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February '16 will see the release of Mark A. Moore's new book:


The Jan & Dean Record
A Chronology of Studio Sessions, Live Performances and Chart Positions

http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-9812-3



 
Foreword by Brian Wilson

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-9812-3
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-2290-3
ca. 160 photos, discography, appendices, bibliography, index
softcover (8.5 x 11) 2015

About the Book
Jan and Dean were among the most successful songwriters of the late 1950s through the mid–1960s, with hits including “Jennie Lee,” “Surf City,” “Dead Man’s Curve” and “The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena).” Slapstick humor and offbeat personas were a big part of their shtick, but Jan Berry was serious when it came to the studio.

This book chronicles Jan’s career as a songwriter and arranger—and his tenure as producer for Jan and Dean and other acts—with day-by-day entries detailing recording sessions, single and album releases, concerts and appearances, film and television projects, behind-the-scenes business and legal matters, chart positions and more. Extensive commentary from Berry’s family, friends and colleagues is included. Studio invoices, contract details, tape box notes, copyright information and other particulars shed light on how music was made in the Hollywood studio system of the 1960s.

About the Author(s)
Mark A. Moore is a freelance developmental editor, writer, historian, and cartographer and has written various articles and album liner notes about Jan & Dean. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.










Here's the Facebook page:


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Once more: Congratulations Mark!

Congratulations  Mark!

Thanks Peter.

Great news

Here's the book's cover:

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The Jan & Dean Record: A Chronology of Studio Sessions, Live Performances, and Chart Positions
By Mark A. Moore

Foreword by Brian Wilson

168 photos & illustrations; discography; appendices; bibliography; song index; general index; softcover, 454 pp., 8.5" x 11"

McFarland's Book Page:
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This is Jan Berry's biography. The book chronicles Jan Berry’s career as a songwriter and arranger—and his tenure as producer for Jan & Dean and other acts—with day-by-day entries detailing recording sessions, single and album releases, concerts and appearances, film and television projects, behind-the-scenes business and legal matters, chart positions and more. Extensive commentary from Berry’s family, friends and colleagues is included. Studio invoices, contract details, tape box notes, copyright information and other particulars shed light on how music was made in the Hollywood studio system of the 1960s.

If you're a fan of the Wrecking Crew, this book is for you.

Also included is biographical information, plus full details of Jan's 1966 automobile accident and his return to the studio one year later.

The book is largely based on extensive primary source documentation, but it is fleshed out by commentary from various family members, colleagues, and friends. Many of these people are listed below (but there are also quotes from various others, and information from others in summary form).

JAN BERRY

DEAN TORRENCE

FAMILY: Bill Berry (father), Brian Berry (brother), Clara Berry (mother), Ken Berry (brother), Luana Berry (sister), Jan-Erik Mustad (cousin)

SCHOOLMATES: Dr. Vic Amira, Bob Conley, Sandra Ellsworth, Melanie Block Gottlieb, Tim Naegele, Diane Sappenfield, Dr. Steve Schonfield, Nancy Sinatra, Ernie Wiley

THE BARONS: Ron Kiino, John Seligman, John Venable

CREATIVE ASSOCIATES: Lou Adler, Dr. Don Altfeld, Steve Barri, Roger Christian, Vic Diaz, Jill Gibson, Arnie Ginsburg, Artie Kornfeld, Rob Kuropatwa, Joe Lubin, Jim Pewter, P. F. Sloan, Tom Sumner, George Tipton, Fred Wieder, Brian Wilson, Alan Wolfson

MUSICIANS: Frankie Avalon, Tom Bahler, Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Mike Deasy, Micky Dolenz, John Grove, Ron Hicklin, Cliff Hugo, Peter Hume, Al Jardine, Ron Jeffrey, Bruce Johnston, Davy Jones, Carol Kaye, Brian Kilgore, Mike Kowalski, David Loe, Mike Love, Joe Middler, David Marks, Joe Osborn, Earl Palmer, Don Peake, John Pierce, Don Randi, Marilyn Wilson Rutherford, Rick Schlosser, Sid Sharp, Billy Strange, Tommy Tedesco, Pete Townshend, Don Zirilli

ENGINEERS: Dayton "Bones" Howe, Harold "Lanky" Linstrot, Mark Wolfson

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATES: Alvin Bennett, Buzz Cason, Pierre Cossette, Kim Fowley, David Horowitz, Steve Kugel, Stan Oliver, Don Podolor, Irwin Z. Robinson, Gunther Schiff, Fred Vail, Murry Wilson

FILM and TELEVISION: Steve Binder, Dick Clark, Richard Compton, Bruce Davison, Richard Hatch, Lew Irwin, Paul Morantz, Bo Svenson, Dalene Young

MEDIA: Greil Marcus, Dave Marsh, Dougal Butler, Pamela Des Barres

THERAPY and MEDICAL: Vivian Sheehan, Sandy Ward, Dr. Robert Waters, Various Medical Professionals

FRIENDS and ACQUAINTENCES: Bruce Abrams, Jeanette Andersen, Michael Barry, Brian Bruderlin, Jean Stout Burke, Suzanne Graeber, Stuart Hersh, Pam MacGregor, Mitsuru Ondo, Cameron Michael Parkes, Scott Paton, Denise Shannon, Michael Steinberg

And thanks Rocker, for the original post.

Here's an interview I did with Pray For Surf:

http://prayforsurfblog.blogspot.com/2016/03/prayforsurf-interview-mark-moore-author.html

  Despite the hefty price tag, this is a fantastic book for fans of Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, and 60s pop/rock. Two thumbs way up.  :smokin

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Here's a recording of the interview with Ian Wagner . . . Shades of Cool, WUAG FM (lo-fi rendering):

http://jananddean-janberry.com/sounds/2016_07_12%20(jan%20&%20dean).mp3

Ian is very knowledgeable on the subject, and it made for a fun evening.


Music and Discussion . . .


TRACK LIST:

"Drag City" — Pop Symphony (1965)

"Jennie Lee" — Jan & Arnie (1958)

"Baby Talk" — (1959)

"Surf City" — (1963)

"Honolulu Lulu" — (1963)

"Drag City" — (1963)

"Dead Man's Curve" — (1964)

"I'm Dying To Give You My Love " — Pixie (1961)

"I Adore Him" — The Angels (1963)

"It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3" — (1964)

"The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" — Isolated Vocals with Brass and Woodwinds (1964)

"Ride the Wild Surf" — (1964)

"The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association" — (1964)

"(Here They Come) From All Over the World" — (1965)

Filet of Soul — Original Concept Excerpts (1966)

"Batman" — (1966)

"Like A Summer Rain" — (1966)

"Girl, You're Blowing My Mind" — (1968)

"Carnival of Sound" — (1968)

Nice! I love Ian's show.

Thanks for that link, Mark!


I just saw these videos from a concert in 1980 for the first time. Can't help but thinking what a long way Jan came. He was strong on this show (as is the backing band, Papa Doo Run Run). I guess that changed for the worse when the drugs started in the 80s, right?
Anyway, here's the obvious "Surf city:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLd2Dmoszo

And "Dead Man's Curve" (with a snippet of "Love me tender"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpRgGwHrGbM

Yeah, Jan's drug use came to a head in October 1981, and Jan & Dean discontinued their reunion for a year or so. In 1982, Dean remained with the Bel Air Bandits and also began performing with Mike Love. Jan reformed his old Aloha band with new personnel and went back out on the road in '82, touring nationally. But he also kicked his drug habit. Jan & Dean began performing together again, on and off, in 1983, and then ramped up the touring again from there.

By the way, there is footage of Jan performing with Aloha in 1983. At least two shows. The video is grainy but the sound is good. Jan's performances are as good as anything he did with Dean's band, and Aloha's instrumental and vocal performances are good. Aloha's musical director and lead guitarist David Loe shared the concert tapes with me.

I've seen it on your facebook when you shared it today. New to me!

Say Mark, probably you get asked this often but I never heard about it: was the concert seen in parts in "On the run" filmed completely and are the tapes (including the sound recording) still in the archives?

I think they filmed the entire concert and used portions of it in the TV pilot. But I don’t know if all of the footage still exists.

The recordings still exist. Five tape reels from the concert are in the vaults at Universal (formerly EMI-Capitol).

Oh, great! Do you have a tracklist for the show?

I have waited many years to know this. Any chance of release ?  A pity for the company not to even offer downloads........😆

Any prospect of UK release for your book ?

The track list for the November '65 San Diego concert is published in my book . . .

"The Lonely Bull"

"A Taste of Honey"

"Play On / Surf City"

"I Get Around"

"Honolulu Lulu"

"Cathy's Clown"

"Everybody Loves A Clown"

"Dead Man's Curve"

"Yesterday"

"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"

"A Beginning From An End"

"The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)"

"One-Two-Three"

"Let's Hang On"

"I Found A Girl"

"Hang On Sloopy (My Girl Sloopy)"


A similar track list was recorded the following month at the Hullabaloo Night Club in Hollywood, which became the basis for Filet of Soul.

We shall see . . .

The first step would be to preview the tracks to determine whether the quality is good enough for a release. They likely would have needed sweetening in the studio at the time.

All I know is that the book is available on Amazon UK in both print and electronic formats.

