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The link will lead you to a press release that I wrote earlier in the month. Since its now posted on a public website, I thought you might like to read it.
http://www.dwmg.com/news.php

:o  :o  :o

So it's finally official! I can't wait!!! "POB + Bamboo" was definitely the right way to go for a reissue.  :-D

This is incredible news!  Any chance any of the 71-72 solo sessions could be added as bonus tracks?  (Wouldn't It Be Nice to Live Again?)

A minor point, I know, but is the official title of the unreleased album "Bambu" and not "Bamboo"? Thwarting the bootleggers perhaps or was that Dennis' originally-intended spelling?

Great, great news nonetheless. Thank you Jon!

that's awesome, hopefully the sales will be overwhelming!

Thanks Jon, this is the kind of news that makes one's day! (EDIT: Make that 'year', haha).

So, a day in March can soon be marked as 'D-Day' ('Dennis Day')! Cool.  8)

WOO-HOOOOO-HOOO!!!!

 :woot  :thumbsup     

 :drum

Fantastic news Jon, thanks for the update!

I wouldn't mark the calender until Sony puts out some kind of announcement. There is still work ongoing as far as putting the package together, and I don't think a release date is set yet. In fact March would surprise the hell out of me, that's really close man. But as you can see from the DWMG press release there is an expectation of product in the near future.

Such great news, but i won't hold my breath.

Maybe 'looking back with love' next  ;D

And that's the main thing!

Sorry, got a little carried away there.  ;D

Thanks Jon for this great news!

Bambu ..... even 24 years after his passing the guy knows how to surprise us.....  :-D

Can't wait for the moment that the first notes roll out of my speakers!

Greta news - thanks Jon for making it (unofficially) official - any word on the (Bambu) track list?

... I don't want to be a downer on this good news about a March release but why do I have this haunting sentence rolling arund in my head: "we're sure to sell a million units - in January"...

I know we keep asking for more and more (are fans ever satisfied?) but this would be excellent!

To Quote Peter Griffin...





Freakin' Sweet!!!

Note to the producers in charge: It's BAMBÚ in Spanish and BAMBU in Portuguese.

WOO HOO!!

About time kids, about time  :woot :hug :banana

BOOO!! Dennis' music stinks. Why can't we get a 2008  digitally remastered Looking Back With Love??? Instead we get  Pacific Ocean Poo and Bamboozled. This is a horrible day in the world of music. I think I'm gonna stay in my room the day this is released.

















 :rock I'm allowed to enjoy myself.........can't wait. "Been Way Too Long"

Wow, Jon, this is fantastic news!
Thanks.
 

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What Stella said.

whats that pic from, Rob?

McCartney's induction as a solo artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. It only took 29 years, of course, which is why Stella wore that T-Shirt.

Reminds me of a statement I read somewhere:   "Even dead, Dennis remains cooler than Mike."         8)

Death has always been a great career move in so many cases! Dean, Morrison, Munroe, Cobain to name a few.

Just watch the new interest in Heath Ledgers work now.

This is really really great news! I hope it generates enough interest in Dennis' work that they start releasing more stuff. :hat

POB alone would be great, but also Bambu/oo...wow. Thanks to Jon and everyone involved in this!

Awesome ! Finally something great again out of Beach Boys land ! And don't forget that we'll probably also get TLOS. What a year !!


Maybe Brian will support POB on his tours...?

So this will have the original versions of 'Love Surrounds me' and 'Baby Blue' and of course 'All alone', but how will that tie in with the fact that they are also Beach Boys recordings? I know the first two may be different versions but I would assume that 'All alone' is the same version off 'EH'?
Anyway, the whole thing sounds fabulous, about bloody time!! :)

This is such great news.  If Brian and Al can get their projects finished, this'll be a great year for Beach Boys fans.

