Brian Pics 72-74

[Jonas]

They all look really cool sitting in the patio (with the glass round table in front), especially Carl with the cool hair and shades.

[MBE]

A lot of those Patio shots were used as Euro picture sleeves.

[C.Miller]

I think most of those are 76 once the 15 Big Ones sessions commenced.. the ones where he was REAL heavy are probably from Janurary. The few I know for certain are from 1975 were taken at the Anaheim show.

Looking at his hair length, general facial appearance, weight, and Dennis not having a beard, I'm pretty sure it's 75.

But I could be wrong.

[C.Miller]

Hey MBE, you think this pic from around the time of that 74 clip from Times you mentioned earlier?



Another interesting one:



One more:

[MBE]

Dennis didn't have a beard in early 76. I know this because some Ed Roach pictures of the 15 Big Ones sessions appeared in a 1976 magazine. I think it was called Modern Recording. Since they look identical to how they appear in the patio shots I assumed with Janurary marking Brian's return to the studio that they would be from then. I have seen a picture from that day in the Tim White book where Brian is posing by a Brian's back sign so that is why I am convinced of it being that year too. The first shot is a Smile one. Brian is just pulling a face. The second was taken in early 1968 around the time of the Stack O Tracks sessions the third is probably from 1971 I. It could be from late 1970 at the earliest, but early 72 at the latest.

[C.Miller]

Wow, I never would have guessed that first one was from around Smile. Crazy. It's quite amazing the knowledge you have of every era!

I fixed the other pic.

[MBE]

Saw it and remarked about it above in a modified post. I have worked with photos for my writing career for quite some time so I can pretty much tell you any picture within a year or so of when it was taken. In the Beach Boys case that I can do it fairly well but I am not so good at placing the photos since the break up.

[melissalynn]

MBE, you never cease to astonish me 

[MBE]

Thank you I am glad to help.

[MBE]

I took screencaps from the IJWMFTT doc, and I think they are sadly the most revealing of Brian's decline yet. I labeled them and you will see the basically normal even handsome Brian of 1971 turn into the Brian of late 73 who is starting to put on a massive amount of weight and is obviously starting to let his hygiene go. The 1975 pictures he looks so miserable and you can see by then he even stopped cutting his nails. This sequence of images has both fascinated and saddened me since I first saw them 12 years ago.
http://www.yousendit.com/download/bWJvTkZqb0IwVWswTVE9PQ

[pixletwin]

Thanks for those pics MBE. It is really sad. Sort of like watching the hero of a story starting to loose the fight... Only its real life.

[Glenn Greenberg]

Here are a number of them. The two where Brian is heavy and wearing a white shirt is summer 1975. The one where he is wearing a red shirt is spring 75. The Mickey Mouse shirt photo is from early 1972 (he hadn't put on weight yet). The one where he has long hair and a suede jacket is from summer 72. The one where he is drumming is from early 1973.

http://download.yousendit.com/ED82340B5D8B437A

MBE,

Could you repost these photos?  The file expired at You Send It.

I didn't stumble upon this thread until today and I'd be very interested in looking at these pictures.

[MBE]

I don't quite recall which ones I used. Did anyone here keep them together in one place? If you download the photos from my complete hardrive thread, they are in the 70s folder.

[MBE]

Glenn did you download my photo archive and find the pics? If not I will try to reupload some from that era.

[elnombre]

Thanks for those pics MBE. It is really sad. Sort of like watching the hero of a story starting to loose the fight... Only its real life.

...But in a lot of ways, he won in the end. 

[sherryluvsbrian]

I took screencaps from the IJWMFTT doc, and I think they are sadly the most revealing of Brian's decline yet. I labeled them and you will see the basically normal even handsome Brian of 1971 turn into the Brian of late 73 who is starting to put on a massive amount of weight and is obviously starting to let his hygiene go. The 1975 pictures he looks so miserable and you can see by then he even stopped cutting his nails. This sequence of images has both fascinated and saddened me since I first saw them 12 years ago.
http://www.yousendit.com/download/bWJvTkZqb0IwVWswTVE9PQ


This don't work anymore. Please put this pic back up, I would love to see it.

[TdHabib]

Hi, I know this is kinda off of the 1972-1974 topic, but he looks really good in some very late 1976/1977 things, pretty thin actually. Look at the Love You insert by the dedication to Bri in the booklet, or also the rehearsal from late 1976 on youtube. Not bad at all. Really cool pics.

[MBE]

For Sherry
http://download.yousendit.com/2779F9A26EA7FCC5

[sherryluvsbrian]

Thank you so very much.

[MBE]

What did you think of them? I feel they are the most revealing set of pictures that chart Brian's rapid decline between 1972-75

[sherryluvsbrian]

I had to get off the computer but when i came back the yousendit download did not work for me, i tried 5 times, my comp is old and slow. I would love to see the pics.

[sherryluvsbrian]

Sad is what i felt looking into brian's eyes, was that a hotdog or sausage he was eating, he look very depressed. Thanks MBE, much greatful.

[MBE]

I think a bratwurst, I think in the 71 pics he looks pretty good but by 73 something is going wrong.

[jmc]

MBE,

Listening to  Brian's voice during the early 70's there is a substantial difference between say 71-72' (Surf's Up) and 75'-76' (15 Big Ones).  Was this intentional?  It has been said that Brian was at times somewhat embarrassed by his voice.  I recall hearing/reading somewhere that he wanted a more manly voice and that he intentionally smoked cigarettes by the packs per day to achieve this....not sure if this is true. 

I don't enjoy listening to 15 Big Ones in part because I am saddened by the abrupt change in his 'health' which as a listener hits you when you hear his voice on that record.  Same can be said for Dennis.  While they went on to make some decent records, to me, the Beach Boys would never be the same once Brian's voice changed...or at least they didn't sound the same.



 

[sherryluvsbrian]

Nothing was the same with brian at that time. His looks his voice, the way he looked into the camera, no more bright eyed cute smile, more like cold and dark. I would have liked to have been there to see this all taking place to know what he was really thinking and how his soul got so very lost.