New album info (as it rolls out...)

[Ziggy Stardust]

Why didn't Brian just make it easy on us and call his songs "PLOBAS" and "FTTBA"?

 
& Runaways, do you hate me too?

[Runaways]

Why didn't Brian just make it easy on us and call his songs "PLOBAS" and "FTTBA"?

 
& Runaways, do you hate me too?

 

[runnersdialzero]

Why didn't Brian just make it easy on us and call his songs "PLOBAS" and "FTTBA"?

 
& Runaways, do you hate me too?

"Too"? Does that imply that you think I hate you?

[Ziggy Stardust]

Let's start a band just the 3 of us

 

[SMiLE Brian]

Why didn't Brian just make it easy on us and call his songs "PLOBAS" and "FTTBA"?

 
& Runaways, do you hate me too?

you are a cool dude ziggy

[Ziggy Stardust]

d'aaaaw why, thank you! so are you

[SMiLE Brian]

d'aaaaw why, thank you! so are you

your welcome

[Mr. Cohen]

This has got to be the funniest part of the reunion so far...

Joe Thomas: It was just like Mike told me “California Girls” was. Brian said, how about a title that’s like, “Spring Vacation, easy money.” And within five minutes, Mike had written “Spring vacation, good vibrations, summer weather, we’re back together.” It was like, “Wow. Five minutes.”

Yes... wow.

[bsten]

Well, I’ve listened through the album twice now, and thought I might pass along some impressions.

Hi, thanks for the review. Obviously you've got a promo. Now, I've asked this before on this thread, but no answer, so here goes again: is the promo different from the regular album? The two songs played on the Dutch Schiffer.fm show (TWGMTR and SV) sounded a lot different, a lot more enjoyable, with the lead not so prominent etc...

/B

[Aegir]

Someone updated the wikipedia article with all the session musicians that Generation42 mentioned:

Additional musicians

    Adrian Baker - Vocals on "Daybreak Over the Ocean"
    Alisha Bauer - Cello
    Jeff Baxter - Guitar
    Eddie Bayers - Drums
    Scott Bennett - Vibes, organ, clavinet
    Jessica Bish - Snaps
    Curt Bisquera - Drums
    Chris Bleth - Oboe
    Nelson Bragg - Timpani, percussion
    Tom Bukovac - Guitar
    John Cowsill - Drums, snaps
    Chad Cromwell - Drums
    Joel Deroulin - Violin
    Jeff Foskett - Vocals, acoustic guitar, snaps
    Vanessa Freebarin-Smith - Cello
    Probyn Gregory - French horn, banjo, acoustic guitar, trombone
    Gary Griffin - Accordion
    John Hobbs - Piano, tack piano
    Cliff Hugo - Bass
    Sharon Jackson - Violin
    Peter Kent - Violin
    Songa Lee - Violin
    Christian Love - Vocals on "Daybreak Over the Ocean"
    Hayleigh Love - Vocals on "Daybreak Over the Ocean"
    Skip Masters - Radio voiceover on "The Private Life of Bill and Sue"
    Paul Mertens - Saxophone, string arrangements, flute
    Larry Millas - Bass
    Jim Peterik - Ukulele, percussion
    Michael Rhodes - Bass
    Jim Riley - Guitar
    Julie Rogers - Violin
    Nick Rowe - Guitar
    Darian Sahanaja - Vibes
    Brett Simons - Bass
    David Stone - Acoustic double bass
    Joe Thomas - Piano, snaps, harpsichord, organ, tack piano
    Scott Totten - Guitar
    Nick Walusko - Guitar
    John Wittenberg - Violin

[seltaeb1012002]

Not to stir the pot too much, but I just found a new BW interview which calls into question Joe Thomas' version of recent events:

Q: Whose idea was it to get back together after all this time?

BW: Well, Mike Love.

Q: How did it happen? Tell me the story.

BW: He called me and asked if I'd like to do a 50th anniversary tour with him and I said yeah.

haha! so far we have Al claiming it was his idea, Joe Thomas saying it was Brian's, and Brian claiming it was Mike's.  Of course, he may have been talking about just the tour, but still ... sort of like anything in Beach Boys-land.

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beach_Boys/2012/05/30/19817736.html

Whoa boy. These guys need to go on Stern so we can get the real story.

[bsten]

Think about it: most of the album is out--5 tracks today, 2 on Dutch Radio, plus Do It Again (though not on the album), plus a bunch of scraps.

What's out? The single, "Spring Vacation", the opening track - what else?

5 complete tracks can now be heard here (poor sound quality though):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/30/album-stream-beach-boys-god-radio?CMP=twt_gu

Private Life Of Bill & Sue, From There To back Again, Shelter, Isn't It Time, plus Spring Vacation (already heard, of course)

Hey those are great songs, but funnily produced. Short review, off to work soon.

Isn't it time is as annoying as Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song) or the hard banging drum on Bruce's She believes in love again on the 85 album. Otherwise a good song.

Spring vacation was played again this weekend on the Dutch Schiffer show, so perhaps it could go down well amongst the DJ's with it's bluesy sound. Despite the autotune...

Private life of Bill and Sue. Goes up and down, too soft verse and then comes a strong chorus, but which is great!! Good song.