I hope Jon Stebbins doesn't mind that I am reposting his post from Susan's board, but here is what he says regarding this release:

"I don't know the exact track listing that Sony will settle on, but i do know there are more than 10 tracks available and freshly mixed and ready to go...that have NEVER been booted...that's right. 10 to 12 DW tracks that even the hardest core fans on this board have not heard...and I'm tellin' ya this is great, great stuff. Plus all of POB meticulously remastered and sounding better than ever, and all the Bambu tracks that have been booted, but with fresh mixes by John Hanlon, and in perfect quality. Let's just hope the process keeps rolling to the finish line."

Thanks for the great info, Jon!!!

Man this whole release has got my mouth watering!! This is incredible. I never thought I'd ever see the day when Bambu/other Denny unreleased songs would be released!! I knew Pacific Ocean Blue would be released eventually but this is shaping up to be, I'm assuming, beyond what anybody expected!! Thank you so much to the people working on this!!

I think "All Alone" and "Brian's Back" are still solo tracks. How can we say, they were loaned to the EH compilation.

Well I dreamily _hope_ as a bonus track the early version of River Song (the heavy guitar version with a non-corrupted vocal chord Dennis spot rehearses the "I was born into..." before the song kicks in and blows everything within a 20km radius away. Not that I have heard it...

All said, regardless you can count me in for at least 2 sets of the reissue.
 8)

Say, that's an idea. Maybe I should buy two sets. I bought two of BWPS...

I'm buying two sets. Never know when something will accidentally happen to one set, and you don't have a backup. And then it goes back out of print, and you're screwed.

I'm not taking chances. Hell, I may just buy three copies  ;D

Buy two or three is right.       Don't P-to-P freeload it.
Put your money where your release requests have been so the corporation hears it.

(Is it too late for me to make a killing selling my POB CD on eBay to finance buying multiples of this?)  ;D

I would like to hear some quotes from the surviving Beach Boys on this one: I think it would be interesting considering how Dennis's solo career was a sticky issue in the late 70's

On EBay last night, I couldn't help noticing no POB CDs, but several Carl solo CDs all of a sudden.  Dunno if that's a hint it's over or just coincidence.

Some DW tunes at BMI I didn't recognise:

Drumble
Free (could be Sound of Free?)
I Think You're Going to Like It H... (characters may be missing after the H)
ODYSSEY
PARADE OF FOOLS
SHE'S SO HARD TO SHAKE
VIKINGS

Trouble is, it's hard to be absolutely sure they're by the right DW. AGD might have info?

There was a country artist named Dennis Wilson and I think those are his tunes. None of those titles are among the Bambu set. Sorry can't say more as of now.

As I've often said, I'm not even the biggest fan of Dennis's songs (I think I've said I'd give POB a 7 or 8 on a 10 scale...I only really love maybe 3-5 of those songs), but I'm really excited by this. It's such great news that this very worthwhile product will finally be legitimately, officially available again (and in some of the material, for the first time). I look forward to buying and hearing the stuff sounding good.

Will 'Lady' and 'Sound of Free' be included as bonus tracks? Those are considered Dennis Wilson solo songs and not Beach Boy songs, right? 'Cause 'Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again' is considered a Beach Boys song, so that probably won't be included. By the way did any Beach Boys, besides Dennis, play or sign on WIBNTLA?

This will only be Caribou era Dennis Wilson solo recordings...1975 - 1979. A lot of it has been unheard until now...maybe 10 to 12 tracks that NEVER were booted, and some that were booted, but that sound a zillion times better now in perfect quality with fresh mixes by John Hanlon.

Way cool Jon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!  Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

Jon, these 10-12 songs that no one has ever heard before... are these also songs no one has ever heard OF before?  If not, presumably they are songs that are listed at Dan Addington's web site?

http://www.danaddington.com/denny/releasedmusic.html

This is good for another reason in that it's the first proper BB related rarities release since Endless Harmony back in 2000. Though it's not on the same label hopefully it could set the ball rolling for all the other stuff that should get released.

Yeah as Jon says this release will only be Caribou-era tracks. Lady and Sound Of Free I believe were released on Stateside which is a subsidiary of EMI from what I know.

Endless Harmony is from 1998. And we've had Ultimate Christmas and Hawthorne CA since.

But anyway, I hope you're right...

and the Hallmark album in 2006. Ok, not unreleased songs, but still new live recordings.

