Could it be Brian was influenced by his friend Danny Hutton, who worked for Hanna Barbera?

http://www.waybackattack.com/huttondanny.html

I'm wondering why none of the guest artists are performing any of the NPP songs they sang on in any of their own concerts? They do have song writing credits, so technically they would be performing songs they've written. You'd think they would love telling their audience, "this next song is one I co-wrote with Brian Wilson", a great big feather in their cap.

One Kind of Love is so damn beautiful...

I never quite got what the big deal is with this sing.  It's alright, but they're sitting on a goldmine with "Guess You Had To Be There".  

Concur.  Also, why am I not hearing Saturday Night all over the radio right now?

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1069362_10200769145189689_1704556823_n.jpg?oh=e0978fda9f09823ccf343f11f70a7ac9&oe=55E880B4

I saw this on the Imagination List. Don't know how to post a pic here, but the guy in the pic is the guy you see laying in bed twice in L&M. His name is Jeff Holman. He is listed in the IMDB credits as Brian "Present". The pic is from his Facebook page.Must feel like crap having been cut out of the movie.

Since Mike and Bruce can tour as the Beach Boys simply by paying a licensing fee, I was wondering if anyone knows if there is some kind of contractual agreement as to what constitutes a Beach Boys album. Do all living members, less Blondie and Ricky, have to appear, or can some deviation , ie Brian, Al, Dave and Blondie, release an album as the Beach Boys?

How about "Living Doll" ?

For anyone who bought MIC from Importcds.com  here is their reply to my email to them regarding the problem with disc 3:

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has notified us of any defect with this item. We will contact you back once
we hear back from him. Thank you.

Sincerely,



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The pix and the video were taken by Joanne Pollack and her husband Bob. Joanne used to be a fixture in the old Wheeler chat room.

Yeah, if anybody remembers who shot the pix, I would love to give credit.

More details: Chris Douridas was the host that day, and other guests included Billy Swan, and Stan Ridgway--who did some weird song about a roadside killing or something, that made Brian's eyes get very wide and freaked-out looking.

I was hanging around outside before the show when Brian was doing his soundcheck and his voice was just BOOMING. So powerful!

The version of On Christmas Day that appears as a bonus track on his Christmas album has a different mix than the original release.

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) released on BW.com 2008

There is also a version of Silent Night that was actually released on video by BW.com, sung mostly by Brian's children from a year or two ago.

Living Doll is the actual title of the song being called "Barbie" .

There was also a report that Brian was recording a song, title not mentioned , for a Paul McCartney tribute album. A McCartney tribute disc did get released, but Brian doesn't have a song on it.
Original announcement:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-mccartney-tribute-album-walk-of-fame-288598

Well, yes you would. Just curious , why did you pre-order in the first place? I've got a copy for $11.00 last Friday at a local indie and couldn't be happier ,  with the cd , which is terrific, the price and getting it five days before the official release date.

Amazon just lowered their price to $7.99 . They have a pre order price guarantee so you should be able to get the reduced price from them.

http://www.amazon.com/Thats-Why-God-Made-Radio/dp/B007U1FEJE/ref=zg_bs_tab_pd_bsnr_1?pf_rd_p=1348016562&pf_rd_s=right-5&pf_rd_t=2101&pf_rd_i=list&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=10Z228BVVK4X6DMB5VHE

Deirdre also sounds an awful lot like The Joker Went Wild by Brian Hyland too.

Since 8 songs is hardly enough to make up a full album,I take his comment more as that it was assembled, but the idea was simply abandoned and pursued no further. The idea of recording in the studio and adding crowd noise isn't as weird as it sounds. The Four Seasons actually did this in 1963 or 64. When they switched from Vee Jay to Philips records, they owed Vee Jay one last album. They went into the studio and created a really bizarre collection of pop standards such as Mack The Knife and others done in a Las Vegas show room style, featuring nothing that even came close to their hit sound and added crowd noise and released it as The Four Seasons Live On Stage.

Here is what Brad Elliott had to say about The Letter in 2002 on the Imagination list. I know the list is private but I don't think the owners will mind if I post this for accuracys sake.

"Okay, let's try again.  In my earlier answer, I was addressing ony the
studio recordings of "The Letter" and didn't even touch on the actual live
recording(s) from Hawaii.  But I guess that wasn't quite as clear as it
should have been.  So, here follows a complete (?) guide to BB recordings of
"The Letter."

(1) Actual honest-to-God concert recordings from Hawaii:  The Beach Boys
played four shows in Hawaii on Aug. 25 and 26, 1967.  "The Letter" was
played at most, if not all, of them.  To date, though, only one of the four
concerts (apparently the 2nd of the 8/25 shows) is in circulation among fans
and collectors.  The 13-song concert starts with a performance of "The
Letter," includes that weird version of "Surfin'" as well as "Gettin'
Hungry," and ends with "Barbara Ann."  That recording of "The Letter" is
a real concert recording.

(2) The Wally Heider "live in the studio" re-creation:  On September 11,
1967, the BBs went into Wally Heider's Studio to record a set of replacement
tracks for the projected LEI'D IN HAWAII album.  This was because the actual
concert recordings from Aug. 25 & 26 did not meet their expectations.  About
a dozen songs were recorded.  A pseudo-album of 8 tracks was assembled, but
never released.  This has circulated on tape and bootleg, most commonly as
the LEI'D IN HAWAII REHEARSAL bootleg from Vigotone (VIGO 133).  This set of
songs starts with "God Only Knows," includes "Help Me Rhonda" sung as "help
YOU Rhonda" and the version of "Heroes & Villains" where Mike makes fun of
the song, and ends with "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring."  Outtakes from
this session were included on the third disc of the 3-CD LIVE BOX that
appeared on the Sea of Tunes label.  All of these performances are actually
live-in-the-studio recordings, not concert recordings.  The version of "The
Letter" on RARITIES is one of these.  It is identical (except for slight mix
differences) to the version of "The Letter" that's heard on the Vigotone
REHEARSAL boot.

(3) The proper studio recording:  According to Capitol's files, The Beach
Boys also recorded "The Letter" during the sessions for the WILD HONEY
album.  The track reportedly was recorded at Brian's home studio on Oct. 25,
1967.  This recording has never turned up and doesn't seem to be in The
Beach Boys' tape archive.

Finally, it should be noted that "The Letter" was listed in the early track
lineup for the WILD HONEY album.  However, the brief liner notes that were
to accompany that lineup indicate that the track was a live recording, not
a studio recording.  But based on the fact that the BBs rejected the actual
live recordings from Hawaii and that the tape delivered to Capitol was the
Heider re-creation, I think it's obvious that what would have appeared on
WILD HONEY was, in fact, the 9/11/67 Heider recording, being passed off as a
"live" recording (which, of course, was the entire reason for that day's
recordings)."

Any questions?  :-)

Surf's up!
Brad

Brad Elliott, (remember him) once , back in 2002 , I believe, sorted out the whole Lei'd In Hawaii situation on the Imagination mailing list, explaining what songs came from where, what songs were rehearsals, what were live, etc etc. The most revealing thing he mentioned as far as I was concerned was that there were four concerts, afternoon and evening shows, plus rehearsals each day. Throw in the Heider sessions and you have seven sources of Lei'd In Hawaii material.

Curt