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ref the above pic........say what you will, but Alan was HOT  during that era! :-* :-*

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Anyone know what song this is?

Looks like they're playing an F. I can't play it with the thumb like that, just seems more comfortable to barr it.

When you play for terribly long periods of time, the thumb over the last string thing can relieve a lot of pain in your wrist.  You have to have fairly large hands to do it, I guess.  Rickenbackers are great for it, thin necks.

In the same picture, has anyone noticed how much cooler Al looks than the rest of them due to his shirt being un-tucked?

I don't like the way that looks actually.. makes him appear immature.

Though I must say that outfit brings alot of unwanted attention to Carl's baby-fat..

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I'd say relaxed.

And for Carl....maybe he could've used some relaxed fitted pants.

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I like Al's t-shirt under the button-shirt look, actually. He has it in the When I Grow Up clip, too.

When did the "relaxed fit" trouser come to prominece in the US?

Brian:      OOH lets pop this balloon and see if Dennis jumps
Denny:    OOH I don't feel so hot......mom I need a hug
Audree:   Poor baby...I TOLD you not to eat the bean burrito...listen to your mother!
Carl:        Yes, these are my brothers and I love them...Brian, leave the balloons alone

Carlydenise, you are fantastic at coming up with these captions!  I enjoyed your captions over at the Ego board too!  So funny!  ;D

Thanks LaurieArleen! 
Carly

I'm putting in a formal request for the picture of Brian in the 20/20 LP gatefold. The eye chart one. Can someone scan/post it?

Are their any more pictures in existance of the Zuma Beach stuff? The Smiley Smile / Wild Honey cd has the group shot in the ocean, and there's a few others floating around in books. Brian's beard topped Mike's at that point.

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Your boy's lookin' good there. Pure surfers-rule cool.

Mr. Love looks handsome. He had hair.

They all look great there (but especially the dude in black  ;) )

i'd love to take a pic of the gatefold (which ive never seen) but my copy of 20/20 on vinyl is still in the wrap...=(
i do have POB's gatefold! =)

I'm sure you guys, being the Beach Boy-maniacs that you are, have seen these. I was just doing some google searches and saved the ones that seemed obscure to me -- so, just incase some of you don't have the time that I have (sad, eh?) to sit around and google search some BB photos, these are for you.

Oh, and on some of them, I'll have some questions, mainly about  what year is was taken.  So, if anyone knows, please answer.

Thanks!

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LOL! Classic Brian Wilson. Wonder what he's thinking. If you think about it, this BB photo almost sums up their personality. Especially on Mike... always has to act ike he's got the biggest ____. LOL!


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Never seen this one before.


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Okay. Brian's hat in the previous picture is cool compared to Bruce's hippy headband. What year was this picture taken?


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Californ-IA. What year was this picture taken?


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A nice shot of the guys sitting on top of their records MINUS Johnston. He must've been busy writing songs for Barry Manilow. What year was this picture taken?


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Obviously some article around the "brian is back" era.


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Looks like Mike and Brian are playing ATARI or something. What year was this picture taken?


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If you're trying to get someone into The Beach Boys, make sure they NEVER see this photo. I can picture VOLTRON in back of them. I really can. What year was this picture taken?


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Mike Love needs to eat a meal. Brian looks out of it (I mean, REALLY, out of it). What year was this picture taken?


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One of the last pictures the full BB band would take together before Dennis passes. Wonder how many themed baseball caps Mike owns.


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Brian Wilson's robe has superpowers.


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Al looks a little warmly dressed. What year was this picture taken?


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Brian Wilson looks like he was put there by use of Photoshop. Am I right or is it real? What year was this picture taken?


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What year was this picture taken?


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The Beach Boys shooting a video called RIO with Duran Duran (not shown). What year was this picture taken?


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Probably taken a little after Dennis' death.


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What year was this picture taken? (and, what event?)


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Oops. :D

BY THE WAY, if any of you have some rare photos to share, please post them.

Ok

This isn't gospel but my stab would be

1,2 1966, 3 1970, 4-7 1976, 8 1977, 9 1980, 10 1982/3, 11,12 1976, 13 1970 (and it certainly does look like he was added - he was on the CATP back cover as well), 14,15 1976/77, 16 1985, 17 1981?.

There or therabouts.

Thanks for the reply, man. :D

Very late 1969 - early 1970.



Looks like 1979 to me.



1975.



People Magazine, 1976.



I'd say 1972-73, which is pre-Atari, isn't it?



1978.



1979.



Looks like 1975. Definitely mid-70s.



