Phil Spector Presents The Phillies Album Collection [7 cd Box]

-> amazon.com

PHIL SPECTOR PRESENTS THE PHILLES ALBUM COLLECTION

CD One – THE CRYSTALS TWIST UPTOWN by The Crystals (Philles PHLP-4000, originally issued 1962)

CD Two – HE’S A REBEL by The Crystals (Philles PHLP-4001, originally issued 1963)

CD Three – ZIP-A DEE-DOO-DAH by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (Philles PHLP-4002, originally issued 1963

CD Four – THE CRYSTALS SING THE GREATEST HITS, VOLUME 1 by The Crystals PHLP-4003, originally issued 1963)

CD Five – PHILLES RECORDS PRESENTS TODAY’S HITS by Various Artists (PHLP-4004, originally issued 1963)

CD Six – PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES FEATURING VERONICA by The Ronettes (PHLP-4006, originally issued 1964)

Bonus CD Seven – PHIL’S FLIPSIDES by The Phil Spector Wall of Sound

Check out this article for all tracks at legacyrecordings.com
(note there is no mention if these are mono or stereo, but there have been stereo vinyl versions of these albums in the past)

Article mentions also another 2CD set The Essential Phil Spector

Time Of The Session (repost)

Apr 8 2004 -> laweekly.com

From the LA weekly

APRIL 9 -15, 2004

Time of the Session
When the music was fast, and the players anonymous
by Robert Lloyd

Most of the music you will ever hear will be played by people you will never see and whose names you will neither know nor think to ask. It will be recorded in windowless rooms, witnessed sometimes only by an engineer or producer, the now-ancient technology of the overdub making the presence even of other musicians unnecessary. For every superstar singer or guitar heroine whose name adorns a T-shirt or tattoo, there are hundreds whose work is done anonymously, or as good as. Who play their part, collect their pay and go home.

Beach Boys Books (repost from 2004)

Source: http://b5.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1099119051&user=Bellagio
BB Books Posted on 10/30/2004 at 08:50:51 by AGD

I'd have to say that, because of their relative rarity, just about any book on the BB is a must buy, although, of course, some are more essential than others. Here's a list, most likely incomplete, what I'd consider to be essential has a *:

1976 The Beach Boys/Ken Barnes
1976 Southern California Pastoral/Bruce Golden
1977 The Beach Boys/John Tobler
1979 The Beach Boys/ Byron Preiss
*1979 The Beach Boys & The Southern California Myth/David Leaf (reissued and updated as The Beach Boys 1985)


*1982 Surf's Up! The Beach Boys On Record 1961-1981/Brad Elliot
*1985 The Beach Boys Silver Anniversary/John Milward
*1986 Heroes & Villains/Steve Gaines
*1988 Dumb Angel Gazette #2 - Look ! Listen ! Vibrate ! Smile !/comp. Domenic Priore
1991 Denny Remembered/Ed Wincensten
1991 Wouldn't It Be Nice/Brian Wilson with Todd Gold
*1992 The Wilson Project/Stephen J. McParland
*1992 Tape #10/Stephen J. McParland
1994 The Smile File/Dwight Cavanagh
*1994 The Beach Boys In Their Own Words/ed. Nick Wise
*1994 The Nearest Faraway Place/Timothy White
1995 The Rainbow Files - The Beach Boys On CD/Rene Hulz & Hans Christian Skotte
1995 The Dark Stuff/Nick Kent
*1997 The Complete Guide To The Music Of The Beach Boys/Andrew Doe & John Tobler (reissued and updated 2004)
*1997 How Deep Is The Ocean/Paul Williams
*1997 Back To The Beach/ed. Kingsley Abbott
1999 SMiLE, Sun, Sand & Pet Sounds/comp Stephen J. McParland, 1999
1999 Add Some Music To Your Day: Analyzing and Enjoying the Music of The Beach Boys/ed. Don Cunningham & Jeff Bleiel
*2000 Dennis Wilson - The Real Beach Boy /John Stebbins
*2000 In The Studio with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys: Our Favorite Recording Sessions/Stephen J. McParland
2001 Dumb Angel/Adam Webb
*2001 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds - The Greatest Album Of The 20th Cetury/Kingsley Abbott
*2003 Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of Pet Sounds/Charles A. Granta
*2004 The Beach Boys on CD (illustrated guide)/Joe Thomas
*2004 This Whole World: The Complete Beach Boys Single And EP Cover Collection/Manfred Schmidt & Christian Haschke
2004 Brian Wilson Solo: The Complete Guide To The Solo Works of Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas and Kie Miskelly
2004 The Japanese CD Releases of The Beach Boys & Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas
*2004 The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary Of America's Greatest Band on Stage And In The Studio/Keith Badman

(Addition by Ralph: )
some more:
The Beach Boys by Dean Anthony (1985)

A couple of related interesting books are:
"The Wrecking Crew" by Hal Blaine (1990)
Surf City / Drag City by Rob Burt (1986)

The legendary photographer Guy Webster

One of the early innovators of rock-and-roll photography, renowned photographer Guy Webster has spanned the worlds of music, films and politics in a stellar 40-year career. While shooting album covers and billboards for groups that included The Rolling Stones, The Mamas and the Papas, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Doors, Simon & Garfunkel and Chicago, he also photographed such film legends as Rita Hayworth, Dean Martin and Natalie Wood.

about Guy Webster

+ interview from pipeline-operaglass.moonfruit.com

+ SweetThingBlog from daughter Jessie Webster

The photographs from the 1967 SMiLE booklet were by Guy Webster. Jessie Webster is now also involved with the release of The SMiLE Sessions 2011. Design, artwork, photo..? It's top secret!

