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https://soundcloud.com/user-93394161/unboxing-feel-flows-with-howie-edelson

Excellent listen. Thanks for posting

Thanks Howie for being posting this, and for lending your insider insights to Phil Miglioratti and myself. I'm sure fans will appreciate your thoughts on the momentous Feel Flows release, and I'm sure they will also appreciate hearing about potential forthcoming archival releases. Our show is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and Alexa. Surf's Up!

Fantastic listen! Thanks for sharing.

Great stuff!

Most enjoyable. Thanks to a terrific trio for continuing to spread the word about a release that was:

1) everything that Howie said it was from the start, and

2) more than worth the often-agonizing wait.

Looking forward to hearing the three of you "do it again" with the next box set!

Always a joy hearing your end-of-the-world enthusiasm for this stuff Howie, it crystallises so much of what of what I love about their music and brings me back to it with a fresh perspective. You're doing some great things.

On why Mike never wrote with Carl -- here's Mike in Melody Maker, December 1974:

"There's a Carl song, 'Don't Let Me Go', which I wrote the lyrics to; 'Like a ship on the ocean/That finally reaches shore/After seeming ceaseless motion/Welcome home with great emotion/ Thank you for your love and devotion.'"

You should read him that and see if it brings back anything. Or, when you get to it, audition a string of those no-title Carl backing tracks from '74-'75.

I love Howie's insights in this interview, especially the part about the BBs having been reduced to certain negative stereotypes in the later years and how this set counters that perception.

I also loved the comparison of Dennis to a 20-sided dice. 8)

I grabbed some quotes from Howie Edelson from our conversation:


"Their singing was athletic."

"These guys were zapped by God."

"It can’t be overstated how committed these guys were to be The Beach Boys."

"Luckily none of these songs were hits…"

"Their narrative always tips to the negative."

"Their career was affected by pure prejudice."

"Now it’s their time!"

"Ultimately , it is a love story because ... iy is about love; it’s about goodness."

"After the Capitol mess it should have ended…but there was the music…because of the music…they kept going they keep doing it."

Click on the link for the podcast
https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/bbc3bc9f-1e71-4a4f-be1d-69cdb86cff42/surf's-up-a-beach-boys-podcast-safari?fbclid=IwAR2IbADj-Oyd-Z5WWcNWiA9aPF_l4a_3Kb2iXM4xsEm7mhP9RR3FcL-Bnk4

Fantastic discussion, great listening. Funny, casual and off-the-cuff but informed AND informative! All of these podcasts are enjoyable listens, but this is an especially wonderful installment! Thanks to all involved!

Thanks so much FS.

Corrected link without Facebook’s tracking garbage included (everything from the question mark and beyond can go):

https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/bbc3bc9f-1e71-4a4f-be1d-69cdb86cff42/surf's-up-a-beach-boys-podcast-safari

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