My writing on early Beach Boys...

[linusoli]

Having compiled my own Beach Boys box set, I got to writing the liner notes for disc 1:
they're here on my music blog
http://thechocolatejesus.blogspot.com

if you're interested, i would love some feedback

[OneEar/OneEye]

I'd love to see your track  list.  I have been in the process recently of compiling a multi CD set too - I like the GV box, but have always felt it could have been improved.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Having compiled my own Beach Boys box set, I got to writing the liner notes for disc 1:
they're here on my music blog
http://thechocolatejesus.blogspot.com

if you're interested, i would love some feedback

OK, instant feedback - I click on the link and this is what I get: "The blog you were looking for was not found." 

[OneEar/OneEye]

yeah me too - "blog not found"

[punkinhead]

hmmmmm, couldn't find it either     

[linusoli]

My mistake!
The link should have read:
jesuschocolatethe.blogspot.com

apologies for my brain fart

[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, read it. Well done, it's a good read. Coupla points, though:

1 - Alan didn't leave to go to dental school (details here: http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/Beginning.html), and on his return, David wasn't forced out - he quit of his own volition.

2 - "Fun x3" was largely (if not exclusively) the band: the first BB track to heavily feature the sessions guys (and gal) was "Why Do Fools Fall In Love ?"

[Jon Stebbins]

A few other instant corrections...you have David Marks leaving as of the Surfer Girl LP, he in fact was there through the Little Deuce Coupe LP sessions. Also the Wrecking Crew did not completely take over on either Fun Fun Fun or I Get Around, as the BB's were in fact on those sessions as musicians and were augmented or overdubbed by a Wrecking Crew person or two.

[c-man]

OK, read it. Well done, it's a good read. Coupla points, though:

1 - Alan didn't leave to go to dental school (details here: http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/Beginning.html), and on his return, David wasn't forced out - he quit of his own volition.

2 - "Fun x3" was largely (if not exclusively) the band: the first BB track to heavily feature the sessions guys (and gal) was "Why Do Fools Fall In Love ?"

On that last point, Andrew...I think the 45 version of "Be True To Your School" beat it by a couple of months at least. 

[grillo]

I HIGHLY recommend reading through as many of the posts on this forum as humanly possible, as I believe you'll find a lot of things you thought you knew about the boys is WAYYYY off. At least that's been my  experience over the last 4 or 5 years. Good Luck!

[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, read it. Well done, it's a good read. Coupla points, though:

1 - Alan didn't leave to go to dental school (details here: http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/Beginning.html), and on his return, David wasn't forced out - he quit of his own volition.

2 - "Fun x3" was largely (if not exclusively) the band: the first BB track to heavily feature the sessions guys (and gal) was "Why Do Fools Fall In Love ?"

On that last point, Andrew...I think the 45 version of "Be True To Your School" beat it by a couple of months at least.  

Excellent point - I'd love to see the AFM sheet for that !

Come to that, I'd love to see ANY AFM sheets for the Beach Boys sessions in 1963 between June 12th and October 20th (that is, the Surfer Girl and Little Deuce Coupe albums)... but they're curiously absent. 

[Jon Stebbins]

OK, read it. Well done, it's a good read. Coupla points, though:

1 - Alan didn't leave to go to dental school (details here: http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/Beginning.html), and on his return, David wasn't forced out - he quit of his own volition.

2 - "Fun x3" was largely (if not exclusively) the band: the first BB track to heavily feature the sessions guys (and gal) was "Why Do Fools Fall In Love ?"

On that last point, Andrew...I think the 45 version of "Be True To Your School" beat it by a couple of months at least.  

Excellent point - I'd love to see the AFM sheet for that !

Come to that, I'd love to see ANY AFM sheets for the Beach Boys sessions in 1963 between June 12th and October 20th (that is, the Surfer Girl and Little Deuce Coupe albums)... but they're curiously absent. 

Check Murry's crypt.

