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I just had a thought about what merchandise I'd love to see at a reunion concert. How about:

- a reprint (right word?) of the "Keep it clean with Al Jardine"-T-shirt

- "I know Brian's dad"-buttons   (I really, really want one of those !!)




What would be your favorites or ideas?

that classic hard to fine beach boys tshirt with the brothers logo

in every color possible, so i can get all of them

Classic Striped shirts and a new t-shirt design with the band circa 1964.

I do need a 'Keep It Clean With Al Jardine' t-shirt in my life, tis true

The BW "Help me Rhonda" t-shirt.

Dis one. The only one I would buy.

Brian should wear that on stage if the reunion happens.

'NO Babara-Fu*kin-Ann'    T-shirt for me!

Here's a photo I took of Al in his shirt:

Wow I really want that shirt!

Is Al wearing Bruce's shorts?!

A blue bathrobe. I am thinking 1976 here. Yes. That would do the trick.

The turban......there has to be a turban!

The bathrobe is an awesome idea, though-especially if it came with 2 optional police officer uniforms so that your friends could drag you out of bed

http://www.chasermerch.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&customCSS=&cPath=283_15&products_id=2387 (http://www.chasermerch.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&customCSS=&cPath=283_15&products_id=2387)

G*ddamnit ! Is this real !?!?!  :o


Great suggestions folks ! What about Mike's Maharishi-robe ?
And one of those shirts that Dennis used in concerts in his later years. They really look great !

 :lol amazing... although the price point is a bit steep. Does it come with BW's sweat in it, or something? His DNA might be on it.

A t-shirt featuring all 9 Beach Boys (using photos of them when they looked their individual best, eg Brian 1966, Carl 1970 etc) would be awesome.

You forgot John Stamos, AGD's personal favourite.

No Stamos!

Don't know if that particular pair belonged to Bruce, but until you mentioned it, I'd forgotten about the 'official' Beach Boy shorts!  You can just barely see the logo down by his left hand

Those are real 70's - 80's classic piped white shorts...for jogging, hoop, etc...

Can't see the logo that Ed pointed out, but surely it is there!

You can see Dennis football-style shirt as well, very popular 80's memorabilia...have an old one somewhere...

My kids laugh at those shorts!  I still think they are cool...must be the Generation Gap we complained about!  :lol

100% real - I don't think you can still order one from an official merchandise site, but for a while you could. If I remember correctly they were first put up for sale during the 2007 TLOS shows.

Edit­: or maybe you can... http://www.chasermerch.com/home/brianwilson/accessories/brian-wilson-embroiderd-kimono-robe.html (http://www.chasermerch.com/home/brianwilson/accessories/brian-wilson-embroiderd-kimono-robe.html)

I still have mine.  Lime green. And they are longer than that..more like regular short length of the time.  Of course, I can't remember the last time I was able to fit into them ::)

There was a really nice black shirt with the Eye magazine photo of Brian, surrounded by a foil sunburst design, being sold at some of the 2004 Smile concerts and on his website later in limited sizes. I made the mistake of buying a different item at the show, then thought about it later and regretted it, still do. Would love to have another opportunity to get one of those (XXL, in case a miracle is in the offing). :(

I get a kick out of how an over zealous mind of a beach boy's fan works. We're already buying merchandise from a tour that doesn't exist yet.  :lol

That being said, I really, REALLY want an actual Christmas snow globe of the Keepin' The Summer Alive album cover.  8)

Could we possibly get postcards of the L.A. album cover pictures?

Also, a t-shirt promoting MIU, perhaps with "Our Team" on the back listing the band members/tour members?

Your wish was fulfilled 30 plus years ago. At the time of it's release, these were available a postcards. Do a search on Ebay if you like.  (search for beach boys postcard)

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I personally wouldn't mind seeing a Party!! potato chips bag reproduction

I'd buy a Summer Days boat in a bottle!

Another run of Stars and Stripes sunglasses, or just the bountiful leftovers from the first one. I ain't picky.

How about some Beach Boys' Party! potato chips?

If this is Brian at the piano

http://youtu.be/RBq3PU7ucbM

Then I want a t-shirt with nothing but his face with that look on it.

Another one with Mike Love circa 1969. I know they don't exist.

There was also a limited edition picture disc of my liner photos fo L.A.Light, (which originally were going to be the cover itself as postcards), and I just found one available on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/BEACH-BOYS-ORIGINAL-PICTURE-DISC-L-A-LIGHT-ALBUM-/400116065041
A little pricey, to say the least!

Dang, I've only seen that in black and white. Looks beautiful!

And looking at the listing it comes ' FROM A SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT' what the hell does that mean ?
I have a few copies of this Pic Disc , and yes they are gorgeous

You mean the pics of the boys were going to be the cover or the red cover with the L.A. sign ?

Brian is shockingly well dressed as well to go along with that face. ;D

In my original meetings with the art department, the album was going to be a gatefold, with my photos laid out like postcards in the sand.  The liner sleeve was going to have the postcards with the song titles, with the time & credits underneath each card.
When they commissioned the individual artists for the cards, they paid such incredibly high fees to the artists that they felt they could only justify the costs by making the postcards the cover itself - or so I was told...  (Another in a long line of disappointments for me in Beach Boy land)  I was so pissed about this that I didn't give them the finished group photo that's on the flipside of the liners; (the one where Brian is looking off to the side).  I had given this picture, along with another shot with Brian looking towards the camera, to my airbrusher back in those pre-Photoshop days.  He also took sections of ivy to replace the fence behind Brian.  The record company at least took my idea & removed the ivy, to reuse the picture for a Japanese single of "Here Comes the Night": http://paradise-records.ocnk.net/product/1072  I'd never even seen this until it was used in a collage at the beginning of The Silver Anniversary book by John Milward - and still to this day don't have a copy.

Sounds good to me ! Would have loved to see it that way....

Though your story is a downer, on how you were treated, you should write a book about all your experience (good and bad) with the Beach Boys, you have some interesting stories I've never heard before.

Sounds like Ed could do the definitive Beach Boys coffee table book to put the Beatles Anthology book to shame  :)

Really really nerdy question, ED, but do you have any pictures of Dennis' gear from over the years. Being an (attempted at least) drummer/singer myself, Dennis just endlessly fascinates me. Were the kits he used his own? Did he seek them out for specific reasons. Just any pics of his gear, and of him playing the drums, I could never see enough of. His technique is rarely talked about for a player who had such a powerful/solid sound, therefore I try and glean whatever tidbits possible from pics.

Ed's ability to write that book is probably hampered by a "do not compete" clause with the BBs.

True, but what the hell would he be competing against?

Any book of his certainly wouldn't prevent them from rolling out "Summer Love Songs Part 2"

Didn't stop Brian's WIBN "autobio" from being published.  ;)

I don't think that sounds nerdy. I would like to see that kind of pictures too. Also of Carl and his guitars

Or Mike posing with his vast array of headgear.

Seriously, I think a proposed book (of course it'd have to have all his pictures), could be a best seller of Beach Boys-related books, even for years to come, like the LLVS book.