cool nudgets, I believe.

Standout tracks:
(It's my opinion, you could judge for yourself!)

5. Impaled Peach - I'm Waiting for the Day 03:13
8. Nick Strong - God Only Knows 03:03
10. The Curiously Strong Peppermints - Here Today 02:52
11. Robert Borszich - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 03:07
13. Green Paper - Caroline, No 02:49
17. Mike LeRoy - Child Is Father of the Man 02:12
19. The Academic Thugs - Good Vibrations 04:12

A Few Words With the Beach Boys

2012-02-18T13:58:00.003+01:00

-> February 17, 2012

Q. Are the songs written and just waiting to be arranged and recorded?

Wilson: Most of them have been written. We’re going to have to write a few new ones, but most of them have been written. On the album, one song flows into another and that flows into another like that, until it’s over, until there’s no more album.

Radio Veronica, KOMA, Radio VPRO jingles and interview

2012-02-16T19:35:00.003+01:00

Going back to Holland in the 70s

-> jingleweb.nl

The Veronica jingle is by Bruce alone.

Below there is an interview with the band (februari 1972) in Holland, and also the VPRO jingle.
It's interesting that Carl mentions the new 'normal as we are', non-surf image of the group. (They didn't know yet the revival of the old hits in 1976 with the double lp Endless Summer would happen)

-> weblogs.vpro.nl

Official Do It Again and Grammy 2012 audience recording of Good Vibrations

2012-02-16T13:17:00.003+01:00

Do It Again Mono mix

Good Vibrations live

Tour dates soon to be announced wednesday februari 15

2012-02-14T15:23:00.002+01:00

-> thebeachboys.com

so far.... see official sites for latest updates

April 24
Tucson, AZ
Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater
On Sale: February 25

April 26
Grand Prairie, TX
Verizon Theatre
On Sale: February 25

April 27
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
On Sale Now

April 28
Atlanta, GA
Chastain Park Amphitheater
On Sale: March 11

April 29
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh Amphitheater
On Sale: February 25

May 2
St Augustine, FL
St. Augustine Amphitheater
On Sale: February 24

May 4
Hollywood, FL
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
On Sale: TBD

May 5
Tampa, FL
Stratz Center For The Performing Arts
On Sale: February 25

May 8
New York, NY
Beacon Theater
On Sale: February 21

May 9
New York , NY
Beacon Theater
On Sale: February 21

May 11
Pittsburgh, PA
Benedum Hall
On Sale: February 27

May 12
Uncasville, CT
Mohegan Sun Arena
Sold Out

May 13
Uncasville, CT
Mohegan Sun Arena
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May 15
White Plains, NY
Westchester County Center
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May 17
Bethlehem PA
Sands Bethlehem Events Center
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May 19
Atlantic City, NJ
The Borgata Hotel Casino
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May 21
Chicago, IL
Chicago Theatre
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May 27
Las Vegas, NV
Red Rock Casino
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June 1
Berkeley, CA
The Greek Theatre
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June 2
Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Bowl
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June 8
The Woodlands, TX
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
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June 10
Manchester, TN
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
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June 13
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Blossom Music Center
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June 15
Columbia, MD
Merriweather Post Pavilion
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June 16
Camden, NJ
Susquahanna Bank Center
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June 17
Bethel, NY
Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
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June 19
Toronto, ON
Molson Amphitheatre
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June 20
Montreal, QC
Bell Centre
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June 22
Bangor, ME
Waterfront Park
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June 23
Saratoga Springs, NY
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
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June 26
Boston, MA
Bank Of America Pavilion
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June 29
Darien Lakes, NY
Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
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June 30
Clarkston, MI
DTE Energy Music Theatre
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July 1
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Marcus Amphitheater
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Virginia Beach, VA
Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
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Red Rocks Amphitheatre
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Woodinville, WA
Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
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July 14
Eugene, OR
Cuthbert Amphitheater
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July 15
Stateline, NV
Harvey's Lake Tahoe Amphitheater
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July 26
Rome, Italy
Capannelle
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July 27
Milan, Italy
Civic Arena
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July 29
Gothenburg, Swden
Tradgaardsforeningen
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July 31
Oslo, Norway
Spektrum
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August 1
Aarhus, Denmark
Amfiscenen
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August 3
Berlin, Germany
02 Arena
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August 4
Stuttgart, Germany
Schleyerhalle
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August 5
Monchengladbach, Germany
Hockey Park
On Sale: February 15

August 7
Lokeren, Belgium
Lokerse Festival
On Sale: February 15

so far.... see official sites for latest updates

The Perfect Pictures

2012-02-14T14:43:00.002+01:00

Beach Boys ditch bad vibrations and reunite for Grammys

2012-02-13T16:52:00.002+01:00

Febr 2010 -> cbsnews.com

MORE LINKS AND VIDEOS

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beach-boys-reunite-to-perform-good-vibrations-at-the-2012-grammy-awards

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/2012-grammy-awards-performances/

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/beach-boys

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/02/grammys-2012-more-beach-boys-less-maroon-5-foster-the-people.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QRJGeD1Ebc (Al Jardine)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjynAFQYAFA THE PERFORMANCE

http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/02/13/beach-boys-reunion-video THE PERFORMANCE2

http://www.grammy.com/videos/the-beach-boys-one-on-one-backstage

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-q-a-in-national/the-beach-boys-backstage-at-the-2012-grammy-awards

Beach Boys bring good vibrations to Grammys show

2012-02-10T13:15:00.000+01:00

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/story/2012-02-09/beach-boys-grammy-performances/53033838/1

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/The+Beach+Boys+rehearse+for+their+Grammy+appearance/G3345

http://ryanseacrest.com/2012/02/09/john-stamos-will-join-the-beach-boys-grammy-reunion-performance-audio/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Beach-Boys-50th-Anniversary-ReUnion-Tour/142746619140829

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8921082&l=d1b09ba834&id=34250497240

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?PHPSESSID=0b3db25eb386fb326da0d3b6046a0441&topic=12241.0

---- Grammy 'backstage' man
http://www.arjanwrites.com/

+ REHEARSAL VIDEOs
Stars rehearse for Grammys 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_m7r2O80_U&t=51s

The Beach Boys reunite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0E65dXzIkY&t=32s

+ MORE PHOTOS
http://www.wireimage.com/search/#events?q=beach%20boys/[138352284]&ep=1/60/1&s=3

+ MORE
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/02/grammys-2012-beach-boys-reunite-for-grammys-rehearsal.html

http://awards.music.yahoo.com/blog/192-beach-boy-al-jardine-previews-epic-grammy-reunion-performance;_ylt=AgKVT5KVo1_.PBqvW1_gXQpnyCUv

The Beach Boys Are Back!

2012-02-08T17:38:00.000+01:00

February 08, 2012 -> grammy.com

The Beach Boys, who recently announced they're reuniting this year for a new album and tour to mark their 50th anniversary, have chosen to make their first live appearance together in more than 20 years on the Grammy Awards this Sunday. The legendary group, comprised of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, will perform alongside Maroon 5 and Grammy-nominated band Foster the People on the telecast, which airs on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

In addition, Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, jazz artist Diana Krall and funk star Maceo Parker have been added to the lineup of performers on Sunday's telecast. Reba McEntire, Diana Ross, rapper/actor Common and actress Taraji P. Henson have been added as presenters.

from: http://kool983.com/news/news-blog/19726

Adieu Or Die by Will C. Music

2012-02-07T18:15:00.000+01:00

Matching or messed-up?
At least it is interesting to listen to this mash, if only once. Remember Kanye West with West Sounds who did something similar?

Some of you already may have heard the version of Cool, Cool Water on YouTube (nr 9)
Adieu Or Die by willcmusic

Austin Brown on Global Soul TV

2012-02-07T14:08:00.000+01:00

July 2011 -> austinbrown.com

The Beach Boys always brought incredible harmonies to their music, since day one.

Beach Boys to play Mohegan Sun Casino in May

2012-02-07T13:09:00.000+01:00

Febr 6, 2012 -> nhregister.com

Mohegan Sun Casino this week heralded its part in the Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour. The legendary band with its surviving founding members will be at Mohegan Sun Arena May 12.

“We’re hoping it will be fantastic, unique and memorable,” said Brian Wilson in a phone chat Monday.

Julia Nunes sings Run Around Sue by Dion and the Belmonts

2012-02-04T15:33:00.000+01:00

YouTube

+ interview January 30th, 2012

Website: JuNuMusic.com

The Beach Boys music will live forever

2012-02-02T13:03:00.000+01:00

Some recently discovered tubes, covers. VERY GOOD COVERS. It proves that great music will stay for generations...

The Beach Boys Till I Die
- Acapella cover by dmcguire70

Look/I Ran/Song for Children
- Beach Boys instrumental cover by adwolf16

(both uploaded in Januari 2012)

And listen to this man with a 3D SMiLE box in his room:
Funky Pretty by posturex1

Mona Lisa SMiLES

2012-02-02T11:43:00.001+01:00

Earliest copy of Mona Lisa found in Prado
Experts say the painting was completed at the same time as Leonardo’s original

01 February 2012 -> theartnewspaper.com

Bruno Mottin, the head conservator at the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, believes that the most likely painter of the Prado copy was one of Leonardo’s two favourite pupils.

Mottin proposes that it was either Andrea Salai, who originally joined Leonardo’s studio in 1490 and probably became his lover, or Francesco Melzi, who joined around 1506. If the Prado replica is eventually attributed to Melzi, it suggests a late date for the original.

What the copy reveals

The Madrid copy of the Mona Lisa is important for what it tells us about Leonardo’s studio practice. The production of a second version, painted alongside the original, is intriguing. It adds credence to Martin Kemp’s theory that Leonardo may also have had a hand in both versions of The Madonna of the Yarnwinder, 1501-07, one owned by the Duke of Buccleuch and the other by a New York private owner (formerly in the Lansdowne collection).

Lush - Gala songs (1990)

2012-01-31T13:13:00.001+01:00

Sunbathing - Breeze - Etheriel

American Spring - Dennis Wilson compositions

2012-01-31T12:36:00.002+01:00

American Spring:
Slip On Through
Forever
Fallin' In Love (aka Lady)

Dennis Wilson:
Fallin' In Love (aka Lady) early mix (1970?)
Fallin' In Love (aka Lady) Mark Linett mix (2009)

Lush:
Fallin' In Love (aka Lady) cover 1991

Dennis Wilson — more than a drummer

2012-01-26T18:33:00.000+01:00

Januari 18, 2012 -> examiner.com

As anticipation mounts for news around the Beach Boys new album and 50th anniversary tour, it seems that now, more than ever, we should reflect on the tremendous talents of Brian Wilson’s younger brothers Dennis and Carl, who were – on stage – drummer and guitarist respectively. But as history has shown us, they were so much more.

