The Beach Boys

Released: July 29, 1993

Songwriter: Tony Asher Brian Wilson

Producer: Brian Wilson

This time we're going to record with a tape recorder
Brian
Here we go
Brian
Yes
Do you want me to lay out again on that instrumental break and then come back in with Forrest toward the end like before?
I'm gonna have you wail on that baby, for the instrumental break, think you can do it?
I play it straight through this time
Try to wail this thing, you know
Play it loud
Hey, does the union know your recording?
Here we go
This'll be what?
Take two
Just relax me and this other cat are going to straighten you guys out then wе'll get you into world peace
Did you еver hear that album called "How To Speak Hip"? Has anybody ever heard it?
Nope
What is it?
Oh, it's funny. It's "How To Speak Hip" by Del Close and John Brenner, it was cut in '59. It's a very funny album. OK, let's go
Take
This is take
Two
Take two, "Let Go Of Your Ego"
One, two, one, two, three

No, hold it please for a minute, I'll be out
Could we give it, give it a real, play it real good and strong this time, we may get it real soon, huh?
Do you think we could hear a little bit more harmonica in that…instrumental break, I don't know
This is "Let Go Of Your Libido"…libido, take nine
One, two, one, two, three

Thanks, that's it

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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