ELTON JOHN, THE BEACH BOYS AND THE FINE ART OF POP ALCHEMY

George Cole talks to arranger Paul Buckmaster about what it takes to turn a great song into a sold-gold classic

2010-09-30
guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/30/
arranging-brian-wilson-paul-buckmaster

SEVEN MEMORABLE GEORGE GERSHWIN INTERPRETATIONS

Summertime and there's never a shortage of Gershwin performances at pops and jazz concerts across the country.
But who, we wondered, has also "re-imagined" Gershwin in the rock era beyond the song "Summertime," which has been marvelously rendered by Sam Cooke, Janis Joplin, Bobby Womack and Angelique Kidjo?

Here's a SoundSpike 7 list of impressive Gershwin interpretations in the rock 'n' roll era.

7. "But Not for Me," Elvis Costello (1994)

6. "Embraceable You," Laura Nyro (1994)

5. "It Ain't Necessarily So," Sun Ra & His Arkestra (1960)

4. "I've Got a Crush on You," Bill Frisell & Petra Haden (2003)

3. "Our Love is Here to Stay," Four Freshman (1955)

2. "Someone to Watch Over Me," Jimmy Scott (1992)

1. "I Loves You, Porgy," Nina Simone (1957)


August 18 2010, by Phil Gallo on soundspike.com:
Seven memorable George Gershwin interpretations

411 MUSIC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2010: THE BEACH BOYS

THE BEACH BOYS' MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

36 Top 40 singles including four #1s

20 Gold, 9 Platinum and 6 Multi-Platinum albums

The best selling American band of all time

Inducted Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1988)

One of Rolling Stone's Top 15 Greatest Artists of All Time

America's Band

03.08.2010 Paul Hollingsworth
http://www.411mania.com/music/hall_of_fame/131804/411-Music-Hall-Of-Fame-Class-of-2010:-The-Beach-Boys.htm

Brian Wilson Shortenin' Bread RESEARCH

From wikipedia:
Shortening bread is a fried batter bread, the ingredients of which include corn meal, flour, hot water, eggs, baking powder, milk and shortening.

Suite in 10 parts

Adapted/written by: Brian Wilson



youtube.com/watch?v=CCvOiwUMNW8&fmt=18

+ History of "Shortnin' Bread" - 4 versions
1) Andrews Sisters
2) The Viscounts (UK #16)
3) Paul Chaplain and his Emeralds (US Billboard #82 and Cashbox #55.)
4) The Fabulous Playboys instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQmSlxWcd-k&fmt=18

More Shortenin' riffs

+ Brian Wilson: In my Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBpJjAppTP0&#t=2m18

+ The Beach Boys: In My Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RraBzJ_XVFo&fmt=18&#t=0m33

IN NOTES

BeBoNe - 10 acapella PLAYLIST

Just testing a YouTube playlist! Click below for external playback.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C200709CB545CB5E

Magic (Ben Folds song)
Selfless, Cold and Composed (Ben Folds song)
The Singers Unlimited - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Where or when - Dion and the Belmonts
Belmonts - That's My Desire
Gypsy women - The Persuasions
Common Threads - Bobby McFerrin
The Beach Boys - The Lord's Prayer
Michelle - the Singers Unlimited
Ward Swingle, The Swingle Singers (Bach)

CHICAGO AND ITS ENDURING MUSICAL LEGACY

After the final note of the closing song has ended and the sound of the applause in the concert hall has faded, what ultimate impression does a singer or artist leave that will make his audience remember his performance as a great act?

For the legendary rock band Chicago, it has established an enduring musical legacy for fans to remember it by, foremost of which is its special ability to charm and inspire audiences of all ages and classes with the beauty of its music, the novelty of its style and the world-class quality of its act.

February 13, 2010 Manila Bulletin
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/243269/chicago-and-its-enduring-musical-legacy

DEFINING THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

JT vocal jazz columnist blogs on the canon for singers

QUOTE:
But I have to quibble with such restrictive parameters. If 1960 (or so) is the cutoff, is most of the marvelous work of Cy Coleman to be omitted? What of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel, Bacharach & David and Stephen Sondheim?

And that’s just the tip of the post-1960 iceberg, representing composers and lyricists who, by and large, carried the torch lit by Porter, Berlin and such. What about those who, from the dawn of the rock ‘n’ roll era onward, have further defined the art of songwriting? Are they less “great” than their predecessors?

I’d argue that Lieber & Stoller, Bob Dylan, Gerry Goffin, Carole King, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Donald Fagen, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, Janis Joplin and Tom Waits, to name but a few, are equally deserving of inclusion;

02/08/10 Christopher Loudon
http://jazztimes.com/articles/25733-defining-the-great-american-songbook

THE MAN BEHIND THE BRITISH INVASION

What would the music industry look like without Sid Bernstein?

We might have been spared the recent Depeche Mode concert at Ramat Gan Stadium, for one, since it was his idea to hold rock concerts in sports stadiums.
And perhaps Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys would not have worked so hard on the fantastic harmonies in "Pet Sounds," because he would not have been familiar with the Beatles, the inspiration for and main catalyst of the work, who Bernstein first brought to the United States. Many more years might have passed before white American audiences were exposed to Ray Charles and James Brown had Bernstein not been the first to take the risk with them.

9/2/2010 Noya Kochavi
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1148560.html

+ Sid brought the first bands of the British invasion to America which included the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Moody Blues, The Animals, The Kinks, Herman's Hermits, Dave Clark Five, Manfred Mann and Gerry and the Pacemakers. Among the groups he managed were The Rascals, Melba Moore, Laura Branigan and Phoebe Snow. He introduced ABBA to America...the list goes on and on.

http://www.sidbernsteinpresents.com/

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