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What about this track? Was it released (if so, any chart success?)? Who did produce/arrange? Who played on it? I really like it. Brian and Jan sound great on it. I just wish they had worked together in the studio more often.

It was released as a single in 1973, I don't think it was a commercial success but it certainly is catchy! I *THINK* it was produced by Brian. Maybe someone else can give you a little more info...? You can find it on the "Get the Boot" Bootleg, CD 2. 

Where do you keep hearing all this stuff you ask questions about rocker ? ;)

Produced by Jan, not Brian, and Brian's vocal was recorded back in 1970. No chart action whatsoever. The old Huey 'Piano' Smith song.

One of my classmates gave me the track.... 8)

Thanks for the infos !

I think it was really good but Brian wasn't promoted as being on it. One of my faves that doesn't get talked about much.

Who also wrote "Sea Cruise" I wonder if Brian was into New Orleans piano music at one point. Some years ago I saw a TV show about the story of rock'n'rol,l where Brian participated and he said that he liked Fats Dominos playing, becáuse he played some nice picturesqe chords. Brian's own piano playing can be a little fat and heavy like some of those guys.

Søren

"Don't You Just Know It"

ODE 66034 — summer 1973 (promo)
(Ode was Lou Adler's label, distributed by A&M)

Released as "Jan"

b/w "Blue Moon Shuffle" . . . later known as "Tinsel Town," written by Jan Berry and Roger Christian (which was also released on Ode in the late summer of '74).

There is also evidence that Jan was working on a version of "Don't You Just Know it" back in the '60s.

That's not surprising, because Jan cut his musical teeth on Black R&B records of the 1950s. While Brian Wilson was listening to the Four Freshmen and similar groups . . . Jan Berry was grooving to the Hollywood Flames, etc.

For all his Psychedelic experimentation on Carnival of Sound . . . Jan was working on three other '50s R&B-style tunes during his Warner Bros. period in '67-'68 . . . "Yakety Yak," "Stay," and "In the Still of the Night" (the latter featuring a spoken interlude by Davy Jones of the Monkees).

Jan's original music scores for all of these songs (including "Don't You Just Know It") still exist . . . and are in my possession.

M.

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 :lol Thinking about this song led me to resurrecting this thread... What is the story behind Brian helping Jan out with this song? How long had Jan been out of hospital when Brian hung out with Jan in the studio.

Well, Jan got out of hospital after his big accident in '67 I believe and already started working on music (the fantastic Carnival Of Sound). Jan's abilities to speak had recovered quite a lot at this point (1970) so that he could sing again.

These unknown, forgotten stories of stuff that Brian has done are way more interesting than the tabloid stuff about him...I bet Jan appreciated his old buddy hanging out with him.

Did they record anything else ?

here is a link to a rolling stone artice on jan and dean summer 1974. tricky dick knocked them off the cover that issue. mentions brian in the article but mostly about jan and dean, esp jan after the accident.

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10376.100.html

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Thanks, I read the article later...forgot about all the scans on that tread...unreal photos of the guys...
Recently my wife brought back from NZ heaps of magazine articles I made from the late 1980s to late 1990s, a lot of stuff from the OCA and IGIJWMFTT period...used to have scrapbooks then found it easier to just have all the loose sheets. Had the foresight to copy onto A3...what is the best method to upload on this MB ?

i upload them to photo bucket and post the link given by photo bucket. there are other sites people use to upload photos also.

MB? Megabuttload?

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I wish we knew the actual recording dates on this.

Mark A. Moore is the guy to talk to about that stuff. If he doesn't show up here try it on the Jan Berry messageboard.

Thats just youre opinion, aegir..........

I actually asked Jan about this record the one time we spoke, and while he remembered it that was about all which is understandable. I wish I had asked Brian about it too, but I'm not sure he would lock in on it either, though his memory is very good if an event stood out for him. I would just like to know how it came together and why Brian's name wasn't used in the promotion of it. I would think that would have helped it move more copies. 

Lol I will reactivate this thread again... I was checking out the Jan & Dean books that Mr McParland wrote at the State Library today and noticed that this song was recorded on January 22 1966, prior to the accident. Didn't mention when Brian's vocal was recorded which could have been later of course, but then again he does sound quite young.

Brian's vocal was recorded in 1970 (like I said back in 2006  :lol ). Jan's, I think, closer to the actual release date.