+ BBC docu from 2008 in 6 parts:

Brian Wilson "Live From Abbey Road"

2012-01-23T15:41:00.001+01:00

added 19/09/2008 -> livefromabbeyroad.com

Including an incredible good version of Sloop John B

[Excuses for the abrubt soundlogo argh!]

Five Videos:

California
Breezy pop from a true legend Video

God Only Knows
A heavenly rendition of the Beach Boys classic Video

Life with Brian
Band mate Jeff Foskett explains what it's like performing with Brian Wilson Video

Sloop John B
Another awe-inspiring performance from Brian Wilson Video

Brian Sounds
Brian Wilson on The Beatles, Pet Sounds, God Only Knows and the Europeans

The First Rock And Roll Record 3CD

2012-01-23T14:17:00.000+01:00

November 10, 2011 -> guardian.co.uk

The question of what constitutes the first rock'n'roll record is controversial and highly emotive. It takes in serious issues about attitudes to race in 1940s America and interminable nitpicking internet arguments about snare drum accents and eight-to-the-bar boogie-woogie rhythms. It began decades ago, when Sam Phillips announced he had discovered the sound that changed the world years before Elvis Presley had fetched up in Sun Studio, offering Jackie Brenston's admittedly amazing 1952 single Rocket 88 as evidence. It's rumbled on ever since.

+ LINKS:

http://thequietus.com/articles/07509-the-first-rock-and-roll-record-box-set-review

http://www.history-of-rock.com/numberonerecord.htm

http://isongs.org/first-rock-and-roll-record.html

http://www.jimvallance.com/03-projects-folder/first-rock-song-folder/pg-rock.html

http://www.nu.nl/cd-recensies/2721597/var--the-first-rock-and-roll-record.html (in Dutch)

TRACKLIST (chronological 1916 - 1956?)

CD 1:
1. The Camp Meeting Jubilee – Unknown
2. My Man Rocks Me - Trixie Smith
3. Kansas City Blues - Jim Jackson
4. Going To Move To Alabama - Charley Patton
5. Move It On Over - Hank Williams
6. It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red
7. Pinetops's Boogie Woogie - Clarence Pine Top Smith
8. Jimmy Blues - Jimmy Blythe
9. Crazy About My Baby - Blind Roosevelt Graves
10. Tiger Rag - Washboard Rhythm Kings
11. Rock And Roll - Boswell Sisters
12. Get Rhythm In Your Feet - Benny Goodman Orchestra And Helen Ward
13. Oh Red! - Harlem Hamfats
14. Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band
15. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
16. Sing! Sing! Sing! (With a Swing) - Benny Good-man And Gene Krupa
17. Rock It For Me - Ella Fitzgerald
18. Rock Me - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
19. Roll 'Em Pete - Big Joe Turner
20. Ida Red - Bob Wills
21. Rockin' Rollin' Mama - Buddy Jones
22. New Early In The Morning - John Lee Williamson
23. Down The Road A Piece - Will Bradley
24. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
25. Lullaby (Rock A Bye Baby) - Virginia O'Brien

Rockin' Roots playlist (for 99% based upon cd 1)

CD2 :
1. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
2. Blues, Pt. 2 - Illinois Jacquet
3. Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
4. The Joint Is Really Jumpin' Down At Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland
5. Rockin' The Town - Gertrude Niesen
6. Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat "King" Cole
7. Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
8. Be Baba Leba - Helen Humes
9. Honeydripper - Joe Liggins
10. Guitar Boogie - Arthur Smith
11. That's All Right (Mama) - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
12. Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
13. House Of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse And Freddie Slack
14. Hillbilly Boogie - The Delmore Brothers
15. Ten Gallon Boogie (Original) - Pee Wee King
16. Good Rocking Tonight - Wynonie Harris
17. We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll - Wild Bill Moore
18. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
19. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn
20. Rovin' Eyes - Bill Haley
21. Its Too Soon To Know - The Orioles
22. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee
23. Rock And Roll Blues - Erline 'Rock 'n' Roll' Harris
24. Rock the Joint - Jimmy Preston
25. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
26. The Fat Man - Fats Domino
27. Rock A While - Goree Carter

CD3:
1. Gonna Dance All Night - Hardrock Gunter
2. Hot Rod Race - Arkie Shibley And His Mountain Dew Boys
3. 60 Minute Man - The Dominoes
4. How High The Moon - Les Paul And Mary Ford
5. Rocket '88' - Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats
6. Boogie Woogie Blues - Charli Gracie
7. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
8. Rockin' An' Rollin' - Charli Gracie
9. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
10. Have Mercy Baby - The Dominoes
11. One Mint Julep - The Clovers
12. Gee - The Crows
13. Crazy Man, Crazy - Bill Haley And His Comets
14. Mess Around - Ray Charles
15. Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter And The Drifters
16. Honey Hush - Joe Turner
17. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner
18. Sh-Boom - The Chords
19. Rock Around The Clock - Sunny Dae And The Knights
20. I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles
21. Work With Me, Annie - Hank Ballard And The Midnighters
22. Riot In Cell Block Num-ber Nine - The Robins
23. Tweedle Dee - LaVern Baker
24. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
25. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
26. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
27. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
28. That's Alright Mama - Elvis Presley
29. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets
30. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

Download only bonus tracks :
1. Open the Door Richard - Jack McVea
2. Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson
3. Boogie Children - John Lee Hooker
4. Madi Gras In New Orleans - Prof Long-hair
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 - Muddy Waters
6. Birmingham Bounce - Hardrock Gunter
7. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
8. Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
9. Cry - Johnnie Ray
10. Rock the Joint - Bill Haley
11. Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
12. Earth Angel – Penguins
13. Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace

Al Jardine, A Beach Boy Still Riding The Waves

2012-01-19T15:24:00.000+01:00

July 28, 2000 -> oocities.org

- a very insightful interview by Ken Sharp from 2000 (4 pages!) -

Let me ask you about your role with the Beach Boys.

Carl and I were the anchors in the back.

Did you want more recognition?

No. No way. I was happy. We locked, our harmonies locked, that's all I cared about. Carl and I had a really good blend.

Eric Carmen (*?) once described the Beach Boys' voice as each being an instrument: "I think Brian was a French horn, Carl was a flute, Al Jardine a trumpet, Dennis a trombone, and Mike a baritone sax before their present incarnation as the Beach Boys."

Yeah, that's a good point. That's kind of how we saw ourselves too. In fact, "Heroes And Villains," at the start, was one of the first things we ever did, really early on, even before we recorded "Surfin'." We were working on that song way back in '61. We all became instruments for Brian's barber shop concept. He said, "Let's all do this, let's sing this idea." Carl would be one instrument, I'd be another. Mike would be another instrument.

So the idea of "Heroes And Villains" was born back in '61.

Yeah, the idea, not the song. We started singing a capella first because we didn't play instruments. With none of us really being players, we would just scat in the car going to a show or something or going to school, anywhere.

Was it pretty natural where each member would find his place singing harmonies?

Instantly. And Brian had this wonderful gift for remembering lines off of records. He'd pick up harmonies off of Four Freshmen records and he'd just feed them right back to us. We'd go, "Woah!" and like a sponge, we'd just absorbed it.

---

(*?)NOTE I remember reading in a book (by Tobler or Preiss?) that it was not from Eric Carmen, but a description from Brian Wilson

Statistics after 50,000 pageviews

2012-01-19T13:49:00.000+01:00

Five most viewed:

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soniclovenoize presents....The Random Heroes and Villains Generator

2012-01-10T12:58:00.000+01:00

Jan 2011 -> sunshinecortex.com

These are 25 small tracks. To hear them all again (in a different order), refresh screen (F5) and play!

Brian Wilson interviewed by Jamake Highwater – Jan 11th, 1968

2012-01-06T13:49:00.000+01:00

November 9, 2011 -> rootstrata.com

Brian Wilson QUOTE (starting from 12m40s):

You know our original (force?) was vocal, of course.

And then, from there, I began to learn the art of production and the art of making background music, which became kind of settling around in 1964 and all of the sudden I found my self in the studio taking hours and hours just going through, you know, track experiences, you know, and all of the sudden the two (things?) you know came together, the vocal and the track and all, and all of the sudden I began to realise that it was all just one art, it was all one thing you know?

And I didn't seperate voices and instruments anymore, and I no longer thought of, well, track and vocals, it was just one thing, you know, and now, god it's come so far, I don't know what to say about it, you know?, I don't know where it's come to, with me, musically, in fact I think I've run out of ideas, believe it or not.

He also stated somewhere in the interview that religion should be substituted by meditation. "Meditation is the new religion"

Brian mentions Nelson Riddle as a great arranger, and his own arranging skills are full realised on Pet Sounds.

Wiki-Info about the interviewer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamake_Highwater

Note: the interview is from Jan 11th, 1968, the photo must be somewhere between summer 1969 and summer 1970, the period of time when Brian was owner of the Radian Radish shop.

See also earlier post At The Radiant Radish

SMiLE SESSiONS Webisodes [13 tubes]

2012-01-03T13:35:00.001+01:00

'I Can Hear Music:' Author Mike Eder reveals his dream project on The Beach Boys

2012-01-03T12:39:00.002+01:00

December 28, 2011 -> examiner.com

Against all odds, The Beach Boys have put aside their legal and creative differences this past year, releasing the lauded Smile in November to rave reviews. That news was first announced exclusively in this column last February in an interview with Al Jardine.

When December rolled around, a 50th anniversary tour was announced, reuniting Brian Wilson with Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks. Johnston even had an appropriately ironic name for the tour – "When Surf Freezes Over."

50 tracks live concert/cd idea (alt version) update

2011-12-27T14:43:00.000+01:00

It's a mixture of about 30 hits and 20 more obscure (but GREAT) tunes.
Largely chronological backwards, but not 100%. You have to start with California Girls!
One is instrumental and one is acapella. I believe 50 tunes is great for a double cd, but about 40 is much better for a concert.
Only nrs 2 and 5 are Brian solo records, nr 3 and nrs 23-28 are SMiLE tracks that would sound very interesting with a vocal blend of the surviving Beach Boys members. (Wonderful, Heroes, Good Vibes and even Surf's Up have been performed before by the Beach Boys)
There are a few omissions (such as Barb/I Get Around/ WIBN), but this is my fantasy list.

