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601  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Sydney Party! on: December 29, 2007, 09:47:23 AM
bump - again
602  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Sydney Party! on: December 27, 2007, 06:32:27 PM
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603  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Pleas help identify this 3LP Smile set........ on: December 14, 2007, 01:32:47 PM
Having once checked out the 3LP SMiLE set many years ago my recollection now is that it had the same song list and sequence as the legendary Vigotone boot.
604  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Sydney Party! on: December 12, 2007, 09:33:16 PM
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605  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Sydney Party! BRIAN WAS THERE!!! on: December 10, 2007, 02:34:35 PM
I'll keep this brief as the day is getting away and in a few hours I'll be setting off to the city to go to The Lucky Old Sun show:

Fans get together was unbelievable - it all seems like a dream

How do i say this any other way but scream it from the roof  - BRIAN WAS THERE!!

I'll give a quick run down in point form:

* Brian and Jeff Foskett arrived at 4.30 and stayed for 45 minutes. Brian signed autographs, posed for photos and cracked jokes with people there. Tony Sykes sang You're Welcome and Brian joined in. Joy had a rich chocolate cake for Brian which he graciosuly declined as he is on a low sugar diet (Too Much Sugar and Too Much Cake!!). I was fortunate enough to get my vinyl SMiLE LP signed by Brian.

*Brian looked nervous as he arrived and stood looking at everybody in the room and then he spoted Laurence Lavery, "The Professor", who interviewed Brian for BBA back in '86 at the 25th Anniversary show - The Prof hasn't seen Brian since then but Brian pointed straight at him smiled and said hi - who says Brian's memory isn't good? Brian soon relaxed and settled down to meet the fans. Jeff Foskett made sure everything went smoothly around Brian until they departed, he also did his own autograph signings and chatted with fans.

* That was one hell of a way to start the day!

* Next up was Surf Music/Beach Boy historian and author Stephen McParland who did a Q&A touching on subjects as diverse as Landy, Gary Usher, The Rovell sisters, Murry Wilson and the "legendary" Australian Rarities LP which was withdrawn from sale within in days of release - we now have another reason why it was withdrawn and this one really does make sense!!

* While this was going on Probyn Gregory and Nelson Bragg arrived and mingled and chatted with people, very casual and very relaxed. They ended up staying for around two hours having dinner and chatting.

* Glenn Love, his son James and Tony Sykes lead a sing-a-long of some more obscure Beach Boy songs including Time To Get Alone and Hang On To Your Ego along with the standards - Tony Sykes made sure we all got the rounds correct on the vocal tag to God Only knows.

* Then we had a number of special greetings sent to us from various people in the Beach Boys world:
    # Alan Jardine sent his personalised greetings to the fans plus three 60 to 90 second sound bites from his new album including: Poatcard from California, his new version of Big Sur and Honking Down The Highway featuring Brian Wilson
    # David Marks sent his personal greetings, some photos and an update on what he is doing these days plus an update on his health.
    # Stephen Kalinich sent his own message in his own personal way - via poetry
    # Van Dyke Parks sent his own message and urged us all to further embrace and spread the word on Orange Crate Art

* A special power point presentations was put together and shown so that we remembered Carl and Dennis on the day.

* We then ran through a great list of well wishes sent by fans from around the word - a great sentiment and way to wind the day down.

I'm sure I have forgotten something - and I'm sure somebody will correct me - the day would not have happened the way it did without the wonderful work of Robyne Wilson and her partner Rick Dunstan - so a huge thank to Robyne and Rick.

The Domian show on Saturday night was a huge success for Brian with crowd estimates varying from 50 to 80 thousand - bottom line is that the park was full and people partied as Brian did a greatest hits show with the most obscure tracks being Add Some Music, Sail on Sailor and Marcella (not very obscure at all) and the show rounded out with fireworks to Good Vibrations at the end of the encore - No Love & Mercy. 90 minutes of wham bamm thank you mamm!!!

Tony


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Here is an update for the Fans Get Together and the Sydney Festival shows:

Posted 8am Sydney Time - Thursday 3rd January.


Sydney Party! Fans Get Together – Sunday January 6th:

When:
Sunday, January 6 - from 4pm to 10pm. Do not be any later than 6pm now 4pm.

Location:
Orient Hotel – Roof Top Bar
89 George St (corner of Argyle St)
The Rocks – Sydney

URGENT UPDATE: Thursday 930am
Due to a change in plans by one of several special guests it is strongly advised that you be there no later than 4pm - if you miss this guest's appearance you may very well regret it. I repeat - please be there by 4pm.