[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, read it. Well done, it's a good read. Coupla points, though:

1 - Alan didn't leave to go to dental school (details here: http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/Beginning.html), and on his return, David wasn't forced out - he quit of his own volition.

2 - "Fun x3" was largely (if not exclusively) the band: the first BB track to heavily feature the sessions guys (and gal) was "Why Do Fools Fall In Love ?"

On that last point, Andrew...I think the 45 version of "Be True To Your School" beat it by a couple of months at least.  

Excellent point - I'd love to see the AFM sheet for that !

Come to that, I'd love to see ANY AFM sheets for the Beach Boys sessions in 1963 between June 12th and October 20th (that is, the Surfer Girl and Little Deuce Coupe albums)... but they're curiously absent. 

Check Murry's crypt.

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh... so that's why he was buried in an unmarked grave... 

[linusoli]

Thanks for the corrections everyone. And Andrew, thank you for your website which was invaluable in providing session dates for my research.
My box set runs like this:

DISC 1
1. Surfin' Safari
2. Lonely Sea
3. Surfer Girl
4. Back Home
5. In My Room
6. Fun, Fun, Fun
7. Don't Worry Baby
8. I Get Around
9. Little Honda
10. Surfin' USA (Live)
11. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
12. Dance, Dance, Dance
13. Kiss Me, Baby
14. Please Let Me Wonder
15. Do You Wanna Dance
16. In the Back of My Mind
17. Help Me, Rhonda
18. Let Him Run Wild
19. California Girls
20. The Girl From New York City
21. I'm Bugged At My Old Man
22. And Your Dream Comes True

DISC 2
1. Sloop John B
2. Papa Oom-Mow-Mow
3. The Little Girl I Once Knew
4. Three Blind Mice
5. You Still Believe in Me
6. Let's Go Away for Awhile
7. Wouldn't It Be Nice
8. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
9. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
10. God Only Knows
11. Good Vibrations
12. Heroes and Villains (Alternate Take)
13. Wonderful
14. Cabin Essence
15. Our Prayer
16. Good Vibrations (Live)
17. Do You Like Worms
18. Surf's Up (Demo)

DISC 3
1. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
2. Heroes and Villains (Sections)
3. Heroes and Villains (45 Version)
4. Vegetables (Smiley Smile)
5. Little Pad
6. With Me Tonight
7. She's Goin' Bald
8. Wonderful (Smiley Smile)
9. Surfer Girl (Hawaii Rehearsal)
10. Wild Honey
11. Aren't You Glad
12. A Thing Or Two
13. I Was Made to Love Her
14. Can't Wait Too Long
15. Let the Wind Blow
16. Country Air
17. Little Bird
18. Passing By

DISC 4
1. Busy Doin' Nothin'
2. Wake the World
3. Be Here in the Morning
4. Meant for You
5. Transcendental Meditation
6. Do it Again
7. I Went to Sleep
8. Old Folks at Home/Ol' Man River
9. Time to Get Alone
10. Forever
11. Celebrate the News
12. Slip on Through
13. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
14. Add Some Music to Your Day
15. This Whole World
16. Susie Cincinnati
17. I Just Got My Pay
18. Good Time
19. Cool, Cool Water
20. 'Til I Die

DISC 5
1. 4th of July
2. Don't Go Near the Water
3. Long Promised Road
4. A Day in the Life of a Tree
5. Disney Girls (1957)
6. Feel Flows
7. Marcella
8. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
9. Cuddle Up
10. Only With You
11. Funky Pretty
12. California
13. Trader
14. Fairy Tale Music

DISC 6
1. Sail on Sailor
2. Let the Wind Blow (Live)
3. Ding Dang
4. It's OK
5. Back Home
6. Had to Phone Ya
7. That Same Song
8. River Song
9. Airplane
10. The Night Was So Young
11. Honkin' Down the Highway
12. Solar System
13. Let Us Go On This Way
14. Love is a Woman
15. Johnny Carson
16. Still I Dream of It
17. Baby Blue

what would you do differently?