Archives for: 2009, week 26

Beach Boys/Brian Wilson Promo CD Extravaganza: Vol. 2- “Gettin’ In Over My Head”

I like “Gettin’ In Over My Head” and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Today I went over to the Smiley Smile message board for the first time in ages, and one of the first messages I came across is by Andrew G. Doe ; he cringes at the mere thought of ha… more »

August 2009 Record Collector Interviews Al Jardine

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Beach Boys/Brian Wilson Promo CD Extravaganza: Vol. 1- “A Celebration of Brian Wilson’s SMiLE”

As promised, here’s Vol. 1 of my Beach Boys/Brian Wilson Promo CD Extravaganza. First up is a simple CD-R printed by Nonesuch in conjunction with the 2004 release of “Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE.” I first blogged about this disc at UNCANNY MARK 1. T… more »

Company Publishes $1,500 Brian Wilson Book

GENESIS PUBLICATIONS is the publisher EMEDIAWIRE has the press release more »

BRIAN WILSON LAUNCHES NEW BOOK WITH SECRET ACOUSTIC GIG

UNCUT "Brian Wilson played an intimate eight song acoustic set in London on Thursday (July 2), to mark the launch of a new collector's book based on recent album That Lucky Old Sun. The cloth-bound hand-numbered book of original collages by iconic ar… more »

Media Outlets Re-Package Al Jardine's Quote to Rolling Stone On Fleet Foxes

PREFIXMAG UK DAILY EXPRESS FESTIVALWISE GIGWISE CONTACT MUSIC Al Jardine's notable quote: ”[Fleet Foxes are] awesome. They kind of have the Beach Boys vibe, too — very beautiful harmonies. They’re just taking the world by storm, and without any si… more »

Al Jardine Digs Fleet Foxes

ROLLING STONE ”[Fleet Foxes are] awesome. They kind of have the Beach Boys vibe, too — very beautiful harmonies. They’re just taking the world by storm, and without any singles.” Rolling Stone also reports that Fleet Foxes plan on recording on their o… more »

Beach Boys/Brian Wilson Promo CD Extravaganza: Introduction

OK, so “extravaganza” may be a bit much, but it’s a great, eye catching word, so what the heck? As I mentioned in a previous blog, I’ve been fortunate enough to come across several Beach Boys/Brian Wilson promo only CDs. For some reason I’m oddly drawn… more »