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| Subject | Re: Wilson/McCartney in 2005? |
| Date | Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:37:23 +0000 |
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> From Pitchfork:
>
> James Gregory reports:
> So earlier this year, when you picked up a copy of
> Brian Wilson's first 2004 release, Gettin' in Over My
> Head and skipped over to "A Friend Like You", the
> highly anticipated duet with Paul McCartney, what was
> your first reaction? Yeah, that's about what we
> thought. Well, you're not alone. The general consensus
> among critics and fans (other than that the album has
> the most God-awful cover art of the year) is that
> while his duet with the ex-Beatle was noteworthy as a
> historic musical event, the resulting track was
> unfortunately a colossal misuse of both artist's
> talents. Well, according to WhatGoesOn.com, the actual
> sessions for the song reportedly went "so well" that
> the pair have decided to take another crack at a
> musical partnership sometime in 2005.
>
> Details are sketchy as of yet, but the word from
> Wilson himself is that the two legends will reconvene
> next year to record a full-length album together.
> Speaking of his future plans after wrapping up 2004's
> critically acclaimed Smile tour, Wilson explained:
> "I'll make a rock 'n' roll album with Paul. That's
> going to happen next year. Paul is way out there. He's
> a complete original."
>
> But the proposed McCartney project isn't the only
> rumored album activity for the former Beach Boy. As
> fans may have noticed, recent Wilson interviews have
> made it clear that his conquering of the
> long-abandoned Smile has helped to reawaken the 62
> year-old's confidence behind the recording console. In
> an interview with Steve Taylor on XFM, Wilson alluded
> to the possibility of another new release. When Taylor
> asked about a possible follow-up to Smile, Wilson
> responded, "Yeah, if it's successful, boom [snaps
> fingers]... we'll make another one" As he appears to
> have once again mastered the multi-sectioned recording
> technique he once pioneered on tracks like "Good
> Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains", it'll be
> interesting to see how this possible project develops
> with current studio technology at his disposal.
>
> And while you have Smile on the brain (as, admittedly,
> we do), we have yet more news in our continuing
> coverage of the recently resurrected album. While the
> standard release of the disc debuted in stores on
> September 28th, Amazon.co.uk is now making a exclusive
> version of the album available on their website.
> According to a product description on the site, the
> special edition features deluxe packaging that
> "comprises a white box with 3D shadowbox embedded in
> the lid. This shadowbox is a recreation of the artwork
> from the centre pages of the album booklet and
> contains movable figures. The CD is housed in a custom
> slipcase. One in four copies will be signed by Brian
> Wilson; these will be randomly allocated." The set is
> going for £52.99, which at the current exchange rate
> roughly translates to about $94 USD-- a pricey
> souvenir, considering there's no extra music included.
>
> Unsurprisingly, the official release of SMiLE has also
> drummed up fresh interest in the album's long, strange
> history. Several file-sharing services have recently
> seen a wealth of the original 1967 SMiLE sessions
> being traded back and forth by curious users. Many of
> the tracks are bootlegs of unfinished songs that have
> never officially been issued on commercial albums or
> compilations, and even include original session
> rarities that weren't integrated into Wilson's 2004
> version, such as "Earth Chant", "He Gives Speeches"
> (which later became the Smiley Smile track "She's
> Goin' Bald"), and the "Revolution 9"-esque "George
> Fell into His French Horn".
>
> While handwritten tracklists, session logs, and Wilson
> interviews from the era have given longtime Smile
> obsessives a basic idea as to how the original 1967
> version would have played out if released, the 2004
> version has seen many fans re-evaluating their
> original thoughts on the sequencing, as they assemble
> their precious bootlegged tracks according to the
> alternate sequencing found on Wilson's recent
> re-recording, in an attempt to craft a definitive
> version of the original album.
>
> While we may never truly know how Smile would have
> turned out if Wilson had managed to complete it in
> 1967, the older tracks-- many of which can be found
> legally on The Beach Boys' 1993 box set, Good
> Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys-- make for
> some interesting comparisons to fans only familiar
> with the recent Wilson release. They also underscore
> just how tremendous an accomplishment the new version
> is, as Wilson, with the help of The Wondermints, was
> able to practically duplicate the original sessions
> note-for-note, and in some cases improve upon them.
>
>
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