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Title: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Charles LePage @ ComicList on February 11, 2006, 09:11:26 AM
Discuss, review and rate Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions, released Feb 7, 2003.

(http://www.smileysmile.net/images/albums/petprojects.jpg)


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Mitchell on February 11, 2006, 09:33:39 AM
A great compilation for someone who does not have access to all of the outside production work that Brian did (i.e., bootlegs, or the actual releases).

There are so many amazing cuts on this, from Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby, the killer Pamela Jean and After the Game, the great Honeys songs The One You Can't Have and He's A Doll (criminal that they weren't hits), Gary Usher's Sacramento, the two Spring songs, the Laughing Gravy Vegetables rarity, and of course, Guess I'm Dumb. The rest of may not be up at the same level, but the music is fun always, and it's great to hear Brian's productions from a different perspective, where he was more free to change up his sound a bit. That he wrote and sings on some of the songs doesn't hurt, either!

I'll give it a 5 because of the great stuff.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 11, 2006, 09:35:46 AM
All great stuff on here, fine undiscovered sides.

5.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 06:10:18 PM
shyin away rules doc!!! and guess im dumb.

in my top 10 of 2005.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: I. Spaceman on February 14, 2006, 06:57:20 PM
Quote
in my top 10 of 2005.

Kinda says it all, don't it?


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 14, 2006, 07:02:50 PM
shyin away rules doc!!! and guess im dumb.


Hey man, I love the promotion as much as anyone and I love when people use my name, but you may refer to me as Dr. UNH, Esq. my friend.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 07:04:32 PM
is that Unh as in uh-uh & oh yeah...or unh!!!!! as in uhoh i got a itch i can't scratch?


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 14, 2006, 07:05:52 PM
UNH as in United Health Corporation, a stock that has made me a hefty sum of money.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 07:16:30 PM
oh so is that smoke yr blowing for medicinal purposes?
where can i get some, i'm all out....

Holland was a good trip. Love you, Dr. UNH


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 14, 2006, 07:19:11 PM
Esquire, my friend!


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 08:29:50 PM
Mr. Esquire, has anyone ever told you that yr avatar bears a resemblance to Mr. Surge GainsBurger

haha


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 14, 2006, 08:30:13 PM
That IS Serge Gainsbourg.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 08:32:31 PM
UH HUH...see i dO no sh*t


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 14, 2006, 08:34:56 PM
Y'know, he has his own thread in General Music Discussion. Maybe you could enlighten us with your feelings on Serge.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 08:46:54 PM
u want me to go there? i will only say he was quite a ladies man & Brigit is a gorgeous woman.
better than Pam Anderson any day.

that is all.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 14, 2006, 08:47:32 PM
If you have anything good to contribute, why not? I'm trying to make that the number one thread on the board.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 08:55:48 PM
concerning Serge...zero. Although i hear Steve Shelly,drummer for sonic youth
 (whom I met, incidentally,in 2003, asked to borrow my pen for writing autographs!!!)...likes his work.

are you being a bit sarcastic, Dr.Equire? You're still waiting for me to make another mistake, aren't u?


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jason on February 14, 2006, 08:58:59 PM
No, I'm being a statesman here. An ambassador of good-will. I want to see some good discussion on Gainsbourg.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 09:01:26 PM
ok if i had some pearls, i'd gladly share. but i don't.

i do like the era, however.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: I. Spaceman on February 14, 2006, 10:17:06 PM
STAY  ON FODAIN' TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: theeponymuseudonym on February 14, 2006, 10:21:58 PM
YES SIR!!


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: matt-zeus on May 04, 2006, 09:24:10 AM
Can the whole of American Spring be reviewed under this sub-topic?


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: I. Spaceman on May 04, 2006, 10:31:52 AM
Nah, new topic for Spring!!


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Jonas on May 04, 2006, 01:13:35 PM
create it, ill sticky it.

word.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Alex on November 25, 2008, 12:02:45 PM
Great album. Lots of awesome unknown stuff. I especially love the Revo-lution.

Rotate. Rotate. Reeevo-lution. Do the reeevo-lution!


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: punkinhead on September 10, 2009, 12:57:38 PM
I can't remember if Endless Sleep is on this comp, but I always felt that had a smile track like feel.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on September 11, 2009, 12:54:43 PM
I can't remember if Endless Sleep is on this comp, but I always felt that had a smile track like feel.

Nope - only on SOT Volume 4


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Amanda Hart on September 11, 2009, 04:49:28 PM
It's also on Dumb Angel Rarities Vol. 17.  I actually never cared much for that song.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: punkinhead on April 23, 2010, 07:02:10 AM
the backing track for Endless Sleep is very smile like to me....let alone, wasn't there a tape of Endless Sleep shoved in between some Smile tracks?


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on April 23, 2010, 01:22:30 PM
the backing track for Endless Sleep is very smile like to me....let alone, wasn't there a tape of Endless Sleep shoved in between some Smile tracks?

