Spring 2012 edition of Endless Summer Quarterly

[ESQ Editor]

http://ESQuarterly.com/merchandise.html#spring2012 Be sure to order the new edition of the world's leading #BeachBoys publication, Endless Summer Quarterly.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

......
Mr. Doe, you have a LOT of 'splaining to do

[urbanite]

I thought he must have heard it.  Now that ESQ is out, can somebody share a little of what's inside about the new album?

[bgas]

I thought he must have heard it.  Now that ESQ is out, can somebody share a little of what's inside about the new album?

Someone will have to actually receive a copy for that to happen, don't ya think?

[urbanite]

Wasn't the latest issue of ESQ mailed last week?

[bgas]

Hope so. I'd like to be reading that bad boy tomorrow

[Runaways]

It seemed obvious that agd had heard it already, I at least figured so. I love to hear his opinion on it without spoiling the magazine.  Like it? Dislike it?

[Wirestone]

It seemed obvious that agd had heard it already, I at least figured so. I love to hear his opinion on it without spoiling the magazine.  Like it? Dislike it?

Look at the listing again:

"Endless Summer Quarterly kicks off 2012 with exclusive interviews with Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and David Marks about the new studio album, the recording process, working together again and touring; Peter Reum writes about the importance of the Beach Boys music; Andrew G. Doe examines the group's first single; lots of news & reviews!!!"

I don't think that AGD is talking about the new release in ESQ. From the listing, it looks as though he's contributed an article about the song "Surfin'."

[Runaways]

Well now I'm hallucinating. I really need to hear this song

[shelter]

I don't think that AGD is talking about the new release in ESQ. From the listing, it looks as though he's contributed an article about the song "Surfin'."

That's what I thought.

[ESQ Editor]

Why not subscribe? 

http://www.esquarterly.com/order.html

It's really not a bad deal for 4 issues of 48 pages of Beach Boys stuff.  The content in ESQ can't be found anywhere else.

[Heysaboda]

How about a hologram of Neville Chamberlain getting kicked by Bart Simpson?

 

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

ORDERED.

Ship!! haha jk, but not really

[bgas]

ESQ came today. Read it, mostly, cover to cover;
 If you're looking for a lot of in-depth news about the new single/album, you'll have to keep waiting.
 
The Beach Boys ( They're together again) interview article was a good read, until I got to the end to find that they weren't "really" together again, yet.

AGD does a really good job of pulling together almost everything known about the Candix/X/Candix single. Nice to see it all in print, in one article; tho, from a collecting point I think I'm still a bit confused. Probably Mikie can straighten me out, or maybe AGD can help: 
What I think I read: # 331, was originally CD-TS-1, but there are some that are CD-TS-1-R?   Then the "X", and then Candix #301, but some are CD-TS-1 and some are CD-TS-1-R ?   There's no mention of the Era/no Era, either. ( oh well) 
 
There's other stuff to read, of course, and some nice pics. 

[southbay]

yeah, not much real "new" news there.  Al mentioned the title "Islands in the Sun" as a possibility for the album and said it was song from the S&S era.  I remember reading about that one (I think, also in ESQ many years ago).  As I remember it, Al described it as as song about the enviornment, the ocean, the seals or something, "not what you would think" it was about or some such statement. Again it was many years ago now.  First time I had heard it tied to this album though. I also thought it was interesting to hear Mike talk about TWGMTR and talk about Brian's chord progessions and vocal arrangements in the song...

[Shady]

The more Al talks about the new album the less I want him involved  

He seems to be on some environmental trip lately and that's cool but could he just keep it far and away from the new album

[coco1997]

Damn, I hoped we would've learned more new song titles from this. Oh well.

[stack-o-tracks]

The more Al talks about the new album the less I want him involved  

He seems to be on some environmental trip lately and that's cool but could he just keep it far and away from the new album

Eh, I'm more worried about getting stuck with a bunch of "Unleash The Love" tracks.

[coco1997]

Man, if they're willing to go back to songs from the S&S era then I hope "Still A Mystery" and "Dancin' The Night Away" made the record.

[Shady]

The more Al talks about the new album the less I want him involved  

He seems to be on some environmental trip lately and that's cool but could he just keep it far and away from the new album

Eh, I'm more worried about getting stuck with a bunch of "Unleash The Love" tracks.

So many worries 

[NatureShowInStereo]

Any other vital points of information?

[stack-o-tracks]

The more Al talks about the new album the less I want him involved  

He seems to be on some environmental trip lately and that's cool but could he just keep it far and away from the new album

Eh, I'm more worried about getting stuck with a bunch of "Unleash The Love" tracks.

So many worries 

That's all I'm worried about, really. I don't really mind them singing about saving nature or whatever.

[southbay]

The interview with the group was good.  There were no other song titles I haven't seen before.  Those discussed were Shelter, TWGMTR, Bill and Sue, Islands in the Sun, Waves of Love, Beaches in Mind. I want to be clear that Al's comments about Islands in the Sun having an enviornmental lyric date from 15 years ago. That was not a part of this interview, just that it may be on this album. In this interview, he stated it was a "Harry Belafonte inspired", "Kokomo" style vocal.  It is possible the prior enviornmental/ocean theme was scrapped. Or not.  In any event, the interview by Dave Beard was very lengthy and good, can't and won't try to summarize it here.  It is worth buying the issue to read.

[coco1997]

Assuming the album is twelve tracks it looks like we've gotten half of the titles so far:

* Waves of Love
* That's Why God Made the Radio
* Beaches in Mind
* Islands In the Sun
* Shelter
* The Private Life of Bill and Sue

[Jaspy]

Every time I open the SmileySmile board and see "Spring 2012 edition..." I think for a second that they re-released the Spring-album.