The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones

[Bicyclerider]

I believe the My Obsession session was Nov 66, wasn't it?

August 1966, RCA Studios, Hollywood &
November/December 1966, Olympic Sound Studios, London
[/quote]

Interesting.  Brian was still working on good vibrations!  And starting Smile with Van Dyke.

[sofonanm]

Andrew Loog Oldham promoted "Pet Sounds" with a print ad, paid for out of his own pocket.

No, he didn't, and I can state that with absolute certainty. back in 1994, I was asked by the folk making the IJWMFTT BW documentary to get them a copy of the famed ad, as Graham Nash mentioned it prominently in his interview. So, I spent a full day at the Newspaper Library in Colindale, looking for it.

It doesn't exist. Not in the rock press of the day, not in the dailies. That's why you don't see it in the movie -  'cause it doesn't exist.

Oldham did do something very similar the previous year, when he took out an ad telling people to buy the Righteous Brothers original of "YLTLF" in preference to Cilla Black's cover. I'm thinking someone misremembered that.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Andrew G. Doe ... AKA "Boner Kill" 

[Howie Edelson]

Interestingly, I had thought it was Blondie who had slipped the Stones' sound man a copy of "River Song" -- until he told me that he had no idea that it was being played prior to the gigs. Dennis must have a fan somewhere else on the Stones team.

[Rocker]

And in his great 1995 piano instructional video tape "Play Songs Of The Beach Boys", Billy Hinsche recalls jamming with Woody, who taught him how to play "Tumbling Dice", while Billy taught him "Little Deuce Coupe" (or was it "Help Me Rhonda"?).

It's interesting that the Stones also had a song which was based on "Fanny Mae", just like "Help me R(h)onda". Forgot the name but I believe it was a pretty long title

[JeffRetro]

And in his great 1995 piano instructional video tape "Play Songs Of The Beach Boys", Billy Hinsche recalls jamming with Woody, who taught him how to play "Tumbling Dice", while Billy taught him "Little Deuce Coupe" (or was it "Help Me Rhonda"?).

It's interesting that the Stones also had a song which was based on "Fanny Mae", just like "Help me R(h)onda". Forgot the name but I believe it was a pretty long title

That would be "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man," the B-side to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" here in the States (as well on both UK and US versions of the OUT OF OUR HEADS LP).

[Christian]

The Stones jammed "I Get Around" on one of their sessions. It's on a bootleg boxset of theirs - I think it might be the sessions for "Let It Bleed" or "Exile".

EDIT: It's on a bootleg called "Bones and Jones" - http://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/2064241/40-Bootlegs-de-Rolling-Stones.html

Should be the version by the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra from the album "EAST MEETS WEST - FAMOUS HITS BY THE BEACH BOYS AND THE FOUR SEASONS (Parrot PAS 71003) from October 1964, vocals by Mick Jagger (no other Stones involved).

There's definitely a jammed version  - I think there's a boxset on www.vigotone.com that shows it...

The one on "Bones and Jones" is definitely the jam version. But it sounds weird, the vocals are much more polished than you'd expect from a Stones jam. Almost like they were overdubbed.

Having downloaded "Bones and Jones" and listened to "I Get Around" : this is the version by the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra!

[Christian]

Oh, here's another...before joining the Stones (in fact, before joining The Faces or The Jeff Beck Group), Ronnie Wood used to play in a band (with his brother Art, IIRC) called The Birds.  He says they used to cover "God Only Knows".

The Birds´live set included "God Only Knows" & "Here Today".

Wow.  So I'm guessing it was Ronnie's choice to put "IJWMFTT" on that comp that Rocker mentioned.

Yes!

From the liner notes of "Artist´s Choice":

Ronnie Wood on The Beach Boys

"This was Brian's best period. This is a very sad song, and it's very heartfelt. He has a wonderful kind of phrasing, which is quite rare in white singers, and he's such a melodic person. I remember hearing Pet Sounds for the first time. It was quite different for them - I think they were trying to copy Revolver, but whatever they were doing came out sounding unique. I picked this song because it has stood the test of time, and the lyrics remind me a bit of myself."

[Fall Breaks]

The Stones jammed "I Get Around" on one of their sessions. It's on a bootleg boxset of theirs - I think it might be the sessions for "Let It Bleed" or "Exile".

EDIT: It's on a bootleg called "Bones and Jones" - http://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/2064241/40-Bootlegs-de-Rolling-Stones.html

Should be the version by the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra from the album "EAST MEETS WEST - FAMOUS HITS BY THE BEACH BOYS AND THE FOUR SEASONS (Parrot PAS 71003) from October 1964, vocals by Mick Jagger (no other Stones involved).

There's definitely a jammed version  - I think there's a boxset on www.vigotone.com that shows it...

The one on "Bones and Jones" is definitely the jam version. But it sounds weird, the vocals are much more polished than you'd expect from a Stones jam. Almost like they were overdubbed.

Having downloaded "Bones and Jones" and listened to "I Get Around" : this is the version by the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra!

Okay, my bad. But they sure are using the word orchestra in a strange way. Here I was expecting strings and horns and a polished performance and what I get is a guitar-driven, sometimes out-of-tempo ditty that sounds more than a little improvised at times.

[Beach Boy]

I heard that the Beach Boys played at Ron Wood's restaurant in the 80ies.