Brian's 1975 recording of "In the Back of My Mind" is being released...

[buddhahat]

PS. Is it possible to download this as an MP3 anywhere or is it only available on the Target CD?

[Bill M]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji-ZOmA0tsY

[Mikie]

This place is priceless. People get would up because Brian's new album has received some poor reviews.

Did you mean people get wood up or wound up?

[Mikie]

With a catalogue as diverse as the BBs, BB fans can enjoy very different, even polar opposite, corners of the catalogue?

Same goes for the entire "No Pier Pressure" album.

[buddhahat]

This place is priceless. People get would up because Brian's new album has received some poor reviews.

Did you mean people get wood up or wound up?

Ha! Oops - freudian slip ...

With a catalogue as diverse as the BBs, BB fans can enjoy very different, even polar opposite, corners of the catalogue?

Same goes for the entire "No Pier Pressure" album.

Yes it seems very Beach Boys in its diversity.

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

I'm trying to buy the Target exclusive NPP CD on target.com, but the 'add to cart' button seems to be greyed out. Does that mean it's out of stock, or am I missing something obvious?

http://www.target.com/p/brian-wilson-no-pier-pressure-target-exclusive/-/A-17254322#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=brian+wilson

(Tried noodling around with the 'find in a store' option, but it's not available for pickup in the NYC area and none of these stores are real close to me anyway.)

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

I'm trying to buy the Target exclusive NPP CD on target.com, but the 'add to cart' button seems to be greyed out. Does that mean it's out of stock, or am I missing something obvious?

http://www.target.com/p/brian-wilson-no-pier-pressure-target-exclusive/-/A-17254322#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=brian+wilson

(Tried noodling around with the 'find in a store' option, but it's not available for pickup in the NYC area and none of these stores are real close to me anyway.)

So today I was actually able to 'add to cart'... and spent 10 minutes entering every last bit of my info, then was told 'out of stock' after I clicked the final confirmation button on the final screen.

*sob*

[HeyJude]

On the “Target” issue, I can say that I’ve been to at least three or four Target locations in my area. Every single store had multiple copies of the “exclusive” version of the CD, yet the website still shows it as not available at any of these (or any other in my region) locations. While their website is often wonky with tracking this sort of thing, this is pretty excessive as far as a website fail. Stock is plentiful, and they are showing it as unavailable everywhere. Long story short, don’t trust the website at all. I’d call a store and just have them physical check the shelf for it.

At the location where I bought it, *more* copies have materialized than what I saw before. I’m guessing that while on release date some folks saw shelves with 2 or 3 copies while others saw seemingly 40 or 50, most stores probably have dozens and dozens of copies and most of them are in the back.

[silodweller]

I find this a very difficult recording to listen to.  Not in a bad sense though, I just mean it seems to hit me straight in my heart and soul.  That 'old' Brian voice is sorely missed.

[c-man]

I find this a very difficult recording to listen to.  Not in a bad sense though, I just mean it seems to hit me straight in my heart and soul.  That 'old' Brian voice is sorely missed.

And, upon hearing similar-sounding vocal performances from Brian in '76-'77, others thought the exact same thing (at least the first and last sentences of your post)!

[KDS]

As a completist, I'm glad that this version of NPP was made available in the US. 

Having said that, IMO this version of ITBOMM is pretty terrible.  I'll take the 1965 version over it any day of the week.  This makes the version of Still I Dream of It released on IJWMFTT sound polished. 

Brian's vocals are nails on a chalkboard on this track.  Hearing this is kind of a bummer after hearing his good vocals on the album proper. 

Like I said, it's nice to have in the collection, but I always either stop the CD or skip to the live Love and Mercy when I decide to play the album in its entirety (and that even means braving Runaway Dancer and Guess You Had to Be There). 

[John Manning]

Blimey, I love this version! Brian chasing the Nilsson / Newman spirit and nailing it. Takes the song to a new plateau. I could handle an album along these lines and I reckon there're enough demos out there to rustle one up… just a letter or sorting the wheat from the chaff.

[KDS]

Blimey, I love this version! Brian chasing the Nilsson / Newman spirit and nailing it. Takes the song to a new plateau. I could handle an album along these lines and I reckon there're enough demos out there to rustle one up… just a letter or sorting the wheat from the chaff.

I guess if I were more into Nilsson and Newman, I'd get it. 

[filledeplage]

As a completist, I'm glad that this version of NPP was made available in the US. 