01 California Girls
02 California Role
03 In Blue Hawaii (not including wadoo chant)
04 Kokomo
05 Rio Grande
06 Goin´ On
07 My Diane (7,8&9 together?)
08 The Night Was So Young
09 Had To Phone Ya
10 Sail On Sailor
11 Marcella
12´Til I Die
13 Disney Girls (full harmony BB version)
[BRUCE composition]
14 This Whole World
15 Cottonfields
16 Break Away

B R E A K / P A R T 2

17 Do It Again
18 I Can Hear Music [CARL tribute]
19 Little Bird [DENNIS tribute]
20 Busy Doin´ Nothing
21 Aren´t You Glad
22 Darlin´
23 Wonderful (23-26 = SMiLE part 2)
24 Song For Children
25 Child Is The Father Of The Man
26 Surf's Up
27 Heroes & Villains
28 Good Vibrations
29 Pet Sounds [instrumental]
30 God Only Knows
31 Sloop John B
32 The Little Girl I Once Knew
33 Salt Lake City
34 Help Me Rhonda
35 Dance Dance Dance
36 Please Let Me Wonder
37 When I Grow Up
38 Wendy
39 All Summer Long
40 Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring [acapella]
41 The Little Old Lady From Pasedena
42 Johnny B. Goode
43 Fun Fun Fun

E N C O R E
44 409 (starting with motor sounds)
45 Little Deuce Coupe
46 In My Room
47 Catch A Wave
48 Shut Down
49 Surfin´ USA

F I N A L E N C O R E

50 Surfer Girl

50 Tracks sampler cd or concert idea

2011-12-20T14:18:00.000+01:00

01 I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
02 Southern California
03 Saturday Morning In The City
04 South American
05 Kokomo
06 Love And Mercy (complete with bridge)
07 Getcha Back
08 Heaven TRIBUTE TO CARL
09 Goin´ On
10 Shortenin´ Bread
11 Almost Summer CELEBRATION
12 My Diane
13 Rainbows TRIBUTE TO DENNIS
14 The Night Was So Young
15 Had To Phone Ya
16 Sail On Sailor
17 Marcella
18´Til I Die
19 This Whole World
20 Break Away

B R E A K / P A R T 2

21 Do It Again
22 Little Bird
23 Busy Doin´ Nothing
24 Aren´t You Glad
25 Darlin´
26 Wonderful (SMiLE part 2)
27 Song For Children (SMiLE part 2)
28 Child Is The Father Of The Man (SMiLE part 2)
29 Surf's Up (SMiLE part 2)
30 Heroes & Villains
31 Good Vibrations
32 God Only Knows
33 Sloop John B
34 The Little Girl I Once Knew
35 California Girls
36 Help Me Rhonda
37 Dance Dance Dance
38 Please Let Me Wonder
39 The Little Old Lady From Pasedena
40 All Summer Long
41 Wendy
42 The Warmth Of The Sun
43 Fun Fun Fun

E N C O R E

44 409 (starting with motor sounds)
45 Little Deuce Coupe
46 In My Room
47 Catch A Wave
48 Shut Down
49 Surfin´ USA

F I N A L E N C O R E

50 Surfer Girl

--- under construction ---
50 PLAYLIST: (I've found them all except for South American)

Exclusive: Mike Love 'Looking Forward' to Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour

2011-12-20T13:05:00.001+01:00

December 19, 2011 -> rollingstone.com

'We're using most of Brian Wilson's band,' says Love

A Very She & Him Christmas

2011-12-20T12:07:00.001+01:00

1. "The Christmas Waltz" Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 2:37
2. "Christmas Day" Brian Wilson 3:24
3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin 3:42
4. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram 2:26
5. "Christmas Wish" Joey Spampinato 2:58
6. "Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish 2:44
7. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Johnny Marks 2:00
8. "Silver Bells" Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 1:57
9. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Frank Loesser 2:17
10. "Blue Christmas" Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson 3:24
11. "Little Saint Nick" Wilson, Mike Love 2:10
12. "The Christmas Song" Bob Wells, Mel Tormé 2:26

-> external playlist

The Beach Boys: The SMiLE Sessions (by Thomas Britt)

2011-12-16T15:45:00.000+01:00

16 dec 2011 -> popmatters.com

According to Brian Wilson, that modular approach to songwriting is both the album’s mission and its undoing.

Brian Wilson's California (Playlist)

2011-12-15T17:09:00.002+01:00

The Beach Boys - All I Wanna Do

2011-12-14T14:22:00.000+01:00

1970

Gevorderden improviseren het best zonder leider (Advanced people improvise best without leader)

2011-12-13T12:17:00.000+01:00

12 dec 2011 -> nu.nl

Gevorderde acteurs improviseren het beste wanneer niemand daarbij de leiding heeft. Ze raken dan in een 'staat van gezamenlijke improvisatie', die ze mét leider niet bereiken.

Dat schrijven Amerikaanse en Israëlische biologen maandag in het wetenschappelijk tijdschrift PNAS.

Improvisatie is het uitvoeren van een creatieve taak, waarbij vooraf zo min mogelijk aanwijzingen zijn gegeven.

Voorbeelden zijn freestyle rappen en improvisatietoneel, maar ook spontane gesprekken kun je improvisatie noemen.

Spiegelspel

Bij gezamenlijke improvisatie komt de actie van de een voort uit die van de ander. Hoe die improvisatie het beste resultaat oplevert, onderzochten de biologen aan de hand van 'het spiegelspel'.

In dit spel voor twee is het de bedoeling dat een van de tegenspelers spontane bewegingen begint te maken en de ander die zo snel en goed mogelijk imiteert. Daardoor lijkt het alsof de bewegingen ingestudeerd zijn.

De onderzoekers lieten ervaren en onervaren improvisatoren het spel spelen. Afwisselend wezen de onderzoekers daarbij wel en geen leider aan.

Secuur

In de sessies met leider imiteerden de ervaren acteurs minder secuur. Bovendien hadden de imitatoren moeite om dezelfde snelheid als het voorbeeld aan te houden. Hun bewegingen gingen steeds iets te langzaam of te snel.

Onervaren acteurs presteerden een stuk slechter dan ervaren acteurs, helemaal wanneer niemand werd aangewezen om de leiding te nemen.

Volgens de onderzoekers komen gelijkwaardige, ervaren improvisatoren wanneer geen van beide officieel de leiding heeft tot onbewust overeengekomen bewegingen. Ze hebben dan in feite steeds allebei de leiding. Is een van de twee aangewezen als leider, dan ontstaat die 'staat van gezamenlijke improvisatie' niet.

Onervaren

Onervaren acteurs bereikten met leider wel iets beter dan zonder, maar bereikten in geen van de gevallen de 'gezamenlijke improvisatiestaat'.

In feite zou je de bijeenkomsten van Occupy-demonstranten ook improvisatie kunnen noemen. Zij kiezen uit principe geen leiders. Dat blijkt dus niet alleen een effectief middel tegen machtsmisbruik, maar in het geval van ervaren demonstranten ook goed voor het improvisatievermogen.

Sounds Heard: The Beach Boys—The Smile Sessions

2011-12-10T14:08:00.001+01:00

December 8, 2011 -> newmusicbox.org

Randall Roberts, in one of several pieces on The Smile Sessions that ran recently in The Los Angeles Times, has stated that “every library of American recording history needs this; university composition departments, music professors, budding recording engineers and composers should study it.”

SMiLE is so good, it makes Pet Sounds stink!

2011-12-10T12:53:00.000+01:00

That was an emotional statement once made by Dennis Wilson.
Now, let's try a rational scientific calculation, based upon my own preferences (which of course are very subjective).
The question is, which album is better?

I made a TOP 30 of SMiLE and Pet Sounds songs all together:

TOP 30 by Aumbop

It was 45 years ago

2011-12-08T11:52:00.001+01:00

It was 8:22 (morning or evening?)

more photos -> amoeba.com

Brian Wilson Signing December 6th, 2011 - Amoeba Record Store, San Francisco (fragment of a photo by Kaitlin Layher)

GuitarConnect ProAnalog to digital interface for iPad and iPhone 4

2011-12-07T15:57:00.001+01:00

Plug your instrument into the 1/4" jack and you have a noise-free, 100% digital connection from your instrument to GarageBand. And GuitarConnect Pro's gain control lets you control the strength of your input signal.

-> store.griffintechnology.com

See also iTar

Famous keyboard/piano player Larry Knechtel about Pet Sounds

2011-12-07T12:24:00.001+01:00

-> larryknechtel.com

This conversation, with David Leaf, originally appeared in "The Making of Pet Sounds" book, part of Capitol's Grammy-nominated 4-CD The Pet Sounds Sessions box set, which was released in 1997.

LARRY KNECHTEL: "I started working with Brian because I had been working with Spector...

+ live version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, sung beautifully by James Griffin with Larry Knechtel on piano, from the Bread reunion tour in 1997.

Beach Boys Britain 50 Years Under The Sun weekend parts 1&2

2011-12-06T13:12:00.001+01:00

Dec 3, 2011 -> lucyswebdesigns.co.uk

Well we have been looking forward to this event for what seems like a year now, and finally the weekend rolled around. We headed down from Enfield dropped Poppy off en route with my folks in Crick.

The event took place in the Wycliffe Rooms in Lutterworth, a venue that has some very fond recollections for us in Beach Boy world...

Part 1

Part 2

+ Videos

IconFetch: SMiLE Followup parts 1&2 - Mark Linett & Alan Boyd

2011-12-06T12:39:00.001+01:00

Part 1 -> 440-mark-linett-a-alan-boyd-smile-followup.html

Part 2 -> 450-smile-followup-part-two-mark-linett-a-alan-boyd.html

(Special message by Aumbop)

MARK LINETT
&
ALAN BOYD

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

A Child’s Guide to SMiLE

2011-12-03T13:32:00.001+01:00

How would SMiLE—the infamous unfinished album—hold up as a children’s recording?

Friday, December 2, 2011 -> mdarlings.com

The Wrecking Crew left its musical mark on pop culture

2011-12-02T13:01:00.001+01:00

06 November 2011 -> goldminemag.com

If you were asked to name the best bassists in rock music, Paul McCartney and John Entwistle would quickly come to mind. Ask for legendary rock guitarists and Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen would be uttered frequently. Seek the names of some great rock drummers and chances are you’d hear Keith Moon, John Bonham and Ringo Starr.

But if you browsed my list, you’ll find bassists Carol Kaye and Chuck Berghofer, guitarists Tommy Tedesco, Al Casey and Bill Pitman, and drummers Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer and Jim Gordon at the top. After scratching your head in puzzlement, I’d probably hear, “Who the hell are they?” as a common response.

Their names may be unfamiliar, but you’ve played air guitar, pencil-on-desk drums and hummed along to hundreds of classic hit records, commercial jingles and TV and movie themes from the late ’50s throughout the mid-’70s on which these and several other key session musicians performed. They are:

+ Interview with drummer Hall Blaine

Behind The Sounds update!

2011-12-02T11:12:00.001+01:00

It's been awhile since I've listened to the amazingly great BehindTheSounds channel. Now I see (the long awaited) part 2 of God Only Knows is out (since July), and the newest is I Know There's An Answer! (since August)

Maybe with all 13 tracks done, it would be a nice document on a dvd?

Behind The Sounds: I Know There's An Answer

Behind The Sounds: God Only Knows Part 2

Behind The Sounds: God Only Knows Part 1 (most viewed, over 133,333 views!)

