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Dennis Wilson Podcast

Legacy has started a Dennis Wilson podcast in preparation for the rerelease of Pacific Ocean Blue.

DENNIS WILSON - PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE PODCAST SERIES

We are now happy to launch this three-part podcast series celebrating the 2-CD Legacy Edition of DENNIS WILSON - PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE in stores from Caribou/Epic/Legacy on June 17. This 1977 album was the first solo release by any of the Wilson brothers and is widely regarded as one of the great lost gems of the late 1970s. The life and music of Dennis Wilson is a a rarely-told, though absolutely essential chapter in the history of the Beach Boys and the Wilson family.

Wilson’s close friends, family and collaborators - including Brian Wilson - discuss how his musical passions both reflected and contradicted his hard, fast lifestyle. We also hear from Dennis, himself, in excerpts of a 1977 radio interview.

The show is hosted by another great drummer named Dennis…Dennis Diken of the Smithereens, who has also authored liner notes for many of the recent Beach Boys CD reissues.

05.26.2008 • Dennis Wilson • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Legacy POB/Bambu Press Release

The full press release regarding POB and Bambu from Legacy:

A LONG OUT-OF-PRINT ‘BURIED TREASURE’ RETURNS IN A DELUXE PACKAGE!
BEACH BOY DENNIS WILSON’s PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION

“Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music. If you want to know me, just listen.” -- Dennis Wilson

30th anniversary 2-CD set includes (disc one) original 12-song album plus previously unreleased bonus tracks, and (disc two) additional rare tracks, including later sessions for the unfinished follow-up Bambu album, arrives in stores May 13, 2008, on Caribou/Epic/Legacy

Eternal Beach Boy Dennis Wilson’s 1977 solo album, the first solo album by any Beach Boy – out-of-print and unobtainable for more than a decade except as a pricey collectors item or bootleg – will return to circulation on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, and the 25th anniversary of its creator’s untimely death in 1983, at age 39. The double-CD PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION arrives in stores May 13th on Caribou/Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. A vinyl edition of the LP will also be released at the same time, on the Sundazed label.

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01.24.2008 • Dennis Wilson • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink