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Those familiar with the Beach Boys' decades of familial squabbles and personal discord will find the title Endless Harmony almost too ironic. But this soundtrack from the band-sanctioned VH-1 television special wisely focuses on the band's undeniable vocal prowess and the vaunted composing/arranging/producing skills of its chief architect, Brian Wilson. It also manages a fresh take on one of the most over-exposed catalogues in pop, largely by raiding the vaults for some unexpected gems: 21 of the 23 music tracks (two brief radio promos are also included) here are previously unreleased, and several Brian Wilson demos give insight in to his creative process. Worshippers of that grail of unreleased albums, Smile, will be excited to find that the piano demo of "Heroes and Villains" also includes snippets of "I'm in Great Shape" and "Barnyard", long-lost pieces of that legendary album/puzzle. Wilson's demo for "Breakaway" illustrates how he would arrange songs by recording each band member's vocal part himself--Wilson quite literally is the Beach Boys here. Also notable is "Surf's Up" engineer Steve Desper's radical (for 1970) remix of Wilson's fatalistic classic "Til I Die", early versions of "Do It Again", and "Help Me, Rhonda", and gorgeous (if heretical) stereo mixes of "California Girls" and "Kiss Me, Baby". The other band members' creative instincts are succinctly documented, but as always, it is the sound and vision of Brian Wilson that overshadows them. "Genius" might just be too weak an adjective. --Jerry McCulley
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The aptly titled ENDLESS HARMONY is a delightful, at times even giddy hybrid--equal parts "best of", "unplugged" recording, live album and rarities collection--by that most American of groups, The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson penned some of pop music's biggest hits as well as producing the band in his own lush and tasteful interpretation of Phil Spector's "wallof sound". Many of these deep, luxurious tunes ("God Only Knows", "California Girls", "Darlin'", "Help Me Rhonda" and the pocket symphony "Good Vibrations") are included here in alternate versions.
For a glimpse into the Beach Boys' hectic days of early touring there is a five-song medley of their surfin' smashes taken from a campus concert. A peek behind the scenes into the band's creative process is afforded with demos and snippets of "Break Away", "Heroes and Villains"and "I'm In Great Shape", the latter two tunes originally slated for release on the most famous rock album that never really was, SMILE. The Beach Boys are a world unto themselves, firmly rooted in pop music tradition but at their best, virtually inimitable. Yet their world is an embracing one, andENDLESS HARMONY is evidence of the group's good humor, boundless ambition and timeless quality.
For a glimpse into the Beach Boys' hectic days of early touring there is a five-song medley of their surfin' smashes taken from a campus concert. A peek behind the scenes into the band's creative process is afforded with demos and snippets of "Break Away", "Heroes and Villains"and "I'm In Great Shape", the latter two tunes originally slated for release on the most famous rock album that never really was, SMILE. The Beach Boys are a world unto themselves, firmly rooted in pop music tradition but at their best, virtually inimitable. Yet their world is an embracing one, andENDLESS HARMONY is evidence of the group's good humor, boundless ambition and timeless quality.
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