Yup. Good reason for that, too - Mark told me it just happened to be in the studio when they took the photo for the box set booklet. If you look closely, there's also a box labelled "Sacremento remote" (that is, live). So... persuade me that Smile was going to include some live tracks from a gig there.  ;D

There's an AFM sheet for "Endless Sleep". Unfortunately for your theory, it's dated 2/18/64.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: rab2591 on July 18, 2010, 06:48:03 PM
5 stars.

I don't care for some songs on this album, but many by the Honeys and Sharon Marie and American Spring (Shyin' Away is one of my favorites on the album) are excellent....FULL of that classic Spector sound.

I also like the 5 second bits of studio chatter placed after some songs.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: FatherOfTheMan Sr101 on September 03, 2011, 11:55:56 AM
This album is worth it just for "Guess I'm Dumb" one of the greatest songs ever.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: pobbard on December 12, 2011, 01:27:39 PM
This is a great compilation. Like a lot of 60s acts (Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc), Brian didn't necessarily give away his best tracks, but nonetheless there is some stellar material here; I'd rate "Guess I'm Dumb", "He's a Doll", and "The One You Can't Have" as good as anything the Beach Boys did at their 60s  peak, both in terms of songwriting and arrangement/production.

Then there's a bunch of stuff that is good as most of , say, SHUT DOWN VOL. 2 or ALL SUMMER LONG, like "She Rides with Me", "Pamela Jean" (superior to its better-known cousin, IMO), "Tonight You Belong to Me", "Goodnight My Love", "After the Game", and finally a bunch of "interesting curios but not essential" (basically, everything else). Of those tracks, I like "Vegetables", "Sacramento", and "Shoot the Curl", but don't care for any of the Rachel & The Revolvers tracks and put "Thinkin' Bout You Baby" firmly in the "interesting curio" department.

If there's anything that doesn't really "fit" here, it's the two early 70s American Spring tracks. They don't feel like the 60s to me, although I am still glad to have them.

Agree with criticism that the STILL I DREAM OF YOU compilation is much, much more comprehensive, and I would have liked to see "I Do" included here, but otherwise I think this captures all of the best material on SIDOY, with great sound and good liner notes, too.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Summer_Days on August 20, 2012, 01:26:06 PM
Worth the price of admission for 'Guess I'm Dumb', but there are quite a few other gems here. 'After the Game' is just amazing, particularly for such an early era; 'Thinking About You Baby' is inferior to 'Darlin'', but still is groovy and very Phil Spector-y. Speaking of, The Honeys I think were supposed to be Brian's very own Ronettes. 'He's A Doll' sounds like a mixture of many classic Spector productions such as 'Then He Kissed Me' and 'Uptown'. Oh, 'Shyin' Away' and 'Fallin' In Love' (prefer the Denny version but hey) are just awesome.
Essential collection if you wanna dig what Bri was all about.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: punkinhead on August 23, 2012, 06:00:27 PM
This is a great compilation. Like a lot of 60s acts (Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc), Brian didn't necessarily give away his best tracks, but nonetheless there is some stellar material here; I'd rate "Guess I'm Dumb", "He's a Doll", and "The One You Can't Have" as good as anything the Beach Boys did at their 60s  peak, both in terms of songwriting and arrangement/production.

Then there's a bunch of stuff that is good as most of , say, SHUT DOWN VOL. 2 or ALL SUMMER LONG, like "She Rides with Me", "Pamela Jean" (superior to its better-known cousin, IMO), "Tonight You Belong to Me", "Goodnight My Love", "After the Game", and finally a bunch of "interesting curios but not essential" (basically, everything else). Of those tracks, I like "Vegetables", "Sacramento", and "Shoot the Curl", but don't care for any of the Rachel & The Revolvers tracks and put "Thinkin' Bout You Baby" firmly in the "interesting curio" department.

If there's anything that doesn't really "fit" here, it's the two early 70s American Spring tracks. They don't feel like the 60s to me, although I am still glad to have them.

Agree with criticism that the STILL I DREAM OF YOU compilation is much, much more comprehensive, and I would have liked to see "I Do" included here, but otherwise I think this captures all of the best material on SIDOY, with great sound and good liner notes, too.
Micheal Parks (I think that's his name, if it's not, sorry)....he did alot of great covers of rarities and he did the Rachel and Revolvers' Number One, and I've loved it ever since, I honestly think this song shoulda been on one of the early BB albums.


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: Mr. Wilson on December 12, 2013, 04:39:12 PM
4/5 Nothing to add to all your great comments but that this is essential to your collection


Title: Re: Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
Post by: punkinhead on December 12, 2013, 09:00:51 PM
4/5 Nothing to add to all your great comments but that this is essential to your collection
I agree it's essential to own...I just wish there was a volume 2 or a 3 disc box....disc 1 pet projects vol 1, disc 2 pet projects vol 2 (more productions and participation alike: Ron Wilson single, Bob & Bobby single, Endless Sleep, Yes Sir That's my baby, a few of ,Fred Vail Country tunes, etc), and disc 3 All American Spring material (album, unreleased tracks, bonus tracks).

Hey, a guy can dream, right?