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In teh story below about Brian taking a well deserved sabbatical, they also mention:

A new recording of Wilson's long-bootlegged track "The Spirit Of Rock And Roll" will be released on a new Beach Boys live collection available exclusively through Hallmark Gold Crown stores starting May 15th. The set will also include new solo tracks from the group's Mike Love and Al Jardine.

Anyone with more info, tracklist etc ? What's this thing about Hallmark Gold Crown, how can people outside the U.S. get our hands on it ?

Cheers, Roland

It's a CD they're selling at Hallmark stores (which sell greeting cards and overpriced gifts). It's some live tracks from the 70s, Spirit of Rock and Roll, Cool Head Warm Heart by Mike and PT Cruiser by Al.

It'll probably be for sale on the Hallmark website, too.

In fact, there are only one or two tracks from the 70s, the rest is from '89 with Brian.....

Does anyone have any track lists?

Taken from the ESQ site.

Hallmark is set to market a cool new Beach Boys compilation CD in the Spring of 2006 including recent studio material from Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, and Mike Love as well as previously unreleased live recordings from 1989 and 1974. The CD is planned for distribution to Hallmark branded specialty retail establishments (i.e. Hallmark Gold Crown); and by mail order via Hallmark.com around Father's Day. Hallmark is also considering re-releasing the CD a second time to a larger distribution base in 2007.

The live performances are: tracks 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 recorded in 1989 include Brian; tracks 3 and 9 were recorded in 1974. THE SPIRIT OF ROCK AND ROLL: Brian has gone back into the studio to record this track. PT CRUISER: Al’s fun, rev ’em up recording about the popular car, featuring Matt and Adam Jardine on backing vocals. COOL HEAD, WARM HEART: Mike’s track features his son Christian Love on backing vocals.

1) Intro
2) DANCE DANCE DANCE
3) WOULDN'T IT BE NICE
4) SURFER GIRL
5) KOKOMO
6) Car Medley Intro
7) LITTLE DEUCE COUPE
 I GET AROUND
9) GOOD VIBRATIONS
10) THE SPIRIT OF ROCK AND ROLL (Brian Wilson - Gary Usher - Tom Kelly)
11) PT CRUISER (Al Jardine)
12) COOL HEAD, WARM HEART (Mike Love)

Was gonna ask why do it in the first place, but maybe it's the beginning of the end of hostilities...

Per Eric's setlist site, Brian performed with the BB in 1989 on these two dates:

http://members.tripod.com/~fun_fun_fun/1-24-89.html
http://members.tripod.com/~fun_fun_fun/5-27-89.html

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275354

Hallmark may be the first brand that comes to mind for greeting cards, but the company is hoping to further associate itself with hit music. Having already secured gold and platinum sales with previous seasonally themed releases, Hallmark is adding Mother's Day and Father's Day CDs to the mix.

The card company has tapped country singer/songwriter Sara Evans and the Beach Boys for the mom-and-pop sets. Evans' "Always There" arrives April 17, while the Beach Boys' "Songs From Here and Back" will be released May 15. The former includes songs from Evans' past albums and two new tracks. The latter features previously unreleased live versions of Beach Boys classics as well as three new solo tracks from Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine.

Each title will be sold exclusively at more than 4,000 Hallmark Gold Crown stores in North America.
 
"You can't deny the reach of the Hallmark brand," Evans, a mother of three, tells Billboard. As an artist, Evans says she is always looking for new opportunities that go beyond "releasing a record, sending it to radio and touring." This way, she says, "I have the possibility of exposing my music -- and country music as a whole -- to people who may not necessarily listen to it."

Like Sara Evans has anything to worry about, her albums are huge. 

We know there is a new CD coming on May 15th from Hallmark. Although THEY don't have anything on their site about it, Billboard does.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275354

[edited due to thread revisionism]