Sheet music, photos go up for sale in London.

[Shady]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2306391/Lost-Beach-Boys-lyrics-music-photographs-expected-sell-10m-lying-Florida-storage-unit-years.html

[Custom Machine]

Wait a minute, Peter and Lee - don't you guys see the good news here?  If this collection is worth 6 - 10 million, you guys are sitting on collections worth hundreds of millions!

[LeeDempsey]

Wait a minute, Peter and Lee - don't you guys see the good news here?  If this collection is worth 6 - 10 million, you guys are sitting on collections worth hundreds of millions!

LOL    And don't forget bgas!

The UK Daily Mail article touts "more than 60 behind-the-scenes photos."  Hell, Chris has more than that in a box that he's never opened!

 But the photos in the article are interesting:
- The treatise (obviously by Al) for a documentary on Arabian horses
- The handwritten "You Still Believe in Me"
- Lyrics to "Ain't it Sad?"  (who's handwriting?  It's not Brian's)

Still nothing that points to $7MM.  I wonder if the inflated value was set in an attempt to get BRI to buy it back with their "deep pockets?"

Lee

[Smilin Ed H]

So that was what Ride Arabian Ride (or whatever it was called) was for?

[Peter Reum]

I have seen nothing so far worth millions. Even if those are the original Surfin' USA chords, I doubt they would bring more than a grand at auction. As for Country Love lyrics, welllllllll.....50 cents.

[Andrew G. Doe]

As for Country Love lyrics, welllllllll.....50 cents.

Sold, to the man with more money than taste ! 

[Pretty Funky]

You know I would drop a grand (plus change) on "YSBIM" if thats what the experts think these are worth. Always been one of my favorites. Pity  its all going in one lot at this stage.

[Custom Machine]

So who put this stuff in storage and then either forgot about it or for whatever reason failed to keep up on the payments?  Steve Love?

[Smilin Ed H]

Maybe it was Garth Hudson.

[LeeDempsey]

So who put this stuff in storage and then either forgot about it or for whatever reason failed to keep up on the payments?  Steve Love?

And how did it get from California to Florida, unless someone was intentionally trying to get the stuff as far away from SoCal as possible.

Lee

[LeeDempsey]

The handwritten "You Still Believe in Me" is really neat, but the original "In My Childhood" lead sheet (if it exists) would be of more interest to me.

I have seen (and held in my hands) the (c) 1964 lead sheet for "I'm Waiting for the Day."  It's been a long time, but I vaguely remember that there were a couple of differences in the lyrics (that I sadly do not recall).  Now that's one that I would pay $$$ for -- but it's not for sale.

Lee
 

[Andrew G. Doe]

I was told by a (formerly) reputable source that the released version of "IWFTD" has precisely eight words changed from the original.

[Quzi]

Was there a record attempt before the Pet Sounds sessions? I'm placing a solid bet on "no" but goodness, the idea's salivating. To directly compare a 1964 Brian Wilson approach to a 1966 Brian Wilson approach of the same song would be mindblowing.

[LeeDempsey]

I was told by a (formerly) reputable source that the released version of "IWFTD" has precisely eight words changed from the original.

That would seem about right.  I seem to recall something like "I'm waiting for the day that I can be your guy" instead of "I'm waiting for the day that you can love again."  But don't quote me on that!   

Lee

[Pretty Funky]

From the brit site...


Re(2): Lost archive of songs and photographs
Posted on April 12, 2013 at 07:38:17 AM by Bruce Johnston

I read the on-line Daily Mail Beach Boys article today about "Lost treasure trove of Beach Boys lyrics, music and photographs to sell for $10m after lying in storage for years" and I took a look at the photos of the music scores for "Surfing USA" and "I Get Around" that were included in the article.
The caption under the score photo in the Daily Mail relating to "I Get Around" is:
"Up for sale are the original studio arrangements for I Get Around, left, and the handwritten lyrics for Ain't It Sad."

Perhaps this link might be of interest if you would like to enlarge the "I Get Around" and "Surfin' USA" scores:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2306391/Lost-Beach-Boys-lyrics-music-photographs-expected-sell-10m-lying-Florida-storage-unit-years.html

I think that the "I Get Around" score pictured in the Daily Mail article was created a few years after the original recording for an arrangement that included horn parts that were added to "I Get Around" for concert performances. Also, looking at the "Surfing USA" score photo in the article, it also looks like an 'after the fact' concert score, too.

Back in the early "Surfin' USA" and "I Get Around" years Brian Wilson did not work from sophisticated musical scores. Perhaps a horn part might have been written on a manuscript page during the session but in those "Surfin' USA" & "I Get Around" days horn sections were not used other than a couple of saxophones possibly in the bridge of "I Get Around."

If I were a potential buyer of this Beach Boys 'Lost treasure trove.....'
I would certainly find some sort of a team of Beach Boys experts to analyze what it was I was considering to purchase for $10m dollars.

Bruce Johnston
Montecito
April 12, 2013

[bgas]

  Anyone know where I send my sealed bid?

[Steve Mayo]

via greenup ky...   

[Shady]

Bruce reads this board  

[Nicko1234]

Bruce reads this board  

Doubtful but that's an interesting post from him.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Bruce reads this board  

Doubtful but that's an interesting post from him.

He does. Not on a daily basis, but he keeps up. He used to read and post on Ego, remember.

[hypehat]

Reckon the You Still Believe In Me sheet actually dates from the early 70's - the original is in the key of B, but the arrangement they played live on In Concert is in C.

[Pretty Funky]

I withdraw my offer then.

[LeeDempsey]

A little more research...

Looking at the photos on The Fame Bureau’s website, there are orchestra charts for “Rock and Roll Music” and “Susie Cincinnati” that have the same handwriting in the title as those for “I Get Around”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “Good Vibrations”, “Surfin’ USA”, and “Surfer Girl.”  That would date those charts to 1976, which makes them a lot less valuable.  There's also one for "Palisades Park" with the title in all caps (the others are lower case), but on the same music staff paper.  I'd love to have Billy Hinsche take a look at those to see whose handwriting it is (possibly his).

From the "Index of Songs Referenced," there are some titles I've never heard of, and some titles that have been discussed or booted, but not released:

Unknown (at least to me):
California Nights
Ace
Very First Time in My Life
Something Better
Lens of Glass (maybe supposed to be Leaves of Grass?)
Baby Mine
California Salsa
18 With Tear Drops
Chinese Waltz
El Desafio (The Challenge)
Hello Operator
I’ll Hide My Tears for You
Poor Boy

Known, but unreleased:
What’ll I Wear (to School Today)
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Marilyn
No Big Thing
Canyon Summer
If It Can’t Be You

I have a suspicion that some of the unknown titles are Murry Wilson compositions, as there are several others such as "Bye Baby Bye," "Outta Gas," and "Two Step Side Step" in the list.

Still not millions of dollars -- not even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Lee

[bgas]

Still, the whole collection is (supposed to be) on display in New York TODAY !! 
 I hope someone from this board lives close enough to check it out and report

[Mikie]

Top of the Yahoo News cover page today:

http://news.yahoo.com/major-beach-boys-memorabilia-being-152145805.html