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| From | "Benjamin Lukoff" <lukoff@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Pacific Ocean Blue |
| Date | Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:22:00 -0700 |
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How's the German import differ from the US version?
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:36 AM, <WARFELT@nationwide.com> wrote:
> Because I am always the last person to experience most things, I
> purchased a copy of the German import of the CD issue of Pacific Ocean
> Blue by Dennis Wilson. I know it has been discussed here in the past,
> but just let me say "Jeesh". My gosh, what an amazing record. It does
> not sound dated in any way. To be honest, I don't know what I was
> expecting, but dang, It starts at the opening cut and doesn't really let
> up. Thoughts of You is an amazing song among many. The mastering on the
> CD is just great.
>
> That being said, there is second disc of unreleased material that was to
> be the follow-up to POB called Bambu. These are the sessions recorded at
> Caribou Studios. These sessions are a completely different body of work.
> I am not sure which of these 2 records I liked better. For sessions that
> were sporadically recorded over 5 years and in his own words a bit
> unfocused, the songs have a decidedly focused depth. These are the
> ravings of a mature songwriter. It reminded me of Van Dyke Parks, or a
> very dark Harry Nilsson. I hear some John Lennon.
>
> This package is a nice musical portrait of Dennis Wilson that I wasn't
> quite expecting but am happily surprised. After reading the liner notes,
> I have to track down "Forever" by the Beach Boys. It is referred to a
> zillion times in the various essays with the disks.
>
> Dennis released a single titled "Sound of Free" that doesn't appear to
> have ever been on any album. Is this true? Has anyone heard it?
>
> Tom, who posts once a decade.
>
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