1970-71 and much too early for Photoshop. I'm pretty sure it's real -- Brian's in all the versions of the photo I've seen. It does look like Photoshop (or the analog technique) was used to fade down the background a bit. Note the sharp edges around Brian and Dennis.



Mid-70s, probably 1975-76.



Circa 1976, onbaord Dennis' beloved yacht, The Harmony



Yes, early 1984.

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Nice velcro shoes, Al.

Care for a round of minaiature golf?

This thread is the perfect opportunity for someone to FINALLY scan the 20/20 eyechart with Brian.  Please, for the love of...whoever.

Yeah, I've never seen that either. AND I REALLY FUCKIN' WANT TO! I've been trying to get 20/20 on vinyl just so I can see that picture. Someone on this board has to have it for christ sake.

Re: photo number 7...the one of them sitting around a rock wall that looks like it's a lodge or something, I'm pretty sure that was taken at Caribou Ranch in 1974.  If I remember right, this photo was in the 1975 concert program book.

i have it on vinyl but it's still in the wrap! i'm sorry everyone...by the way, i found a radio promo of 20/20 with FREE etched out in holes in on the top of it...any heard of this find?

I'm lost. What is this eyechart you guys are talking about?

there's a pic in the gatefold for 20/20 vinyl of Brian w/ an eye chart...why it's not in the 2-fer booklet is beyond me!

COOL! Someone... post it :D

I'll dig it up and see if I can scan it in.

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I said 1984 above on this one, but I was wrong. It was taken in 1985.

I do have the eyechart but I don't know how to scan it on my A4 scanner! I suppose its a photoshop job......

If you scan it in pieces, send them to me, then I'll put it together in PS for people to see. (just in case you don't have the time).

take digital pic?

The eyechart was also included in the "stand alone" 20/20 CD.  That should be easy enough to scan. I gave my copy away. Sorry.

The sheer number of fashion violations in these pics is hard to ignore! I love the BB's but they needed a dresser! Badly! (except Dennis, of course!)

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Mike Love RULES on that picture!!!  ;D

Seems to me that eye chart is in miniature on my 20/20 pre-twofer CD (20/20 by itself)

Also, By the way Punkinhead, I have a vinyl copy of FRIENDS with the word FREE punched in wholes on the covers. Its a promo from that era I bought  from the collection of a retired local DJ.

I apologise for the poor quality of these but they will do till somene sticks a better one up! The other shots are too big - i'll try and sort them out tomorrow!


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SWEET! Thanks for posting it, man. :D

Thanks!  ;D

Yes! thank you!
say, what was brian's involvement in 20/20? I mean, i know what songs are his: i went to sleep, do it again, time to get alone, prayer, cabinessence...but what work did he do on it at that time? did he help out on nearest or be with me?

Merci!

Why don't you put that question in the Desper thread?

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AWESOME!  :D

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Fantastic, Katie! Where do you find this stuff?  :)

No kidding!  That whisky a go-go one is incredible.

Google images and spanish,  japanese BB sites have a lot of pics you can't see anywhere else.


Always amazed me how they were able to fit themselves all up there.

Never seen that picture in color.

Brian looks rather....uncomfortable.

Who wouldn't be uncomfortable squeezed in the between the Rhodes and the Moog?

Is that Ron Brown on bass? And who is the guy on Brian's left?

Ed Carter? on bass and Daryl Dragon on (captain) keyboard.

Great pics! Hope to see more soon  ;)
BTW thanks for the 20/20 eyechart. I really like the idea of it...

Wow, LOVE the Whiskey one (though I prefer the one in the Badman book; anyone have THAT in colour?)

Sometimes I am honestly frightened by Mike's beard.

Glad I'm not the only one!  :o (He especially looked scary during the time he had the "Moses" look)

ah yeah! Al Jardine in leather pants! I thought he kept things "clean"

great pics!

any pics from the 'lei'd in hawaii' concert?

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More Brian pics! Esp. in the "wilderness" years(i.e. after Sunflower, and before 15 BO).

Also...what is the last known picture of clean shaven Carl? I mean, did he EVER shave?

I've always wanted to see transition pictures.. beards don't just grow overnight.

Mike Love facts:

In 1970 Mike Love's skin became white, flabby and robe-like. Thus he is mostly naked on the pictures from this period.

Mike Love can grow a biblical beard overnight, without transition.

Mike Love's "mow-mow-mow"s can induce severe queasiness in sparrows and robins within a radius of 300 yards, so they may fall to the ground.

Mike Love is super-human, and some of these qualities rubbed over on his brother who suddenly in 1961 got bigger hands which made him catch the ball more easily.

Mike Love can immerse his pipe and cowboy hat in soapy water without it becoming wet.