We have organised a number of special guests and surprises.  It will be big and unlike anything Beach Boy or Brian Wilson related held is Australia for a very long time!!

It’s free to attend. There will be a bar (pay as you go) and meals will be available from the bistro and will be delivered to our function.  This is a great opportunity to meet fellow fans from Australia and around the world, learn a lot about the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson world and have a sing-a-long to your favourite BB/BW songs.

We do ask you email and advise if you will be attending as we have to keep and eye on numbers. Please email Tony Wales at: tonywales@optusnet.com.au
(FYI : I’m off to the cricket all day Friday so will respond to emails on Friday evening. Emails sent after 11am on Saturday will be responded to on Sunday morning as I will be in the city on Saturday afternoon and evening for the Domain show)

The Domain Show - Saturday January 5th:
If you want to join fellow BW/BB fans for the Domain Show on Saturday night please be aware of the following information:
Paul Kelly will be on stage from 8pm to 9pm – Brian will be on stage from 9.15pm to 10.45pm. Entry to the Domain is via Art Gallery Road (near St Mary’s Cathedral) - access is not possible from Hospital Road.

There will be a very big crowd – a number of fans will be arriving early and plan to be near the front of the stage just to the right of centre – just in front of where Jeff Foskett will be on the stage. Unfortunately we don’t know what “arriving early” actually means as this stage so we are going to play it by ear on Saturday – I will send out emails today (Thursday) with my mobile number to everybody who has contacted me so you can phone or SMS me on Saturday to find out details as they become available (if you want my mobile number please email me at the address above – I won’t post it on a public forum).

Don’t leave it too late to arrive at the Domain as we have reason to believe authorities will close off sections of the crowd around the stage as they reach capacity. Also remember that Alcohol is banned – do the slip, slop, slap thing, particularly if you are arriving early and plan to spend a good chunk of the day in the park. Weather forecast is a bit dodgy and there might be some rain so take some wet weather protection.

State Theatre Shows – Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th:

There is a bar (The Statement) in the State Theatre but it will become very crowded pre show and difficult to find each other so anybody who wants to meet up and have a quite chat before the show should go to the St James Hotel, Street Level Bar, 114 Castlereagh St (near corner of Market Street) from 6pm onwards. The St James Hotel is on the site of the old St James movie theatre for those who can remember – and only about a 2 to 3 minute walk to the State Theatre. Map: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=114+Castlereagh+St,+Sydney,+NSW+2000,+Australia&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image

Well, it’s getting close folks and it’s going to be a busy few days – bring it on! I look forward to seeing everybody over the next week.

Oh yeah – and from me a massive thanks to Robyne Wilson for all the great work she has done in getting the “talent” organised for Sunday. Thanks Rob!

606  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Fashion Police Called For Beach Boy Mike Love on: November 16, 2007, 10:57:52 AM
that shirt is a Mambo shirt - quite iconic in Oz -

http://www.regmombassa.com/

whoever wrote the article certainly missed the point!!


I once shared a "few drinks too many" post midnight flight from Darwin to Bali with Mambo founder Dare Jennings and on that flight we talked about the "Brian Wilson Surfing Challenge" which Mambo ran in the very early 80's - it was a surf industry company event made up of teams from the different surf companies in Oz - I was particularly keen to see if I could get my hands on an event T-Shirt which featured the Brian fire helmet photo from the Smile era - alas no luck. Date told me that the inspiration to name the event after Brian came from the collective consciousness of the art room ...  Smokin  Cool Guy ... very creative places in the early 80's!!!
607  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Dennis' drumming on: November 07, 2007, 09:50:44 PM
Dennis drummed "goofyfoot" or right on snare, left on high-hat right from the start. He made no change after his '71 hand injury, plenty of before and after footage to document this. I think he was referring to an earlier injury, maybe when he was a kid.

Drummed goofy foot but surfed natural foot - well there you go!
608  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The 1978 Autralian tour on: August 28, 2007, 03:11:18 AM
There is a significantly lengthy super8 film of the Sydney concert. Filmed by someone close to the source, Australian based and it is most certainly very revealing. I have viewed it only once, and it was an eye opener. There is also a tape of the Brisbane show which is in remarkably good quality.

Hhmmmm interesting. Super 8 implies its somebody's "home" footage - Australian based - given the era its probably not difficult to narrow the field down. Out of interest was the Sydney show the Saturday evening show or the Sunday afternoon? It would be easy to tell by the (a) lack of rain, or (b) total drenching of rain. Was the Brisbane tape audio or video? If audio is it sound board or audience?

