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http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/ (http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/)

I've seen some people expressing their boredom with the forum at times lately.  I've put together a little site in hopes of provoking some entertaining discussion.  Mainly, it's just a place to share some of my favorite Beach Boys audio and video.  Check it out, maybe you'll see a clip you've never laid eyes on before.  You never know!

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Great stuff, Will C. I look forward to further additions.

BTW, thanks for your work with Stephen W. Desper re: the study-videos.

Wow. So finally I get to see that "Mike Come Back to LA" session. So cool. Brian looks totally confident and in charge. Which I gotta admit is surprising, because I thought by and large the MIU trip was not a fun one for him. Although I'm sure this was one of the happier moments for him. I wonder if it was chemically stimulated.

Thanks a gazillion, very interesting stuff. And heart-warming, seeing da boys having so much fun.  A great song, too. Why in the world isn't Some of Your Love praised as much as Goin' On? Two high points of KTSA.

"Are you sure we don't sound like a plastic version of the Bee Gees"?

No Brian, it's always been the other way round.

What year was that being shot?

Who's the guy sitting at the drums? Looks like Carl rather than Dennis.

'79? '80? Around the early KTSA sessions

Carl can hardly contain himself with excitement talking about "Still Cruisin'"  ::)

Awesome stuff!!!

Very happy to wake up to some nice comments! It's wonderful that you are all getting to check out some things you may not have had an opportunity to see.  I'm going to try to keep that site rolling, so that there's always some interesting stuff going on.  Anybody catch the clip from 1980 where Brian tells Al the show could really go over tonight cause "we're so good." That's a funny moment!

Thanks for the kind words about the Stephen W. Desper study videos, metal flake paint! More to come! Perhaps Keepin' The Tumblr Alive can serve as another site for the study videos to be housed.

I've updated the site today with a couple things.  A picture of Carl working out a set list on a chalk board that includes Take A Load Off Your Feet, Long Promised Road, and other goodies.  Also, footage of Al dedicating Lady Lynda with a kinda/sorta faux-pas.  A magazine ad from 1967 for the release of the Heroes and Villains single is also up there.  More to come!

That Al gaff made me laugh quite a bit  ;D Also, was your Adieu or Die project mentioned on here by any stage?! Completely flew under the radar for me, but I'm digging the heck out of it!

Thanks, Will C; it's always good to see any BB footage for the first time (I had see some, but not all of these clips).  And yes, Micha, that WAS Carl on the drums.  Baby brother's talents were truly diverse, though all three of the Wilson brothers were musically gifted and each of them could and did learn to play a variety of instruments.

Quzi, I mentioned Adieu Or Die here back when it was brand new, which was early 2012.  I can understand why it would fly under the radar, but I'm always quite happy to hear somebody is digging it, so thanks a lot for letting me know.  

I strongly encourage you to click this link - http://willcmusic.com/adieu-or-die/ (http://willcmusic.com/adieu-or-die/)

Downloading "Adieu Or Die" via the bulleted/bolded hyperlink at the top of the above site will begin a download of the FULL Adieu Or Die project.  You may have already done this, but I wanted to let you know it comes with more than what the Soundcloud Adieu Or Die offers.  It will include a 38-page PDF booklet with liner notes, quotes, illustrations unique to the project, and more.  Hope you continue to delve into it! I worked on it for a long long time.

Happy to share, The 4th Wilson Bro.! The community aspect helps us all out... for example, you guys pointing out Carl on the drums when I hadn't even noticed him there!

I got a kick out of that too, Quzi.  It was fairly obvious that Al realized what he had said just a split second after the words came out of his mouth.  I think I detected a hint of embarrassment on his face before the clip ended.  :lol

Very cool! Thanks!!

This is awesome! Thanks!

is that really Dennis (upper left)? doesn't look like him

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A lot of great stuff there.

Carl cringing when he says the name of the new single  :lol

Of of curiosity where did you find those radiant radish pictures?

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Oh man, that is too funny. He always rolled his eyes like that when he was less than thrilled.

FANTASTIC WORK!

Absolutely thrilled by the "Mike Come Back to LA" footage! This is the Brian I see when I hear side 1 of Love You.

That's Zeppo.

Looks like mid-60s John Lennon. :-D

The "MCBTLA" footage was shot at MIU, between 11/7 and 12/4 1977.

Wow, was Mike playing keyboards in that "Mike Come Back to LA" video? Cool.

Great tumblr, Will C! I'm gladly following it now.

Great stuff! Can't wait to see what else you have

Good stuff... coming home from some required evening work to see that people are checking out this thread, and more importantly the new site.  I'm having a fun time with it, there is certainly more to come.  Late here on my end at the moment, but tomorrow I'll keep it rolling.  My motivation is that there are people out there seeing things they've been dying to see or never knew was out there. I am always searching for more.  I know a lot of you know how that is! :)

• Shady, I saw your question about the Radiant Radish photos.  I have those saved on my computer, but I have no doubt I originally snagged them off the Smiley Smile Board, right here.  Now, if only I could remember the thread... (hmmm)

• bossaroo, that's so funny! We gotta figure out what's going on in that Heroes and Villains ad.