Mike Love has invisible vibrators and dildos with him on stage.

Mike Love's intonation of "thrill" as "threh-hell" in "Blueberry Hill" makes grown men cry.

Something like this?

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sex-e!

amosario, that's a cool pic of Brian in your avatar. Do you have a bigger version of it? And, where is it from? I never seen it before.

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I don´t know, but Brian looked terrible "wrong" during the Landy-years. Some guys just shouldn´t be thin, imo.

my caption on the Landy era photo - "When it comes down to it, addiction is all you get"

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Anyone have a nice-sized photo of Brian, Pet Sounds Sessions, in a suit with the glasses on?

Better pick of the eyechart..

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That shot is taken in the back yard at Bellagio. It's the on-camera source of lighting that makes Brian and everyone look as if they are not part of the shot. It was late in the day and the flash was needed to highlight the group. Photoshop was years away from being invented. The steps the guys are sitting on lead up to the pool through a hedge-lined pathway.  There were several three-step landings on the trek to the pool area.  That day everyone was in the studio when a record company photographer showed up for some picture taking.  You can tell from the dress that no one took this photoshoot seriously. Brian is in his housecoat, Bruce doesn't have shoes on, Dennis is in his bathing suit, and Mike even forgot his hat! Taking a quick break from the studio, everyone dashed to the backyard for some shots.  The dogs were back there too.  You can see my dalmation, Mr Spock II, wandered into the photo as it was being taken. Judging from the dog's size and the project were were working on in the studio I'd place this photo close to 1973. ~swd

Trekkie, are you?  Cute name.

It is 1970 though - I think the picture was in Rolling Stone at the time - also of course, Bruce left in 1972....

But in our hearts, he's always been around.

Thanks, I'm not good with exact dates, but Bruce was still around after '72, just hang'n. ~swd

If you read my profile you would remember that I worked as a soundman on the original STAR TREK series at Paramount.  I was told that "Mr. Spock" was owned by leonard Nimoy when I first applied for my dog's name from the AKC, so he is "Mr. Spock II."  Besides having the run of Brian Wilson's back yard, he was the only dog allowed into A&M Studios (on Sunset), he was once kissed by Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) and went swimming more than once in Elton John's pool. A fantastic dog he was!! He travelled the country from coast to coast. I took him flying many times where we did wing-overs so he could experience weightlessness.   ~swd

That's gotta be 1971.  Alan was still clean shaven in 1970.  He started growing his first beard in 1971, and the pic matches the look he was sporting around the time they were recording Surf's Up (according to pix in the Silver Anniversary book).  Also, Bruce had the Fu Manchu stache in 1971 as well, and Carl's hair was longest like that in 1971.

Stephen W. Desper, thanks for clearing that up. :D

I like it when I come across band photos (w/Brian) between 1967 an 1975.

A little on the printed, but never used, ORIGINAL ''SMILE'' ALBUM:

What's the deal with the printed (but never used) album jackets. The back has all the Beach Boys (minus Brian) in their normal pin-stripe button shirts (didn't they get past this look ie Pet Sounds). You mean to tell me, Brian didn't want his photo to appear on the album?

I've always wondered about that,too.

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Photo was in the Tom Nolan 2-parter that featured in Rolling Stone #94, 10/28/71 &  #95 11/11/71, along with a shot of Brian wearing the exact same threads taken in The Radiant Radish. The interviews were conducted, in the main, during the late stages of recording Surf's Up (reference is made to Brian's 29th birthday) Excellent articles, and the source for much info.

Every single time that I see this picture, I look at Mike and wonder "That´s the guy who thought that SMiLE is too weird?!?!?!"

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“Around that time, there was another striking  example of the inaccuracy of the myth that Brian Wilson was a reclusive, non performing Beach Boys.
In the Winter of 1970, Brian went on a  short tour with the group, Brian recalled :
“When Mike Love was sick, I went with the group up to Seattle and Vancouver and the Northwest for some appearances. I was scared for a few minutes in the first show-It had been a while since I was infront of so many people. But after it started to cook I really got with it. It was the three best days of my life.”

While Brian’s 1970 tour is a little known fact, Mike Love illness is even less known. According to Tom Nolan’s 1971 Rolling Stone Article, Mike was hospitalised following a three-week fast that allowed Mike to eat only water, fruit juice (out of his ever-present and occasionally dangerous jug), and a little yogurt. As Nolan wrote, Everything got very amplified during the fast, he became quite sensitive to all positive and negative forces around him. He began tolook at things rather metaphorically. The birds in the sky seemed to have a purpose in flying southwesterly, and if he could try a little harder perhaps he could talk to the birds...”