Hey, thank you so VERY much for all this info.  That track listing is tantalising.....even with some flubs ( live, after all) it should be allowed a release. The guys were in many ways underrated.......... ; just my opinion, but most of the potential buyers would be u derstanding of the situation at the time and related events. Would be good to have the live feel to the humour too

Thank you!
I like the tracks on Filet Of Soul.





Maybe it could be a deluxe edition of the two recorded shows. I wonder how much sweetening would be necessary. I'm not a fan of the "Command performance" sound

Speaking of live shows, Mark, I wonder if there is any way all those live shows from Phase II that were filmed - and it seems there are quite a few judging by youtube - will ever be remastered and incorporated to Jan's or Jan & Dean's website.

a double CD of that track listing from the filming in 1965 wd be my personal Holy Grail. It would bring their humour and genuine live style ......like Rocker, Command Performance has a certain 'smoothness; that is almost an unnecessary polish. Rock music--surf music--should have flaws, it makes it more real but no less enjoyable

I don't know. The 1981 concert that was recorded for the 1982 LP One Summer Night / Live was filmed, and I think the video for that was released much later.

"Phase II" does not interest me as much as the original era.

Same here, but unfortunately we don't havee that much footag of Phase I  :-\

Right, but loads of "Phase II" footage is not necessarily a good thing, from my perspective.

However, certain archival stuff from that era is important. For example, it's crucial to highlight the early '80s Aloha footage, because it's a telling window on Jan's concert activity beyond Dean's orbit. And it's important to show J&D in concert with the various incarnations of Dean's bands. There are some good examples.

But beyond that,  the video value is limited, in my opinion.

M.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Some clips I have seen are really terrible. On the other hand, there are some really good performances.

I just listened to the released "Filet of soul" and man, the live stuff needs to be released imo after it was remastered and remixed. The instrumental in "Honolulu Lulu" with Hal Blaine's (?) fantastic rolls just rocks like hell. But since the shows probably wouldn't sell that much on their own, maybe it could be done as some kind of bonus or part of a Jan&Dean boxset. A Otis Redding set of his Whiskey-A-Go-Go recordings is just released.

Yeah, it's Hal Blaine. All of the musicians for the two recorded Hullabaloo shows (used for the album) were Wrecking Crew members.

I just posted this idea on the Jan & Dean messageboard but thought that maybe some people on here would have an opinion as well. So:



... I thought about what could be on a boxset. Just a couple of ideas, over time I might have other thoughts:

One CD has to focus on the hits of course, maybe including some lesser known stuff from the early stage. All in their original mono mixes. And some studio dialogues etc. to show Jan (and Dean) working with the musicians.

Another CD could feature new stereo mixes and interesting backing tracks, acapella mixes and - if possible - recordings of just the orchestration of certain songs (like for example the string parts of "Ride the wild surf").

CD 3 could be dedicated to live performances. Mark just mentioned a couple of weeks back on the Smiley Smile messageboard the November '65 San Diego show (partly seen in "On the run") and the Hullabaloo Night Club recordings (later found on Filet Of Soul) that imo were perfect candidates for this. Maybe even something like the '63 Hollywood Bowl performance ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxC9egTxPoc ).

On CD 4 you could have the original "Filet Of Soul" if it was ever finished or, if not, selected parts of it, including the one side on Dean's anthology. Added to that the original Batman & Robin monologues could find a place here.

CD 5 I'd love to feature the recordings that show Dean's work while Jan was in the hospital plus Jan's work after he was out of hospital. That means all the originally released singles like "Summertime, summertime" (which I really don't like) and "California lullaby", Dean's version of "Louisiana man", certain highlights from "Save for a rainy day" and "Vege-tables". Then of course the originally released songs from the "Carnival of sound" project.
Added to that some of the best stuff from later years by both guys. "How, how I love her", "Don't you just know it" (Brian Wilson's name will surely get some more attention for this set), "Mother earth" etc. (I don't know if there is also some stuff from Dean).


Apart from an essay by Mark Moore the booklet could include memorabilia, maybe even a facsimile of a arrangement chart written by Jan. If there are good interviews of Jan and Dean maybe those could be printed. Or some radio interviews from the 60s (if there exist some useful ones) could be put onto one of the first CDs on this boxset.

Give that set a cool title (unfortunatley "Gotta take that one last ride" has been taken already) and hope that Dean can come up with a similar fantastic design as he did for "Carnival of sound"

Wow how awesome that setlist is! Wish i could hear some live concerts from 1958-1966! I am sure they always had some nice cover songs at all their concerts! Maybe someday these concerts might be released! even if it isnt on CD but like how the Beach Boys have been doing their yearly Copyright concerts and only be avalible on itunes/amazon!!