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Seems pretty good and I may do a print version. What do the experts out there think and any truth in this statement?


Al is briefly booted out of the band when Murry decides it should be a family-only affair before Brian changes his mind; Jardine doesn’t learn of his ejection until 2005.


http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=125&csid2=9&fid1=33233

Horrible. The early days are really wrong. The time line is wacky, and its filled with disproven myths and bad factoids. I couldn't even get past 1964 because it was so depressingly inaccurate. They obviously used some of the most shallow and outdated sources they could have.

Thanks Jon. Any good timeline out there you can recommend with the sort of detail this link has? Vetted of course.

And what of the Al story? First time I have heard this one. Does not fit with Al going to Dental school at all.

I agree with Jon . . .

"Even though he is pumping out hit after hit for the Beach Boys, Brian finds the time and interest to write for and produce other artists, including California brethren Jan & Dean  . . . "

This is bullsh*t . . . Brian Wilson never produced anything for Jan & Dean . . . nor did he ever write anything for J&D. Brian's writing credits for J&D were collaborations with Jan Berry . . . except for the cover version of "Catch a Wave" (Sidewalk Surfin').

Someone put a halt to civilization and declare the Internet a huge f*king mistake . . . ha!

M.

I'm having huge fun going through this and identifying sources, some of which are lifted almost word for word.  ;D

Seriously, the sad thing is that some new fans will read this and take it as accurate. Somehow the author managed to consult all the most inaccurate sources.

The funniest part was the 1981 section. It talks about Carl leaving the group to kick his addictions with his wife, Myrna.  ;D

I thought that was true?!


Oh what the merda ever. I own the book & that's not in there.  I don't think Dennis ever criticized anything Brian did until 15 BO.


That was Dennis.


What really sizzles my balls is that the stuff that is true is jacked from Peter's book.  Also, I seriously doubt Pro Tools was used for Summer in Paradise, considering it was just  barely  released the previous year!

Seems like the guy indulged in the "wonder of marijuana" before he wrote this. Read 1964, Brian must have hated Houston to have a panic attack and then later a breakdown on the way there! The stuff about Brian's voice in 1971 was bull. I would kill to have the voice he had then. I laughed out loud when it said Friends was the first album Bruce was on. Also we now know Brian's involvement in Surf's Up was fairly high and to label him a cocaine addict in 1968  stretches things quite a bit. Smiley had Smile outtakes? Right......The Manson stuff is a theory passed off as fact, and the comment that the band were better off without Brian in 1968! I guess he never heard I Went To Sleep, Time To Get Alone,, We're Together Again, Old Man River, Walk On By, Do It Again etc.

Summer in Paradise was indeed recorded with Pro-Tools. I've spoken with Richard Titus, who played keyboards on the album, he he said they used the beta version.

He also said Mike's wife would sunbathe naked!

 :o :o :o

It's a lot easier to just look in the album credits:

"This album was recorded and mixed while beta testing Digidesign Pro Tools sixteen track on an Apple Macintosh Quadra 900, using Elkon hard drives"

 ;D

Holy f*** you're right.  I feel like a 'tard, although the fact that it was a beta version coincides with my reason in the first place.