Endless Summer Quarterly [ESQ] summer edition with CD

[The Shift]

Maybe we should all volunteer to make up an ESQ "team", instead of it being just a two man operation.  I could "transcribe"(i.e. type out on the computer) stuff, as long as it's not a big ass essay/PDF file. 

Therein can lay chaos -  I've done the editing by committee thang and no matter how well-intentioned the team, various members drift in and out or even away all together, for various reasons at various times.  I currently edit a journal by myself and I can't even rely on me to turn in the work when needed.

I like David's small, dedicated, reliable, known-and-trusted hardcore team approach.

[Christian]

Here's the latest on the 14-track ESQ CD:

Brian Wilson appears on four songs
Al Jardine appears on three songs
David Marks appears on four songs
Carl Wilson appears on three songs
Mike Love appears on two songs
Dean Torrence appears on two songs
Dennis Wilson appears on one song
Jan Berry appears on one song

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

14 songs... but 20 appearances. I'm joining the dots here, and a most interesting picture is emerging. Hopefully. 

Where´s David (ESQ Editor)?

He has posted the 14 tracks on the ESQ blogspot 5 hours ago:

CD includes:
The Spirit Of Rock And Roll
Cool Head, Warm Heart
Run Don't Walk
Big Wave
Ocean Park Angel
Honkin' Down The Highway (previously unreleased)
Drivin' (previously unreleased)
Sunny Afternoon
Soul Searchin'
I Sail Away (previously unreleased)
Mexico
The Circle Continues (previously unreleased)
Love Like In Fairytales (previously unreleased)
Like A Brother

[Wirestone]

"Love Like in Fairytales" sounds like a retitled "Glow Crescent Glow" from ML.

"Sail Away" and "Circle" are David Marks.

"Honkin'" and "Drivin'" would be Al's.

[Andrew G. Doe]

"Ocean Park Angel" - cool ! Sweet little J&D ballad from, ah, late 70s ?

"Mexico", I would assume to be DW.

"Soul Searchin'" - ah, now wouldn't it be nice iffn it were the original BB version...

So..., let's play join the dots:

The Spirit Of Rock And Roll - Brian
Cool Head, Warm Heart - Mike
Run Don't Walk - David ?
Big Wave - David ?
Ocean Park Angel - Jan & Dean
Honkin' Down The Highway (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Drivin' (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Sunny Afternoon - Dean
Soul Searchin' - Carl & Brian
I Sail Away (previously unreleased) - David
Mexico - Dennis
The Circle Continues (previously unreleased) - David
Love Like In Fairytales (previously unreleased) - Mike
Like A Brother - Carl

Except... that leaves one Alan and one Carl over. Hm. No matter - a seriously cool CD.

[GoofyJeff]

Run Don't Walk... isn't that one of Carl's tracks from Beckley/Lamm/Wilson "Like A Brother"

[Andrew G. Doe]

Run Don't Walk... isn't that one of Carl's tracks from Beckley/Lamm/Wilson "Like A Brother"

Correct - so now we have a loose David and a spare Alan... ah, no, David's on "Drivin'" with Brian, so I guess "Big Wave" must be an ACJ recording.

[The Shift]

"Ocean Park Angel" - cool ! Sweet little J&D ballad from, ah, late 70s ?

"Mexico", I would assume to be DW.

"Soul Searchin'" - ah, now wouldn't it be nice iffn it were the original BB version...

So..., let's play join the dots:

The Spirit Of Rock And Roll - Brian
Cool Head, Warm Heart - Mike
Run Don't Walk - David ?
Big Wave - David ?
Ocean Park Angel - Jan & Dean
Honkin' Down The Highway (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Drivin' (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Sunny Afternoon - Dean
Soul Searchin' - Carl & Brian
I Sail Away (previously unreleased) - David
Mexico - Dennis
The Circle Continues (previously unreleased) - David
Love Like In Fairytales (previously unreleased) - Mike
Like A Brother - Carl

Except... that leaves one Alan and one Carl over. Hm. No matter - a seriously cool CD.

Apparently Al sings on the chorus of David's I Sail Away (assume from the "unreleased" tag that this is a different version to that which appeared on the 2008 ESQ Dennis Wilson tribute disc?). That's according to David Beard on the Heroes & Villains "radio" show which he guested on last week. He also mentioned that David plays some guitar on Drivin'.

Not sure where that leaves the maths!

Good to see some more of Al's tracks on there - the album is gradually being released by stealth!

[ESQ Editor]

3) We'll have our website contractor look into a direct link to PayPal.  It doesn't look like it will be that difficult, but he charges us for each change to the website, so we try to keep our changes to a minimum, and do them on no more than a quarterly basis.  However if this will bring us more subscribers then it will be worth the investment.

How much are they soaking you for?

If you only have quarterly updates (four times a year?) . . . and if you're talking about basic text and image updates to your existing site template (or a PayPal link?), I could edit your pages using Dreamweaver, and post the files to your server . . . and it wouldn't cost you anything.

I wouldn't want to do daily or weekly updates . . . but quarterly or special occasion? No problem.

In other words, pay a contractor to build your snazzy Web design (or redesign) . . . putting together your templates with JavaScript, Flash, and CSS, etc. (and keep them on retainer) . . . but don't let them soak you for simple HTML text and image updates, on top of that.

Mark

No one is soaking us… Phillip Yow has done wonders with my ideas and transformed the ESQ site into something cool and fun. ESQ appreciates your offer. Lee and I will consider it.

[ESQ Editor]

"Ocean Park Angel" - cool ! Sweet little J&D ballad from, ah, late 70s ?

