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This is the ultimate book on America's greatest group, a detailed study that brings together for the first time in one publication a complete guide to The Beach Boys' musical career, from 1961 to 1976, alongside a wealth of unseen photographs and a cache of original studio logs from classic recording sessions. One journalist wrote in 1966 that The Beach Boys' creative mastermind, Brian Wilson, was "as much a sound fiend as a maker of melodies". This book investigates those and other aspects of Wilson's genius, and analyses in detail the contributions of his bandmates, including Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston.
- Blow-by-blow accounts are here for every recording session for every album, including "Pet Sounds", "Surf's Up" and the famously unreleased "Smile", as well as all the singles, including classics such as "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains". - Thousands of concert appearances from around the world are listed for the first time, some featuring long-lost press reviews and full set-lists. - Rare archive interviews with the group and their close associates are gathered together to create a richly textured story that reveals the motives behind much of their creative and business activity. - Details of every Beach Boys television appearance are presented, including key spots on programmes such as "Ready Steady Go!" and "The Ed Sullivan Show". Main chapters cover each year from 1961 to 1976 in a detailed, easy to read day-by-day format. At the rear of the book is an extensive information section that includes a US/UK selected discography, a song-by-song recording index, a "Smile" recording index, a log of session musicians, a TV index, a concert location index, and a datelist of recent Brian Wilson solo concerts. At last, this important new book takes you right into the studio and firmly centre-stage for an unrivalled and exhilarating Beach Boys experience. Keith Badman is a writer, researcher, film & video archivist, historian, consultant, and musician. His long-time devotion to music, film and the arts led him to co-author definitive works on The Rolling Stones and The Small Faces. But it is his three groundbreaking tomes on The Beatles that have given Badman the most recognition; his best-selling "The Beatles After the Break Up" (1999) was voted among the top ten essential Beatles books of all time by "Q" magazine. Badman was an archive consultant on the 1995 documentary series "The Beatles Anthology" and has since been associated with many music-related programmes broadcast by VH1 in the US and by BBC Television and Channel 4 in Britain. Badman, a Beach Boys fan for over 30 years, is a noted session drummer, a regular contributor to "Mojo" magazine's Beatles specials, and a longstanding writer for "Record Collector" magazine. Rezension
Keith Badman setzt die Beach Boys mit seinem neuesten Werk an ihren rechtmäßigen Platz im Pop-Olymp. Bisher waren derartige Day-by-Day-Publikationen ausschließlich den Beatles und den Rolling Stones vorbehalten. Doch gelten inzwischen die Beach Boys, vor allem wegen ihrem schon zur lebenden Legende deklarierten Frontmann Brian Wilson, zurecht als größte US-Amerikanische Musikgruppe aller Zeiten.
Die vorliegende "Definitive Diary" ist in Badmans gewohnt detaillierten Tagebuch-Stil gehalten. Alle bekannten Studioaufnahmen, Konzerte, Veröffentlichungen, TV-Auftritte und Chart-Notierungen zwischen der Gründung 1961 bis zum Jahr 1976 werden Tag für Tag abgearbeitet, versehen mit Erläuterungen und Auszügen aus Interviews, Pressekonferenzen und Medien-Kritiken. Kein Ereignis wurde ausgelassen, keine Fragen bleiben unbeantwortet. Hautnah erlebt der Leser mit, wie Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine und Bruce Johnston in den 60er- und 70er-Jahren Musikgeschichte schreiben. Er begleitet die Gruppe auf ihren weltweiten Tourneen und erlebt die Entstehung von Hits wie "Good Vibrations", "California Girls", "Barbara-Ann", "God only knows" und "Heroes and Villains" im Studio. Sämtliche bekannte Daten wurden akribisch recherchiert und fließen in den Text mit ein, darunter die Set-Listen der Live-Auftritte und alle Produktionsnotizen der Plattenaufnahmen. Neben den großen Erfolgen der Beach Boys vergaß der Autor nicht, auch die harten Rückschläge zu erwähnen, sei es der tragische Tod der Brüder Dennis und Carl oder der labile psychische Zustand Brians. Etwas ärgerlich ist die Tatsache, dass der ausführliche Tagebuch-Stil mit dem Jahr 1976 endet und durch eine kurze Zusammenfassung der folgenden Ereignisse ersetzt wird, obwohl die Beach Boys weitere Platten veröffentlichten und 1988 mit "Kokomo" sogar noch einmal an die Spitze der US-Charts zurückkehrten. Auch der ansonsten äußerst informative Statistik-Teil mit Diskographie und Song-Index am Ende des Buches enthält für die Zeit nach 1976 keine Angaben. Insgesamt gesehen ist dieser Band aber als aufschlussreicher Spiegel einer turbulenten Zeit ein absolutes Muß für jeden Fan. Bernhard Eglmeier für "lehrerbibliothek.de" Verlagsinfo
