Your memory is fine.... there does exist another photo showing the entire fireplace....with the white brick above.

Here's the Good Vibrations painting:



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I still have it.  At that price nobody here should be surprised.

Somewhere out there a Wall Street decimillionaire will stumble over it, and/or Frank will sell him another rendering for a fraction of what I'm asking, leading our robber baron to figure he's stolen another piece of America. 

In the meantime, my grandson is fascinated by it.... and its "Good Vibrations" companion

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I remember making phone calls to Derek Bill back when Brian was in really bad shape, asking for updates on his condition and fearing the worst -was that '80, '81?  We thought it was a matter of weeks before he would be gone.  I sort of dropped out of the Brian picture for a few years after that, paying only a little attention.  Then his solo album came out and I bought it right away, nervously put on headphones and let it play.  When I got to "Rio Grande", I started crying.  I couldn't believe he sounded so good.

I believe it was a year or two earlier than that, Martin, but I remember that as well. BTW, are you still really, really tall? 

This book will disappoint you if you're expecting a biography of The Beach Boys instead of what it is: a biography of Brian Wilson as a Beach Boy. People pay $100 or more for the book for a reason: The author is a true believer in Brian and his music...and more importantly, one who gained the trust of those who had worked with Brian and shared that love.  Much to the horror of those who depended on Brian for their livelihood, Leaf exposed the great paradox....that musically The Beach Boys were Brian's Ronettes......while emotionally he lived as a virtual slave of Sea of Tunes and The Beach Boys, Incorporated(s).  For those who call that an insult to his brothers....consider that his brothers agreed he was by any critical or commercial measure the singular wellspring of the group's creativity, suffering profoundly for it. Only his cousin failed to recognize that, as still do those likewise offended by (or intolerant of) the great musical genius of our time's human frailties.

IMHO, the only reason the book is no longer in print is because the commercial value of the book is far exceeded by Mike Love's legal resources. Price libel insurance and you will see that the truth may be a defense to a claim of defamation, but not to bankruptcy.