"Mexico", I would assume to be DW.

"Soul Searchin'" - ah, now wouldn't it be nice iffn it were the original BB version...

So..., let's play join the dots:

The Spirit Of Rock And Roll - Brian
Cool Head, Warm Heart - Mike
Run Don't Walk - David ?
Big Wave - David ?
Ocean Park Angel - Jan & Dean
Honkin' Down The Highway (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Drivin' (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Sunny Afternoon - Dean
Soul Searchin' - Carl & Brian
I Sail Away (previously unreleased) - David
Mexico - Dennis
The Circle Continues (previously unreleased) - David
Love Like In Fairytales (previously unreleased) - Mike
Like A Brother - Carl

Except... that leaves one Alan and one Carl over. Hm. No matter - a seriously cool CD.

Apparently Al sings on the chorus of David's I Sail Away (assume from the "unreleased" tag that this is a different version to that which appeared on the 2008 ESQ Dennis Wilson tribute disc?). That's according to David Beard on the Heroes & Villains "radio" show which he guested on last week. He also mentioned that David plays some guitar on Drivin'.

Not sure where that leaves the maths!

Good to see some more of Al's tracks on there - the album is gradually being released by stealth!

Brian: The Spirit Of Rock And Roll • Soul Searchin' • Honkin' Down The Highway • Drivin'
Mike: Cool Head, Warm Heart • Love Like In Fairytales
Al: Honkin' Down The Highway • Drivin' • I Sail Away
Carl: Run Don't Walk • Like A Brother • Soul Searchin'
David: Big Wave • I Sail Away • The Circle Continues • Drivin'
Dennis: Mexico
Jan & Dean: Ocean Park Angel
Dean: Sunny Afternoon

[Carrie Marks]

So..., let's play join the dots:

The Spirit Of Rock And Roll - Brian
Cool Head, Warm Heart - Mike
Run Don't Walk - David ?
Big Wave - David ?
Ocean Park Angel - Jan & Dean
Honkin' Down The Highway (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Drivin' (previously unreleased) - Alan & Brian
Sunny Afternoon - Dean
Soul Searchin' - Carl & Brian
I Sail Away (previously unreleased) - David
Mexico - Dennis
The Circle Continues (previously unreleased) - David
Love Like In Fairytales (previously unreleased) - Mike
Like A Brother - Carl

Except... that leaves one Alan and one Carl over. Hm. No matter - a seriously cool CD.

Walk Don't Run is not David's. His original songs on this collection are the Circle Continues, Big Wave and I Sail Away (w/ Al Jardine) and he and Brian are both on Al's song, Drivin'.

[Matt H]

With Al putting these songs on this compilation, does that mean that his solo album is dead?

[Emdeeh]

If only "Soul Searchin'" were the version with Carl singing all the lead! I suspect that getting permission to release that version would be a lot tougher than the GIOMH one.

I'm really pleased that we're getting this release this summer, albeit as a subscriber bonus (and well, well worth the price), instead of yet another Greatest Hits anthology of material we already own multiple times over. Kudos to ESQ for this one!

[Awesoman]

"The Spirit of Rock & Roll" and "Cool Head, Warm Heart" can be found on that Hallmark Beach Boys release, Songs From Here & Back.  "Like A Brother" and "Run Don't Walk" are from the Beckley-Lamm-Wilson album Like A Brother (which is readily available on iTunes).  "Soul Searchin'" is on Brian Wilson's Gettin' In Over My Head.  And "Mexico" is on the re-release of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue.   Admittingly I'm a tad disappointed that at least half of these tracks I already own (unless they are different mixes or something).   Still, I'm glad I finally subscribed to ESQ.  It will be nice to have Al Jardine's "Drivin'", as it sounded like a catchy track from what I heard from the sample on Al's website; do the band America still make an appearance on this song?

[Andrew G. Doe]

"The Spirit of Rock & Roll" and "Cool Head, Warm Heart" can be found on that Hallmark Beach Boys release, Songs From Here & Back...

... which is now out of print, and has been for a good two, three years.

[smile-holland]

I'm really pleased that we're getting this release this summer, albeit as a subscriber bonus (and well, well worth the price), instead of yet another Greatest Hits anthology of material we already own multiple times over. Kudos to ESQ for this one!

Totally agree with you, Emdeeh. It's a free bonus with quite a few surprises. A big 'thank you' for those who made this release possible.

[The Shift]

"The Spirit of Rock & Roll" and "Cool Head, Warm Heart" can be found on that Hallmark Beach Boys release, Songs From Here & Back.  "Like A Brother" and "Run Don't Walk" are from the Beckley-Lamm-Wilson album Like A Brother (which is readily available on iTunes).  "Soul Searchin'" is on Brian Wilson's Gettin' In Over My Head.  And "Mexico" is on the re-release of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue.   Admittingly I'm a tad disappointed that at least half of these tracks I already own (unless they are different mixes or something).   Still, I'm glad I finally subscribed to ESQ.  It will be nice to have Al Jardine's "Drivin'", as it sounded like a catchy track from what I heard from the sample on Al's website; do the band America still make an appearance on this song?

The CD's a freebie that comes attached to the best Beach Boys-related fanzine in the world... you can't really be "a tad disappointed", can you?  I'd be delighted if the CD had 400 takes of Ding Dang on it. Here in Yorkshire "free" is good value!

[Seaside Woman]

no dedicated page… sorry

esq is basically a two-man operation

We're looking into a dedicated PayPal page since it's come up
but if it costs additional money we won't do it

Let us know if there is an additional cost, and how much it is, someone with deep pockets might be able to stump up a few bucks to enable this.