another time i found some box set which was like all of these outside productions sly stone did ca. 1971-73, like five whole LPs by other artists (soul singers, mostly, but a full album by little sister too) plus a bunch of singles. and it was all as dope as there's a riot goin on.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
LOL, just remembered this:
Had a dream which had a Beach Boys album in it last night. I woke up and wrote some of it down, then went back to sleep. It was an eighties album. It had ten tracks on it. The first track was one of their old songs, the second was called something like "Really Back" (referring I take it to the fact that Brian Wilson was back in the band) - it was 0:00 long. What else? Oh they do version of The Who's "Tommy Can You Hear Me?" on there, this is 0:30 long (for some reason the lengths of the songs have stuck in my brain). Fourth track on Side One is an epic, an eight minute track called "The Grand". But there's another 8 minute track which closes the album, this one's called "Coconut Buffin'". Highlight of the album has to be Side two, track one, a collaboration with 70s funk legend Johnny 'Guitar' Watson (and 'his Crew'), a song called "Rain and Shine or 1 of a Git".
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 11:02 (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Great minds dream alike eh?
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, I want these to exist. Tom D - You know Brian Wilson has an epic solo song called Rio Grande, right?
― Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to some of his compositions just now, I was compelled to google 'bruce johnston conservative' and, well, the results are unsurprising.
― Manspread Mann (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
Wake the World: The Friends Sessions and I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions out today and on Spotify
― Number None, Friday, 7 December 2018 12:17 (five years ago) link
Very grateful for the combination of time and copyright law essentially forcing these rarities onto the market
― doug watson, Friday, 7 December 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
oh man... wow. do i need to listen to these?? i've barely scraped the surface of the Wild Honey one
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
listening to the Friends one now — sounds great! I love this period.
― tylerw, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
oh man I had no idea these were coming out
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
Is It True What They Say About Dixie (Audree Wilson) [recorded 1968] [Produced by Brian Wilson]
wtf is this
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
old al jolson number?
lol at the transcendental meditation backing track
― tylerw, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
lol at that track in general
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
I kinda want these right now but am so far behind the bootleg box set release schedule that I only just now finally copped a copy of the Dylan Cutting Edge box
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
i'm really curious to hear about that attempted remake of the "friends" album with tandyn almer but i guess that'll be coming along later...
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 December 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
eight minutes of sessions for "been way too long", i'm down with that!
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 December 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
Yeah that track is amazing
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 8 December 2018 02:09 (five years ago) link
okay the Friends one is great. Some of these compositions are easily on a level with Pet Sounds once you listen to the arrangements.
LOL at the a capella Transcendental Meditation. Sounds like he's singing 'It's Cuuuunt, It's Cuuuunt'
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Saturday, 8 December 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
gotta say charles manson's input is definitely an improvement on dennis wilson's "peaches" demo
it's great to hear the "passing by" demo with the original lyrics. great harmonies on the alt take too.
overall i think there's definitely more cool stuff on this than there was on "sunshine tomorrow", and i liked "sunshine tomorrow"
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 December 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
Xmas pressie sorted.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 December 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
man, they've really dumped a lot of new recordings on Spotify. I've been enjoying show 2 of the Michigan University Live album. The way they pulled off Good Vibrations and God Only Knows is pretty impressive (although Love's stage banter is just as embarrassing as you think it's going to be).
― Darin, Saturday, 8 December 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
Sadly I think most of the Friends remake stuff is lost. Why did it take place anyway?
― PaulTMA, Monday, 10 December 2018 00:54 (five years ago) link
this stuff is amazing
― iatee, Monday, 10 December 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
Never listened to the proper album apart from “I Can Hear Music”, which is a favorite, but this 20/20 Sessions thing is great
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 01:22 (five years ago) link
Of course I have also heard “Do It Again” several times, but it wasn’t always voluntary.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 01:49 (five years ago) link
on no why is there no Busy Doin Nothing tracks on this friends one :(
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 03:13 (five years ago) link
uh, there is... track 14 on Wake The World
― Ρεμπετολογια, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
OH SWEET
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
THIS IS AWESOME
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 03:27 (five years ago) link
Yeah i gotta get these
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
hearing 'passing by' with lyrics is breaking my brain
― iatee, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
some of these compositions are easily on a level with Pet Sounds once you listen to the arrangements.
damn this is amazing. incredible how deep the Boy's vaults go. Agree w the above, def hear some of these as a real (ignored and underrated) return to form for Brian in terms of the arrangements and melodies.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
The next decade of copyright extension releases is going to be incredible, I hope the laws remain the same
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
Yes, I hadn't even thought of the road to 2024. So much new material possible.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
man, I still really have no idea what Mike Love was thinking with this blasting atonal track about meditation. just... what
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
Think someone recently posted a video compilation of him holding a long nasal “note,” presumably related to his TM practice somehow.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfilXmU4ReM
― Number None, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
hey mikehold that long nasal noteand let it float
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
The question really shouldn't be "Is there anything worth digging up after Smiley Smile?", more "Is there anything worth digging up after Holland?"
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
I mean, that run of albums from Wild Honey to Holland feature some very good to great stuff. I even prefer Sunflower to Pet Sounds on most days.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
I think they were mostly done after Holland, the occasional great track aside. No, I'm not a fan of Love You.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
"Love You" was a Brian album anyway. They were good for the occasional track after "Holland" but not much more.
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
as a whole unit, yeah I think that's generally true
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
Turrican OTM
― doug watson, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
Love You is a masterpiece
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
Love You is ridiculous but fun
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
15 Big Ones is absolutely dreadful. I don't mind 'Had To Phone Ya' and 'To Song' is silly in a similar way to the stuff on 'Love You' but apart from that it's practically unlistenable. funny that it was touted as a return to form at the time
Love You is moogifried free association craziness, like a totally burnt out Smiley Smile
MIU and LA both have their moments, quite sweet hotch potch albums really.
Keeping The Summer Alive is no masterpiece but it's got enough decent tunes on it to make me put it on occasionally. I like 'Goin' On', 'When Girls Get Together' and 'Endless Harmony'
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:27 (five years ago) link
looks like there's a ton of 1968 live stuff that came out today too ... which is less exciting but hey.
― tylerw, Friday, 14 December 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
I'm on a Beach Boys Discord server (shut up) and they had a Q&A with Mark Linnett and Alan Boyd they other day. Mark revealed this super cool thing about the new "Great Shape" fragment that can be heard at the end of CITFOTM on the Wake The World set:
"its from the Drurrie Parks acetates which ended up with a record dealer who sold them for $10k and wouldn't allow us to have a copy. He played it for me once and I managed to get a part on my cellphone and added to the end of the CIFOTM acetate"
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 1 February 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link
CITFOTM
ok lol this one took even me a second to figure out
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 February 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
That CITFOTM story is infuriating.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 8 June 2020 04:35 (three years ago) link