How to Steal a SMiLE : An Alternate History of The Beach Boys’ Lost Classic

2011-12-01T14:34:00.001+01:00

2011/11/30 -> relix.com

There are those who maintain that the “Mona Lisa” on display in the Louvre in Paris is a fake, replaced by a forgery after its daring 1911 theft. The appearance of The Beach Boys’ SMiLE during this shopping season might raise similar eyebrows, but it will undoubtedly induce equally deep ear-to-ear expressions of happiness a few inches below.

Brian Wilson Songwriter 1962-1969 DVD

2011-11-29T12:59:00.001+01:00

2010-11-23 -> popshifter.com

Each new documentary about Brian Wilson or the Beach Boys adds another drop to the ocean of product already available.
Many of them are the same old story, with poorly-researched information and no original music.
This is most certainly not the case with Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969.
At three hours of interview and analysis spanning two discs, the new release from Sexy Intellectual stands head and shoulders above its peers.

Réécoute (SMiLE selections)

2011-11-26T15:13:00.001+01:00

listen -> sites.radiofrance.fr

(SMiLE topic starts after 1m40s)

info

1- « You’re Welcome » [Disc 1]
2- « Look (Song For Children) » [Disc 1]
3- « Surf’s Up 1967 [Solo Version] » [Disc 1]
4- « My Only Sunshine: Part 2 [Master Take With Vocal Overdubs] » [Disc 3]
5- « My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine) » [Disc 1]
6- « Do You Like Worms: Part 2 (Bicycle Rider) » [Disc 3]
7- « Do You Like Worms: Bicycle Rider Overdubs (Heroes And Villains Part 2) » [Disc 3]
8- « Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) » [Disc 1]
9- « Heroes and Villains: Cantina » [Disc 2]
10- « Heroes And Villains: Piano Theme »
[Disc 2]
11- « Heroes And Villains: Barbershop » [Disc 2]
12- « Heroes And Villains: Children Were Raised [Remake] » [Disc 2]
13- « Heroes And Villains: Children Were Raised [Master Take Overdubs Mix 1] » [Disc 2]
14- « Heroes and Villains : Children Were Raised [Master Take A Capella] » [Disc 2]
15- « Heroes And Villains » [Disc 1]
16-« Da Da (Taped Piano Strings) » [Disc 4]
17- « Cool, Cool Water [Version 2] » [Disc 4]
18- « You’re With Me Tonight » [Disc 4]
19- « Psycodelic Sounds: Underwater Chant »
[Disc 4]
20- « Heroes And Villains : Bag of Tricks »
[Disc 2]
21- « He Gives Speeches » [Disc 1]
22- « Holidays » [Disc 1]
23- « Wind Chimes [Version 2 Tag] » [Disc 4]
24- « Wind Chimes » [Disc 1]
25- « Wonderful [Version 3] » [Disc 3]
26- « Smile Backing Vocals Montage » [Disc 1]
27- « Wonderful » [Disc 1]
28- « I Don’t Know » [Disc 4]
29- « Child Is Father Of The Man » [Disc 1]
30- « Smile Backing Vocals Montage » [Disc 1]
31- « Good Good Good Vibrations (First Version With Overdubs) 3/66 » [Disc 5]
32- ''Good Vibrations'': Western 6/16/66
(Part 1) » [Disc 5]
33- « Good Vibrations » [Disc 1]
34- « Our Prayer » [Disc 1]

Larrry King Interview With Brian Wilson

2011-11-26T13:28:00.001+01:00

-> transcripts.cnn.com

(Aired August 20, 2004 - 21:00 ET)

KING: A great pleasure to welcome to LARRY KING LIVE, one of the legendary figures in the history of music. Brian Wilson, the creative genius behind the Beach Boys has dealt with a lot of controversies over the years, come through it and we're going to discuss a lot about it. But his newest CD is "Getting in Over My Head" which might have double meaning. On that CD, Elton John records with him, so does Paul McCartney.

Brian Wilson. And with Brian is Melinda Wilson, she has been married to Brian since 1995 and she and Brian, by the way, have adopted three children, ranging in age from five months to seven years.

2011 The SMiLE SESSiONS 'old' reviews

2011-11-26T00:30:00.000+01:00

(migrated from the sidebar)

* Listen
Oct 31 Domenic Priore interview (Iconfetch)
Oct 28 Geoff Edgers interview
Oct 28 Jon Stebbins interview (Iconfetch)
Oct 26 Alan Boyd interview (Iconfetch)
Oct 21 Brian & Bruce on BBC radio 4
Oct 17 Mark Linett interview 2 (Iconfetch)
Oct 12 Mark Linett interview 1 (Iconfetch)

* Watch
Nov 1 CBS News (WashingtonPost)

* Articles / written interviews / var.

Nov 1 starpulse.com BW interv.
Nov 1 Bobzilla (laist.com) BW interv.
Nov 1 Bernard Perusse (MontrealGazette)
Nov 1 Randy Lewis (latimes.com)
Oct 31 Joe Marchese 1 (SecondDisc)
Oct 28 Ed Masley Arizona interviews
Oct 28 Andrew Hickey: How to smile
Oct 27 Michael Pilz WeltOnline article
Oct 12 Darian Sahanaja interview
Oct/Nov Record Collector interview
Sept 30 Brian Wilson Press Release

* Global reviews
Nov 2 Mark Richardson pitchforkmedia.com
Nov 1 Eric Luecking (npr.org)
Oct 31 Melinda Newman (hitfix.com)
Oct 28 RollingStone.de
Oct 27 Steve Marinucci Examiner
Oct 27 Bob Lee (LA Beat)
Oct 27 Andrew Burgess (musicOMH)
Oct 27 Matthew Horton BBC
Oct 27 Alexis Petridis Guardian
Oct 26 JohnH (OrangePress)
Oct 25 Dominic Valvona
Oct 22 David Beard (Examiner)
Oct ?? Bob Gendron ToneAudio

* Song by song reviews
Oct 21 Ear Candy review
Oct 18 Leila Heynsham review 3
Oct 16 Leila Heynsham review 2
Sept 30 Leila Heynsham review 1

* Useful links
Listen here to 139 or 41 samples
Visit latest SMiLE METACRITICS
Search for Smile Sessions NEWS
Twitter search Smile Sessions
[Search for In The Key Of Disney]

* Review magazines in the bookstores:
Tone Audio / Uncut / Mojo / Classic Rock Review / Word / Q Magazine / RecordCollectorNews / Rolling Stone

The Beach Boys - Vegetables [live 1993]

2011-11-22T19:29:00.001+01:00

Paramount Theater, NY
November 26, 1993

1. California Girls
2. I Can Hear Music
3. Come Go With Me
4. Rock And Roll Music
5. Do You Wanna Dance
6. In My Room
7. Do It Again
8. Catch A Wave
9. Hawaii
10. Darlin
11. Be True To Your School
12. Under The Boardwalk
13. Little Duece Coupe
14. 409
15. Shut Down
16. I Get Around
17. California Dreaming
18. Summer In Paradise

19. Heroes And Villains
20. Vegetables (Smile Version)
21. Take A Load Off Your Feet

22. Little Saint Nick
23. Surfer Girl

24. Hushabye
25. Add Some Music
26. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
27. All This Is That
28. Wonderful
29. Disney Girls
30. Caroline No
31. You Still Believe In Me

32. God Only Knows
33. Sloop John B
34. Wouldn't It Be Nice
35. Good Vibrations
36. Kokomo
37. Help Me Rhonda
38. Barbara Ann
39. Fun, Fun, Fun

Encore:
40. Wipeout
41. Surfin Safari
42. Surf City
43. Surfin U.S.A.

The SMiLE SESSiONS on the charts

2011-11-14T14:19:00.000+01:00

week 46 / 2011 - November 19 -> United World Chart

First week(s):

WORLD 30
Sweden: 9
Norway 13
NL 20 - 42
Japan 24
UK 25 - 93
Germany: 26
USA 27 - 93
Finnland: 46
Switzerland: 65
Canada 92
France 84
Belgium: 84
Spain: 90

Compare UK chart peaks of Beach Boys albums (of original material) since 1970:
Sunflower 29, Surf's Up 15, Carl/Passions 25, Holland 20, 15 Big Ones 31, Love You 28, LA 32, KTSA 54, Beach Boys 60, Smile Sessions 25
BWPS peaked at #7...Dennis' POB/Legacy peaked at #16.

Brian Wilson on Extra

2011-11-12T12:38:00.001+01:00

11 nov 2011
Brian's interviewed on "Extra" tomorrow night at 9:00pm. (= saturday California USA time?)

Carol Kaye interview/video

2011-11-11T14:59:00.001+01:00

Uploaded 8 nov 2011

+ Many more on YT

Al Jardine talks about SMiLE (also in 2000)

2011-11-11T12:54:00.001+01:00

July 28, 2000 Goldmine -> smilealbum.tripod.com

Al: In fact, “Heroes And Villains” at the start, was one of the first things we ever did, really early on, even before we recorded “Surfin'”; We were working on that song way back in '61. We all became instruments for Brian's barber shop concept. He said, “Let's all do this, let's sing this idea.” Carl would be one instrument, I'd be another. Mike would be another instrument.

Question: So the idea of “Heroes And Villains” was born back in 61.

Al: Yeah, the idea, not the song. We started singing a capella first because we didn't play instruments. With none of us really being players, we would just scat in the car going to a show or something or going to school, anywhere.

The men behind the ‘SMiLE’ and how a fabled Beach Boys album finally made it onto Billboard 200 album chart

2011-11-11T12:09:00.001+01:00

11/10/2011 -> blog.mysanantonio.com 'The Music Beat'

There are tapes from more than 75 sessions.

Linett has pursued the project for 25 years, beginning research (and the search for) the original master tapes.

“It’s the Holy Grail of Brian (Wilson) and the Beach Boys canon,” Linett said. “It’s totally unique and more complicated and involved in anything I’ve ever done in 40 years of making records.”

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2011-11-09T17:40:00.000+01:00

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Twitter Results for SmileSessions

2011-11-09T13:30:00.000+01:00

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lnmuir Lauren Muir

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[THIS DAY = 9 Nov ] 14 hours ago »

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SmileSessionsの発送メールもやっと来た象

23 hours ago »

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Mike Love, still an asshole. #SMiLEsessions #linernotes

8 Nov »

ClaytonDelAnnex Clayton Rego

Hanging down from my window, those are my wind chimes #SMiLESessions

8 Nov »

Sak_Lunch Matt Klimczyk

Beach Boys are still so hard #SmileSessions

8 Nov »

eddieward8 Eddie Ward

Big props to the pop music reissue of the year! Can't believe Beach Boys finally released these legendary 1967 sessions! #smilesessions

7 Nov »

signert Johan Signert

Retar mig dock på att det inte går att köpa enbart 5CD-versionen utan att behöva betala för en massa vinyl. #smilesessions

7 Nov »

lexspears Alex Spears

Will be listening to this tonight and hopefully retaining my sanity #SMILEsessions http://twitter.com/lexspears/status/133549453121556480/photo/1

7 Nov »

BlakeofdaOzarks Blake Maples

#smilesessions holy grail of beach boys music. Not cars/girls music. Misunderstood and incredible @RoyalT45

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caseycavanagh Casey Cavanagh

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7 Nov »

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うーむ、Beachboys SmileSessions なんでか取り込めない。多分俺のPC側の問題。一晩置いてみるか・・？

6 Nov »

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6 Nov »

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6 Nov »

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6 Nov »

SashaLamb Sasha Lamb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxwWt2JeGQ&sns=tw heroes and villains vid #smilesessions

6 Nov »

jstnwlcx JW

How do I know I'm not a perfectionist? I would declare take 1 of 'Our Prayer' awesome & move on #smilesessions #beachboys #brianwilson

6 Nov »

gijsbertkamer Gijsbert Kamer

Zo, het zit erop. De complete #smilesessions box beluisterd. 5 cd's en geen seconde verveeld. 150 euro beslist waard, los van prachtfoto's.