Great website! That Mike Come Back To LA footage is awesome. Brian seems so relaxed and happy. It was cool to see him and Mike cracking each other up.  ;D

Brian gets embarrassed talking about the creative process and "Goin' On." Great Carl & Brian moment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mbe6XiW_DE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mbe6XiW_DE)

The site has been updated quite a bit, and there's more to come! - http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/ (http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/)

Is that the same as the "Our Team" video that's been circulating for years (in crappy quality?)  I don't see it to ID it.

The segment with Carl and Brian (sitting on a log taking a breather on Pfeifer Beach in Big Sur) is from 1980 - "The Making of Keepin' The Summer Alive" documentary, narrated by Ben Fong Torres. That was my favorite part - Brian's talking tongue in cheek and there's a long silence and then Carl busts up laughing and says to Brian, "You're great"!

"I like food!" is always good for a laugh...

Yeah!  That's what Brian said that busted them up.  Ha Ha Ha!  ;D

Love, love, love the "Mike Come Back to L.A." footage. Awesome stuff.

Where is it?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x6jEGj5bLOM

Ah, OK, yeah, thanks.  That's different than the "Our Team" video from '78.  That's MIU '77.

A little later....  Here's the best I could do from  the original Billboard Ad: 

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ok that's either Dennis or a quite convincing stand-in

Joe Namath!

hardy har har

That segment is in my copy of the "Our Team" documentary.

Err... err... the Our Team video was shot at MIU in late fall 1977.

Err.........err.........oh.  Sorry.  Good thing somebody here read that and corrected me. Otherwise they wouldn't know any difference and would take that statement as fact.

Somebody needs to put that up on Youtube. Or maybe the bad quality prohibits it. Or maybe BRI would prohibit it it. Or maybe......

We're for our team yeah, you'll never lose it, with us you're still number one!

That micro-site is terrific, the "new" stuff is great! I especially liked the "Sunshine" (my fave KTSA track) performance, notwithstanding it's short & lip-synched. Al's song dedication to his wife Lynda was sweet, didn't get what's funny about it, even Al himself did smile. At least I got Brian's joke about "food", though later he corrected himself adding "creative (food)". Gotta love Brian's childlike sense of humor. Didn't know that Carl had been interviewed by Tom Snyder. I've seen only The Wings & Charles Manson interviews with him. Now, for the 3rd time I'm convinced how shallow & cunning his questions are, let alone boring. But Carl - being smart - managed to give a witty remark. I absolutely agree with him, The BBs indeed were as successful as The Beatles back then. The Smiley Smile T-shirt with black letter teeth is cool! Very unusual design. Pictures of Dennis cat's-walking are nice, mostly because of the cat. Footage of Brian & Al is amazing! Of all the combinations (Carl-Al, Mike-Brian, Dennis-Bruce etc.), I like seeing those 2 together the most. Seems as they're thick as thieves.

Some of the familiar things are good to see as well. F.ex., the screenshots of Wilson brothers from Grammy '77, photos from Stack-o-Tracks where all the Boys look hip, Al's rocking image with guitar from 15 BO inside cover or Carl's black-and-white pics taken by Emdeeh at p. 5.

All in all, many thanks to you, Will C.! I've never enjoyed tumblr that much till now. Definitely keep this going on.

I'm of the opposite idea, i.e. M.I.U. was a stable time for Brian plus the album features one of the best vocs by him.

Yes, he was & there's nothing really cool about Mike's skills coz he played rudimentary chords, as a beginner.

RangeRoverA1, I really appreciate that you checked out the site, and it's great to know you enjoyed delving into the material I've posted. You've inspired me to put together a few new posts today.  The ball is rolling again!

In the pics of Brian with David Sandler and the ARP synth he simultaneously looks like both the SMiLE-era and 15BO/Love You-era versions of himself.

Yes, his vocals were better. But the man himself has said stuff before that the M.I.U. sessions were not a great time for him, or didn't bring back real good memories, since he wasn't in a good place at the time or something.

Fantastic collection of rare stuff to peruse!  :) Thanks for sharing all this with us. I'm glad to see that you've featured some of the Melody Maker articles I scanned and uploaded two years ago. I posted about them in the BB Media section back then but I don't think that many here noticed.

The rest of the scans can be found here:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,11822.0.html

The Adieu or Die project sounds great! I love this sort of stuff.  Will be checking it out in full when I'm home from work later on.

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Very cool to find out there are some new people checking out the site as well as the Adieu Or Die project! The site was just updated today and yesterday, mainly with a slew of photos I have recently come across or have always liked.  As usual, some rare footage, quotes and audio are included too.

kwan_dk, you certainly deserve a shout out for scanning those MM articles awhile back.  Thanks so much for doing that!

I love how all the other guys are with chicks, and Bruce is reading a magazine.
 :lol

Amazing stuff, Will! Wish my shite laptop could deal with tumblr a bit better, but that's hardly your problem. Just annoyed I can't see it all. Thanks!

Not just any magazine, but a Playboy magazine.

Really enjoyed the site - keep updating it!  :)