Beginning their career as a popular surf band, the Beach Boys had emerged by 1966 as one of the world's preeminent pop groups. With input from band members, this book's easy-to-browse, day-by-day format tracks every move in the great band's career, detailing its entire concert and broadcast history, recording sessions, and all records issued in the US and the UK. It also profiles Brian Wilson, one of the most gifted songwriters, producers, and arrangers in popular music, who says of the book: "I'm so proud of the work I did long ago with Beach Boys, and it's so great to see the details of the best years of our career collected with such love in one place." The author Keith Badman is a regular contributor to Record Collector and Mojo magazines, lives in London, England. Inhaltsverzeichnis
1961
In Hawthorne, California, Al Jardine and Brian Wilson start to play music with Mike Love, Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson as The Pendletones...the group records demos and then masters, including "Surfin'", at music-publisher Hite Morgan's studio in Los Angeles..."Surfin'" single released on Candix label and credited to The Beach Boys...the newly-named group begins playing concerts. / page 8 1962 Al Jardine leaves The Beach Boys and David Marks replaces him...Capitol Records signs the group...first Capitol single "Surfin' Safari" released...first major tour is a 40-date Midwest jaunt...first Capitol album "Surfin' Safari" recorded and released...Capitol agrees to Brian's bold suggestions that he should produce the group and record them in non-Capitol studios. / page 18 1963 First serious sessions at Western Recorders, Hollywood, and Gold Star, Los Angeles, which become the group's favourite studios from now...second album "Surfin' USA" recorded and released, hitting number 2 in the charts...US television debut..."Surfin' USA" peaks at number 3, the groups' first Top Ten single...Brian begins to miss some live performances, and embarks on sole production of Beach Boys sessions, often using session musicians..."Surfer Girl" album recorded and released...David Marks leaves the group...Brian plays more live shows until Al Jardine rejoins the group..."Little Deuce Coupe" album recorded and released. / page 30 1964 "Shut Down Volume 2" album recorded and released...first overseas tour, to Australia and New Zealand, supporting Roy Orbison..."Fun Fun Fun" single hits number 5...Brian detects worrying competition as Beatlemania hits America..."All Summer Long" album recored and released, with Brian determined to demonstrate the group's musical strength...Murry Wilson is fired as manager..."I Get Around" is the group's first number 1 single..."Christmas Album" recorded and released..."Concert" album recorded and released, their first number 1 LP..."When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" and "Dance Dance Dance" singles recorded and released...sessions begin for "Today!" album...promotional tour of the UK and live dates in Europe...Brian shows strain as the group's success demands everbusier schedules; he suffers a nervous breakdown and withdraws from live shows...Glen Campbell steps in at short notice as Brian's replacement on stage. / page 46 1965 Recording sessions for "Today!" album continue...Brian announces he will cease to appear on stage with the group and intends to focus on composition and studio production...Glen Campbell plays more dates as Brian's stage replacement..."Today!" album released, with a whole side of Brian's 'new music'..."Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)" album recorded and released..."Help Me Rhonda" is the group's second number 1 single...Bruce Johnston takes over as a permanent replacement for Brian on live shows and also starts contributing to recording sessions..."California Girls" is a US number 3 single...unplugged "Party!" album recorded and released...Brian install his piano in a sandbox at his new Beverly Hills home..."The Girl I Once Knew" single recorded and released...recordings are begun that will end up on next year's "Pet Sounds" album...Brian hears The Beatles' new "Rubber Soul" album, considers it a challenge, and starts writing songs with lyricist Tony Asher..."Barbara Ann" is a US number 2 and UK number 3 single. / page 80 1966 The group makes their first tour of Japan...meanwhile in California, Brian officially starts work in the studio with the regular session team for the new album, which becomes "Pet Sounds"...between tours and one-off dates the rest of the group gathers for vocal recordings...sessions begin for "Good Vibrations"..."Caroline No" single released, credited to Brian Wilson..."Sloop John B" single and "Pet Sounds" album released...Brian begins writing songs with Van Dyke Parks, and sessions start to record their "Heroes And Villains"..."Good Vibrations" sessions continue..."Best Of" album released less than two months after "Pet Sounds"...sessions begin for a new album, "Smile", which Capitol schedules for Christmas release..."Good Vibrations" is at last completed and released, and goes to number 1...plans begin to create group's own Brother Records...the touring band plays in Europe as "Heroes And Villains" and "Smile" sessions continue in California...the group expresses unrease with Brian's musical direction and he becomes uncertain about the "Smile" album; Capitol postpones its release until next year. / page 106 1967 Sessions for "Smile" and "Heroes and Villains" continue...Beach Boys file a lawsuit against Capitol for 'missing' royalties...Brian plans a studio in his new Bel Air home...Brian and songwriting partner Van Dyke Parks part company..."Inside Pop" CBS TV documentary airs with Brian performing "Surf's Up"...European tour..."Smile" album is abandoned...work on "Smiley Smile" album starts, mostly at Brian's new home studio..."Heroes and Villains" is finally completed...Beach Boys do not make their scheduled appearance at Monterey Pop festival...Capitol dispute is settled and Brother Records is announced..."Heroes and Villains" single makes US number 12 and UK number 8..."Gettin' Hungry" single, credited to Brian & Mike, fails to chart..."Smiley Smile" album released, baffling fans and critics and charting at a disappointing US number 41..."Wild Honey" album is recorded, once more largely at Brian's home studio and with the group now playing their own instruments again..."Wild Honey" album is released...the group's critical hipness and record sales are in decline. / page 170 1968 The group, and especially Mike, become enthralled by the Maharishi and Transcendental Meditation...recording sessions are held for the "Friends" album...Mike flies to India and study alongside The Beatles with the Maharishi...the group's Southern US tour is largely cancelled to re-scheduled following the murder of Martin Luther King...Dennis meets Charles Manson...a mostly ill-attended Beach Boys US tour with the Maharishi is halted after just seven dates...sessions take place for "20/20" album..."Friends" album released, but its chart peak at 126 marks the group's worst sales performance to date..."Do It Again" single makes US number 20 and a UK number 1...in a bizarre attempt to boost the group's flagging US sales, Capitol releases the "Stack-o-Tracks" backing-tracks-only album...European tour takes place, with London performances recorded for a future live album. / page 210 1969 Recording sessions begin for a new album, to become next year's "Sunflower"..."20/20" album released..."I Can Hear Music" single makes US number 24 and UK number 10...The Beach Boys' record label Brother Records is again launched...Brian announces that the group has severe financial problems, soon denied by Bruce...European tour takes place, including dates in Czechoslovakia...on tour in London, Carl spots South African group The Flames that includes future Beach Boys Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar..."Break Away" single makes US number 63 and UK number 6...Capitol contract expires with one album still due...deal with German label Deutsche Grammophon fails...sessions for the album that becomes "Sunflower" continue...The Beach Boys sign a new recording contract with Warner/Reprise...Murry Wilson sells entire publishing rights to the group's original songs. / page 238 1970 Sessions conclude for "Sunflower" album, the first version of which is rejected by new label Warner/Reprise...re-recordings and new work follow in the studio...tour of New Zealand and