Sorry I meant EH!

Bloody Hell - Hawthorne CA!! I always get them mixed up!

From LegacyRecordings (http://www.legacyrecordings.com/News/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsGuid=d5f7ddf9-163a-4b52-b0c3-2efc46b9f43d):



BEACH BOY DENNIS WILSON’s long out of print PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION returns in deluxe package

Arrives in stores April 15, 2008, on Caribou/Epic/Legacy

Eternal Beach Boy Dennis Wilson’s 1977 solo album, the first solo album by any Beach Boy – out-of-print and unobtainable for more than a decade except as a pricey collectors item or bootleg – will return to circulation on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, and the 25th anniversary of its creator’s untimely death in 1983, at age 39.  The double-CD PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION arrives in stores April 15th on Caribou/Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  A limited edition 180-gram vinyl multi-LP box set will also be released at the same time, on the Sundazed label.



I haven't got enough words to tell you how amazed I am.  :o

Ok...so now I'm buying two copies of the cd set...and some vinyl as well. I'd better get a hefty tax return this year!

That just floors me that it's also going to be released as a vinyl set on Sundazed. I mean, it was a perfect enough release already...but that just makes it more perfect!

Sundazed is easily the greatest record label around at the moment...

Full Press release:

A LONG OUT-OF-PRINT ‘BURIED TREASURE’

RETURNS IN A DELUXE PACKAGE!

BEACH BOY DENNIS WILSON’s

PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION

“Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music.

If you want to know me, just listen.” -- Dennis Wilson

30th anniversary 2-CD set includes (disc one) original 12-song album plus previously unreleased bonus tracks, and (disc two) additional rare tracks,

including later sessions for the unfinished follow-up Bambu album

Arrives in stores May 13, 2008, on Caribou/Epic/Legacy

      Eternal Beach Boy Dennis Wilson’s 1977 solo album, the first solo album by any Beach Boy – out-of-print and unobtainable for more than a decade except as a pricey collectors item or bootleg – will return to circulation on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, and the 25th anniversary of its creator’s untimely death in 1983, at age 39. The double-CD PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION arrives in stores May 13th on Caribou/Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. A vinyl edition of the LP will also be released at the same time, on the Sundazed label.

      As of this writing, complete component details of the PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION package are still being finalized, as the tape vaults of the Beach Boys and Caribou Records continue to be combed for new treasure. Initial plans call for disc one to include the original 12-song LP sequence: 1. River Song • 2. What’s Wrong • 3. Moonshine • 4. Friday Night • 5. Dreamer • 6. Thoughts of You • 7. Time • 8. You and I • 9. Pacific Ocean Blue • 10. Farewell My Friend • 11. Rainbows • 12. End of the Show. In addition, disc one will contain previously unreleased bonus tracks that have never appeared on any bootleg product.

      Disc two of PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION will be a godsend to Dennis Wilson and Beach Boys devotees around the world – especially those who have been aware of the Bambu album he had hoped to release as a follow-up, but never completed. The tape archive is the source for over a dozen bonus tracks, all previously unreleased, from the original Pacific Ocean Blue and Bambu sessions. Bambu has been referenced as “Bamboo” in numerous articles on Dennis and the Beach Boys, but paperwork that accompanied the sessions now reveals the artist always intended for the album to be titled Bambu.

      All unreleased tracks have been mixed by Wilson’s original engineer John Hanlon (the Beach Boys; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Jayhawks; R.E.M; Gillian Welch) with Gregg Jakobson (original co-producer and co-writer) and Jim Guercio (producer and owner of Caribou Records).

      Liner notes for PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION will come from a variety of Beach Boys scholars. David Leaf is the author of the Brian Wilson biography Beach Boys and the California Myth (1978), and the follow-up, Beach Boys: Spirit of America (1985). He has annotated nearly 30 Beach Boys-related reissue projects, including the Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of the Beach Boys (1993) and The Pet Sounds Sessions (1997) box sets, which he co-produced. Leaf is also an award-winning television producer, director and writer of more than 50 entertainment-related biographies and specials, including An-All Star Tribute To Brian Wilson (TNT, 2001), and Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE (Showtime, 2004). Additional essays will feature by Jon Stebbins (author of Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy), Mojo magazine contributing editor Ben Edmonds, and David Beard (editor of the Beach Boys fanzine, Endless Summer Quarterly).

