Just don't see how anyone that enjoys the Beach Boys can dislike Kokomo

This. The melody is great, and when the chorus kicks in you're treated to hearing Al in the harmony stack with Carl sending each chorus off on a high note (no pun intended). It would've been great if Brian was involved and interesting to think if he would've had a hand in any of the vocal arranging just by being present. It's cool to listen to the Spanish version every so often to hear Brian in the chorus. Also, as it's been said many times on this board, it put the 'Boys name back out there and introduced them to a new generation. Anyone here get into the group by way of Kokomo?

1. Wipe Out
2. Wipe Out (5 minute extended mix)
3. Wipe Out (12 minute disco mix)
4. Wipe Out (15 minute trance mix)
5. Wipe Out (24 minute Pink Floyd 'Echoes' mix)
6. Wipe Out (instrumental mix)
7. Wipe Out (a cappella mix)
8. Wipe Out (mono mix)

9. Wipe Out (John Stamos vocal mix)

10. Wipe Out (5.1 Surround Mix)
11. Wipe Out (Quad 4.0 mix)

The legendary Quad mix.    Thought it was just a "rumor."

Isn't there a legit "waves remix" of Wipeout on one of the Dumb Angel Rarities or is that for another song?

Available in U.S. now:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-mercy-life-love-genius/id1028744262

Us in the U.S. can listen to the previews at least in iTunes if you click on the link provided by Pretty Funky and change your iTunes store setting to NZ (click on the American Flag icon, bottom right of most iTunes pages).

Some videos from Brian's show, with Al, for a fundraiser in Aspen, CO on August 6th:

Do It Again:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZCHIBt0HsU

Good Vibrations:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwdyTPJAF8

In My Room:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV7btJqXh3Q

Sloop John B:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52AdTou7fJ8

Surfer Girl:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a9nhaH6-8E

Then I Kissed Her:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdR04TLDnxc

So good to see this again!  There were five different BB videos on one of the discs, here they all are as one video:  https://youtu.be/flJO6kh4T3s

The resolution on these were pretty low, 320x172.

Couldn't find the videos online anywhere, so I ended up getting a copy off eBay.  Haven't checked it out yet but will upload later on tonight.  Stay tuned!

Do we have or know of any recorded video or audio of the BB in concert with Brian in the 90's?

There's audio of an April 1995 BB gig in Las Vegas with Brian floating around.  No others are coming to mind at the moment...

Edit:  Also, the gig(s) he attended relating to Stars & Stripes in 1996, Little Deuce Coupe on Letterman and the miscellaneous performances of "Fun, Fun, Fun" with Status Quo (not concerts, I know), and I want to say he might of been at Farm Aid with them at some point in the 90's but I'm probably wrong on that.

On the subject of Jimmy being a BB/BW fan, everyone remember this from this past March?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKtE1s-sdfM

AGD's favorite song of all time, just kidding!

Thanks everyone for all the replies.  Yes, they both had sunglasses on, and I remember the two .mov files - much simpler times indeed!

Does anyone remember (or have the video of) the clip of Brian and Carl sitting on bench discussing SJB?  Carl had a guitar and they were discussing and demonstrating the different guitar parts.  I haven't seen this in ages and would love to see it again.  I seem to recall it might of been a bonus feature on one of the Forrest Gump releases, but I'm not totally sure on that.

Bruce used to be a full, voting member of BRI, but relinquished his vote in the 70s. However, he's still officially a BB for all other purposes.

When did Bruce get full, voting member of BRI-status, and when did Al get such status?

Off the top of my head, I think Al was made a voting member in 1967, but I'm not totally positive.

Do you think we see additional October, November and/or December dates? There were a good number of markets missed on the first leg. It seems a little odd if they were to do a second leg that they have only released a couple additional dates, instead of having a bigger announcement for multiple new dates.

I hope they make it down to FL, but also make good on the aborted U.K. tour for those fans too.