Australia..."Cotton Fields" single fails to chart in the US but goes to number 2 in the UK and number 1 in Australia...last Capitol album "Live in London" released in UK...Warner/Reprise rejcts a further version of the new album...pressure builds as US-only single "Slip On Through" fails to chart...Warner/Reprise finally accepts the group's revised master tape and the "Sunflower" album is subsequently released to good reviews but poor sales...Jack Rieley becomes The Beach Boys' new manager...Dennis is filmed for his appearances in the "Two-Lane Blacktop" movie...sessions start for next album, to become "Surf's Up"...the group plays two acclaimed sets at the Big Sur festival in California that mark a return to critical hipness...European tour, with support from Blondie and Ricky's group, subtly renamed as The Flame. / page 260 1971 Recordings continue for "Surf's Up" album...Dennis injures his hand badly in an accident and will not play drums again until 1974...Ricky Fataar takes Dennis's place on the drum stool for live dates..."Surf's Up" album released...the hip-again Beach Boys make the cover of "Rolling Stone"...sessions begin for the next album, to become "Carl And The Passions - 'So Tough'". / page 286 1972 The group decides to shift their recording base from Los Angeles to The Netherlands...drummer Ricky Fataar and guitarist Blondie Chaplin officially joins The Beach Boys...sessions continue in California for the new album "Carl And The Passions - 'So Tough'"...Bruce Johnston leaves the group..."Carl And The Passions" album released...sessions start in The Netherlands for a new album, which becomes "Holland"...Warner/Reprise rejects the first version of "Holland" and so the group replaces "We Got Love" with the more commercial "Sail On Sailor". / page 300 1973 "Holland" album released, including Brian's "Mount Vernon And Fairway" EP..."Sail On Sailor" single released...Murry Wilson dies of a heart attack at 56...Brian withdraws further from the world while the live band continues to tour..."In Concert" double-album released, becoming the group's first gold record for Warner/Reprise...Blondie Chaplin leaves The Beach Boys. / page 324 1974 Chicago's producer/manager James Guercio joins the group as occasional stage bassist and part-time manager..."Endless Summer" compilation double-album released by Capitol, becoming a great success...support tour with Crosby Stills Nash & Young...attempts to record a new album abandoned...Ricky Fataar leaves the group and Dennis returns to the drums..."Child Of Winter" single released, the first new Beach Boys material on record for nearly two years. / page 334 1975 "Sail on Sailor" single re-released in the US, making number 49...Capitol releases another successful compilation album, "Spirit of America"...'Beachago' US tour sees The Beach Boys joining forces...brief visit to the UK for a show at Wembley Stadium with Elton John...Warner/Reprise also releases a compilation album, "Good Vibrations"...psychiatrist Dr Eugene Landy is hired to treat Brian's continuing insecurity. / page 344 1976 Recording sessions begin for a new album, to become "15 Big Ones"..."Rock And Roll Music", the first Beach Boys single for 16 months, makes number 5 in the US..."15 Big Ones" marks Brians 'comeback' and is the group's first studio album since 1973...in the US and NBC TV special and a "People" magazine cover-story mark the groups 15th anniversary...Dennis works on solo-album, to become "Pacific Ocean Blue"...Brian begins essentially solo sessions for a new album, which becomes 1977's "The Beach Boys Love You"...LA Forum shows marks 15th anniversary of the first concert by The Beach Boys. / page 356 Post-'76 Round-Up "The Beach Boys Love You" album...Dennis's solo album, "Pacific Ocean Blue"...first Caribou-label LP, "L.A. (Light Album)"..."Beach Boys Medley" single makes number 12...Mike's solo album, "Looking Back With Love"...Dennis Wilson dies...Beach Boys/Fat Boys single "Wipe Out" makes number 12..."Kokomo" single goes to number 1..."Good Vibrations" boxed set..."Pet Sounds Sessions" boxed set...Carl Wilson dies...Brian's solo album, "Imagination", and first solo tour..."Hawthorne, CA" CD...Brian tours, playing "Pet Sounds" and, later, "Smile". / page 371 Brian Wilson solo concerts 1995-2004 / page 379 Selected US/UK discography / page 380 Song recording index / page 382 Smile recording index / page 390 Session musicians / page 391 TV listings / page 393 Concert location index 1961-1976 / page 394 Special thanks / page 398 |