MiC in may hands!! Booklet review.

[c-man]

Great news!

Only reason it's not in the book is lack of space.

[Andrew G. Doe]

The big pic of the guys labelled Phoenix December 1962 is, according to current knowledge, incorrect: unless this is a new discovery, the first documented gigs in Phoenix were July 5 & 6 1963.

[leggo of my ego]

Dear Smiley Smile Message Board,

I couldn't help noticing a strong resemblence between the classic Japanese ukiyo-e artwork 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' and the cover of the Beach Boys' recent career-spanning book set, Made In California.


'Made In California'


'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'


Are they by any chance related? I think we should be told...

And according to your picture Capitol got the "great wave"   backwards too...whats the world coming to?

[The Shift]

Dear Smiley Smile Message Board,

I couldn't help noticing a strong resemblence between the classic Japanese ukiyo-e artwork 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' and the cover of the Beach Boys' recent career-spanning book set, Made In California.

Are they by any chance related? I think we should be told...

And according to your picture Capitol got the "great wave"   backwards too...whats the world coming to?

Surely one is the tide going out and the other is the tide coming back in again.

[leggo of my ego]

When I burn safety copies I like to do my own CD art.
I may use that japanese wave on one later.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Excellent !

[runnersdialzero]

When I burn safety copies I like to do my own CD art.
I may use that japanese wave on one later.

lawl, what a freakin' nerd!
I've done this before, too. You're my kinda guy.

[leggo of my ego]

When I burn safety copies I like to do my own CD art.
I may use that japanese wave on one later.

lawl, what a freakin' nerd!
I've done this before, too. You're my kinda guy.

It was my understanding that everyone who listens to the Beach Boys is considered a nerd.

makes you feel right at home!

[The Shift]

Booklet, tracklisting for Disc Three: anyone know where the photo of the boys was taken? Given the limestone pavement they're stood on and the nature of the walls in the valley so deep and wide behind them, I'm guessing it just might have been the Yorkshire Dales during a UK visit but who knows? Anyone?

Edit: found it on line but no further details:



Edit: this is almost certainly from the same day:

[Andrew G. Doe]

The big pic of the guys labelled Phoenix December 1962 is, according to current knowledge, incorrect: unless this is a new discovery, the first documented gigs in Phoenix were July 5 & 6 1963.

This just in: had a word with that nice Mr. Marks and he confirms that the first time they played in Arizona - or indeed anywhere outside of California - was late January 1963.

[J.G. Dev]

Booklet, tracklisting for Disc Three: anyone know where the photo of the boys was taken? Given the limestone pavement they're stood on and the nature of the walls in the valley so deep and wide behind them, I'm guessing it just might have been the Yorkshire Dales during a UK visit but who knows? Anyone?

Edit: found it on line but no further details:



Edit: this is almost certainly from the same day:

Looks like the same clothes, but if it was the same day, Bruce shaved his mustache

[The Shift]

Looks like the same clothes, but if it was the same day, Bruce shaved his mustache

Blimey, hadn't noticed that… What are the chances though of the entire band wearing exactly the same clothes ('cept Carl's hat) on any two days? And why the heck would he shave off his 'tache part-way through the day?  Surely that's part of everyone' early morning "sh*t, Shave n' Shower" routine?!

[Theydon Bois]

Booklet, tracklisting for Disc Three: anyone know where the photo of the boys was taken? Given the limestone pavement they're stood on and the nature of the walls in the valley so deep and wide behind them, I'm guessing it just might have been the Yorkshire Dales during a UK visit but who knows? Anyone?

Edit: found it on line but no further details:



Edit: this is almost certainly from the same day:

Another one with the same clothes:



Given the tartan and bagpipes, I'm getting a strong north of the border vibe.  Somewhere near Glasgow, June 1969?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Seen it before - definitely Scotland. Looks a bit bleak for June. Maybe November 1970 ?

[Later...]  Yup, 1970 - the beards (especially Mike's) and hairstyles match.

[Theydon Bois]

And, indeed, this colour version of the "arches" photo also has the word "November" legible in the corner, for whatever that might be worth.

[mikeddonn]

Al talks about visiting a castle in Scotland in a documentary.  It may be the Alan Boyd one shot during the 1991 UK Tour, never officially released or Beach boys Live in London, there is also live footage of the visit and they may be wearing the same gear.  Also it may well have been a visit to Eilean Donan Castle in Ayr.  A J Foulger mentions this on BBB website.  Personally I wouldn't be surprised if it was taken at Stirling Castle (they also visited their in 1991).

[The Real Barnyard]

Another shot from the same day.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Al talks about visiting a castle in Scotland in a documentary.  It may be the Alan Boyd one shot during the 1991 UK Tour, never officially released or Beach boys Live in London, there is also live footage of the visit and they may be wearing the same gear.  Also it may well have been a visit to Eilean Donan Castle in Ayr.  A J Foulger mentions this on BBB website.  Personally I wouldn't be surprised if it was taken at Stirling Castle (they also visited their in 1991).

Not either of those two castles.

[Paulos]

Nice that the booklet remember Les Chan, classy move.

One criticism, the tracklisting for Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring - 'Recorded 1962, from The Beach Boys audition tape for Brother Records'. Oops...

[Mikie]

Nice that the booklet remember Les Chan, classy move.

Agreed.  Les was the guy who turned Alan Boyd onto the Beach Boys in the first place.  He was a good guy.  Of course so was Coach Hanes, Derek Bill, and Greg Larsen.

[Andrew G. Doe]

No disrespect to Les, but Boyd was into the band long before they met. He got his mom to buy him Sunflower when it was released. He was about nine then, I believe.

[Shady]

Absolutely blown away by the quality of the box set.

[adloc]

Booklet, tracklisting for Disc Three: anyone know where the photo of the boys was taken? Given the limestone pavement they're stood on and the nature of the walls in the valley so deep and wide behind them, I'm guessing it just might have been the Yorkshire Dales during a UK visit but who knows? Anyone?

Edit: found it on line but no further details:



Edit: this is almost certainly from the same day:

I'd always believed the 'arches' pic to be in the ruins of the old Coventry cathedral, with the modern 'Chapel of Unity' in the background. The open views in the other pictures don't look much like the Midlands, so I guess that might account for Bruce's moustache conundrum!

AGD's Bellagio 10452 shows a concert in Glasgow (Nov/Dec 1970) the day after one in Birmingham, and then several in Stockton-On-Tees and Sheffield, so apart from Al changing his jeans, looks like they might well have worn the same clothes for two days!

[Andrew G. Doe]

You're right, that is indeed Coventry Cathedral with the Chapel of Unity in the background.

[The Shift]

Wonderful, many thanks guys. If Sheffield was on the itinerary, then the limestone at their feet in the first pic might be in the White Peak, of Derbyshire, at a pinch… and I know a man who might know.