      The set’s full-color booklet will include extensive discographic information and memorabilia. Among these are the images taken for the original LP package by photographer and lifelong friend Dean Torrence (of Jan & Dean), thought for decades to be lost but later uncovered in the Sony Music archives.

      Long considered one of the Rosetta Stones of Beach Boys iconography, Dennis Wilson’s Pacific Ocean Blue has been a collectors item virtually since the day it was released. The LP edition, although it sold as well as any Beach Boys title at the end of the 1970s, was out-of-print in the catalog by the early ’80s, when the group’s Caribou Records deal with Epic ran out.

Thanks for the info.  In the past two days, though, the release date has gone from March (from Jon Stebbins), to April 15th (shorter press release on the Legacy website yesterday), to May 13th.  I hope this isn't a trend.

That's a bit of "Chinese Democracy", as invented by one Axl Rose.  ;)

I never said March, that was in a press release I was asked to write after being told to list that as the date. Truthfully I never believed in March because that date didn't come from Sony, May sounds just about right to me.

Here's a Billboard article
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003701480

Darn it, Jon.  I was going to edit my post to remove your name and insert DWMG.com, but you beat me to it.  Looking forward to this.  Any chance of a reprint of "Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy" to go along with this?

This release is set to be as big a revelation as BWPS was. I'm really looking forward to putting this CD on, turning out the lights, and let Dennis' music floor me. Thank you to all involved in getting this finished and put out. Like I said I'll be grabbing two copies at least. This is truly amazing. :smokin

No problem man...the release date might jump around a little still...its early in the process...but the thing is coming! And...Yes there is a revised and expanded "Real Beach Boy" book that will be ready in a couple of months. More details on that later.

Rossetta Stone?  Odd simile.

Could the name "Bambu" share its origin with the origin of the title of the Cheech and Chong LP "Big Bambu"?

"The name Big Bambu is a reference to a type of rolling paper made by the Bambu company; the original LP sleeve was manufactured to look like a giant rolling paper package, and originally contained a giant rolling paper with the record."

Please someone proof-check the punctuation before the finished notes are printed!
 ;D

From HARP magazine:

http://www.harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=12186

"In the late ‘90s, bootleg label Vigotone issued a “version” of Bamboo using tracks that were presumed to have been earmarked for the project. "

Uh, I don't think so.  Vigotone never released Bamboo.

http://www.vigotone.com/byartist.htm

That's not to say that many other bootleg labels have released it in one version or another.  For example:

http://www.junk-headz.com/denis-pacific-page.htm
http://www.bootlegzone.com/album.php?name=da015&section=176
http://www.beachboysguide.com/index.php/Rarities%2C_Vol._14:_Dennis_Wilson_%28Bamboo_%26_Bonustracks%29
http://www.bigozine2.com/tradelist/list02.html#denniscarl

is there already a "official "tracklist  ::)

I am over the moon about the vinyl release. Now I am totaly excited about this. How did  Bambu replace Bamboo?

Maybe it's better to ask: when did Bamboo replace Bambu (as it apparently was the name Dennis originally was going for)

This is really exciting!  But how the press release is gone from the http://www.dwmg.com/news.php site ?

Probably getting updated

Right...Bambu is what DW wanted back in '78.

Bambu is the way a well known rolling paper spells it.

Jon, thank you for all of the information on the release, and anything you contributed to its coming to fruition.

I, too, am also curious about the title of Bambu....Chapter 8 of your fine book, Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy, is titled - Bamboo. You also wrote about a potential production company of Dennis Wilson and Gregg Jakobson to be known as Bamboo Productions.

Who is the person who confirmed that Bambu, not Bamboo, was the intended title, and, is it in fact a reference to rolling papers? Thanks again for all your contributions....
 

Oh, well in that case I already have Bambu.