David Leaf, from “The Beach Boys” 1985, Courage Books.

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Ooopssss....

Great pics!!!

(even that Carly Simon one was cool). :D

I thought these were supposed to be rare.  I mean, I like looking at pictures, but let's get rarer?

Here's a scan of the upper half of the eyechart pic.  If you want the entire eyechart, let me know and I'll add it on.  Sorry it's not the best quality...my copy of 20/20 isn't prisitine (and has a nice cutout-bin hole to boot!).  Of course, I couldn't scan in the whole thing at once; I had to piece it together.  I can't get rid of that line caused by the fact that the cover could not lie entirely flat on the scanner glass...if I get a change later, I'll play with it a little more and see if i can improve it.

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Love the Sunflower outtake pics.

Got the Rolling Stone article date wrong - was indeed 1971. My brain is rotting due to information overload.....(it is, I forgot both my house keys and coat last week!).

At least I remembered it WAS from Rolling Stone. As has also been pointed out, that's much more a 71 look with the facial hair.

Also agree about Mike looking like a complete freak in those days, as opposed to the rest of the band. Funny how things change....

Here's another one from the Contrast magazine shoot. Brian in his Gary Oldman period...

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Frightening, really...

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Denny's smashed!

Mikey's shooting daggers at him!

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Sometime in the 70’s we went on a tour to Australia and New Zealand.  The New Zealand part of the tour was about 10 days.  We stayed at one hotel for the entire trip and the Beach Boys gave a week’s worth of shows each night in the Hotel’s theater.  Here is how they looked at that time and a partial view of the theater.

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During the time we were there cast and crew had much free time to visit around the countryside and do tourist things. As you can tell from this next photo, everyone was unwinding and getting into the beautiful surroundings of the country.

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One day, I recall, Bruce had made friends with a beautiful girl who just happened to be the daughter of one of the richest families in New Zealand.  The family had invited the guys and a few of us up to their estate. We were bussed up the side of a small mountain. It was a wonderful place.  We were served a delicious lunch outside on a large flat end of a hill.  The view from this hill was of both sides of the country, that is, two bodies of water, looking down on very green hills from hundreds of feet above where thousands of sheep grazing in herds of about fifty to one-hundred.  The house was behind us, a three-story granite totter structure. We ate several fruits and vegetables not known in the USA, but plentiful in New Zealand, plus exquisite lamb; about five courses.  It was there that Carl and I discovered how good New Zealand wine can be. 

Back at the hotel it was full house after full house with time for autographs. In the following example Alan is doing the honors.

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We spent a lot of time just waiting for the crowd to build and to finish in the dinning room.  . . . All dressed up and no stage to go to.

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On the third to the last night a film crew showed up for sound check in the afternoon.  They were there to film the show for a special TV show (I wonder if that show is now in the vault?) There were three cameras.  One in the back, one hand held taking close-up shots and one on a track in the orchestra pit running the length of the stage. We ran through the show so the film director knew what the show was like and to provide sound levels for the film soundman.  Everything was set for the show that evening. 

Then right before the show was to start, a younger Carl, who was in charge of the presentation order decided to move the song order around thinking it would give a better build to the show.  His intentions were good, but he did not know that the director had blocked out his camera moves based on the original order of songs.  It was a disaster – the film crew was frustrated.  Not knowing the songs and who sang lead on which part, when they thought Carl had a lead, it was Mike – so the camera position was all wrong. When Bruce sang the camera would be on Al, etc.  After the show the director was pissed as hell.  To compromise, they decided to come back the next night to get some shots that were missed and that seemed to smooth it over. Nevertheless, New Zealand was one of the highlight trips of my times touring with The Beach Boys.
     
Here’s the group ready to perform and Mike is pointing out his favorite Beach Boy.   ~swd

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Wow, a rare look at Mike without some kind of covering on his head.

Hurray, photos that are actually rare on the rare picture thread.

Those are great, Steve.  Mike's suit is fantastic, as are his shoes.  Did Dennis always look that uncomfortable in a blazer and tie?

Mr. Desper, these are fantastic pictures. Thank you for posting them.

Great pics. Not bad pics of a few of them.

You're loving the pictures of Bruce with the crazy hair, aren't you?

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Stephen, thank you so much for posting these rare pix from New Zealand! Some nice ones of all the guys, Bruce in particular. I'm certain these photos must be from early 1970, if you say it's the '70s, as Carl grew his beard in mid-1970.

