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« on: May 18, 2008, 05:19:28 PM »

Please pardon the grand title, but I mentioned last week the possibility of a link listing Beach Boy locations that may be of interest to fans planning trips to the LA area. Thought if I started a thread others may like to add to it, maybe tell of there visits and give some tips, this may become useful to others planning their journey.
Feel free to add anything of interest however I think private homes of various band members and associates should be off limits. Thanks!

Beach Boys Monument. On the site of the Wilsons Hawthorne home.
http://www.seeing-stars.com/immortalized/beachboys.shtml

Fosters Freeze
11969 Hawthorne Blvd

Hawthorne High. 4859 W. El Segundo Blvd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_High_School_%28Hawthorne%2C_California%29


Carl Wilsons grave.
Westwood Memorial Park. Plot: Section D, near Minnie Riperton


Paradise Cove. Cover of 'Surfin Safari' shot at Northern cliff.
Malibu  South of Kanan-Dume Road  Paradise Cove Exit from PCH  28128 West Pacific Coast Highway    Malibu (Paradise Cove), California 90265 R Call (310) 457-2503


Recording Studios. (Those who know more about these, feel free to add)

Western. 6000 Sunset Boulevard
http://www.liquid-blue.com/music/pages/WesternRecorders.htm

Capitol. 1730 Vine Street
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/studios2.html

Brother Records
(former site)
1454 5th Street.
Santa Monica, California


Dennis Wilsons boat slip. (status unsure)
http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/deathsites/basinc.htm

Chez Jays. One of Dennis Wilsons favorite bars.
http://www.chezjays.com/

Former Home of Brian Wilson
10452 Bellagio Road, Bel Air

Long Beach Civic Auditorium. Site of the first concert New Years eve 1961. Site now the Long Beach Arena??? More info please.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach_Arena



Other LA visit threads...

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,5511.0.html
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,1346.0.html


Two locations I am wondering about. I remember reading a story on Jeff Foskett where he tells of meeting Brian for the first time I think in the early 70s and he mentioned passing the glass work as seen on the 'Wild Honey' album cover. Where was this home and would the work be visible from the street?
Also where would the disused pier be as seen in the Tobler book pages 45-48. I have seen these pictures referred to as may be a Coca Cola shoot.










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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2008, 06:30:21 PM »

Thank you for starting this thread as I'm sure alot of fans will refer to it before their LA trip.

Taken from JonStebbin's book on Dennis:


Dennis' house (where Manson, et al stayed):  14400 W. Sunset Blvd.

House where Dennis lived with Karen: 31284 Broad Beach Road, Malibu

House where Dennis lived with Shawn: 6120 Trancas Canyon Road

Hopefully, I will return from my own trip with more places to check out!!
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2008, 08:31:42 PM »

More threads of interest.

Rovell house
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,5087.0.html

Love house
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,3095.0.html


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The Roxy. Where Brian started his comeback, as a solo performer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roxy_Theatre


Brian and Dennis first home. 8012 S. Harvard St.  Los Angeles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9G42Zs0zk4
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2008, 10:01:13 PM »

I remember reading a story on Jeff Foskett where he tells of meeting Brian for the first time I think in the early 70s and he mentioned passing the glass work as seen on the 'Wild Honey' album cover. Where was this home and would the work be visible from the street?

That was at the Bellagio house.
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2008, 05:47:22 AM »

Some others:

1) Brian's other house:  1448 Laurel Way, Beverly Hills

2) Dennis boat was at Marina Del Ray, Marquessa Way

3) The firehouse seen in the GV promo is LAFD Fire Station 27, located on 1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood.

4) Dead Man’s Curve (the spot referred to in the song) is located on Sunset near Groverton Place, (just north of the UCLA campus).  Just east on Sunset, near the intersection at Whittier Drive is where Jan Berry had the terrible accident in his Corvette Stingray 427

5) Goldstar Recording Studio was at 6252 Santa Monica Blvd (just E. of Vine on the S. side of the street). The location is now a strip mall (not a strip joint) though.



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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2008, 01:05:31 PM »

Radio Recorders, corner of Santa Monica and Orange.

Former RCA studios (Where the definitive Dance, Dance, Dance was recorded): 6363 Sunset, now a Film School.

On the north side of Sunset, between Gower and El Centro is CBS studios, which used to house Columbia's/CBS' recording studio where the Beach Boys cut many vocals 1965-1967.  That is just a short walk from Western and

United recorders, now Ocean Way 6050 Sunset.

On the big cement island in the middle of the corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset was Pandora's Box, teen night club where the Boys did some early shows.

I really could write a book.
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2008, 01:44:40 AM »

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On the big cement island in the middle of the corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset was Pandora's Box, teen night club where the Boys did some early shows.

And that is, as I understand it,  is where Brian met Marilyn and her sister Diane Rovelle.

Here are a few more:
 
Murry's High School (and I guess Mike's Mom's and Audree's as well ) George Washington High 180th St.  and Denker

1928 family home of Audree (Korthof) Wilson 1829 W. 84th st L.A.
 
Buddy Wilson's  1929 residence 9722 S. Figueroa  L.A.

Audree and Murry's  first home together (married March 26, 1938) 613 ½ w. 8th st. L.A. near the downtown campus of Pepperdine.  They moved from here to the Harvard address.

Centinela Hospital Inglewood - Birthplace of  Brian Wilson

A.B.L.E.  4969 Firestone Blvd. Southgate
 
(Most of the above were obtained from one of my favorite books 'The Nearest Faraway Place').