Uh...


I mean...

Never mind :lol

I assumed it was Bamboo, like everyone else, until about four months ago. Part of the problem is when Gregg Jakobson told me about the production company back in '99... it was during a phone conversation...so I wasn't going to catch it then. Any reference to it in print always said Bamboo, but none of them were generated from Dennis. Upon the beginning of the mixing sessions John Hanlon and Gregg both insisted Bambu was the spelling Dennis had always intended. I was comfortable that they would know, there just isn't any solid evidence to the contrary other than decades of logical assumption by journalists and fans like me. I never would have even considered a different spelling, there was no reason to, it never dawned on me to think about the rolling paper...I was thinking about the wood, the trees...ya know. But... if you read through all the press releases from yesterday, one of them says Sony was convinced when they discovered paperwork in Dennis' hand with the word spelled Bambu. I kind of like the idea of it having a fresh spelling, these mixes deserve one.

What I think is really bada$$ is that even 46+ years since they made the Beach Boys made their first recording, we're *still* learning new things about their music.

Agreed thanks for fillings us in Jon.

A question  that I hope is answerable by those few in the know....(Jon?)

The Bambu recordings that comprise the second disc.... are they complete?
I've always read that Bambu was 90% of it 90% done...
so are these completed recordings? (have John Hanlon and Gregg Jakobson mixed and completed where needed?)
or are we getting recordings that are almost done or  demo quality?

Also  can we assume that the original versions of 'Love Surrounds me' and 'Baby Blue' are not part of Bambu as they were recordings that Dennis was working on later in 78 ... that is if the reports are true that Bambu was basically done before POB was released....
I remember a article I read in the late 70's were Dennis was reported as being hard at work on his third solo lp and that
Bamboo was already done...

These are great questions that I have to be careful answering, I can't talk about specific tracks yet... as the label doesn't want too much specific info leaked before things are set in stone, and the track list is still not 100% set. I can say that the Bambu recordings were farther along or more complete than I would have ever guessed from hearing the boots. For the most part the mixing alone is what was needed to complete the work, and it is not demo quality at all. This stuff is VERY produced. If anything its more lush than POB. Hanlon followed Dennis' path to complete this thing...and he did a great job. It was basically all there, it just needed a steady hand to pull it together.

Thanks Jon

Thats the kind of answer that us fans love to hear!! ;)

Well seeing as it is not set in stone may I say Jon that the "Elvis" version of What's Wrong sounds enticing. Maybe it can be on there?

really, how complete was Bambu? I honestly think a little more than 3/4 of the it was done. Fill in the vocals to Baby Blue, perhaps more to New Orleans; a dab of this and that and it was pretty much done.

Hi Jon, one question you can hopefully already answer: The POB tracks: are they remastered, and was the first generation master tape used for the album mcontruction? I ask, because the 1990's CD sounds a little muffled, especially when compared to the vinyl pressings from 1977.

Regardless, 2008 is shping to be a fanstitic year for fans.

again your assuming that these tracks were part of Bambu and not Dennis's third solo recording...
Bambu was basically finished by the time POB was released... "Baby Blue" and "Love Surrounds me" (with Christine Mcvie's involvement) and other recordings from 1978 onwards were not part of Bambu.... I believe that "New Orleans" also fits that time period....

You really have to STOP reading the notes that came with the various Bamboo boots and wait and see like the rest of us....
From what little info that has leaked out so far... Bambu is nothing like the boots that have come previous...

Yes, the POB album as remastered from the first generation 1/4" tape.   

When the album was mixed down back in 1977, Steve Moffitt used DBX NR on some of the tracks.... but when they were preparing the 1990 reissue, they didn't have access to a DBX unit and they chose to use a Dolby eq'd copy as the source master.  You're right - it sounded very muffled. 

For the new release, they went back to the first generation tape, used the right DBX encoder on those tracks.... and the album sounds great.

a 3rd solo album? never knew about that

Yeah, in a Hit Parader article (January '79) to promote the "MIU Album", Mike said "the person who spent the least amount of time there (MIU) was Dennis.  Dennis is really hyper and he was mostly interested in getting back to L.A. and working on his third solo album".  At the end of the article, the writer says to expect a second Dennis Wilson solo album soon, and that the third Dennis Wilson album had already been completed.  I remember being really excited when I read that, hot off the newstand. 

