Terry Melcher

[bgas]

Yeah, Chris, but I was never sure how "authorized" those Pebbles compilations were.  They typically consisted of obscure garage singles and album tracks that the record companies had long ago lost track of.  I doubt that any licensing costs or royalties were paid out.  But you're right, "London's a Lonely Town" was technically "released."

Lee

They were  100% boots - BFD  (the label) stood for Big Fucking Deal. Also, there is no Dacron in Ohio. 

Also when the CD version came out some tracks were removed/replaced because some of the record companies / artists were not happy.

Lee

Kinda hard to believe that Capitol/The Survivors/Sharon Marie complained...yet they're not on the CD, as they were on the LP

[dombanzai]

I love Melcher's early stuff with The Rip Chords and as one half of Bruce & Terry, although he was more like 75% of that duo given how he dominated recordings (Bruce still recorded with Terry after joining The Beach Boys into 1966). Some of The Rip Chords' productions – Hey Little Cobra, Three Window Coupe, Summer USA, Hot Rod USA, Wah-Wahini, Stingray, etc... – are the finest of the surf/hot rod genre and I have always been a big fan.

[RangeRoverA1]

Something to add to the discussion:  Melcher held Brian Wilson in very high esteem.  In the Endless Harmony documentary (as most of you know), Melcher had the highest praise for Brian, and basically said Brian totally outclassed Phil Specter talent-wise.

Mr. Melcher knew exactly what he was talking about. Or more accurately, who. +1.

[markcharles75]

Don't run away is a corker...easily on of my favorites...i constantly listen to it on my homemade comp of favorite 60's tunes

[Terry]

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/charles-manson-today-the-final-confessions-of-a-psychopath-20131121

Charlie is still rambling about Terry Melcher in this.

[CenturyDeprived]

Don't run away is a corker...easily on of my favorites...i constantly listen to it on my homemade comp of favorite 60's tunes

Best "almost" Beach Boys song there ever was, IMO (that and "Guess I'm Dumb")

[Andrew G. Doe]

Don't run away is a corker...easily on of my favorites...i constantly listen to it on my homemade comp of favorite 60's tunes

Best "almost" Beach Boys song there ever was, IMO (that and "Guess I'm Dumb")

Lyrics & bass vocal, Mike.

[DMBeard_13]

Here are 3 q&as discussing Terry.

Hal Blaine
http://www.examiner.com/article/terry-melcher-part-i

Carol Kaye
http://www.examiner.com/article/terry-melcher-part-ii-carole-kaye

Mike Love
http://www.examiner.com/article/terry-melcher-part-iii-mike-love?CID=examiner_alerts_article&no_cache=1385568692

[Mike's Beard]

Something to add to the discussion:  Melcher held Brian Wilson in very high esteem.  In the Endless Harmony documentary (as most of you know), Melcher had the highest praise for Brian, and basically said Brian totally outclassed Phil Specter talent-wise.

Mr. Melcher knew exactly what he was talking about. Or more accurately, who. +1.

Ironically Spector does not consider Brian to be all that talented.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I don't think Terry ever topped his work with Bruce in the first half of the sixties (Rip Chords, Bruce & Terry, Rogues): if you don't have them already, lay your sweaty palms on The Best of Bruce & Terry and the two Rip Chords albums, from the excellent people at Sundazed. To these ears, better than Jan & Dean.

[alf wiedersehen]

Also Gram Parsons + Terry Melcher worked on an album together early 70"s for A+M.. Never released.  Anybody ever heard this or own it..Thanks

It seems that the tapes were checked out from A&M in 1970 and were never brought back.

So, I  don't think we'll be getting our hands on them anytime soon. 

[Mr. Wilson]

Id have loved to hear what those 2 were up to.  According  to one of the Parsons"s  books The Melcher tapes weren't up to snuff..

[punkinhead]

I've heard a few songs from Terry's mother's most recent album: My Heart, (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Heart_(Doris_Day_album)) and there's some Terry/Bruce songs...I have a question about a few of those...
One- Bruce's Let's Visit Heaven Tonight, there was a "rarity" of a recording by Bruce being passed around the circles, it's very eighties...was this JUST Bruce or other Beach Boys or Terry involved? When was Bruce's version recorded? Was it meant for the Beach Boys? I could see it showing up on the 85 album.

I also was wondering about one of the last tracks on Doris Day's album: Happy Endings...Doris introduces it and Terry sings it beautifully with a keyboard most prevalent...anyways, with how this version is "not sounding quite so finished," I often wondered if this was some kind of demo for the Boys to go on when recording their version with Little Richard. Any truth to that?

[Andrew G. Doe]

The version of "LVHT" doing the collectors rounds in the early 80s was just Bruce (as was "If There Were Time"). Don't think ti was ever offered to the band. "HE" is also pretty much Terry's demo.