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Still Cruisin'
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Southern Californians in 1962 were quick to spot and adopt as an anthem The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’.” The single, originally released on the tiny, local Candix label, was picked up by Capitol in a prescient move that launched the Boys’ international stardom.
But who in 1962 could have predicted that 27 years later, The Beach Boys would still be riding the crest of popular music?
Probably not even the group themselves – even granting the quality and wit of the lyrics and the quantum leap in arrangement and production. How far, after all, can a band continue celebrating the wonders of girls, cars, surf and sand?
Yet in 1988, The Beach Boys enjoyed one of the biggest hits of their career, their first No. 1 single since 1966’s “Good Vibrations.”
The song, of course, was “Kokomo,” composed and performed for the soundtrack of the hit film “Cocktail.” A delightful confection concocted as a collaboration between The Beach Boys’ Mike Love, The Mamas And The Papas’ John Phillips and Scott McKenzie, and long-time Beach Boy pal Terry Melcher, the tropically-accented song was cooler than a piña colada.
“STILL CRUISIN’” gathers ten Beach Boys triumphs. Most of them are previously unavailable on any of the group’s albums, and five of them are brand new.
Three are old Brian Wilson classics, featured in recent films including “The Big Chill,” “Soul Man” and “Good Morning Vietnam.” Because, as any number of film, television and commercial producers know, there’s nothing that guarantees a good-time feeling like a Beach Boys song.
The older songs here are part of any music fan’s deep consciousness. “I Get Around” dates back to 1964’s “All Summer Long,” an album that once again confirmed Brian Wilson as a topnotch producer. The single held down the No. 1 position on Billboard’s pop chart for three weeks.
The eternal verity of “California Girls” is reflected in David Lee Roth’s hit 1985 remake; he was ten years old when the 1965 original climbed to No. 3. And “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” was the optimistic love song – and second single released – from 1966’s classic “Pet Sounds” album. It hit No. 8, paving the way for the band’s next single, “Good Vibrations.”
“Wipe Out” may have been the least likely hit of 1987; a revival of the Surfaris’ 1966 hit instrumental, reworked as a friendly battle-of-the-bands between prototypical Southern Californians The Beach Boys and roisterous Brooklyn-born rappers The Fat Boys.
Among the newest songs are the engaging and instantly classic “Island Girl, which is an Al Jardine original, “Somewhere Near Japan” is a second collaboration between The Beach Boys’ extended family and Papa John Phillips, “Make It Big,” composed by Mike Love, Terry Melcher and guitarist Bill House, “Still Cruisin’” by Love and Melcher, and “In My Car” which is a new Brian Wilson original, co-written by Eugene E. Landy and Alexandra Morgan.
During The Beach Boys’ recent summer tour, Mike Love would ask the audience how many among them were 25 or older – and typically, about half would raise their hands. When Love asked how many were younger than 25 – younger than the group itself – the other half of the crowd would stand and cheer.
“Still Cruisin’” indeed!
