"It's Like Heaven" - 1978 cover version by Shaun Cassidy

[SufferingFools]

Okay, so I was 10 years old when The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was in its first season.  Naturally, at that age, I was way into the Hardy Boys books, and I admit this spilled over into owning Shaun Cassidy's first two albums.    

Anyway, I always knew he was a bit into The Beach Boys because of the episode "Wipe Out," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqYCYirMCkU, but what impressed me just recently was finding out that he had recorded one of Brian's most obscure songs, "It's Like Heaven," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug06WfuAiNM, on his third album.  That deserves a hat-tip of respect, I believe.    Probably old news to a lot of people, but quite a revelation to me.  

[LeeDempsey]

Sean's half-brother David (of Partridge Family fame) recorded an even more obscure Brian Wilson co-composition called "Cruise to Harlem":

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQO4CWkFBn4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQO4CWkFBn4

It was co-written by Wilson, Cassidy, and Gerry Beckley of the group America (although I've always wondered about this, as CARL Wilson, Beckley, and Cassidy were close friends -- but the copyright is credited to Brian).

The song appeared on Cassidy's third RCA album GETTIN' IT IN THE STREET in 1976.  The album was released in Japan and Germany, and pressed and packaged for US release, but it was deleted by RCA before its release date and didn't even make it to stores in the US.  In 1979 the boxes of already-pressed albums were sold to a wholesaler, and the album appeared briefly in cut-out bins.  If you find a copy on eBay it will very likely be still-sealed.

David's first RCA album THE HIGHER THEY CLIMB, THE HARDER THEY FALL (1975) was produced by Bruce Johnston, and features vocal and instrumental contributions from Carl and Ricky Fataar as well as a veritable who's who of the L.A. music scene (Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America, Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of the Turtles [aka Flo and Eddie], Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Jim Gordon, and more).  It contains great cover versions of "Darlin'," "I Write the Songs," and "This Could Be the Night."  Well worth checking out.

Lee

[J.G. Dev]

If I remember correctly, Rocky and Marilyn had a co-write on  "It's Like Heaven" .

[bgas]

Sean's half-brother David (of Partridge Family fame) recorded an even more obscure Brian Wilson co-composition called "Cruise to Harlem":

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQO4CWkFBn4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQO4CWkFBn4

It was co-written by Wilson, Cassidy, and Gerry Beckley of the group America (although I've always wondered about this, as CARL Wilson, Beckley, and Cassidy were close friends -- but the copyright is credited to Brian).

The song appeared on Cassidy's third RCA album GETTIN' IT IN THE STREET in 1976.  The album was released in Japan and Germany, and pressed and packaged for US release, but it was deleted by RCA before its release date and didn't even make it to stores in the US.  In 1979 the boxes of already-pressed albums were sold to a wholesaler, and the album appeared briefly in cut-out bins.  If you find a copy on eBay it will very likely be still-sealed.

Lee

Thanxx for the explanation!  I always wondered why it was so hard to find that LP. Finally found a copy secondhand

[Ed Roach]

Sean's half-brother David (of Partridge Family fame) recorded an even more obscure Brian Wilson co-composition called "Cruise to Harlem":

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQO4CWkFBn4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQO4CWkFBn4

It was co-written by Wilson, Cassidy, and Gerry Beckley of the group America (although I've always wondered about this, as CARL Wilson, Beckley, and Cassidy were close friends -- but the copyright is credited to Brian).



David's first RCA album THE HIGHER THEY CLIMB, THE HARDER THEY FALL (1975) was produced by Bruce Johnston, and features vocal and instrumental contributions from Carl and Ricky Fataar as well as a veritable who's who of the L.A. music scene (Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America, Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of the Turtles [aka Flo and Eddie], Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Jim Gordon, and more).  It contains great cover versions of "Darlin'," "I Write the Songs," and "This Could Be the Night."  Well worth checking out.

Lee

David floated around The Beach Boy sphere for quite awhile - probably still does, for all I know.

Ricky Fataar & I used to see quite a bit of him, over at pre-Eagles, post-Poco Timothy Schmit's house, back in those 'heady' daze...

[Pretty Funky]

Back about 92 he was due to open for the band in an LA show I went to. Having grown up in the 70s with all the DC/ Partridge Family hype I was surprised he had dropped to opening act status. He never fronted.