6 Nov »

KelvikPineda Kelvik Pineda

Heroes and villains #beachboys #SmileSessions

6 Nov »

anband Airplane Noise

"I'm stuck between the C and the C-sharp." #BeachBoys #SmileSessions #BrianFallsIntoAPiano

5 Nov »

johnoomkes john oomkes

@ @gijsbertkamer #SmileSessions Sorry, dat blijft Good Vibrations natuurlijk. Mini-opera!

5 Nov »

nsmitham980 Nathan Smith

"columnated ruins domino" #smilesessions

5 Nov »

jazner24 Julian Schoen

who's up on that #BeachBoys #SmileSessions comp?? oh, what could've been...

5 Nov »

nsmitham980 Nathan Smith

"stand or fall, I know there, shall be peace in the valley, and it's all an affair, of my life with the heroes and villains" #smilesessions

5 Nov »

pauldieterman Paul Dieterman

Nu, kunnen we dan eindelijk stellen dat Smile een betere plaat is dan Pet Sounds? Ik zeg ja. #smilesessions @gijsbertkamer

5 Nov »

gijsbertkamer Gijsbert Kamer

Of toch Surf's Up? #smilesessions

5 Nov »

gijsbertkamer Gijsbert Kamer

Mooiste liedje aller tijden vandaag: Wonderful van de Beach Boys. #smilesessions

5 Nov »

twonhoff Tip Wonhoff

Awesome new music video from SMiLE: Heroes and Villains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxwWt2JeGQ&feature=share #SMiLESessions #BeachBoys

5 Nov »

powerofpop POWER OF POP

Amazing that alth Brian Wilson only had one good ear, he could pick up on when the vocals were off. #smilesessions

5 Nov »

ssk_tohog ささき＠北東北

自分が生まれた年に"出る筈だった"レコードに、やっとこさ会えましたヨ。 #SMiLEsessions

5 Nov »

andrewlacy52 Andrew Lacy

"Brian Falls into a Piano" may be my favorite track from The #SMiLESessions. If only there were video to go with it.

5 Nov »

seanparrott Sean Parrott

If you like 'The Smile Sessions,' you should also check out Van Dyke Parks' 'Song Cycle.' It's also super-gorgeous #smilesessions

4 Nov »

JolieJolinne Jolinne Kearns

@ @Imwithjack geek!! #smilesessions

4 Nov »

Imwithjack Jack Ecker

My Beach Boys "Smile" Record came in the mail today. And I giggled. I giggled like a little girl! #smilesessions

4 Nov »

Jonny_Bennett Jonny Bennett

surf's up on 6music. nice. #smilesessions

4 Nov »

mcc1afferty tonymcclafferty

all smilez #smilesessions

4 Nov »

Awildahby Awilda Cirigliano

Off-topic: this will be a most enjoyable music evening #smilesessions #beachboys #music http://twitter.com/fortworthology/status/131510806155239425/photo/1

4 Nov »

starsincoma Andrée

Gillar också smågnabbandet mellan medlemmarna när de försöker få styr på stämmorna i "Our Prayer". #smilesessions

4 Nov »

starsincoma Andrée

Älskar att de har lagt upp fete-editionen med varenda lite outtake på Spotify #smilesessions

4 Nov »

WhirlpoolParty SECRETWARS

Dude'll Do #smilesessions #boomforreal

4 Nov »

WhirlpoolParty SECRETWARS

The Beach Boys make me so optimistic. #smilesessions

4 Nov »

youthelectronix Jeremy Smith

Now that the #smilesessions are out, how about the complete Kokomo sessions? #isolatedbongotracks

4 Nov »

BiffBamPop AndyBurns@BiffBamPop

Before you listen to the #BeachBoys #SmileSessions, check out @perryS33 's review of #BrianWilson 's #Disney album. http://ow.ly/7i3DZ

4 Nov »

SaraMurphy Sara Murphy

Revisiting 7 min 16 sec "Heroes & Villains (stereo sections)" 0:23-0:33 is one of the prettiest things I've ever heard. #SMiLEsessions

4 Nov »

BarryHarris1991 Barry Harris

This is the most amazing thing I've ever held in my hands! #smilesessions http://twitter.com/BarryHarris1991/status/132249800581189632/photo/1

4 Nov »

SaraMurphy Sara Murphy

"Tune X" <3 #SMiLEsessions

4 Nov »

jkulmala Janne Kulmala

Thank the manatee that the 5 cd #smilesessions is on @Spotify - this is great stuff, but I already ordered the 2 cd one. Yeah, I like worms.

3 Nov »

Smokes_Quantity Ivan Juarez-Mrazek

It's amazing/sad to think that nobody has been able to write better pop songs than Brian Wilson did in the mid-60's #SMiLEsessions

3 Nov »

ondeksyt EKSYT

The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson & Co. : ♥ #SmileSessions #GoodVibrations

3 Nov »

BiffBamPop AndyBurns@BiffBamPop

Before you listen to the #BeachBoys #SmileSessions, check out @perryS33 's review of #BrianWilson 's #Disney album. http://ow.ly/7i3Bf

3 Nov »

edwhitemagic Ed White

If you love the Beach Boys, you should read the review of The Smile Sessions @pitchforkmedia. See http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16000-the-smile-sessions/. #SmileSessions #fb

3 Nov »

SaraMurphy Sara Murphy

Onto the entire 7:16 minutes of the various of "Heroes & Villians" sections. HOLY SHIT. #SMiLEsessions

3 Nov »

BiffBamPop AndyBurns@BiffBamPop

Before you listen to the #BeachBoys #SmileSessions, check out @perryS33 's review of #BrianWilson 's #Disney album. http://ow.ly/7i3vZ

3 Nov »

ayysimon Adrian Simon

Tryin' to have my #SmileSessions soon.

3 Nov »

JR_Donaldson Jonathan Donaldson

Surfing is the only life the only way for me now surf, surf with me. Congrats to Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce & VanDyke! #BeachBoys #SmileSessions

3 Nov »

iamrentman Justin Rent

44 years later the #SMiLEsessions are potentially more significant than they would have been otherwise. Truly amazing recordings! #BeachBoys

3 Nov »

inderinderinder Inder

For all the journo grousing, I'd gladly listen to 37 more edits of Heroes and Villains. #SmileSessions

3 Nov »

carminepfilthy Carmine P. Filthy

On the Filthy SoundSystem: The Beach Boys 'The Smile Sessions' #thebeachboys #smilesessions

3 Nov »

calmaestro Lee Matthew

I really like the latest Beach Boys album, notwithstanding the 44 year delay. #smile #smilesessions #brianwilson

3 Nov »

wilberfan Scott Mumford

I swear to #God, there's nothing cooler than #BrianWilson. #SMiLEsessions

3 Nov »

mynameisfreshy M J Fresh

God Bless Brian Wilson #SMiLESessions

3 Nov »

BApplechase Barry Applechase

#beachboys #SMiLEsessions sure are beautiful. But why the 44 year wait? Brian Wilson, you must be ma... oh.

2 Nov »

fasteddie113 Fast Eddie

BAM! op de dag dat tante pos de prachtige box brengt verschijnt deze A+-recensie... http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16000-the-smile-sessions/ #SmileSessions #sintisvroegditjaar

2 Nov »

iandude Ian chavez Venegas

Heroes and Villains #SmileSessions

2 Nov »

pwhatter PauNest

As much as I never liked The Beach Boys, The #SMiLESessions are really cool.

2 Nov »

CBCWam Mack Furlong

Listening to #Beachboys #Smilesessions ... no wonder the #Beatles were worried ...

2 Nov »

brandon_weigel Brandon Weigel

Columnated ruins domino #SmileSessions #SoDamnGood

2 Nov »

mantenna Jeff Esterby

Could listen to Our Prayer (Dialog) on repeat for hours. #smilesessions #allweeklong

2 Nov »

OlofAdell Olof Adell

Is that Paul McCartney I hear munching on a carrot? #SMiLEsessions

2 Nov »

juicewithjunior Junior

Life/the Internet is going to have to take a backseat while I both listen to & obsess over #TheBeachBoys #SmileSessions http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16000-the-smile-sessions/

2 Nov »

kitaharanara こんど

本日発売のBEACH BOYSのTHE SMiLESESSIONSを聴きながら、ブライアンウィルソンの解説を読んだら泣きそうになった。　本当に素晴らしすぎて、、、、、僕が死んだら、葬式はコレを流して下さい。お願いします。

2 Nov »

OJ_Law OJ Law

Those 'new' unheard harmonies on Child is Father of the Man are just WOW. #smilesessions

2 Nov »

OJ_Law OJ Law

Columnated ruins domino. #smilesessions

2 Nov »

gkla Greg Katz

for the record @pitchfork, it's Grand Coulee Dam, not "Grand Cooley Damn." #duh #smilesessions

2 Nov »

brianpjcronin Brian PJ Cronin

Up at 3:30 am, wondering how Brian Wilson got stuck in that piano in the first place. #smilesessions

2 Nov »

silvadealegria Sergio Silva

Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad? #SMiLEsessions :D

2 Nov »

jayleophillips Jay Leo Phillips

BICYCLE RIDER! #smilesessions #beachboys

2 Nov »

jayleophillips Jay Leo Phillips

I'm freaking out a lot more than I expected to. #smilesessions #beachboys

2 Nov »

jayleophillips Jay Leo Phillips

Oh, you know. Just listening to the pinnacle of American pop music. #smilesessions

2 Nov »

MrTonyPlaylist Tony Kornheiser ♫

#MrTony 11/1 #OldGuyRadio: Beach Boys - Heroes & Villains. #SMiLESessions released on vinyl and CD today. http://youtu.be/_lkk8Cku4p8

2 Nov »

fortworthology fortworthology

Off-topic: this will be a most enjoyable music evening #smilesessions #beachboys #music http://twitter.com/fortworthology/status/131510806155239425/photo/1

2 Nov »

tomorrowville Kevin Buchanan

I've got something fun to open tonight. #music #beachboys #smilesessions http://instagr.am/p/SYcq0/

1 Nov »

OlofAdell Olof Adell

Surf's Up might be the most beautiful thing ever recorded. #SMiLEsessions @BrianWilsonLive

1 Nov »

OlofAdell Olof Adell

A must today: "The Life Of Brian Wilson" #halfbandhalfmovie #smilesessions

1 Nov »

OlofAdell Olof Adell

I can't believe I'm hearing the #smilesessions at last. Imagine if this was released when it was recorded. 44 years ago! Repeat!

