Instrumentation on "Wouldn't It Be Nice"??

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Tom Paterson wrote:

>>From: Bob Cain
>
>
>>That doesn't seem to be available any more. Anybody want to
>>sell theirs?
>
>
> Perhaps better:
>
> http/cheap-cds.com/surf/disps/243819
>
> They have three, $57.91 incl. S&H. I've bought there once or twice, good
> experience. --TP

Thanks Tom. I'd only Googled on "pet sounds boxed set" and
came up dry.


Bob
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As somebody who essentially ignored the Beach Boys (the Beatles used up
most of my attention span for 60's pop), what would you suggest as the one
album that either nails the essence of the Beach Boys the best, or is
simply the best one to listen to?

 

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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 03:59:19 GMT, rdbarone@shaw.ca (Ralph & Diane
Barone) wrote:

>As somebody who essentially ignored the Beach Boys (the Beatles used up
>most of my attention span for 60's pop), what would you suggest as the one
>album that either nails the essence of the Beach Boys the best, or is
>simply the best one to listen to?

There's maybe no such critter, but the one I still play often is
_Holland_. _Surf's Up_ too. But that's just geezerhood.

Chris Hornbeck
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The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato." -Eugene Ormandy

 

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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 04:15:27 GMT, Chris Hornbeck
<chrishornbeckremovethis@att.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 03:59:19 GMT, rdbarone@shaw.ca (Ralph & Diane
>Barone) wrote:
>
>>As somebody who essentially ignored the Beach Boys (the Beatles used up
>>most of my attention span for 60's pop), what would you suggest as the one
>>album that either nails the essence of the Beach Boys the best, or is
>>simply the best one to listen to?
>
>There's maybe no such critter, but the one I still play often is
>_Holland_. _Surf's Up_ too. But that's just geezerhood.

You can't go too wrong with some kind of greatest hits thing either.
Is "Holland" the live album? There was a live album they did in the
late 70s or early 80s that was just killer, even though Brian wasn't
on it.

Al

 

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Chris Hornbeck wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 03:59:19 GMT, rdbarone@shaw.ca (Ralph & Diane
> Barone) wrote:
>
>>As somebody who essentially ignored the Beach Boys (the Beatles used up
>>most of my attention span for 60's pop), what would you suggest as the one
>>album that either nails the essence of the Beach Boys the best, or is
>>simply the best one to listen to?
>
> There's maybe no such critter, but the one I still play often is
> _Holland_. _Surf's Up_ too. But that's just geezerhood.

Surf's Up is certainly a masterpiece, but it is in no way representative
of their "essence". If you want one Beach Boys album that is truly
representative of them, I'd probably pick "Summer Days (and Summer
Nights)", which was later combined into a twofer as "All Summer Long".

But there are a LOT of good compilations of the Beach Boys hits. I
picked one up a few years ago that I like a lot. It's called "Endless
Summer", and features most of their major hits from "Surfin' Safari"
through "Good Vibrations".

Better still may be a collection called "Sounds of Summer", which
features 30 of their best known songs from 1962 to 1988. (Curiously, as
comprehensive as this collection appears, it still misses "The Warmth Of
The Sun".)

 

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>what would you suggest as the one
>album that either nails the essence of the Beach Boys...

For something that just stinks of Beach Boy, that live record
(recorded in Sacramento as I remember??) with al of them (including
Brian) decked out in matching pinstipe shirts and matching Fender
guitars and amps on the cover blasting out all the teen hits complete
with screaming is a pretty cool listen...

 

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Ralph & Diane Barone wrote:

> As somebody who essentially ignored the Beach Boys (the Beatles used up
> most of my attention span for 60's pop), what would you suggest as the one
> album that either nails the essence of the Beach Boys the best, or is
> simply the best one to listen to?


I have much of their stuff (and all the Beatles'). I'd say "Pet Sounds"
is the best example of Brian Wilson at his recording / arranging /
producing peak.

 

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playon wrote:

> You can't go too wrong with some kind of greatest hits thing either.
> Is "Holland" the live album?

No. It was a studio album done on a boat in Holland. 8 /


> There was a live album they did in the
> late 70s or early 80s that was just killer, even though Brian wasn't
> on it.


That was "In Concert".

 

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>From: Bob Cain

>Thanks Tom.

My pleasure.

>I'd only Googled on "pet sounds boxed set" and came up dry.

Well, you could have dried you wallet out by around $175 with the first thing I
found. Later poster found it for $38 at Amoeba in LA. That's why we like those
friendly local music stores... (Waterloo here in Austin Tx). "Happy hunting".

 

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Tom Paterson wrote:

>>From: Bob Cain
>
>
>>Thanks Tom.
>
>
> My pleasure.
>
>
>>I'd only Googled on "pet sounds boxed set" and came up dry.
>
>
> Well, you could have dried you wallet out by around $175 with the first thing I
> found. Later poster found it for $38 at Amoeba in LA. That's why we like those
> friendly local music stores... (Waterloo here in Austin Tx). "Happy hunting".

Ordered it and really looking forward. I wasn't much into
music in this kind of depth back then so it will pretty much
be a new experience to me. As much as I've heard recently
about the brilliance of that album I've been wanting to give
it a listen and when I heard about the boxed set, decided to
go all the way. 🙂


Bob
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"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein