Brians Home recordings

[Shady]

I'm aware there is a lot of audio and video recordings brian made of his friends and himself during the smile sessions.

Is there anywhere i can view or listen to these

[Daniel S.]

I'm aware there is a lot of audio and video recordings brian made of his friends and himself during the smile sessions.

Is there anywhere i can view or listen to these

I doubt there are any 'video' recordings from 1967 of Brian and his friends. Did Brian make home movies on a 16 mm camera?

[XY]

I doubt there are any 'video' recordings from 1967 of Brian and his friends. Did Brian make home movies on a 16 mm camera?

He got one of the first Sony Video Cameras in 1966/67 and allegedly filmed hours and hours of footage. The video world was still black & white back then. Another Holy Grail from the frist SMILE epoch.

[Andrew G. Doe]

He got the video in December 1966, and this indirectly gave rise to one of the better BB myths. The Bryon Preiss book made reference to Brian playing 'Johnny Carson' with his guests of the time, that is playing at being Carson and interviewing them with his new toy. And of course, someone misunderstood it and assumed that the song "Johnny Carson" dated from the Smile era. Took a good few years to stamp on that one. 

[holeypeacoat]

The Bryon Preiss book made reference to Brian playing 'Johnny Carson' with his guests of the time, that is playing at being Carson and interviewing them with his new toy.

Jesus, I'd like to see that.  I'd bet beans he had Mike Vosse in the co-chair. "Hi-ooooooo!, Yyyesss!"

[Shady]

I'm aware there is a lot of audio and video recordings brian made of his friends and himself during the smile sessions.

Is there anywhere i can view or listen to these

I doubt there are any 'video' recordings from 1967 of Brian and his friends. Did Brian make home movies on a 16 mm camera?

In the new book 'catch a wave' it states he got it of capitol records as a gift

[rb]

... Brian playing 'Johnny Carson' with his guests of the time, that is playing at being Carson and interviewing them with his new toy.

Didn't Kramer once do the same damn thing in his apartment? Built a set and everything. One more bit of evidence of the Brian Wilson Influence On Pop Culture.

[holeypeacoat]

Not to get too far off track but, he did indeed. He used the Merv Griffin set...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjMeZNkCjzY

[Summer_Days]

If anybody here owns Paul Williams' book How Deep Is The Ocean, he talks about hanging out with Brian and the boys in December of '66, and he mentions that Sony camera Brian got (a gift from Capitol, yes) and has some friends, including Paul, interviewed on camera.

His brief visit with Brian is pretty interesting; he gets high on a hookah with Brian in that infamous tent (where he also plays Paul some acetates of Smile tracks); hangs out with Brian at night in that warm pool of his; goes with Brian to a recording studio with the Beach Boys and ends up on the studio floor, making animal noises (naturally). I love his recounting of Carl breaking a 45 of Spencer Davis Group's 'Gimme Some Lovin' single over his knee 'cause it was remixed for American radio and thus ruined the song for Carl. Made me smile.

Great book.