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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 12, 2024 13:34:52 GMT
MARCH 12 Live versions of "Surfin' USA" and "Fun, Fun, Fun" videotaped for The Steve Allen Show in 1964 Thanks for sharing, jk. I've never seen those videos before. Maybe Iconic will include them in the new documentary.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 12, 2024 20:18:58 GMT
Any idea what caused the Surfer Girl album to all of a sudden spike on the UK album charts? The popularity of "Good Vibrations"? It didn't just suddenly spike, it was only just released in the UK in March 1967! The catalogue shuffling in the UK is bizarre for an American to look at. Imagine following All Summer Long with Surfin USA in 1965! Or following Pet Sounds with SDSN, and then (excluding a best-of) Surfer Girl followed by Smiley Smile. I wonder how conscious the typical British fan would have been of the actual chronology. Did they realize how out of whack this was? Or think about the band complaining that they were still being marketed as a surfing group by the Pet Sounds and subsequent era ... well in the UK, Surfer Girl was just released in 1967!
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Post by jk on Mar 12, 2024 20:47:23 GMT
Any idea what caused the Surfer Girl album to all of a sudden spike on the UK album charts? The popularity of "Good Vibrations"? It didn't just suddenly spike, it was only just released in the UK in March 1967! The catalogue shuffling in the UK is bizarre for an American to look at. Imagine following All Summer Long with Surfin USA in 1965! Or following Pet Sounds with SDSN, and then (excluding a best-of) Surfer Girl followed by Smiley Smile. I wonder how conscious the typical British fan would have been of the actual chronology. Did they realize how out of whack this was? Or think about the band complaining that they were still being marketed as a surfing group by the Pet Sounds and subsequent era ... well in the UK, Surfer Girl was just released in 1967! To be sure. Perhaps it was just the Brits getting their own back (and then some) for what the Yanks did to The Beatles' catalogue!
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 12, 2024 21:05:58 GMT
It didn't just suddenly spike, it was only just released in the UK in March 1967! The catalogue shuffling in the UK is bizarre for an American to look at. Imagine following All Summer Long with Surfin USA in 1965! Or following Pet Sounds with SDSN, and then (excluding a best-of) Surfer Girl followed by Smiley Smile. I wonder how conscious the typical British fan would have been of the actual chronology. Did they realize how out of whack this was? Or think about the band complaining that they were still being marketed as a surfing group by the Pet Sounds and subsequent era ... well in the UK, Surfer Girl was just released in 1967! To be sure. Perhaps it was just the Brits getting their own back (and then some) for what the Yanks did to The Beatles' catalogue! No argument there. But for me, it was the Beatles' UK catalogue I learned in the first place anyway, as I wasn't around at the time of the American versions. The CDs were released in the UK versions by my time.
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Post by jk on Mar 13, 2024 10:43:56 GMT
MARCH 13 At Amsterdam's Pepsi Stage in 2004 BW Presents SMiLE to "the wonderful people of the Netherlands" Okay, this is in Dutch (sorry about that) and there are no shots of the performance, but still it's a fascinating document of that day. Some of those faces look very familiar -- from the 2022 pilgrimage to Baambrugge in 2022 perhaps? Looks like Melinda just after 5:40 in part two...
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Post by jk on Mar 15, 2024 8:41:04 GMT
MARCH 15 Michael Edward Love born 1941 in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles Happy 83rd, sir, and may you enjoy many more birthdays to come! This is probably my favourite Mike moment:
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Post by jk on Mar 16, 2024 14:19:13 GMT
MARCH 16 L.A. (Light Album), including an extended disco version of "Here Comes The Night", released in 1979
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 16, 2024 20:42:55 GMT
MARCH 16 L.A. (Light Album), including an extended disco version of "Here Comes The Night", released in 1979 Maybe the most divisive song in the entire Beach Boys' catalogue. I remember when it came out. I bought the 45. I actually heard it played on the radio...the long version. And then they topped it off by performing it on The Midnight Special. I liked it.
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Post by jk on Mar 21, 2024 10:21:07 GMT
MARCH 21 "Fun, Fun, Fun" peaks at #5 in the Billboard charts in 1964
The superior mono release of "FFF", which lets the joyous tag roll on a lot longer than on the stereo version:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 21, 2024 11:08:39 GMT
MARCH 21 "Fun, Fun, Fun" peaks at #5 in the Billboard charts in 1964
The superior mono release of "FFF", which lets the joyous tag roll on a lot longer than on the stereo version: I've often wondered what they (whoever "they" were) were thinking when they cut/edited the tag on the album version of "Fun, Fun, Fun". Anybody who knows anything about music or simply appreciates music can hear that the tag - and especially Brian's high vocal part - is a highlight of the song. Who was the one who said, "OK, let's cut ten or fifteen seconds off the end of that one." Hey, it was only the great Brian Wilson singing one of the best tags of his career. They also did the same thing with "California Girls". Ugh...
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Post by jk on Mar 21, 2024 13:08:06 GMT
The superior mono release of "FFF", which lets the joyous tag roll on a lot longer than on the stereo version: I've often wondered what they (whoever "they" were) were thinking when they cut/edited the tag on the album version of "Fun, Fun, Fun". Anybody who knows anything about music or simply appreciates music can hear that the tag - and especially Brian's high vocal part - is a highlight of the song. Who was the one who said, "OK, let's cut ten or fifteen seconds off the end of that one." Hey, it was only the great Brian Wilson singing one of the best tags of his career. They also did the same thing with "California Girls". Ugh... And "Don't Back Down" on the stereo album. Ugh indeed!
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Post by jk on Mar 22, 2024 21:43:17 GMT
MARCH 22 One of Brian's dogs escapes from the tag session for "Caroline No" [in 1966] and wets several anonymous trouser legs
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 22, 2024 21:54:15 GMT
MARCH 22 One of Brian's dogs escapes from the tag session for "Caroline No" [in 1966] and wets several anonymous trouser legs
There he is, on top of the stack:
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Post by jk on Mar 25, 2024 20:55:20 GMT
MARCH 25 The album Surfin' USA released in 1963. It features Brian's first "mood" piece, "Lonely Sea"
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 25, 2024 23:20:28 GMT
MARCH 25 The album Surfin' USA released in 1963. It features Brian's first "mood" piece, "Lonely Sea" Despite the numerous reissues and extensive compilations, I think "Lonely Sea" continues to be a hidden gem. Maybe because it wasn't performed live? Remember how "Ballad Of Ol' Betsy" was reborn when the group started playing it live during the C50 reunion concerts?
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