'A World Of Peace Must Come' - it does! In September

[Sheriff John Stone]

You gotta like poetry with music, which, admittedly, many do not.

Is everybody in, the ceremony is about to begin.

[SurfRiderHawaii]

How accurate (or disingenuous) is it for this to be called "a Brian Wilson album"?

Well... he produced and contributed vocal & instrumental backing. Compare with Mark Ronson's Versions album. Does he sing on it ? 

AGD - what's your overall review?  Is it worth buying from a Brian Wilson musical point of view?

It's a slice of time and place, not to everyone's taste. If you're expecting anything close to what Brian was doing with the BB at the time, think again. But it is a missing artifact from Brian, and thus of some interest - who knows, we might get the Fred Vail country album sessions yet.

Mahalo AGD!

[MBE]

Just emailed the company and it looks like there will be vinyl!

[Bill Tobelman]

So does this mean that Brian was in tune with the times? Seems so.

Maybe that's why he abandoned that pro Americana LP (SMiLE) & deemed it inappropriate. He must be a traitor. Makes sense.

[carl r]

I wouldn't worry too much. Brian must have got bored of waiting for a World of Peace by now. Haven't we all? Though "Love and Mercy" touches on a few pacific strings.

So does this mean that Brian was in tune with the times? Seems so.

Maybe that's why he abandoned that pro Americana LP (SMiLE) & deemed it inappropriate. He must be a traitor. Makes sense.

[Aegir]

Though "Love and Mercy" touches on a few pacific strings.

I think a lot of songs written by Brian touch on Pacific strings...

[exposedbrain]

on Amazon you can listen to short clips of the songs

[Bicyclerider]

Which other song (besides Be Still) was cowritten with Dennis?

I also wish instruental versions of some of the songs had been included - but I guess I'm just being greedy!

[Fun Is In]

maybe someone can OOPs them to separate the vocals from the instruments.....but I'm tech-ignorant and possibly entirely wrong about that possibility.

[brianc]

Just emailed the company and it looks like there will be vinyl!

Awesome news.

I heard the album at Steve Kalinich's house a few years back and loved it. After he played the CD, Steve pulled out an original vinyl pressing that was made in the early '70s. It wasn't an acetate. It had a label and all the songs typed out on it. Looked more like a promo copy to my eyes. But I could be wrong. He didn't have the set-up to play it, and probably wouldn't have wanted to, considering it may have been the only copy and all. But having this album on vinyl is gonna be awesome.

[Aegir]

on Amazon you can listen to short clips of the songs

Where? I don't see any.

[TdHabib]

on Amazon you can listen to short clips of the songs

Where? I don't see any.

Select the MP3 Downloads version of the album and from there you can preview all of the tracks.

[Aegir]

Ah thanks, I see now. I may just download the versions of the title track with singing, Lonely Man, Be Still, Walk Along with Love, and maybe Leaves of Grass. That's five of six dollars instead of 15.

[MBE]

Just emailed the company and it looks like there will be vinyl!

Awesome news.

I heard the album at Steve Kalinich's house a few years back and loved it. After he played the CD, Steve pulled out an original vinyl pressing that was made in the early '70s. It wasn't an acetate. It had a label and all the songs typed out on it. Looked more like a promo copy to my eyes. But I could be wrong. He didn't have the set-up to play it, and probably wouldn't have wanted to, considering it may have been the only copy and all. But having this album on vinyl is gonna be awesome.

It is cool, that company does a lot of records, of course every request helps so more emails to them won't hurt.

[brianc]

Is the vinyl product still in the lobbying stages?

[Dove Nested Towers]

This is very exciting news! Sounds like it was conceived and recorded under inspired and spontaneous circumstances in the idealistic and utopian spirit
of the era and may be imbued with that unmistakable and palpable enthusiasm and innocent feel heard in "Little Bird" and "Be Still" (at least as far as the two Dennis tracks are concerned).

This kind of "vibe" is needed more than ever today, and if one of Brian's favorite songs is on it that alone is enough to generate GREAT anticipation!

[Mr. Cohen]

I heard the "America I Know You" track and while it's not a lost classic, it is an interesting production and much different than anything else Brian was doing around that time. It is both orchestral and pastoral, a very relaxed song that has a little bit of an ethereal feel. Actually, it kind of reminds me of something Van Dyke Parks could have done. It is not really pop in any way, though. It will be really interesting to hear what other styles are explored on the whole album.

[MBE]

Is the vinyl product still in the lobbying stages?

Yes here is the email including his address so anyone who wants to encourage it can.
From: matt@lightintheattic.net
To: edermike@msn.com
Subject: Re: A World of Peace Must Come

Hi Mike,
Thank you for the email.
We're still planning it out. Hopefully there will be vinyl, as I'd love to make it happen.
All the best,
Matt.

[bsten]

Funny it hasn't turned up on any boots (except "America I know you")...!!!???
BS

[TheLazenby]

Wow, does this mean there's a chance we'll also see a release of Brian and Fred Vail's supposedly awful country album "Cows In The Pasture"? 

[brianc]

Who said it was awful? I've never heard a note from it.

[The Shift]

AGD has implied on more than one occasion that it doesn't really bare listening to.  I don't know how much of it he has heard.  Care to illuminate us Andrew please?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Fred only recorded five or so vocals for the project. Let's just say, he's more a Jasper Daily than a Brian Wilson. It's possible that hearing Fred sing was one reason why Brian bailed on the project. 

[brianc]

Yeah, but musically, is it any good? Wasn't there a whole album's worth of backing tracks cut?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Yup, and with some cool dudes too - Glen D. Hardin, Buddy Emmons, Red Rhodes, James Burton to name but four.