I've always wondered the same thing, and have wanted to start a thread about it in the past.  Anyone got any info on it?

[SOS - "as it is supposed to be sung by Ray Charles?"]

Surprised no one's mentioned today's tweet yet.

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/615562914422849537

I don't want to reignite a fight.  ("So why are you posting this?")  But that hyphen is pretty interesting.

Komera - you didn't start this information sharing.  Not your fault.  

First - "Then-brilliant Brian" - calculated to be unbridled offense to Brian's intelligence and creative ability. Every word is a bullet with him, and abuse of his literary gift.  More leaks seem to be springing on his boat.  He doesn't appear to want an open conversation but prefers to launch barbs when it suits him.  This is beneath him.

Second - SOS - "as it is supposed to be sung by Ray Charles?" What does that mean?  He certainly performed it during the 25th show in Hawaii.  Is this a direct diss to Carl, Blondie, Brian, or whomever else performed the lead?

Why these insults now? If he hasn't seen the film, he might reserve judgment until he has.  Otherwise, his opinion is uninformed.  And just not credible.

If he has a problem with credits, let him go litigate it (like everyone else) with solid proof in a court rather than whining on twitter.  Maybe he can join this board, just like Brian Wilson.  

FWIW, that description is part of the YouTube video he linked, not Van Dyke's own words.  Still, I'm in no way defending him, and think he should shut up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeM27O1LlUo

A guy posted in comments saying it wasn't the China Club, and I'm pretty sure that's correct.

Yea, that's gotta be right because the video doesn't really jive with the reviews Bittersweet-Sanity posted.

Can anyone repost any Howard Stern interviews they have with Brian? Thanks.

Interview from 89, I believe:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7tkDVipUZE

Haven't seen this in ages... Surfer Girl used to be on YouTube but it's been off for a while.  So glad the entire thing is on there now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWg9LRZILo4

Anyone know any info on this?

For those interested, here's a photo posted on Al's facebook of some merch for sale on the tour:

I just ordered the book direct from McFarland, really looking forward to reading it.

And a heads up, I found a coupon code from McFarland that takes 20% off an order.  Funnily enough, the code is Murray.  I'm not sure when it expires, but it worked for me.

Thanks for sharing the coupon code! Ordered.

This looks great! Can't wait to get it. Thanks for your time and effort spent on making this a reality.

Did anyone hear about this? I heard Brian say that watching the movie was scary at times, but not this.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

"The real Wilson reported having a mild dissociative experience while watching the film. He started to believe that Paul Giamatti was the actual Eugene Landy and felt "absolutely in fear" for several minutes."

I think there's an interview (with BW, Cusack, and Pohlad) from a few months ago around the time of one of the advance screenings where Brian said something along the lines of he thought Giamatti was Landy for about 10 minutes or so.  It might of been SXSW.

Edit:  Touches on it around 2:15 in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX0aW7ab0LM

John Cusack, Brian Wilson & Dir. Bill Pohlad Huffpost Live

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/john-cusak-brian-wilson-bill-pohlad-love-and-mercy/5554e36b2b8c2acc8600007a

That was great, thanks for posting!

I find it impossible to believe that this hasn't been mentioned anywhere yet, so i feel i must have either missed it (although, if this were the case, the discussion would be far from over by now) or i must be missing something, probably something really obvious that i'm overlooking. Maybe i was deceived, fell for some trick. Did i imagine it? Was my own mind playing tricks on me? Did i fill in the blanks somehow and convince myself i heard it? Or did it really happen, and it's just that i missed a big, prior news announcement at some point? Could this possibly be old news? Am i that out of the loop? Are there not snippets of isolated Good Vibrations vocals in the movie?! I am certain i heard a little of Carl's lead and portions of the chorus. Isolated. No backing track. No aural signs of digital extraction. What the hell is up with this? I demand an explanation.

And Mike's "gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations...." too