Sail On Sailor 1972

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Of course, in any live concert, there are rarely 100-percent perfect performances, and this Carnegie Hall gig is no exception. There was really only one notable moment where the singers were obviously having some monitor issues. To wit: In the midsection barbershop portion of “Heroes and Villains,” they do get a bit off-key, but they also rebound gloriously. If you listen closely, you can hear someone whom I think is Carl Wilson saying a relieved, “Whew!” after they complete that quite complex song. Hey, this is ultimately what live performance without a net is all about — warts and all!

I sure do. The woman I was with at the time was Tamara, who is the mother of our daughter, Summer. And she’s a Pisces, and she was the inspiration for the lyric for that song. Brian came up with the music part of it, and so it was a collaboration by Brian and I, which came out pretty nice. I wrote out the poem which became the lyrics, and we put it together musically. So that was like the old days, wasn’t it? Because Brian and I wrote so many great songs together during the ‘60s.

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Prior to that, “Carl and the Passions” was another example of booming creativity, when we brought a group over from South Africa called the Flame, and they contributed musically and sonically and lyrically to that album. So there was a lot going on. But unfortunately, we didn’t position ourselves too well as a recording group by calling ourselves “Carl and the Passions.” That took a little explaining, but I don’t know if the point ever got across that that was just a humorous (thing)… that was just like an anecdote that ended up being the title of that particular album. Probably nobody knew who the hell we were! [Laughs.] Offiziellecharts.de – The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor – 1972" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 9, 2022. It’s easy to see how it must feel strange to talk about something you were only a part of for a couple of years, 50 years ago. And yet you have toured with Brian and his band in recent years, so in that sense it has to seem not such a completely foreign experience. Talk about the spiritual elements that were key for you in some of those songs, like on “He Come Down” a sort of ecumenical gospel song on the “Carl and the Passions” album, which works Krishna and the Maharishi in there. Van Dyke Parks, who was then director of audio-visual services at Warner Bros. Records, explained the impetus for the song: "I called [Brian] up out of the clear blue sky and at some point he said, 'Let's write a tune.' It was better than having him stare at the angels on his headboard and write tunes about them." [3] On another occasion, he shared further context,

Musician [Supporting Musicians 1972] – Alex Del Zoppo, Billy Hinsche, Charles Lloyd, Daryl Dragon, David Sandler, Don Goldberg (3), Doug Dillard, Frank Mayes, Gordon Marron, Jimmy Bond, John Roos (2), Kevin Michaels, Luther Coffee, Michael Clarke, Orville "Red" Rhodes*, Tandyn Almer, Tommy Morgan, Tony Martin, Jr Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-04-28 . Retrieved 2019-07-26. The latest chapter in The Beach Boys’ archival series was produced by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd, the team behind 2013’s Grammy-winning SMiLE Sessions and last year’s acclaimed Feel Flows – The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971. The comprehensive six-CD Super Deluxe Edition features newly remastered versions of Carl And The Passions – So Tough and Holland, plus Holland’s Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairytale) EP (complete with its original instructions to “please listen in the dark”). Well, I look it as a short escapade, but there seemed to be quite a bit of music in there. The way it ended was a bit of a drag. Because I got into a bit of an argument with Steve Love, Mike Love’s brother, and that wasn’t any fun. And I think that’s what you are asking me, because that’s how it ended. There was a skirmish, so to speak, and people landed me a few blows, and I just said, “Screw it.” So however you can condense that so it doesn’t swallow the whole beautiful part of the music would be great. [Laughs.]

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I’m still fond of going to Holland. Up until this pandemic, I was going there once a year, hanging out. I love going there and sitting on the boat, just going down the canal. It’s really mellow, and that’s what I liked about doing the “Holland” album. It was mellow to be there, and that’s a mellow place, so I had a lot of fun doing it. That said, it wasn’t entirely plain sailing. The world could probably have struggled on somehow without ‘California Saga’s lengthy spoken word interlude; Brian Wilson’s other contribution, ‘Funky Pretty’, is no great shakes and, depending on your perspective, the “fairytale” relegated to an accompanying 7” single, ‘Mount Vernon And Fairway’, is either a fine example of Brian Wilson writing in charmingly naïve mode, a fascinating insight into his damaged psyche or completely excruciating: possibly, it’s all three. When Brian Wilson went into semi-retirement after the now-legendary hardships he endured in 1966 while trying to create SMiLE (his then-unfinished, near-mythological but eventually completed masterwork, eventually released and performed live in 2004, and beyond), the remaining group members soldiered on through several years of transitional turmoil in search of a new voice for The Beach Boys. Smotroff, Mark (December 9, 2022). "The Beach Boys' Triumphant Sail On Sailor – 1972 180g 5LP+1EP Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set Paints a Beautiful Portrait of a Hungry Band Finding a New Voice, Both in the Studio and Onstage". Analog Planet.

Ironically, when Mo Ostin and David Berson told the group they wanted to put "Sail on Sailor" on the Holland album and release it as a single, it became impossible for them to get Brian into the studio. When Brian finally got around to working, he started his usual procrastination, tinkering with the song, trying to make it perfect, as he had with " Good Vibrations" and Smile. Finally, the rest of the group did not allow Brian into the studio to work on it at all. [18] Lead vocalist Blondie Chaplin (1979)If Brian’s “Sail On Sailor” joyously established the theme, “Steamboat” found Dennis on a boat trip to deep and melancholic reverie, all Sgt Pepper gear changes and Fender Rhodes. It’s such a wonderfully 1972 sound, you could swear it was David Gilmour on guitar. With the help of Mike Love, Al Jardine continued to channel Americana, exploring the natural wealth of the American West Coast and its “new-born fauns” in “California Saga”. Elsewhere, Carl came into his own magnificently with “The Trader”.

White, Timothy (1996). The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern Californian Experience. Macmillan. ISBN 0333649370. It was a period when you and other band members came more to the fore as Brian receded a little bit. Locey, Bill (January 13, 2005). "Leader of the Jam". Archived from the original on August 10, 2007.The new project focuses on the period after the seminal Sunflower and Surf’s Up albums, when Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine launched into their 18th studio album, Carl and the Passions – “So Tough,” then left Southern California to relocate in the small village of Baambrugge in Holland in the summer of 1972 to make Holland. Sail On Sailor – 1972features newly remastered versions of the two albums, plus Holland’s Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairytale) EP (complete with its original instructions to “please listen in the dark”), and boasts an unreleased live concert recorded at NYC’s Carnegie Hall on Thanksgiving, 1972, the first-ever release of a complete Beach Boys concert from this era with the original setlist. I would be remiss if I didn’t discuss the special bonus EP included with the original Holland LP, the 7-inch, 33 & 1/3rpm mini-album featuring Brian Wilson’s whimsical and wondrous “Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairytale).” This surreal fantasy about a magical transistor radio is often overlooked by many folks — but if you listen closely, you’ll find it contains some of Brian Wilson’s most beautiful melodies.