NEW AND CURRENT ITEMS
BEACH BOYS REUNION PLANS ANNOUNCED! David Marks will come together for a new studio album, commemorative catalog releases with Capitol/EMI, and a 50-date international tour to begin on April 27th with a headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, as well as other exciting events to be announced. Recording on the new album is already under way. Read the full press release . Watch the Do It Again video on the official BB reunion website . The BBs will make a reunion appearance at the Grammy Awards on February 12th and will join with bands Foster The People and Maroon 5 for a special performance. The awards show will be televised on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific Time. The show will also be presented online at and CBS.com, and on YouTube. (updated 2/8/12)
THE BEACH BOYS SMILE IS HERE FINALLY! Capitol Records is releasing the Beach Boys ' long-lost album Smile, on November 1, 2011 in the US, October 31 in the UK, November 2 in Japan, and has just come out in Europe. Titled The Smile Sessions, the set is available in three versions a two-CD set; a two-disc vinyl edition, and a limited-edition boxed set. A digital release is also expected. Mark Linett and Alan Boyd co-produced the release. Smile insert booklet, a poster of Frank Holmes' cover art, and a 60-page hardbound book. (Click on the image below to see the box set package.) An Intro to Smile video with interviews from the individual Beach Boys, Mark Linett, and Alan Boyd is now available from the BBs' YouTube channel. Footage from one of the Good Vibrations recording sessions is included in the intro video. The book has liner notes from Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Alan Jardine, and Bruce Johnston, as well as contributions from artist Frank Holmes, Peter Reum, Craig Slowinski, Tom Nolan, Dominic Priore, Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, Diane Rovell, Dean Torrence, Mark Volman, Michael Vosse, David Anderle, and Danny Hutton. There are also lyrics, illustrations by Frank Holmes, previously unreleased photos, an in-depth sessionography, and more. (updated 10/28/11)
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The Fall '11 issue of the BBFC Newsletter is out, with an interview with Matt Jardine. To order, see below . (11/30/11)
A biopic of Dennis Wilson's later years, tentatively titled The Drummer, is planned for 2012. Aaron Eckhart has been signed to portray DW and Vera Farmiga to play Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac). Dennis' son Carl B. Wilson and daughter Jennifer Wilson will serve as co-producers on the film. Music from Dennis' Pacific Ocean Blue, as well as previously unreleased Dennis Wilson and Beach Boys music will be featured in the soundtrack. (updated 1/31/12)
Brian Wilson has released In the Key of Disney, an album of Brian's takes on 11 Disney film music classics. Tracks include Baby Mine, I Just Can't Wait to Be King, Stay Awake, and When You Wish Upon a Star (the song that inspired Surfer Girl ). Listen to Heigh-Ho/Whistle While You Work , courtesy of
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