Anniversary Record Club, July 2015: The Beach Boys - "Summer
Jul 2, 2015 20:59:35 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 20:59:35 GMT -5
The winner of the July Anniversary Record Club is The Beach Boys’ ninth album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), released July 5, 1965. The album is arguably the band’s last record of (mostly) original compositions with an overtly commercial pop bent before the opus Pet Sounds.
Tell us what you think about about this record after 50 years.
Instead of the section where I’d point out a few highlights in the band’s subsequent history (anyone with even a cursory knowledge of rock music likely knows them), I’m posting links to the bootleg tape of Murry Wilson—band manager and father of Brian, Dennis, and Carl—in the studio. Appropriate here as it documents an early attempt at recording “Help Me, Rhonda,” it’s an interesting look into the dysfunction behind The Beach Boys’ art and is worth a listen if you haven’t done so already.
(right-click to download an mp3)
Edited 14:00 version
Full 39:00 version (gets really interesting around 23:00)
Tell us what you think about about this record after 50 years.
Instead of the section where I’d point out a few highlights in the band’s subsequent history (anyone with even a cursory knowledge of rock music likely knows them), I’m posting links to the bootleg tape of Murry Wilson—band manager and father of Brian, Dennis, and Carl—in the studio. Appropriate here as it documents an early attempt at recording “Help Me, Rhonda,” it’s an interesting look into the dysfunction behind The Beach Boys’ art and is worth a listen if you haven’t done so already.
(right-click to download an mp3)
Edited 14:00 version
Full 39:00 version (gets really interesting around 23:00)
