This 2CD Set features the first ever stereo mix of 'Wild Honey' plus 54 previously unreleased 1967 studio tracks and live recordings.
Previously unreleased highlights on the collection include The Beach Boys' shelved "live" album, 'Lei'd in Hawaii', studio recordings from the 'Wild Honey' and 'Smiley Smile' album sessions, and several standout concert recordings spanning 1967 to 1970.
1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow dives into a fascinating and frenetic chapter in The Beach Boys' long, groundbreaking creative arc, exploring the band's dynamic year in the studio and on tour. The Beach Boys' final studio session for the shelved SMiLE album took place on May 18th, 1967, with Smiley Smile album sessions booked at Brian Wilson's new home studio from June 3rd through the end of July. The band's 12th and 13th studio albums were released exactly three months apart to cap the year's studio efforts: Smiley Smile on September 18th followed by Wild Honey on December 18th.
On August 25th and 26th, 1967, The Beach Boys (absent Bruce Johnston, but with Brian Wilson on organ in his first concert appearances with the band in more than two years) recorded two concerts and rehearsals in Honolulu for a prospective live album to be titled Lei'd In Hawaii, applying a new Smiley Smile-inspired aesthetic to the performances. Just over two weeks later, the band (with both Brian and Bruce participating) began re-recording the live set in-studio at Brian's house and at Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood, after the Honolulu concert tapes were deemed unusable. Although completed and mixed, the final planned audio element of a canned concert audience was not added and the Lei'd In Hawaii project was canceled. Those live, in-studio performances morphed into sessions for the Wild Honey album, primarily comprised of original Brian Wilson/Mike Love compositions.
Bruce Johnston says that Wild Honey showcases a band devoid of pressure: "Here's the thing – the most important thing – you need to know about Wild Honey. It was just an album for us to exhale and do something real simple; but as it's Brian and Mike's music, it's still fabulous and not so simple. I love the album."
Two days after wrapping the Wild Honey sessions on November 15th, 1967, Mike Love, Carl and Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston returned to the road for The Beach Boys' Thanksgiving Tour, premiering several songs from the forthcoming album at their concerts.
CD1:
- Wild Honey in stereo.
- Previously unreleased Wild Honey sessions from September to November 1967.
CD2:
- Previously unreleased 'Smiley Smile' sessions from June to July 1967.
- Previously unreleased 'Lei'd In Hawaii' "Live" album from September 1967.
- Previously unreleased 'Live in Hawaii' from August 1967.
- Previously unreleased Thanksgiving Tour 1967 - Live In Washington, D.C. and Boston.
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Delete1. "Summer's Gone" off the That's Why God Made the Radio album
ReplyDelete2. You like "Barbara Ann" because they write the song about you
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Delete1.Good Vibrations, followed by Let's Go Away For Awhile
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Let's Go Away For Awhile is a very cool song.
DeleteMy fake I.D. was a fake Colorado driver's license, they used to sell in pinball arcades in Times Square. The pre-printed name on it was, Patricia Todd.
1. God Only Knows
ReplyDelete2. It summons up the adolescent reek of a Physical-Education locker room ca. 1961. Everybody's screaming the song acapella with a couple of guys pounding on benches to punctuate the beat. But our version includes puerile variations on the lyrics that involve removing Barbara Ann's pants and having her hold the singers' gland. Since I graduated in 1964, a year before the Beach Boys released their version, our raucous choir must have been inspired by the original 1961 single by The Regents. Even today, hearing that Ba-Ba-Ba intro, I'm immediately induced into singing along, trotting out my tattered falsetto on those bits.
1. God Only Knows, is my second favorite Beach Boys song.
Delete2. No, but you get bonus points for remembering The Regents.
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Delete1. The Warmth Of The Sun, because it feels real.
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DeleteI don't have to wish it was my first and middle name.
1 Good Vibrations. The most beautiful thing I ever heard. Still.
ReplyDelete2 Because your bloke used to sing it to you.
Good Vibrations is probably their finest song. My "bloke" used to sing God Only Knows to me.
Delete1. Good Vibrations not just because its awesome but because of the story behind its making.
ReplyDelete2. Ummmm because you were a big Jan & Dean fan and 'Dean' sings joint lead on it????
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ReplyDeleteBeachboys. Back in 1964 my mate Dave & I were huge Beach Boys fans. we'd discovered them early on and Dave used to buy their import LPs from a basement place in Soho - Transatlantic Imports. Anyway The Beach Boys came to tour the UK at around the time I Get Around was released.
We decided to go to Heathrow to welcome them to the UK. I was on my Lambretta GT200 with Dave on the back. We followed them up in their limo From the airport to the London Hilton. They were fascinated by the scooter, and Brian, I think, invited us to join them for lunch at the hotel. Very pleasant it was, they were really nice guys. I wish I could remember more about our conversation, but the only thing that really stuck in my mind was one of them, again probably Brian, wanting to know where the nearest church was to the Hilton.
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Delete1. God Only Knows 2. Because you love skating and you are a fan of Barbara Ann Scott, and the song reminds you of her.
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Delete1. "Busy Doin' Nothin'" and "H.E.L.P. Is On the Way" have to be Brian's two greatest moments.
ReplyDelete2. Because you like the melody and harmonies?
1.) If hard-pressed, probably God Only Knows.
ReplyDelete2.) Because you have two nieces - Barbara and Ann. You probably have more, but they can't all share names of Beach Boys songs. Actually...Deirdre, Diane, etc.
For the record, My first name is Barbara, and my middle name is Ann.
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