Thanks for all the additional info, guys! Looks like The Lost Years is the big one.

Thanks! The chase is on!

He also had a compilation called The Lost Years (a bunch of unreleased and rare stuff from his career as well as a "hits" CD), The Work Tapes (1992), and an album called The Circle Continues that was released in very limited quantities a few years back.

His reggae version of Kokomo is on Get the Boot.

Thanks, Real Beach Boy, yeah, now that you mention it, I remember The Lost Years - Work Tapes and Circle Continues I never heard of. Are all three official cd releases?

I can confirm that DSOTM is one of his faves, read it in a mag interview, Q or Mojo or something like that. I too was surprised, but maybe it's just the production and the sound effects that grab him.

search David Marks on amazon and you get 90 pages of listings, who has time for THAT?? Try David Marks Beach Boys and it's narrowed down to three pages, but still not complete.

What have I got, then?

Nascar, The Moon twofer, and The Marksmen cd's. Get them while you can, they are excellent!

What did I get rid of?
I Think About You Often, cd 2007, well mine was a cd-r, and the contents were forgettable, but I'm curious to know if it had a proper redbook cd release at all?



What am I missing, very HTF?
Something Funny Goin' On, Quiver Records, 2003
The few times I've seen this listed, it was priced at $100 plus, and they didn't ship to Denmark. Dunno if I'll ever find a copy. Supposed to be very good indeed. Must have been a small press run.



That leaves me looking for one live album, but then I'd like to know if he had any surf tribute group appearances, that might be deemed "collectible", anything of worth out there?

The reason why Carl vomited was apparently that he got so excited upon hearing Surifin' on the radio, that he went and drank six milkshakes.

I really like your 50th Berkeley poster, never saw that design before!

I like a lot of LA Light, would love to see a version with HCTN excised in favor of some other track from that period.

Was that the first of the 4th of July concerts, before an audience of one million?

So, what have you got?

I've always wanted this one, vintage 1976 Brian in bathrobe, taken from the Rolling Stone feature, Mark London design:


Here's another one I missed when it was on sale, Mark London design again:


My only BB poster, and Brian's got his eyes closed, mine is without venue and dates, plain:

The best BB song, and I have recently discovered another cover of it, Everly Brothers and BB's together on the Tequila Sunrise OST.

What type of drink do you think champagne is, then?

bubbly; I would consider it different from wine

"I remember the 60's better than the 90's!" may be my new favorite Brian quote.

yeah, I dug that as well! 

I've been avoiding links to advance listens of NPP; I want my first listen to be on my stereo, but today on FB I caved in and played Sail Away from the Vegas soundstage, man, it's an instant classic! No other artist from his generation can come up with something as beautiful and fresh like that, after more than 50 years! Brian Wilson is peerless in that respect.

Perhaps, rather predictably, Brian's answer song to Be my Baby:

Don't Worry Baby

runner-up:

This Whole World (something assuringly old-fashioned about it, but still it rocks)

Fresh today, for Esquire magazine. For years and years, he's said the opening bars of California Girls was his favorite piece, now the song doesn't even get a mention. Love & Mercy is the token solo song, but now it wasn't a mini bottle of wine, but rather a mini bottle of champagne that got him going. Tricky thing, memory:
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a33878/brian-wilson-10-favorite-songs/

I'd hate to see Brian waste precious time on Chuck Berry classics. The Disney album, perhaps just a stopgap, was also redundant. But I am going to buy it anyway. 

I wouldn't expect any more recordings from Chuck Berry, the man's last concert appearance in Denmark was an embarrassment and it's clearly time for him to hang up the guitar.

Brian, it's been a pleasure reading your replies here in real time, thank you!

Greetings from Denmark!

here's a quick little exercise, take each of the ten past and present official members of The Beach Boys, and rank them in order of preference and contributions to the band. no.1 should be straight forward, but then it get's difficult. you are free to add reasons for your choices, if you like.

