New BB Book next year...50 Sides of The Beach Boys by Mark Dillon

[Pretty Funky]

from the last line of the 2 page story.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/25/his-lifes-song/


Also this liine mentioned...

Capitol Records is also mulling over archival music releases.

[Shady]

Capitol Records is also mulling over archival music releases.

 

[Wrightfan]

Capitol Records is also mulling over archival music releases.

 

Boy, sure would SMILE if that happened... 

[Shady]

We all would 

[The Shift]

"(Wilson) adds he’d like to make 'a really good rock ’n’ roll album sometime.'"

Well now we know!

[willy]

Capitol Records is also mulling over archival music releases.

In other words the usual compilation but with a new stereo stack-o-vocals remix of 'Denny's Drums' to get us all to buy it.

[Don_Zabu]

Good news all round, then.

[Dove Nested Towers]

Capitol Records is also mulling over archival music releases.

In other words the usual compilation but with a new stereo stack-o-vocals remix of 'Denny's Drums' to get us all to buy it.

Now, now, sarcasm and cynicism will get us nowhere (even if it is somewhat warranted by past experience). Hope springs eternal! And what about the Endless Harmony soundtrack, Hawthorne CA and the Good Vibrations box set?

[The Heartical Don]

Capitol Records is also mulling over archival music releases.

In other words the usual compilation but with a new stereo stack-o-vocals remix of 'Denny's Drums' to get us all to buy it.

Now, now, sarcasm and cynicism will get us nowhere (even if it is somewhat warranted by past experience). Hope springs eternal! And what about the Endless Harmony soundtrack, Hawthorne CA and the Good Vibrations box set?

Yes. The right attitude. I love the last paragraph, BTW. He'll still be composing and singing in his death bed then (and may that be far, far away from now).

[Mikie]

Here's my favorite part of the article:

"He adds that he’d like to make “a really good rock ’n’ roll album sometime.”

[The Heartical Don]

Here's my favorite part of the article:

"He adds that he’d like to make “a really good rock ’n’ roll album sometime.”

Great huh, for a man aged 68? Sounds quite different from what he said and thought at the time of 'Til I Die'...

Interviewer: Bri, there are rumours about an ass-kicking rock & roll album that's on your 'to do' list. When will we be able to hear it?
Brian: oh, you know, in 12 years or so, my writing is a bit slower then it used to be...

[Myk Luhv]

I think this is probably the only worthwhile article Maclean's has ever published!

Personally, I liked this quote from the very end of the article (page two): “I don’t plan on retiring. If I retire, it’s kind of like saying I’m getting lazy. And I don’t think I want to be lazy." 

[Smilin Ed H]

If there is a release of srchive material, let's hope it is just that and not yet another variation on a hits package or remixes.  The last one was a step too far even for me.

[The Heartical Don]

If there is a release of srchive material, let's hope it is just that and not yet another variation on a hits package or remixes.  The last one was a step too far even for me.

I would not think so. It's a hard guess anyway. No extended SMiLE only, I'm afraid. Brian would be against. My shot: a remastered version of the 1993 box set, with added rare material (which could include SMiLE stuff).

[Myk Luhv]

Give me piano demos, studio outtakes, non-album singles, and just-plain-unreleased material from 1967-78. That's all I want, Capitol! It could even be a measly two discs, you know, I'd accept that. _{Even though it should be a box set unto itself, jerks.}

[drbeachboy]

As for the non-album singles, you can get them all (Capitol) now, except for a couple b-sides and they can be had with the purchase of footwear. Greatest Hits Vols 1 and 2, along with US Singles Box, will have you just about covered. I'm all for an outakes and finished songs in the can, but never released, release.

[Mike's Beard]

A Live Boxset with L'ed in Hawaii, the 90's unplugged performances and of course tons of stuff from the 69-74 "golden era", first and second Flame albums with outtakes, Dennis and Rumbo's Hubba Hubba, Paley Sessions, Smile Sessions Boxset and another "Endless Harmony style" comp that is sparse on the stereo remixes would do me. Capitol my wallet's open..........

[donald]

If there is a release of srchive material, let's hope it is just that and not yet another variation on a hits package or remixes.  The last one was a step too far even for me.

I would not think so. It's a hard guess anyway. No extended SMiLE only, I'm afraid. Brian would be against. My shot: a remastered version of the 1993 box set, with added rare material (which could include SMiLE stuff).

I was just thinking about a remastered and expanded box set for the 50th anniversary.    A LOT was left off last time and the catalogue has been upgraded soundwise since that release.  Along with that, a release of the box set live tour/unplugged material.  I would be in favor of adding Somewhere near Japan and Soul Searchin to a new box.

And another release should be a Hawthorne II type comp.

One could even have a Love You box.  No kidding.   There is a LOT of demo, alt versions, takes from those sessions, as well as songs recorded around that time...for example, Its Over Now.  I might just make this box myself (for my mp3 only, you understand  )...given the slim chance any such thing would ever happen.....

[Mr. Cohen]

Not just a Love You box set. No, we need more than that. We need an action figure. 70s Brian in front of a moog. Each arm has a button that makes his hand smash a key on the moog. Every couple of times you hit the button, Brian says, "hey guys, how'dya like the bassline for my new song?" We could always use Love You key chain. How about some rugs made using the pattern from the album cover? Coffee mugs? Maybe a beanie? Maybe even drug paraphernalia? Remember those singing trout plaques? How about one with 70s Brian? You walk in front of it and he starts singing "Shortenin' Bread".

What do you think?

[donald]

I would buy one if it was well made and authentic looking..............

[Myk Luhv]

I would also totally buy those things!

In addition to what I've said before, I'd also like proper mono mixes -- as God Brian intended -- for their pre-Today! albums. I bet "We'll Run Away" sounds great in mono!

[rab2591]

Ahhh, I'd LOVE to hear Surfer Girl in mono. Wouldn't mind some session takes from Today, Summer Days, and Surfer Girl. Also I'd love to hear the demos from Sunflower and Friends.

[Don_Zabu]

Not just a Love You box set. No, we need more than that. We need an action figure. 70s Brian in front of a moog. Each arm has a button that makes his hand smash a key on the moog. Every couple of times you hit the button, Brian says, "hey guys, how'dya like the bassline for my new song?" We could always use Love You key chain. How about some rugs made using the pattern from the album cover? Coffee mugs? Maybe a beanie? Maybe even drug paraphernalia? Remember those singing trout plaques? How about one with 70s Brian? You walk in front of it and he starts singing "Shortenin' Bread".

What do you think?

I'm trying to imagine animatronic 70's Brian Wilson's head attached to a board singing Shortenin' Bread. It's not a pretty image.

[sockittome]

Based on what I'm reading just in this thread alone, I think we need a "Capitol Box" ala Beatles.  You know, all the 60s albums in mono and stereo in mini Lp covers.  Of course, the stereo for Today through Wild Honey would have to be recreated, but hey, we're halfway there now!  And of course there would have to be dedicated mono mixes for Friends and 20/20.  Would this not make everybody happy one way or another?

[sockittome]

Oh, and one more thing....a SMiLE box.  C'mon, Brian!  Just say YES!