Shelter - the chorus sounds like the beginning of Darlin' - sounds a bit like Don't worry baby. Just wondering why they stop before the chorus? ("hey guys, what was it again")

From there to back again. My favorite so far. It's got a little bit of Sunflower, Al's Postcard, Love you, KTSA, Today, Surf's up... Lovely song and lovely harmonies. However, it stops (just like Shelter) at times. Also, the last part wasn't necessary - makes the song non-memorable... Should have started over again from the beginning... Gonna do my own mix.

Too much Joe Thomas and Imagination-sound for me...

/B

[18thofMay]

I just purchased the CD. And will be listening in minutes.

[Dave Modny]

Someone updated the wikipedia article with all the session musicians that Generation42 mentioned:

Additional musicians

    Adrian Baker - Vocals on "Daybreak Over the Ocean"
    Alisha Bauer - Cello
    Jeff Baxter - Guitar
    Eddie Bayers - Drums
    Scott Bennett - Vibes, organ, clavinet
    Jessica Bish - Snaps
    Curt Bisquera - Drums
    Chris Bleth - Oboe
    Nelson Bragg - Timpani, percussion
    Tom Bukovac - Guitar
    John Cowsill - Drums, snaps
    Chad Cromwell - Drums
    Joel Deroulin - Violin
    Jeff Foskett - Vocals, acoustic guitar, snaps
    Vanessa Freebarin-Smith - Cello
    Probyn Gregory - French horn, banjo, acoustic guitar, trombone
    Gary Griffin - Accordion
    John Hobbs - Piano, tack piano
    Cliff Hugo - Bass
    Sharon Jackson - Violin
    Peter Kent - Violin
    Songa Lee - Violin
    Christian Love - Vocals on "Daybreak Over the Ocean"
    Hayleigh Love - Vocals on "Daybreak Over the Ocean"
    Skip Masters - Radio voiceover on "The Private Life of Bill and Sue"
    Paul Mertens - Saxophone, string arrangements, flute
    Larry Millas - Bass
    Jim Peterik - Ukulele, percussion
    Michael Rhodes - Bass
    Jim Riley - Guitar
    Julie Rogers - Violin
    Nick Rowe - Guitar
    Darian Sahanaja - Vibes
    Brett Simons - Bass
    David Stone - Acoustic double bass
    Joe Thomas - Piano, snaps, harpsichord, organ, tack piano
    Scott Totten - Guitar
    Nick Walusko - Guitar
    John Wittenberg - Violin

Looking at those credits, and "Daybreak" excluded, are we to believe that Jeff is the *only* other non-BBs voice in the entire album's harmonies? 'Cause that's not what I'm hearing at times. Unless Jeff can "throw" his voice six different ways...lol.

Or...are there additional vocal credits somewhere?

[Dave Modny]

From there to back again. My favorite so far. It's got a little bit of Sunflower, Al's Postcard, Love you, KTSA, Today, Surf's up... Lovely song and lovely harmonies. However, it stops (just like Shelter) at times. Also, the last part wasn't necessary - makes the song non-memorable... Should have started over again from the beginning... Gonna do my own mix.

It'll be interesting to see what kind of creative edits are put forth. I'm already "breakin' the law" and segueing Think About The Days straight into From There To Back Again. Like two old friends renewed.

[Freddie French-Pounce]

Not as impressive as a photo of the smile box, but ah well...

[runnersdialzero]

Someone updated the wikipedia article with all the session musicians that Generation42 mentioned:

Additional musicians

Looking at those credits, and "Daybreak" excluded, are we to believe that Jeff is the *only* other non-BBs voice in the entire album's harmonies? 'Cause that's not what I'm hearing at times. Unless Jeff can "throw" his voice six different ways...lol.

Or...are there additional vocal credits somewhere?

Hard to say, although I can't say I've heard any identifiable voices on these songs sans Mike, Brian, Bruce, Al, and Jeff. Still not familiar with how David sounds or if he's anywhere on these songs. Still, I guess I haven't really been listening for voices other than those five folks, nor have I given it a good headphones listen (mainly because we've only gotten meh quality clips and streaming copies).

[runnersdialzero]

Not as impressive as a photo of the smile box, but ah well...

Whoa, looks like you just took that right after purchasing it from the store. Am I correct?

[Freddie French-Pounce]

Not as impressive as a photo of the smile box, but ah well...

Whoa, looks like you just took that right after purchasing it from the store. Am I correct?

Correction - my dad took it right after purchasing it from the store

[runnersdialzero]

ALL AH WANNA DO IS SCREAM... JEALOUSAAAY

[Freddie French-Pounce]

ALL AH WANNA DO IS SCREAM... JEALOUSAAAY

yes, but he doesn't get home for another 7 HOURS!!!

[seltaeb1012002]

Wow. So the albums's out in a few stores. Wonder how long til a leak pops up.

[runnersdialzero]

ALL AH WANNA DO IS SCREAM... JEALOUSAAAY

yes, but he doesn't get home for another 7 HOURS!!!

ARRRGGHHHHHGggehisG#)WEJgsigpd;

[Lowbacca]

Hmm I wonder if it's already in store in Germany somewhere. Gotta check out my city later today. And I gotta say, I'm still suprised they kept it from leaking at all. This reunion is in capable hands.

[Freddie French-Pounce]

the worst part is my dad takes Wednesdays off - and they had it in yesterday!