For Jan and Dean fans (and also Eddie Cochran and Alvin and the Chipmunks fans):
Liberty Records  6920 sunset (just w. of highland – e. of La Brea between Mansfield and Orange) – former site now the Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse (2008)

and if you are back in in Kansas:

726 Sixth Ave. East, Hutchinson, KA.     Murry’s birthplace




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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2008, 08:56:19 PM »

On the subject, other items of interest.


Hard Rock Cafe memorabilia.

Kona. A naval officer jacket with the Pet Sounds badge on the sleeve and a guitar hangs on the walls in Kona from the most popular of surf bands, The Beach Boys.

Key West. A five-page typed letter to Carl Wilson from his father, Murry Wilson and Carl's 1963 Fender Jaguar. It was one of Carl's main live and studio guitars in the mid-60's, the Beach Boys' most successful period.

Belo Horizonte. Hawaiian print shirt worn on stage and signed by Dennis Wilson.

Honolulu. Brian Wilson's white Fender jazz bass.

I am sure Brian donated a old family upright piano to NY years ago and think that is in storage.


Two Lane Blacktop Car and Location.

http://www.lakelandraceway.com/two-lane_blacktop2.htm

Harmony Sailboat. (Location unknown)

http://www.cinetropic.com/blacktop/harmony/index.html


Hollywood Palladium. (Cover shot for 'In Concert')

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Palladium

San Diego Zoo. (Cover shot and various for 'Pet Sounds')

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/index.html





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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2008, 03:46:47 AM »

Have just added the Wilson Hawthorne Home thread.


http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,6138.0.html


Thanks Carrie and jeffcdo.
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2008, 10:37:53 AM »

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Honolulu. Brian Wilson's white Fender jazz bass.

Does the Hard Rock Café memorabilia stay in one location, tho? One of my family members took a photo of Brian's bass in the New Orleans Hard Rock back in the '90s. It could be a different bass, tho.







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« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2008, 11:52:06 AM »

Pretty random. Terry Semel, C.E.O of Yahoo lives in BW's old 10452 Bellagio nowadays.
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2008, 02:27:46 PM »

Pretty random. Terry Semel, C.E.O of Yahoo lives in BW's old 10452 Bellagio nowadays.

Doubt Brian would recognise the place - it's been extensively remodelled.
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« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2010, 10:21:28 PM »

Does anyone have any info on the address of Brian's apartment in Inglewood from the early 60s (if it still exists)?
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« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2010, 10:36:59 PM »

Does anyone have any info on the address of Brian's apartment in Inglewood from the early 60s (if it still exists)?

From here...

http://www.shutdown-vol2.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=4185.0

Additional info on Brian’s Crenshaw Park apt.
 In August 1962, Brian Wilson moved out of the Wilson family home in Hawthorne and into a 1 bedroom apt in The Crenshaw Park Apartments, located less than two miles away at 10800 Crenshaw Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90303. His apt. was in the northeast corner of this building, Apt #29.

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« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2010, 10:39:07 PM »

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 In August 1962, Brian Wilson moved out of the Wilson family home in Hawthorne and into a 1 bedroom apt in The Crenshaw Park Apartments, located less than two miles away at 10800 Crenshaw Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90303. His apt. was in the northeast corner of this building, Apt #29.
wow thanks. great info!
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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2010, 05:09:39 AM »

Great thread as I'm planning a California trip next summer! What about the rest of California? All the places that's namedropped in Al's songs - Big Sur, Salinas, San Simeon, Monterey, Morro Bay et c? Of course I've already found them on the map, but what's of importance to see there (BB or non-BB related)?
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« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2010, 10:18:26 AM »


Supposedly a book on this subject is in the works:


   "Coming Soon"

   Beach Boys' Drive - Guide to the Beach Boys' California

   Welcome to the definitive Beach Boys guidebook. The places listed are a patchwork quilt across time chronicling a career spanning over four decades. It encompasses their rich history from the embryonic beginnings of the group to the final resting places of deceased band members.
Over 150 locations.

   Come join our myspace page for news and coming updates!
   www.myspace.com/beachboydrive
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« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2010, 10:19:23 AM »


The Wich Stand:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,9584.0.html

http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/cruisin’-to-the-wich-stand/
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Supposedly a book on this subject is in the works:


   "Coming Soon"

   Beach Boys' Drive - Guide to the Beach Boys' California

   Welcome to the definitive Beach Boys guidebook. The places listed are a patchwork quilt across time chronicling a career spanning over four decades. It encompasses their rich history from the embryonic beginnings of the group to the final resting places of deceased band members.
Over 150 locations.

   Come join our myspace page for news and coming updates!
   www.myspace.com/beachboydrive


Looks like it's a long time coming; most of the posts are over a year old, are they not? 
The book was almost done...  and now?
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« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2010, 12:28:26 PM »

Looks like it's a long time coming; most of the posts are over a year old, are they not? 
The book was almost done...  and now?

Yep, books usually take longer than one expects/hopes.  I hope it's still comin'...
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« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2010, 12:40:49 PM »

Nice idea, but the target audience for a book like that can't be large at all, which is probably why it hasn't come out (yet). Will still have my hopes up, though!
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« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2011, 03:29:12 PM »

Nice idea, but the target audience for a book like that can't be large at all, which is probably why it hasn't come out (yet).

There are ways to have books printed on a by-order basis, like from places like this: https://www.createspace.com/
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« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2011, 02:47:20 AM »

Would be better to have the drive guide as application for iPhone and Android... including GPS function
and suggesting music assosicated with each place...

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« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2011, 09:59:22 AM »

Has anyone made a Google Map of BB historical sites?


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« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2011, 11:15:03 AM »

Has anyone made a Google Map of BB historical sites?


A Map of the entire world, then? 
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