1 Nov »

amytupper Amy Tupper

I'm in love. RT @atomictom: Check out our cover of "Our Prayer" by The Beach Boys. http://youtu.be/fM1PO3ckIJs?hd=1 #smilesessions

1 Nov »

Jarcila51 Juan Camilo Arcila

@estorecolombia ya tienen confirmada la feha de salida de #smilesessions de the beach boys??? gracias...

1 Nov »

tomorrowville Kevin Buchanan

Never thought I'd see this on my screen in an official capacity. Wow! #smilesessions http://twitter.com/tomorrowville/status/131476596711370752/photo/1

1 Nov »

OutsidersBMX Outsiders BMX

Time to get down and fuck shit up, as usual! @KanyeAsada: DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS??? #smilesessions

1 Nov »

mynameiscurt mynameiscurt

Our Prayer + Gee + Heroes and Villians is a pretty rad opening to an album. My boys lost some steam after that though. #smilesessions

1 Nov »

KanyeAsada Brandon Hoffman

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS??? #smilesessions

1 Nov »

pinchealdo Aldo Alvarez

vamos levantándonos el ánimo. #SmileSessions http://twitpic.com/79hyu1

1 Nov »

Jarcila51 Juan Camilo Arcila

@estorecolombia ya tienen confirmada la feha de salida de #smilesessions de the beach boys??? gracias...

1 Nov »

SBRadachi SCOTT

Digging into Brian Wilson's teenage symphony to God. #thebeachboys #smilesessions

1 Nov »

mynameisheather heather murray

RT @atomictom: Check out our cover of "Our Prayer" by The Beach Boys. http://youtu.be/fM1PO3ckIJs?hd=1 #thebeachboys #smilesessions

1 Nov »

atomictom Atomic Tom

Check out our cover of "Our Prayer" by The Beach Boys. http://youtu.be/fM1PO3ckIJs?hd=1 #thebeachboys #smilesessions

1 Nov »

manateehat Sarah Baldwin

I always remember where I was standing the last time I heard "Surf's Up" for the first time. #smilesessions

1 Nov »

TheeChrisD Chris DeFusco

Oh shit...Heroes and Villians! #SmileSessions #BrianWilson

1 Nov »

brianpjcronin Brian PJ Cronin

It's also jarring to hear Brian Wilson, after an angelic vocal take, ask the other Beach Boys if the acid has hit them yet. #SmileSessions

1 Nov »

Think about it Joe: It doesn't have to be perfect. It's gotta be just kinda honest and live.

2011-11-09T12:52:00.000+01:00

Nov 2011 -> smileysmile.net

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......................It seems Brian Wilson's gonna work again with producer Joe Thomas, for a future Beach Boys album. Again, a try to get a 'radio friendly' hitrecord for the mainstream popmarket?

But remember that awful production of the Imagination album from 1998? That album that sounded as a complete dishonest LIE? Horrible drums, synths and sounds all over the place that have nothing to do with Brian Wilson style? Sorry Joe, but how can you produce music you don't understand?

WTF?

We'll wait and see. But beware of the plastic production and spanish guitars on every song. The Beach Boys don't need to sound like Bieber, Celine Dion or even Wilson Phillips. In My Humble Opinion, of course.

Goodbye Surfing, Hello God: Brian Wilson's Tortured Effort to Finish 'Smile'

2011-11-04T12:44:00.000+01:00

Nov 3 2011 -> rollingstone.com

In the kitchen, Marilyn Wilson was trying to get the meal organized and served, aided and hindered by the chattering suggestions of the guests' wives and girlfriends. When everyone was seated and waiting for the food, Brian tapped his knife idly on a white china plate.

"Listen to that," he said. "That's really great!" Everybody listened as Brian played the plate. "Come on, let's get something going here," he ordered. "Michael – do this. David – you do this." A plate-and-spoon musicale began to develop as each guest played a distinctly different technique, rhythm and melody under Brian's enthusiastic direction.

Magritte Modular Magic: Titles

2011-11-04T03:00:00.000+01:00

Paintings by René Magritte (1898 – 1967)

The Big Family (La Grande Famille) 1963

The Uncertainty Principle (Le Principe d'Incertitude) 1944

The Fanatics (Les Fanatiques) 1955

The Discovery Of Fire (La Decouverte De Feu) 1934-35

The Fair Captive (La Belle Captive) 1931

This Is Not A Pipe Either ( ) 19?

The Evening Dress (La Robe Du Soir) 1954

The Depths Of Pleasure (Les Profondeurs Du Plaisir) 1947

Mysteries Of The Horizon (Le Chef D'Oeuvre ou Les Mysteres) 1955

The Happy Donor (L'Heureux Donateur) 1966

The Forest Of Paimpont (La Forêt De Paimpont) 1963

The Organs Of The Night (Magritte Les Orgues De La Soirée) 1965

The Research Of Absolute (La Recherche De L'Absolu) 1963

The Princes Of Autumn (Les Princes De L'Automne) 1963

The Banquet (Le Banquet) 1958

The Plagiarism II (Le Plagiat II) 1945

The Memoires Of A Saint (Les Mémoires D'Un Saint) 1960

Decalcomania (La Décalcomanie) 1966

Infinite Gratitude (La Reconnaissance Infinie) 1963

Castle In The Pyrenees (Le Château des Pyrénées) 1959

The Improvement (L'Embellie) 1962

The Voice Of Blood (La Voix Du Sang) 1947

The Voice Of Blood I (La Voix Du Sang I) 1948

The Happy Hand (La Main Heureuse) 1954

The Empire Of Lights (L' Empire des Lumières) 1954

Good Fortune (La Bonne Aventure) 1939

The Sixteenth Of September (Le Seize Septembre) 1956

The Mysterious Barricades (Les Barricades Mystérieuses) 1961

Tables Of The Law (Les Tables De La Loi) 1966

Clairvoyance II (La Clairvoyance II) 1962

Plain Of The Air II (La Plaine De L'Air) 1941

The Echo (L'Echo) 1944

The Search For The Absolute (La Recherche De L'Absolu) 196?

The Flavour Of Tears III (La Saveur Des Larmes III) 1946

The Ignorant Fairy var. (La Fée Ignorante var.) 1957

Almayer's Folly (La Folie Almayer) 1951

The Present (Le Présent) 1938-39

The Domain Of Arnheim (Le Domaine D’Arnheim) 1938

The Fountain Of Youth (La Fountaine De Jouvence) 1958

The Companions Of Fear (Les Compagnons De La Peur) 1942

The Flavour Of Tears (La Saveur Des Larmes) 1948

Night Of Love (La Nuit D'Amour) 1947

The Natural Graces II (Les Graces Naturelles II) 1963

The Natural Graces var? (Les Graces Naturelles var?) 19?

The Natural Graces (Les Graces Naturelles) 1948

The Promise [Ad for Sabena] (La Promesse) 1966

The Sky Bird (L'Oiseau De Ciel) 1966

The Promise (La Promesse) 196?

The Return (Le Retour) 1940

The Kiss (Le Baiser) 1951?/1957?

The Idol (L’Idole) 1965

The Spring (Le Printemps) 1965

Clairvoyance [self portrait] (La Clairvoyance) 1936

The Man In The Bowler Hat (L'Homme Au Chapeau Melon) 1964

The False Mirror (Le Faux Miroir) 1950

Brian Wilson Signing at Fingerprints: Three People We Met

2011-11-02T15:07:00.001+01:00

Article Nov 2 2011 -> blogs.ocweekly.com

Long Beach, California USA, 11-1-'11

Brian Wilson owes the world nothing. Nope, not you, mega fan. Nor you, guy who owns a mint condition 45 of Heroes And Villains. Nor you, guy who traded in his Sublime records for a copy of Pet Sounds.

But Wilson made a super rare public appearance and held an autograph session for the long awaited, never-completed-album-until-now, The Smile Sessions boxed set. Did he have to do it? Of course not. But he did and he chose the perfect venue for the evening: Fingerprints Records.

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Ten SMiLE covers as a tribute to Brian Wilson:

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3 INSTRUMENTALS

WONDERFUL

2011
Adrian Holovaty - Wonderful
(acoustic guitar instrumental)

GOOD VIBRATIONS

2010
Music City Bronze - Good Vibrations (handbells instrumental arrangement)

Almost a gamelan orchestra.

1967
Hollyridge Strings - Good Vibrations

Instrumental arrangements that copy the original note by note sometimes tend to sound like boring muzak.
This one however has some fresh differences thrown in.

7 COVERS WITH VOCALS
HEROES AND VILLAINS

2010
Van Dyke Parks - Heroes and Villains
[live in the studio/WNYC's Spinning On Air, a 'reinterpretation']

Could be called a self covered tune, because he wrote all the original lyrics to it. If you wanna know the difference in Brian Wilson arrangements and Van Dyke Parks arrangements, just listen!

2000
Malcolm Ross - Heroes And Villains (from the Caroline Now! cd)

Kinda Texas Mexico feel?
Unlike the original, all parts of the song are played in one tempo.

2007
Geraint Watkins sorts out the Heroes and Villains (live)

Prima Louis Prima style!

WITH ME TONIGHT

2011
Mike Huckabee (aka posturex1) - With Me Tonight

This guy does many great covers, with much passion and energy!

BARNYARD

2003?
Tim Shell - Out In The Barnyard [SoundClick MP3]
(not a Beach Boys version) 1:07

Please replay!

COOL, COOL WATER

Holland SMiLES - Cool, Cool Water (CoolestBassCave20Nov) by Aumbop

I was proud to be part of this recording. (November 2003)
Some main differences with the Beach Boys version from 1970:
The high 'theremin' sound is more prominent, the middle part has real water sounds, as upposed to the original had a kind of moog emulation of a waterfall, and it doesn´t fade.

SURF'S UP

2008?
Stephen Newcombe - Surfs Up

Watch out: maybe the first 47 seconds are a boring repetition of samples, but after that it develops in a beautiful, romantic, free reinterpretation of the song. Art as art should be, not a 100% imitation.

7 BONUS TIPS: (NOT ON YOUTUBE)

Pollytones - Our Prayer/Gee/Heroes & Villains
(& all of BWPS version covered acoustic!) It's a real shame they had to remove their respectful work of art from YouTube

Van Dyke Parks & Orchestra - Wind Chimes (live at the Hollywood Bowl)
(in Debussy style arranged by Van Dyke Parks, from the Beach Boys Symphony) Beautiful!