Having said that, IMO this version of ITBOMM is pretty terrible.  I'll take the 1965 version over it any day of the week.  This makes the version of Still I Dream of It released on IJWMFTT sound polished. 

Brian's vocals are nails on a chalkboard on this track.  Hearing this is kind of a bummer after hearing his good vocals on the album proper. 

Like I said, it's nice to have in the collection, but I always either stop the CD or skip to the live Love and Mercy when I decide to play the album in its entirety (and that even means braving Runaway Dancer and Guess You Had to Be There). 

Somehow, I totally forgot about this, until the thread popped up again. I found it, and thought Brian sounded like Dennis! Not Dennis from the 70's or 80's but Dennis, mid-60's, on the studio album! I couldn't believe it.

Great track! 

[Joel Goldenberg]

It's one of Brian's most soulful vocals, from the low voice to the fragility of when he sings the word "afraid." I have listened to it dozens of times with equal fascination and adulation.

[runnersdialzero]

Don't care for it. Don't understand why Brian cut it. Don't understand why folks here care about it. Don't understand this desire to wallow in Brian's darkest days. Don't understand why it's a bonus track on NPP.

This might be my least favorite post on this messageboard. Sorry.

[Alan Smith]

This might be my least favorite post on this messageboard. Sorry.

Hey, welcome back, Jack

[bringahorseinhere?]

I'm not sure why, but this is the most intriguing vocal of Brian's I am so addicted to.... it's like a bypass of before and after, and I don't know
why I love it to death, his voice is so full yet full of it's youthfulness that I can't even describe.  Why is this vocal so demanding of attention is
beyond my comprehension.  I love all of Brian's vocals except maybe some of those shouty late 80's things, but this to me is heaven.
The sound of his 'chops' really hit me and I wish this sound of Bri had been more used before the 'gruff' 15 big ones' stuff.  He came back
with the 'miu' album vocally to a pleasant degree, but here he is mouth watering.

[Jim V.]

I'm not sure why, but this is the most intriguing vocal of Brian's I am so addicted to.... it's like a bypass of before and after, and I don't know
why I love it to death, his voice is so full yet full of it's youthfulness that I can't even describe.  Why is this vocal so demanding of attention is
beyond my comprehension.  I love all of Brian's vocals except maybe some of those shouty late 80's things, but this to me is heaven.
The sound of his 'chops' really hit me and I wish this sound of Bri had been more used before the 'gruff' 15 big ones' stuff.  He came back
with the 'miu' album vocally to a pleasant degree, but here he is mouth watering.

You know, I really love the song and performance as well! I think his voice sounds absolutely great on it. It's weird, cuz it definitely sounds more like "15 Big Ones Brian" than "Pet Sounds Brian" to me, but it is head and shoulders above any lead vocal he did in the rest of the '70s, and that even includes pretty decent stuff like "Sherry, She Needs Me" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."

[You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered]

I'm not sure why, but this is the most intriguing vocal of Brian's I am so addicted to.... it's like a bypass of before and after, and I don't know
why I love it to death, his voice is so full yet full of it's youthfulness that I can't even describe.  Why is this vocal so demanding of attention is
beyond my comprehension.  I love all of Brian's vocals except maybe some of those shouty late 80's things, but this to me is heaven.
The sound of his 'chops' really hit me and I wish this sound of Bri had been more used before the 'gruff' 15 big ones' stuff.  He came back
with the 'miu' album vocally to a pleasant degree, but here he is mouth watering.

You know, I really love the song and performance as well! I think his voice sounds absolutely great on it. It's weird, cuz it definitely sounds more like "15 Big Ones Brian" than "Pet Sounds Brian" to me, but it is head and shoulders above any lead vocal he did in the rest of the '70s, and that even includes pretty decent stuff like "Sherry, She Needs Me" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."

IMO Brian's 76 vocal on Sherry is one of his best post-74 vocal performaces.

[Shane]

The "new" ending of the song just kills me every time.  That waver in his voice on the last syllable.  Amazing.

[RONDEMON]

I also wonder why he rewrote the bridge. Maybe he just forgot the original chords?

[MarcellaHasDirtyFeet]

I also wonder why he rewrote the bridge. Maybe he just forgot the original chords?

A little of column A, a little of column B. It's his song, his tape recorder, he can do what he wants. It's all about where the mood took him that day.

Probably forgot/didn't care.