1. brian (main songwriter, best falsetto once)
2. mike (hardest working bb, main lead vocals, chief lyricist, wrote The California Myth)
3. carl (the voice of an angel, the bridge between band factions)
4. dennis (the second best songwriter, vital drummer, the soul of The Beach Boys)
5. al (solid rhythm guitarist who surprised with some good originals and choice covers)
6. david (the best guitarist in the band)
7. bruce (should have written more songs for a man who wrote "I Write the Songs", a grammy winner)
8. blondie (sail on sailor)
9. ricky (preferable to john stamos!)

10. glen campbell (important pinch hitter until bruce came along, but bruce was a good choice, coming out of surf rock)

i can't say for sure about the band's interpersonal differences, i've read something about certain members keeping to their hotel rooms. i do think the vilification of mike has gone way out of proportion. he cares about the band, and he loves the wilson family, always lamenting the damage that the drugs did to the family. there's a nice youtube clip of mike in the street, surrounded by adoring autograph hunters.

 i hope it gets worldwide distrbution and preems in denmark. if danish tv could show the beard movie, surely there must be a market for something so clearly better. if jersey boys can get danish distribution, i don't see why love and mercy shouldn't have a market. only the older generation of danes remember the four seasons at all, but beach boys span the generations, as they do all over the world. isn't there also a dennis movie in production?

the last, and for all i know, only time the six bb's played denmark was at the tivoli gardens in copenhagen, on june 4, 1980. i didn't go, because i wasn't a fan yet.

here's the set list from that historic evening:

1.California Girls Play Video
2.Sloop John B Play Video
(Brian/Mike/Carl)
3.Darlin' Play Video
4.School Days Play Video
(Chuck Berry cover)
5.In My Room Play Video
6.Good Timin' Play Video
7.Some of Your Love Play Video
8.Keepin' the Summer Alive Play Video
9.Do It Again Play Video
10.Little Deuce Coupe Play Video
11.Catch a Wave Play Video
12.Lady Lynda Play Video
13.Surfer Girl Play Video
14.Cotton Fields Play Video
(Lead Belly cover)
15.Heroes and Villains Play Video
16.Long Tall Texan Play Video
(Jerry Woodard cover)
17.Be True to Your School Play Video
18.Wouldn't It Be Nice Play Video
19.Help Me, Rhonda Play Video
20.Rock and Roll Music Play Video
(Chuck Berry cover)
21.I Get Around Play Video
22.Surfin' U.S.A. Play Video
Encore:
23.You Are So Beautiful Play Video
(Billy Preston cover)
24.Good Vibrations Play Video
25.Barbara Ann Play Video
(The Regents cover)
26.Fun, Fun, Fun Play Video

They played it a few times on the Brian Wilson/Jeff Beck tour.

thanks, good to know. i realize it wasn't a hit and therefore might get lost in the set list shuffle, but i think i read somewhere that he found that song difficult to do live. still, i've seen him sing forever, and lay down burden, which he dedicated to carl.

back in 2002, when brian and band played their first of many glorious concerts at royal festival hall, "'til i die" was one of the first songs played. since then i have seen brian and band 24 times, 25 with c50, but no more live performances of "'til i die", one of THE masterpieces in the catalog. i am just wondering if it has been too difficult for brian to play it, given the loss of his two brothers.

the one time i had the opportunity to meet brian wilson i was shaking like a leaf, but after shaking hands, getting an autograph, and brian telling me to "have a good sleep", i couldn't help myself and told him "you are the greatest songwriter ever". brian looked genuinely surprised, and asked me, "better than bacharach?" i replied, "oh yes, you are better than bacharach" brian then added, "how about mccartney", to which i replied, "you are better than him too, you have no idea how great you are, etc. etc.". real fanboy gushing, and his band stood around the table, laughing. as i let the next person in the line step up to meet the genius, brian laughed to himself, "not better than mccartney". professional modesty?