Over the years, I've come not to take those statements TOO literally.  I think the situation was more likely that Dennis had enough material (or almost enough) for a second full album at the end of '77 (when MIU was being recorded), and by the end of '78 (when the article appeared), certainly had recorded enough for a third.  But we also know (as Jon has said) that he lacked the discipline at that point to really wrap it up into a releaseable product, so I don't think anything close to a mastered album (or albums) was imminent.

Let's just hope that we get as much unreleased music released with this "POB/Bambu" package as possible! 

This release will answer lots of questions about Dennis' solo recordings. Let's wait for the official track list and Jon will be free to answer our questions.

I had a recent talk with Ed Roach and we went into this realm during the discussion. Ed mentioned that Dennis resisted Jim Guercio's suggestion that he bring in an outside producer to help him pull together Bambu, Dennis had stopped hanging with Jakobson in mid '78, and Brother was gone...but  of all the things that changed between POB and Bambu Ed thought that losing Karen Lamm actually hurt the most. It made things become less focused or more haphazard for Dennis. Hard to believe because Karen was such a volatile presence...some would say negative and destructive...but the fact is Dennis was at his most productive during the early parts of his relationship with Karen. I once told her she was like Murry to Dennis in a way...she almost hit me and then she had to agree. She challenged him and motivated him, and also made him miserable and screwed him up.  She knew that was true. But Dennis basically told Jim Guercio, who truly loved and loves Dennis' music, to back off...and then he went about recording more, on his dime, on the BB's dime on JG's dime whatever...he didn't care...he was just recording. Lots or work, lots of good stuff, but nothing was getting finished as in mixed and mastered...he just kept moving on to the next thing. Then he moved on to partying more and working less...and by mid 1979 he just seemed to give up on Dennis Wilson the solo artist. He was incredibly prolific between 1974 and 1978.

So glad to hear this news - and just as I was about to give in and pay out the nose for an ebay copy! Whew.

I'm really curious as to whether the Sundazed vinyl version will contain all of the bonus material as the Legacy CD edition. I've seen the vinyl edition referred to as a "box-set" in some of these press releases, but Sundazed reissues are often just the original LP itself and usually don't include any bonus tracks. 

Does anyone have any insight?  I'm crossing my fingers for one of those multi-LP, super deluxe boxes with a big foldout poster and all the trimmings - which I'd gladly pay out the nose for!

Save For A Rainy Day was a deluxe 2 LP set and their reisuue of Jan and Dean's first album had all the bonus cuts too.

thought of a couple more things...Will we finally hear what Brian thinks of POB? For years I'd heard he didn't like it but i've also heard he liked also.

wondering if we're going to hear He's a Bum cleaned up as well?

Well, I know back in November '76, he told Pete Fornatale that he'd heard some cuts, and that his reaction was this:  "I said 'Dennis, that's FUNKY!  That's FUUUNNKEEE!! You're gonna have a hit album', I hope he has a hit album, Dennis Wilson solo album is gonna be a good album!". 

A quote from Dennis in 1977 found in Back To The Beach:

"When my record was finished, Brian was the first to hear it. In the middle of some tracks he'd say, 'I can't stand this' and walk out of the room. Sometimes he'd laugh. Sometimes he'd cry. I guess he was thinking that he'd seen me grow up as a musician."

Brian told me the one time we got to talk that he loved Dennis' music.

New article link from a post on the Blue Board:

http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/cnhi/weatherforddemocrat/entertainment/cnhinsentertainment_story_031172448.html?keyword=secondarystory

Good press though he calls 'Bambu' "Bamboo"  He also mentions books but not Jon's book - hmmmm.

Probably old news, but in an interview from January 1977 Dennis mentioned that the name of his second album he's working on will be "Tornado".

