I do not recall hearing any airplay for POB in the greater Atlanta-area market, not even on college radio.

Not meaning to be a wet blanket here, but I wonder how many of those guests were bots. It would be great if all the visitors here are human.

I'm still here, just not moved to comment in recent threads. I check this board at least twice a day.

This book is still too tabloidy to recommend, imo. I know about the dirt, but it is not what is important to me re the BBs. I know the continuing fascination with the "dark" stuff exists, but I just don't get that fascination.

I've said my piece about this book; I'm done with this thread.

I still can't recommend that book, because it dwells on dishing the dirt without balancing the story out.

Nice find! I have that concert on cassette tape somewhere -- it's good to hear it again. I wonder if a nationally-broadcast show from 1980 qualifies as a copyright protection dump, tho.

[nothing that needs apologizing for in the first place.]

He's been telling a joke apologizing for "Surfer Girl" being gender-specific, nothing that needs apologizing for in the first place. Once he threw in some off-hand political BS., the joke absolutely fell flat in my estimation. Some people in the audience laughed, I didn't find it funny at all. I wish he would drop that joke altogether.

Heyjude, I agree that it's needlessly polarizing.

Edit: This seems to be the original article, which also references the Twitter item:
https://consequence.net/2023/07/mike-love-surfer-girl-gender-specific/

At least the coloring book is affordable.

The target for this book is not the BBs' fans, it's limited-edition book collectors. The same publisher has a Brian Wilson - Peter Blake book, also ridiculously priced. I'm waiting and hoping for an affordable mass market paperback edition, something I can actually afford.

Jared Daley -- guitar, vocals

FWIW, BBFC got confirmation that Rocky is no longer with us, so the report is true.

From BBFC: BEACH BOYS FEATURED ON NIGHT OF SHOW EPISODE, MAY 8th

A new podcast, Night of Show, focuses on behind-the-scenes stories about the pressures prominent pop and rock artists faced for some of their biggest performances. Concert promoter Adam Wilkes and author Tom Wright are hosts. Episode 3, “The Beach Boys, Nancy Reagan, and a Ban on the 4th of July,” drops on Monday, May 8, 2023. This episode relates the events of 1983, when Interior Secretary James Watt banned rock concerts on the National Mall for the annual July 4th celebration, resulting in heavy pushback from BB fans, including the First Lady of the U.S., and a resurgence of popularity for The Beach Boys. Night of Show is available wherever you get podcasts; a list of providers is available on their website at https://nightofshow.com/.

Night of Show is also having a merch sale. No BB stuff that I can find, but if you're interested there's a special code for 25% off: NIGHTOFSHOW25L
Link: https://shop.projectbrazen.com/collections/night-of-show

[soon-to-be-released documentary]

Information is trickling in on the upcoming BBs documentary. I found this tidbit in a story about manager Jerry Schilling:

https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/04/27/tenn-legislature-honors-memphis-jerry-schilling-friend-elvis-manager-beach-boys/

TENN. LEGISLATURE HONORS MEMPHIS’ JERRY SCHILLING, FRIEND OF ELVIS, MANAGER OF THE BEACH BOYS

"Schilling, now 81, is now a consulting producer on a soon-to-be-released documentary on The Beach Boys."

Or maybe the Cowsills (for John)....

Thanks for posting the credits for the house band -- they went by too quickly to read when the show aired. The only person I recognized at first was Abe Laboriel, Jr., but noted the skilled hands playing the tannerin. I went back yesterday and rewatched the end of the show on the CBS free app, so I could pause and read the house band credits and find the spots where you can see Probyn Gregory at work. He was wearing a hat and was positioned in front of the horn section, but most of the time he's in shadow, so less easy to spot.

Great pix!

CBS is running ads for the show in prime time.

http://www.beachboysarchives.com/

A new article in Variety:

LOS ANGELES’ UNITED RECORDING STUDIOS, KNOWN AS ‘THE ABBEY ROAD OF THE WEST,’ SCALES DOWN MUSIC OPERATIONS
Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and the Beach Boys recorded in the space, which will pivot to film shoot and special event rentals.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/united-recording-studios-los-angeles-frank-sinatra-beach-boys-elvis-ray-charles-1235561066/

There's more to the story, but here is the most relevant stuff:

After more than 65 years, Los Angeles’ legendary United Recording Studios, where Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, as well as the Beach Boys, Sam Cooke, Jay-Z, Green Day, and more recently, Paramore and Kendrick Lamar have recorded, is retooling its operations — to the detriment of its storied history as “the Abbey Road of the West,” not to mention its employees.

Starting April 3, the studio will require “longer minimum booking lengths for recording sessions,” according to Mix Magazine — although this minimum has yet to be determined. Furthermore, artists will need to bring in their own engineers to run United Recordings’ rare vintage equipment, some of which dates to the studio’s beginnings in the late ‘50s. This renowned gear requires expertise that isn’t readily available to the current-day audio engineering school graduates who don’t have the benefit of the studio’s longtime professionals.

The reason for these policy changes is United Recordings’ current owners, real estate investment company Hudson Pacific Properties, laid off almost the entirety of the studio staff on March 6, as per the Los Angeles Times. Instead, Hudson’s plan for “strengthening the studio’s financial position” in order to keep its “heritage intact” is to rent out the studio for film shoots and special events.

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The tribute show will appear on CBS and on Paramount+.

Interesting, there's a band called Surfer Girl playing the day before...

Agreed, there aren't enough sources for confirmation so far, imo. None that would be considered reliable....

I often wonder how much impact the publication of the Gaines book had on Carl doing interviews. I've heard (from an eyewitness) that Carl got very upset backstage at a later-'80s show, when a reporter started hounding him about his drug use during the '78 Australian tour. My understanding is that Carl felt he had put that all behind him, in the past, and didn't want to revisit those events.

I hope Bonnie Raitt shows up and plays something with Blondie and Ricky.

Maybe Al could get some of his collaborators from Postcard and reconstitute Crosby, Stills, Jardine, and Young for "CA Saga."