Damn, Mike, put the hat back on!!! :o

Awesome stuff! Bruce looks especially cool, methinks. It's a shame they didn't perfrom live like that, as I find the matching suits a little bland. They look better with their own individual looks.

bruce has some slick kicks on...

I agree with MDH -- it's gotta be 1970.  Badman makes reference to a New Zealand tour that year 4/18-22 and Australia 4/23-5/13.  Bet your bottom dollar that's the tour in question.

Great pictures Mr. Desper  ;D

I love Bruce's sneakers in those pics. Those are the kind i'm going to get once my current shoes wear out enough.

Mike is dressed like some old business man from 1860.

Yes. Great pictures. Thanks for posting.

So I guess these are the last pictures of beardless Carl.. his sideburns probably just took over his face, though.. they're huge!

Carl shaved his beard in 1977.

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He did?  Do you have any pix of him and the band from that period?  Cause I have never seen any clean shaven.

all i remember of that is on the Forever montage for Dennis on the American Band docu. it has the 3 Wilson brother's at an awards ceremony...looks 76-77-ish....it's not clean, but it's not all the way there...check it out.

And immediately grew it back.

This is back in the 80's when Landy was trying to remake Brian into a "Don Henley-type"

At least that's what I think Landy was going for.

I'm a little late in posting this (just saw the pictures now).. Great pictures, Stephen... thanks for posting them here (along with the anecdotes)  :)

That's what generally happens.

Shaving beards away should be outlawed.

Actually some of us females prefer a clean-shaven guy.

Some of us males prefer a clean-shaven girl...

(heeeeyoooooooooooo!)

I've got a beard.

I have nightmares about shaving it. I actually wake up feeling my face, hoping that it isn't true.

I've wanted to shave for weeks now, but the more I put it off, the more I know it's going to hurt.. guess I'm growing a beard.

It's almost time for another installment of Who Has The Best Beach Beard!!  :D

And some of us females think Carl looked better -- even fabulous -- with a beard!!   ;D

Don't make me do it!!  :D

I wish they had taken pictures of at least a few things from every session. Especially the Smiley/Friends era at Brian's place.

I have mental images of them all sitting at a table, eating lunch while discussing how a song should go and what not.

I picture them in the tent with a j in one hand and a budweiser in the other.

I really hope they had better taste in alcohol than that.

I've never really pictured them in a studio with a can of beer in hand......I can imagine what was doing the rounds during Smiley Smile though.....

Brian should never grow a beard. Dennis and Carl suited it perfectly. Mike - has he got one these days or not? He looks like a used car salesman either way (actually more to the point, a used-car-song salesman).  Al needs one to prove he can get served in bars.

I almost said miller light... :-\ I just couldnt think of a delicious imported beer from that time...but when Ive seen them drinkin out of a can, they looked like buds.

Whaaaaaaaaat!?! Man, Brian had a killer beard. Look in the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey notes to see that great beard in the ocean. They all had awful beards on the cover of 15 Big Ones. Even Dennis "Mr. Sexy" looked terrible.

We all had beards and long hair and bell bottoms and fast cars. (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.aa1b17f659.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/aa1b17f659.jpg) Even the help. ~swd   click on photo

steve you sexy beast!

I hear in the 60s the sound engineers got more tail than the band members...now I see why

Great beard there Mr. Desper.  8)

Grow one again and sign up for the "One Year Plan" I have many friends on at the moment.  :D

Please don't.

Not that you didn't look great.

I must agree with MDH here. Carl looked superb with a beard. I'm saying this as a guy with complete confidence in his sexuality, too.

Yes Carl did look great with a beard.. I must say that...  :D

The beard didn't work too well for Dennis. Dennis looked more like a sage when he had his beard. But when he clean-shaven, damn I wish I was him.

Irresistable.

That's it... Beach Beard thread! Don't say I didn't warn you!

Al looked fucking ridiculous with a beard.

And don't *even* get me started on Bruce's moustache...

Al looked like a hobbit gone wrong with a beard.

Don't you have a beard yourself, Josh?

The fu manchu look was rad, man. Coolest Bruce has ever looked!

No.  I grew one, got it out of my system, and hopefully will not have one again.

I've told you a million times already, man. You looked FANTASTIC with the beard. Cool as heck, etc.

If you sign up on my plan i'll throw in a free Beach Boys lunch box.

(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/9581d0ada8.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)  Last years crop.   ~swd

Looks good!  :)

You look very assured and also pensive! You also look like Andrew G. Doe (or he like you...)

Anybody got some more photos from the Wild Honey-era? Those pictures in the "SS/WH"-twofer(at the beach and especially those where the are recording or playing instruments like carl with that Höfner-McCartney-Bass) rock !