As for my earlier question re the Good Vibes "hum de das" possibly being performed live for the first time on the Australian tour I guess I should jump in before Gary C or any of the Kiwis jump in to point out that the first leg of the tour was in New Zealand. Yes, me bad!

Oh yeah, the official line back in 78 was that Carl "had a cold".  LOL
609  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The 1978 Autralian tour on: August 27, 2007, 01:13:48 PM
Thanks for the replies.  Smiley Was the show that was broadcast on TV really supposed to be a "make up" show? Carl is pretty visibly drunk at that show too. But not nearly as bad as the two songs I've heard.  At one point, Carl even swears onstage. Dennis tells the audience "He got his copy(of Dennis's solo album) for free". Carl replies "That's bullmerda!".  LOL Just so there isn't any confusion, I'll elaborate on the songs I have heard. I have heard two songs, God Only Knows, and Good Vibrations, on a bootleg CD. Carl is in very poor voice, much worse than on the video that circulates. At certain points during Good Vibrations, Carl flirts with girls in the audience, and picks on Brian. One amazing little thing about Good Vibrations(to me, anyway) is that Brian leads the group into the "hum be da" section of the original outtake.

The televised Melbourne show was a "make up" to the Australian public. It actually went out live to air with, if I recall correctly, the regular variety show slotting the section of the Boy's Melbourne show into their normal broadcast. I would imagine that the whole show would have been recorded and this might might be the "other show" reported to have been recorded - the broadcast and video in circulation was only a small portion of the night's show. As I said above I was at the two Sydney shows and neither of them was filmed - by then the band was in good form even if the inter band tensions were obvious.

The first Perth show was headline news nationwide with television, radio and print news running with the story. At that time the Australian media were a law unto themselves and foreign acts not coming up to scratch were prime targets (witness the Frank Sinatra "bums & hookers" jibe and fallout a few years earlier) and the Boys and tour promoter - David Frost - had to do something to save the tour and garner some poitive reviews as Perth was at the start of the tour.

As for the Good Vibrations "hum de das" version is the Australian tour the first known live performance of the "hum de das" section?
610  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The 1978 Autralian tour on: August 26, 2007, 01:35:44 PM
The 78 tour of Australia was a debacle. Carl was smacked out of it and ruined the first Perth show. I have never heard a recording of the whole first show (although plenty of people claim to have heard it - I tend to think they are confusing it with the second Perth show). The second show is easily available on the Surfin Downunder boot. The TV footage is from Melbourne and was the Boy's way of appologising to the Australian public, it was broadcast nationally on the Ten Network (I think).

I attended the two Sydney shows at the old Sydney Sportsground.  The second show was close to a washout as rain poured down. A few years after the tour I played football with a guy who was on the roadcrew on the tour and spent a bit of time with Dennis, he confirmed to me that drug taking was rampant on the tour.
611  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Lei'd In Hawaii Reels..what we have on: May 17, 2006, 10:35:27 AM
I don't want to hijack this thread as I love the Lei'd material but i just want to add that I've been listening to the Fall 67 shows out on the Vocal Element boot and I'm really enjoying them (perhaps my favourite 60s live recordings) because of how much the arrangements and sound flow on from what Brian had the band doing at the Lei'd rehersals, live and at Heider's - throw in the R&B funk of Wild Honey, Darlin and How She Boogalooed It and they are really enjoyable recordings. The Fall 67 shows are an extension of the Lei'd sessions and worth checking out if you are a Lei'd fan.
612  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / New Boot? on: March 03, 2006, 07:34:56 PM
Does anybody have any information about the sound quality of this new boot that is being offered? It is a live show from 74 - is it sound board or an audience recording?

Title: The Beach Boys In Concert - Second Wing
Venue: Athletic and Convocation Center, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN
Date: April 20, 1974
Label: King Stork Records

Disc 1:
1. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE
2. DARLIN'
3. LITTLE DEUCE COUPE
4. THE TRADER
5. LONG PROMISED ROAD
6. SURFER GIRL
7. FUNKY PRETTY
8. CALIFORNIA SAGA/PART THREE: CALIFORNIA
9. MARCELLA
10. GOD ONLY KNOWS

Disc 2:
11. WE GOT LOVE
12. DON'T TALK (PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER)
13. HEROES & VILLAINS
14. DON'T WORRY BABY
15. SLOOP JOHN B.
16. HELP ME, RHONDA (Dennis)
17. SURFIN' U.S.A.
18. GOOD VIBRATIONS
-Encore-
19. CALIFORNIA GIRLS
20. BARBARA ANN
21. I GET AROUND
22. FUN, FUN, FUN

Thanks.

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