Yeah...I like that name. Maybe it should be used for the third DW solo LP...oops. I read the "Tornado" quote myself and showed to a few people who might know something about it like Gregg Jakobson, John Hanlon and Jim Guercio, but none of them had ever heard of that title...and in fact Gregg laughed and said Dennis was just messing with the interviewer's head. But I say...let's just keep it on the back burner in case we need another title at some point.

They were also calling their horn section The Tornadoes at that time.
'Cause they blow up a storm.  :)

Jon, what did you mean in that last post of yours when you said-maybe we should use that title for the third DW solo album....OOOPPPSSSS?????? Was that just a little mistake???? Do you know something we don't (besides alot!!)?

From a May 1969 interview with Dennis:

What other work are you doing independent of the Beach Boys?

I am recording a friend of mine – ‘Medulla’ – who is a singer-guitarist who played a long time ago on one of our tours as a backing musician. He writes all his own songs. I have completed an album with him and when Brother Records are launched this year I hope to have him on our label.

http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=39

WHO IS MEDULLA?

Since Bambu was allegedly concepted before POB came out and more or less finished in 1978, some people assumed that the solo recording Dennis did afterwards marked the birth of yet another solo album project. This would include songs that were mistakenly connected with Bambu in the past. With 'oops', Jon probably meant this talk about a third album is complete BS..........

and on a egocentric note, these rumors about a third album didn't come from me. I read about it on this and the Shut Down board and never wrote a word about it. I don't know why, but people seem to automatically connect rumors with my name. No idea why, man.

Short piece on the release:

http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=4977

I'm not familiar with this record company, is their stuff usually available on e.g. Amazon.com ?  Would make it easier for us that live outside the U.S.

Legacy = Sony...it will be available everywhere there are human beings.

Am I the only one who asks himself "is the POB/Bambu track list posted already?" while logging on SmileySmile?   :)

Yeah, I'm dying to know what the Bambu tracks are going to be.

I'm guessing it might just be good 'ol Charlie Manson. But since Manson was never a BB backing musician, them I'm pretty clueless on who Medulla is.

I'm a little confused about something. Is the "complete" Bambu album going to be issued with POB? Or just Bambu outtakes? I've read on here that some tracks that are going to be issued are previously unbooted tracks. Will these make up the Bambu "album"? I guess what I'm trying to ask is, will there be things on Bamboo bootlegs that are NOT going to be on the reissued cd?

I was thinking Manson as well, but the article describes Manson as a separate person. 

Yes...Hiss...and bad mixes...and maybe one song.

Jon, is the CD's track list set in stone right now, Feb 17th?

Jon, is the CD's track list set in stone right now, Feb 17th?
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I doubt it. Probably getting close.

Just read that this got pushed back to June 17. Bummer. I hope it's still on track.

I really hope it gets released on June 17. That'd make a sweet birthday present  ;D

Yeah! I'll buy vinil edtion and 2 copies of cd edition for me and my girlfriend (who likes POB very very much too), cause June 18 is our birthday date!

we are now talking March 11th... any word on the track lineup yet :hat

March 11th is incorrect. The release date of today is June 17th...that info comes directly from the offices of Sony.

Man... March 11th would be great. That's today!

June 17th... can't wait. Jon, is there anything you can tell us about Bambu? Track names?

Sorry...i think I misunderstood Doc's reference to March 11. He seems to have meant "here we are at March 11 and still no track list"...anyway...we should be getting an official track list released to the public real soon. All the last minute changes have pretty much been made, I think. Wish I could say more but I'm not authorized to leak the track list yet. I think the total number of tracks in the package including the 12 POB songs is around 30 or 31.

I think the total number of tracks in the package including the 12 POB songs is around 30 or 31.
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30/31 !!!        :thud

That was what I was referring to... ( CD info)  30, 31 tracks... oh wow!   so stoked for this   :grouphug

This will be the ultimate later day Dennis package.

I really hope nothing happens to stop this from geting released. Of all the solo albums, this is the one I'm looking forward to the most. I have what I need of TLOS and Mike Love Not War from the boots, and I'm not really optimistic about the quality of Al's album.