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Post by jk on Feb 9, 2020 20:43:26 GMT
Good to see an Al topic. This is lovely--Alan takes a trip back to his childhood home:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 21, 2020 18:59:40 GMT
A rare one-on-one interview with Matt Jardine from 2016:
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 21, 2020 19:03:02 GMT
YouTube recommends that to me all the time (apparently not paying attention to their own portfolio on me, which shows I've seen it), and I am ALWAYS amused at Matt's face in the thumbail!
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 21, 2020 19:18:43 GMT
...I am ALWAYS amused at Matt's face in the thumbail! ...and the old Jardine bald spot. They could've picked a better custom thumbnail.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 23, 2020 19:27:01 GMT
I like that little damn song too, Al
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 14, 2020 20:53:20 GMT
Definitely. I remember being so delighted when I first heard this: I’d love for Al to choose a dozen or so tunes, collaborate on arrangements, let someone else produce so it doesn’t take 40 years, and just release something. OK, not a NEW thread. But I want to reiterate, STRONGLY, this idea.
Last night my mom and I were listening to the folk music of her teenage years: Chad Mitchell Trio, Kingston Trio, etc. I thought of (and played) this. And yet again, it occurred to me how seemingly obvious this idea is for a new Al Jardine album. The songs exist. He and his collaborators/friends/producers could decide on arrangements. They could record them relatively live: we don't have to talk about "Loop de Loop," here, just a few guys with stand up bass, acoustic guitar, 12-string, mandolin or banjo, maybe some aux percussion. The basics could be done live, with vocal tweaking if required. Honestly they could do the album in 2 weeks. Or 1 week.
This is the music we all know Al loves. Why not put something out!?
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Aug 14, 2020 21:07:57 GMT
I love that folk music. I got hooked on it a few years ago via those PBS specials where they reunited many of those old folk groups who then performed very admirable renditions of their hits. It prompted me to get a bunch of the tracks from that great folk era. Occasionally I will listen to it and enjoy it very much. However, and I'm sorry to say this, but I wouldn't be overly enthused to hear yet another covers album from a solo Beach Boy. I have a feeling I would listen to an Al Jardine folk album a couple of times and file it away. Not that I wouldn't respect him and support him for the effort; it's just not a project that interests me. If I want to hear those great folk songs, I'll seek out the original artists and versions.
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 14, 2020 21:32:02 GMT
I don't mean I'd prefer that to an Al Jardine solo album of originals, or (obviously) a Beach Boys album of originals. But my point is, Al isn't putting out anything. And if the status quo and likely future are nothing, I think, why not put this minimal effort into something that could pretty easily be (at least) enjoyable? Because in that vein, this kind of album (with harmony singing, mostly acoustic arrangements, of traditionals or favorites) would obviously beat nothing.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Aug 15, 2020 12:06:10 GMT
I think there could be another alternative, another place for Al to release some of those folk songs which influenced the young Al Jardine - a live album. Yes, Al did release a previous live album, Live In Las Vegas, but that was twenty years ago and was almost entirely comprised of Beach Boys' hits. I'm proposing something like a career encompassing, storytellers-like project.
For example, Al could fill up an 80-minute CD starting with folk songs (with a few folk musician friends), leading into his early years with The Beach Boys, continuing with an acoustic set of deeper, mid/later-period Beach Boys' songs, and concluding with a run of rockin' Beach Boys' hits. Al could end the live album/CD with a "Love And Mercy"-like performance of a solo song of his own, maybe "And I Always Will". The storytellers' portion of the album would be Al interspersing personal, enlightening comments about the origin or recording of selected songs.
I would prefer an album like this over another simple Beach Boys' solo album of covers (of any genre) or another solo album with several inferior re-recordings.
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 15, 2020 12:13:28 GMT
That would not be my preference between the two. But one would assume he's professionally recorded at least some of those storytellers shows, so there may well already be material.
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Post by kds on Aug 15, 2020 12:45:12 GMT
If a live album from one of Al's storytellers shows was released, I'd buy it.
But, I do agree with Kap that a studio album of folk covers is better than nothing. There likely aren't many Al originals in the well. At worst, it would sound better than Mike covering The Ramones.
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 15, 2020 12:50:26 GMT
Honestly--and this isn't why I thought of it or my major argument, but it just occurred to me--that kind of folk album would be likely to be both good and acclaimed in that community. The Beach Boys, whether together or apart, are unlikely to do much on the charts or among the popular imagination again. But a folk album by a Beach Boy would likely sound very credible, be a quality album in that genre, and get some real buzz in that genre. As opposed to the typical semi-cringing reviews we sometimes see for BW or ML albums.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Aug 15, 2020 13:31:56 GMT
Al Jardine - A California Saga...Live!
01 Al discusses his folk music influences 02 The Times They Are A-Changin' 03 If I Had A Hammer 04 Tom Dooley 05 Sloop John B 06 Al discusses his early days with The Beach Boys 07 Christmas Day 08 Help Me, Rhonda 09 Then I Kissed Her 10 I Know There's An Answer 11 Al discusses the 1967-1973 period 12 Vegetables (acoustic)
13 Be Here In The Morning (acoustic)
14 Cottonfields (acoustic) 15 Take A Load Off Your Feet (acoustic)
16 Lookin' At Tomorrow (acoustic)
17 Al discusses the later years of his career
18 Susie Cincinnati 19 School Days 20 Island Girl 21 From There To Back Again 22 The Right Time
23 Al thanks Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, and the fans
24 Come Go With Me 25 Honkin' Down The Highway 26 California Callin'
27 California Saga: California
Encore: 28 And I Always Will
Album Cover:
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 15, 2020 13:46:22 GMT
You, sir--and this is a compliment--were born to be an old-school A&R man.
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Post by B.E. on Aug 15, 2020 13:46:34 GMT
SJS, that would be very enjoyable, but I'd rather he do it more or less "live in the studio". It would sound better!
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