The Kings Singers - Good Vibrations a capella

Todd Rundgren - Good Vibrations
(amplified guitars instead of cello triplets)

Gary Usher - Fall Breaks and Back to Winter
Spooky Halloween Party

~ And 2 from the cd Smiles, Vibes & Harmony:
Mooseheart Faith – Wind Chimes (heavy & psychedelic)
Nikki Sudden & The Mermaids - Wonderful/Whistle In

11 Days

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before the release of

The SMiLE You Send Out Returns To You (Part 2 xl)

2011-10-19T16:00:00.000+02:00

NOTE: These are pictures I found on the internet, I do not sell or trade these 'bootlegs', nor do I have mp3 files of these in this weblog. (a few of above are officialy released!)

Brian Wilson never recorded the song Smile

2011-10-19T12:33:00.000+02:00

The song Smile? I bet most people (most of the non Beach Boys fans) think about the Charlie Chaplin tune, or maybe versions of Michael Jackson or Nat King Cole.

We've got for you the first and original version of Charlie Chaplin's Smile, that is the filmmusic, without words.
John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title to it in 1954, and the first recorded lyrics version was by Nat King Cole, that same year.

Hundreds of covers followed, but I'd like to show here a recent live recording by Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea.

Dianna Reeves has also recorded a different Smile, with the lyrics "A smile is just a frown turned upside down".

At last there are the songs that are really influenced by Brian Wilson's SMiLE music:
Music of REM, the High Llamas and and the Fleet Foxes.
Their song Quiet Houses, not the melody, but the style, reminds me of the last part of Wind Chimes. (listen at 2m28s)

1936 Charlie Chaplin (Modern Times) - Smile

2011? Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea - Smile

1994 Dianne Reeves - Smile

1998 R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful

1996 CD: High Llamas - Hawaii
The Hot Revivalist

Incidentally N.E.O.

2008 Fleet Foxes - Quiet Houses

Mark Linett SMiLE Sessions interview part 2

2011-10-18T13:40:00.000+02:00

18-10-2011 -> iconfetch.com

Leila SMiLES (pt 2 & 3 also up!)

2011-10-18T03:00:00.000+02:00

16/10/2011 -> Steve Hoffman Forum

+ 18/10/2011 (part 3)

Five In The Key Of Disney

2011-10-18T02:00:00.000+02:00

All from Brian Wilson's upcoming release on Oct 24, 2011.

You've Got A Friend In Me
(Toy Story cover)

Heigh-Ho/Whistle While You Work
(Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs cover)

Baby Mine
(Dumbo cover)

+ bonus Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book cover)

+ http://www.spinner.com/2011/10/18/brian-wilson-can-you-feel-the-love-tonight-the-lion-king/?icid=acm50exclusive101811

+ check out all 13(!) download tunes at Amazon

brianwilson.com restyled

2011-10-15T12:54:00.001+02:00

-> Check it out! It's incredible!

Björk Special

2011-10-14T13:58:00.001+02:00

Some faves in a historical overview, and it also shows the latest development of making music with 'Apps'. Why? Because Björk Guðmundsdóttir has recorded a brand new album on her iPad!

Björk - Violently Happy.

1994 (p 2002/2003) from the DVD MTV Unplugged.
It shows that weird electronic effects sound better when redone with acoustic instruments.
(MTV unplugged is my fave Björk music, it has every song with complete different instruments)

Björk - It's Oh So Quiet
(her 5th hit single / her latest real hit)

1995 from the album Post. Her well known big band song.

Björk - Triumph Of A Heart

2004 from the album Medúlla. Acapella with vocal beatbox and electronic effects.

Björk - Wanderlust (2D)

2007 (p 2008) from the album Volta. Interesting videoclip. Intro sounds as dark as some of the 1966 recording of George Fell Into His French Horn.

Björk - Solstice

2011 from the album Biophilia, which also has an 'App' with every song for your iPad, for use as a kind of interactive visual/musical game.

2 examples of the 'Virus App' & Cosmogony (Matthew Herbert Instr. 1) :

+ Biophilia/critic-reviews

iTar - turn your iPad into a guitar

2011-10-14T13:56:00.001+02:00

October 2011 -> kickstarter.com

Our project is designed for musicians, guitar heroes, electronic artists, iPad junkies and hackers looking for a fun and easy way to take their show on the road. At it's heart the device is a button-based guitar fretboard (Starr Labs patented fingerboard) integrated with a dock for the iPad which will transform the tablet into a 21st century musical instrument we call the iTar (tm).

Song Premiere: Brian Wilson Remakes 'Bare Necessities' From 'The Jungle Book'

2011-10-13T20:38:00.000+02:00

October 13, 2011 -> rollingstone.com

As fans can hear for themselves on this version of The Jungle Book's "Bare Necessities," which Wilson reinterprets as a Tin Pan Alley track, he brought his own style to the familiar tunes.

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+ check out these versions by Astrud Gilberto, Tony Rebel, Steve Tyrell, Bowling for Soup, Harry Connick, Jr., Quarteto em Cy, Louis Armstrong

The AD Interview :: Darian Sahanaja (Behind The Smile Sessions)

2011-10-13T14:15:00.000+02:00

12-10-2011 -> aquariumdrunkard.com

AD: What one thing struck you the most about working in the studio with Brian?

Darian Sahanaja: It wasn’t so much about working with Brian, but watching the dynamic between Brian and Van Dyke. It was so fascinating to see two people who, on the surface were so different, work so well together on a creative level. It became so obvious to me why they were drawn to each other back in the day. They kind of got off on each other’s energy. So in a way they weren’t that much different from one another at all. That blew me away.

Mark Linett SMiLE Sessions interview part 1

2011-10-12T21:39:00.000+02:00

12 October 2011 -> iconfetch.com

Mark Linett, who co-produced the monumental project along with Alan Boyd and Wilson, sits down with Icon Fetch to discuss the unique difficulties in putting this set together, how they settled on five CDs for the deluxe edition, and how this compares to the critically-acclaimed Pet Sounds Sessions box.

SMiLE Sessions review in Tone Audio Magazine

2011-10-12T15:00:00.000+02:00

October 2011 -> tonepublications.com

All text is here below:

You want what he’s having? Why, of course. Upon listening to the bizarre, eccentric, neurotic, enigmatic, imaginative, acid-drenched, peerless SMiLE Sessions, it’s easy to understand why anyone might desire the spiritual nutrition and drug diet that fed Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson during the ensemble’s 1966-67 recording period. While previous efforts contain snippets of the fabled material -- and Wilson finished SMiLE in 2004 with a different cast -- collectors, fans, and folks curious about the most mythological album (n)ever issued have clamored for its release for decades. Everyone finally gets his or her wish -- mostly.

Available in multiple configurations, The SMiLE Sessions 2CD version boasts an estimation of the abandoned SMiLE album as well as a disc of session highlights; the extravagant 5CD box features the aforementioned and three additional discs of session material. (A 2LP edition contains only the album and five bonus cuts.) Again: The 19-track SMiLE included here is not considered a technical album as Wilson and company never completed audio’s equivalent of the Loch Ness Monster. Hence, what’s presented equates to a semblance agreed upon by group members Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine. All were involved in a painstaking project that demanded producers Mark Linett and Alan Boyd consult upwards of 70 master reels of tape while tackling the mind-numbing tasks of putting the group’s sonic “modules” in a sensible order as well as piecing together fragments into coherent songs.

In that simply hearing the constant fits and starts occasionally feels infuriating, it’s relatively impossible to imagine the patience Linett and Boyd employed to bring The SMiLE Sessions to light. Indeed, one of the more illuminating aspects of the 5CD collection has little to do with the music. Rather, enlightenment stems from spying on Wilson’s studio banter and recognizing the ad-infinitum degree to which the obsessive-compulsive tunesmith forced his mates and Los Angeles’ finest studio hands to stop/repeat/stop/repeat/stop in a quest for “perfect” takes and sounds he envisioned in his mind. Gorgeous baroque melodies, heavenly harmonies, psychedelic freedom, experimental techniques, humanist spirituality, and sophisticated concoctions of pop, choral, jazz, cabaret, and R&B on SMiLE aside, insight into both Wilson’s methods and madness in the recording studios proves most compelling.

While certain camps maintain that label politics and contract disputes accounted for the collapse of SMiLE, The SMiLE Sessions confirms otherwise. Consider: The fifth disc contains nothing but renditions of the 1966 stand-alone single “Good Vibrations,” two dozen in all, the labors ultimately yielding an indisputable slice of modular-constructed pop genius and, unfortunately, triggering within the tormented Wilson an insatiable thirst to make every subsequent Beach Boys song as glorious, symphonic, and grand.

And so there are vocal coaching lessons, trials of members crooning while lying on their back, playful moans, microphones dropped into water. There are fades, preludes to fades, verse remakes, alternate introductions, barbershop vocal sections, chorus vocal sections, overdub mixes, and acapella takes devoted to one tune -- each separate track lasting between 25 seconds and several minutes. Wilson’s mind keeps changing. So too, then, do his instructions and inclinations. How nobody managed to sock him out of frustration remains a marvel on par with the composer’s finest arrangements. It all leads one to believe that Wilson, particularly in his compromised mental state, never would’ve arrived at a point he would’ve deemed satisfying. SMiLE was destined to be incomplete.

Moreover, the set’s tremendously informative essays expounds upon the notion that, recalling the era’s technological limitations associated with tape splicing, executing the countless sequencing and re-sequencing duties in the face of tireless re-recording and editing burdens would have likely taken years -- especially given Wilson’s propensity for fixes and alterations, which generally required having to again start a mix from scratch. To wit: “Good Vibrations” required almost six months to finalize. In his notes, Boyd, a veteran documentary filmmaker, calls the from-the-vaults reissue “the hardest project I’ve ever worked on” and observes “many of the songs were like little Frankenstein monsters, musical beings built from the spare parts in Dr. Linett’s audio laboratory.”

To that extent, the presence of a definitively researched SMiLE Sessions Sessionography guides listeners through the creative practices and vast sources. Undoubtedly, it also stands to rankle those who believe their bootleg versions to reflect the correct details.

Sonically, the main album is presented in mono and the session contents in stereo. In preparation for HDCD, the original analog 4-track and 8-track session tapes were transferred to high-resolution digital, with the final masters created at 88.2kHz. What a trip.

—Bob Gendron

'Our influences are of a religious nature': the Beach Boys on Smile

2011-10-12T14:34:00.000+02:00

Tuesday 11 October 2011 -> guardian.co.uk

"At present our influences are of a religious nature," he [Carl Wilson] said. "Not any specific religion but an idea based upon that of Universal Consciousness. The concept of spreading goodwill, good thoughts and happiness is nothing new. It is an idea which religious teachers and philosophers have been handing down for centuries, but it is also our hope. ..."

The Six Elements

2011-10-11T14:20:00.001+02:00

"Ceci n'est pas Brian, Carl, Dennis, Mike, Alan ou Bruce"

René Magritte: The Six Elements (Les six éléments) 1929

Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Was an Arsonist (Parts 1-3)

2011-10-11T14:10:00.001+02:00

October 5, 2011 -> chicagonow.com

Pt. 1

Rogue bears are shot. Killer sharks are caught. Rabid dogs are put down. What about the dairy cow? Can it commit a high crime?

(look also further for parts 2 and 3)

Drummer Hal Blaine has provided beat behind some of music's greatest hits

2011-10-10T15:54:00.000+02:00

Sunday, October 09, 2011 -> blog.masslive.com

His is hardly a household name, though you have almost undoubtedly heard his work. When you’ve heard Elvis Presley singing “Return to Sender,” the Beach Boys playing “Good Vibrations,” the Mamas & the Papas harmonizing on “California Dreamin’,” or Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” you’ve heard Hal Blaine.

I “Smile” With The Beach Boys Through The Decades

2011-10-10T15:44:00.000+02:00

Sunday, October 9, 2011 -> barrypiatoff.blogspot.com

I really started to follow music in 1962, the same year I started to follow baseball. On a fateful night in November 1962, I randomly turned on WABC and heard The 4 Seasons sing their current single, “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and I just loved the sound and the song. Between then and the summer of 1965, I listened to the radio a lot, watched Ed Sullivan and saw all the hottest groups perform and got to experience the rise of Top 40 radio and rock ‘n roll.

(Ob)sessions

2011-10-09T17:48:00.001+02:00

Influence on a song, 22 years leater? I believe so!
Just listen to these two songs side by side: same rhythm, same kind of chords, E and C#m (but not exactly). Same stop and go tricks.
I believe in this Stones music, deep down from the bass notes, there could've been the origin of the Shortenin' Bread riff which Brian got 'obsessed' about, and used in many other songs.
It is also known fact that Brian was there, listening, at the Stones recording session in 1966!
The Shortenin' Bread riff can also be heard in the chorus of In My Car.

1966
The Rolling Stones - My Obsession [take I]

1988
The Beach Boys - In My Car

22 Days

2011-10-09T00:30:00.000+02:00

before the release of

Still Picking Up Good Vibrations

2011-10-07T11:53:00.000+02:00

OCTOBER 7, 2011 -> online.wsj.com

For the past 44 years, the Beach Boys' "Smile" has been rock's most notorious phantom album.

Intended as a follow-up to the band's "Pet Sounds," the project sent Brian Wilson—the group's leader and mastermind of "Smile"—into an emotional tailspin, and led the band to infighting over the material.

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+ More info from the same interview(er) on jazzwax.com/2011/10/interview-brian-wilson.html

The SMiLE You Send Out Returns To You (Part 1)

2011-10-06T13:43:00.000+02:00

New SMiLE Sessions Info Page

2011-10-04T13:52:00.001+02:00

-> wix.com/smilesessions

New Beach Boys STUDIO reunion?

2011-10-04T13:24:00.000+02:00

This is Not about Brian's solo albums (Gershwin or Disney). And this is not about The SMiLE Sessions. This is about a NEW Beach Boys album?*

30-09-2011 -> yfrog.com/kjq24btj

Tweets from Joey Scoleri on YFrog:

"Ocean Way studios with Brian Wilson. New record is AMAZING.
Beach Boys wrote the book."

& previous tweet:
"Bathroom at oceanway studios in LA.
Listening to new Beach Boys WITH Brian Wilson."

Who is Joey Scoleri? (besides DJ and producer...)
zoominfo.com/people/Scoleri_Joey_631887812.aspx

*In fact now I read the tweet again it says 'record', this could be: only one song (Do It Again remake) , or ?

Pet Sounds in Classic Albums BBC radio show

2011-10-04T12:22:00.000+02:00

-> listen at bbc.co.uk

60 minutes.

Sorry, this programme is not available to listen again

Jon Stebbin's new book: The Beach Boys FAQ

2011-10-04T11:53:00.000+02:00

September 1, 2011

May 1, 2007

March 1, 2000

All his Beach Boys books are shown and available at amazon.com

Also, his liner notes credits include the 2008 Sony Legacy edition of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue. He has stated that in the future he will republish a new version of 'The Real Beach Boy', with more info that has emerged since the release of the POB 'Legacy Edition' double cd.

Mark Linett speaks SMiLE Sessions

2011-10-04T11:25:00.000+02:00

03 October 2011 -> iconfetch.com

We [Tony Peters from iconfetch] had a chance to talk with long-time Beach Boys' engineer Mark Linett about the upcoming SMiLE Sessions box set. We'll be posting the full interview a little closer to the release date of November 1st. But, we thought we'd give you a little preview, plus clear up a question that several fans had raised.

33 Days

2011-09-29T03:00:00.000+02:00

before the release of

Brian Wilson LIVE at The Royal Festival Hall, London - LITTLE GIRL I ONCE KNEW

2011-09-20T19:29:00.002+02:00

17.09.2011

Rock legend Bruce Johnston recalls his buddy Terry Melcher & working on songs from Doris Day’s latest album “My Heart”

2011-09-20T11:49:00.002+02:00

September 9, 2011 -> dorisdaytribute.com

We feel immensely privileged to be able to bring to you now an interview with Rock legend Bruce Johnston who is a member of The Beach Boys, an accomplished producer and solo artist, as well as a GRAMMY award-winning songwriter – best known for having penned “Disney Girls” and Barry Manilow’s #1 hit “I Write the Songs”. Johnston alongside his buddy Terry Melcher (Doris’ son) also produced the 1980s recordings which now feature on Doris Day’s new album “My Heart“.

Hurry, It’s Lovely Up Here (Written by Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane) +
Daydream (Written by John Sebastian) +
Way I Dreamed It (Written by Bruce Johnston & Terry Melcher) +
Heaven Tonight (Written by Bruce Johnston) +
My One & Only Love (Written by Robert Mellin & Guy Wood)
My Heart (Written by Bruce Johnston & Terry Melcher) +
You Are So Beautiful (Written by Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher) +
Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries (Written by Ray Henderson & Les Brown)
Disney Girls (Written by Bruce Johnston) +
My Buddy (Written by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn)
Happy Endings (Bruce Johnston & Terry Melcher) +
[Sung by Terry with introduction by Doris Day]
Ohio (Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Leonard Bernstein)
[+ previously unreleased song]

Brian Wilson RFH 16th September 2011

2011-09-19T16:35:00.000+02:00

Add Some Music To Your Day
God Only Knows
Love & Mercy

Brian Wilson 17th September 2011

2011-09-19T16:11:00.007+02:00

The Surfer Moon
Darlin'
I Get Around
The Little Girl I Once Knew

Beach Boys News

Stevie / My Diane

THE BEACH BOYS — SURFER GIRL: The Eternal Teenage Surfside Paradise Is Born

Julia Nunes: How a YouTube star was born

4/24: Brian Wilson and Beach Boys reunion tour in Tuscon

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Cover Compilation

A Few Words With the Beach Boys

Radio Veronica, KOMA, Radio VPRO jingles and interview

Official Do It Again and Grammy 2012 audience recording of Good Vibrations

Tour dates soon to be announced wednesday februari 15

The Perfect Pictures

Beach Boys ditch bad vibrations and reunite for Grammys

Beach Boys bring good vibrations to Grammys show

The Beach Boys Are Back!

Adieu Or Die by Will C. Music

Austin Brown on Global Soul TV

Beach Boys to play Mohegan Sun Casino in May

Julia Nunes sings Run Around Sue by Dion and the Belmonts

The Beach Boys music will live forever

Mona Lisa SMiLES

Lush - Gala songs (1990)

American Spring - Dennis Wilson compositions

Dennis Wilson — more than a drummer

Brian Wilson "Live From Abbey Road"

The First Rock And Roll Record 3CD

Al Jardine, A Beach Boy Still Riding The Waves

Statistics after 50,000 pageviews

soniclovenoize presents....The Random Heroes and Villains Generator

Brian Wilson interviewed by Jamake Highwater – Jan 11th, 1968

SMiLE SESSiONS Webisodes [13 tubes]

'I Can Hear Music:' Author Mike Eder reveals his dream project on The Beach Boys

Menu

50 tracks live concert/cd idea (alt version) update

50 Tracks sampler cd or concert idea

Exclusive: Mike Love 'Looking Forward' to Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour

A Very She & Him Christmas

The Beach Boys: The SMiLE Sessions (by Thomas Britt)

Brian Wilson's California (Playlist)

The Beach Boys - All I Wanna Do

Gevorderden improviseren het best zonder leider (Advanced people improvise best without leader)

Sounds Heard: The Beach Boys—The Smile Sessions

SMiLE is so good, it makes Pet Sounds stink!

It was 45 years ago

GuitarConnect ProAnalog to digital interface for iPad and iPhone 4

Famous keyboard/piano player Larry Knechtel about Pet Sounds

Beach Boys Britain 50 Years Under The Sun weekend parts 1&2

IconFetch: SMiLE Followup parts 1&2 - Mark Linett & Alan Boyd

A Child’s Guide to SMiLE

The Wrecking Crew left its musical mark on pop culture

Behind The Sounds update!

How to Steal a SMiLE : An Alternate History of The Beach Boys’ Lost Classic

Brian Wilson Songwriter 1962-1969 DVD

Réécoute (SMiLE selections)

Larrry King Interview With Brian Wilson

2011 The SMiLE SESSiONS 'old' reviews

The Beach Boys - Vegetables [live 1993]

The SMiLE SESSiONS on the charts

Brian Wilson on Extra

Carol Kaye interview/video

Al Jardine talks about SMiLE (also in 2000)

The men behind the ‘SMiLE’ and how a fabled Beach Boys album finally made it onto Billboard 200 album chart

NEW! Dynamic views

Twitter Results for SmileSessions

Think about it Joe: It doesn't have to be perfect. It's gotta be just kinda honest and live.

Goodbye Surfing, Hello God: Brian Wilson's Tortured Effort to Finish 'Smile'

Magritte Modular Magic: Titles

Brian Wilson Signing at Fingerprints: Three People We Met

1

Ten SMiLE covers as a tribute to Brian Wilson:

11 Days

The SMiLE You Send Out Returns To You (Part 2 xl)

Brian Wilson never recorded the song Smile

Mark Linett SMiLE Sessions interview part 2

Leila SMiLES (pt 2 & 3 also up!)

Five In The Key Of Disney

brianwilson.com restyled

Björk Special

iTar - turn your iPad into a guitar

Song Premiere: Brian Wilson Remakes 'Bare Necessities' From 'The Jungle Book'

The AD Interview :: Darian Sahanaja (Behind The Smile Sessions)