– June 1989
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1. STILL CRUISIN’
(Melcher/Love)
Copyright © 1989 by Daywin Music, Inc. administered by Careers Music, Inc./ Clairoudient Music Corporation (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA;
4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
From “Lethal Weapon 2”
2. SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN
(Phillips/Melcher/Love/Johnston)
Copyright © 1989 by Phillips-Tucker Music / Daywin Music, Inc. administered by Careers Music, Inc./ Clairoudient Music Corporation / Bruce Johnston Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA;
4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
3. ISLAND GIRL (I’m Gonna Maker Her Mine)
(Alan Jardine)
Copyright © by Jardine Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Alan Jardine, A Red Barn Production
Engineers: Billy Moss, Don Weiss
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA; Vintage Records
Mixed at Capitol Records
With Special Thanks to Leslie Ann Jones and the E-MERGEN-C
Vocals by Carl Wilson, Alan Jardine, Mike Love
Synth programming by James Grunke
Additional Background Vocals: Matt Jardine, Adam Jardine, Jeff Foskett
4. IN MY CAR
(Wilson/Landy/Morgan)
Copyright © 1989 by Beach Bum Music / Beachhead Music, Inc. (BMI/ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson and Eugene E. Landy (for “Brains And Genius”)
Mixed by Brian Wilson and Mark Linett
All Keyboards and Synthesizers played by Brian Wilson
Music and Vocal Arrangements by Brian Wilson
Programming and Computers by Michael Bernard
Guitar: Joseph Brasler
Drums: Vinnie Colautia
Recorded and Mixed at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles
Engineered by Mark Linett
Production Coordination by Andrew Dean
Assistant to Brian Wilson: Kevin S. Leslie
Brian Wilson plays Young Chang Pianos
5. KOKOMO
(Phillips/Love/Melcher/McKenzie)
Copyright © 1988 by Walt Disney Music Company / Wonderland Music Company, Inc. / Honest John Music / Clairoudient Music Corporation / Daywin Music, Inc. / Phillips-Tucker Music (ASCAP/BMI) All rights administered by Walt Disney Music Company and Wonderland Music Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Recorded at 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
Mastered at Precision Lacquer by Stephen Marcussen
From “Cocktail”
6. WIPE OUT*
(The Surfaris)
Copyright © 1963, 1987 by Miraleste Music Co. / Robin Hood Music Co. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran (Little Rascals)
In association with The Beach Boys
Co-Produced by Darren Robinson and Damon Wimbley
(With The Fat Boys)
7. MAKE IT BIG
(Melcher/House/Love)
Copyright © 1989 by Daywin Music, Inc. administered by Careers Music, Inc./ Clairoudient Music Corporation (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Acoustic Guitar: Carl Wilson, Al Jardine
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA;
4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
From “Troop Beverly Hills”
8. I GET AROUND
(Brian Wilson)
Copyright © 1964 by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson
From “Good Morning Vietnam”
9. WOULDN’T IT BE NICE
(Wilson/Asher)
Copyright © 1966 by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson
From “The Big Chill”
10. CALIFORNIA GIRLS
(Brian Wilson)
Copyright © 1965 by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson
From “Soul Man”
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Brian Wilson appears through the courtesy and friendship of Seymour Stein and Sire Records
The Fat Boys appear courtesy of Tin Pan Apple Records / PolyGram Records, Inc.
Additional Background Vocals: Matt Jardine, Adam Jardine, Suzie Renner, Jeff Foskett
Recorded at 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
Sound Solutions, Santa Monica, CA
Soundworks, New York, NY
The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA
Ryan Recording, Carmel, CA
Mastered at Capitol Records by Eddy Schreyer
The Beach Boys send a special thanks to Elliott Lott, Tom Hulett, and John Branca
And Special Thanks to the Beach Boys Band for Still Cruisin’ with us after all these years – Ed Carter, Bass/Vocals; Mike Kowalski, Drums; Billy Hinsche, Piano/Vocals; Michael Meros, Keyboards/Organ; Jeff Foskett, Guitar/Vocals; Matthew Jardine, Percussion/Vocals.
Art Direction: Tommy Steele
Design: DZN, The Design Group
Cover Illustration: Tom Utley
__________________________________________________
For more information on The Beach Boys, send a long, self-addressed stamped envelope to:
THE BEACH BOYS FAN CLUB
P.O. Box 84282
Los Angeles, CA 90073
* (P) 1987 PolyGram Records, Inc
(P) © 1989 Capitol Records, Inc. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., A Subsidiary of Capitol-EMI Music, Inc., Hollywood and Vines Streets, Hollywood, California. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Printed in U.S.A.
CDP 7 92639 2
To buy this album from Amazon.com, click here: Still Cruisin'
______________________________________________
Southern Californians in 1962 were quick to spot and adopt as an anthem The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’.” The single, originally released on the tiny, local Candix label, was picked up by Capitol in a prescient move that launched the Boys’ international stardom.
But who in 1962 could have predicted that 27 years later, The Beach Boys would still be riding the crest of popular music?
Probably not even the group themselves – even granting the quality and wit of the lyrics and the quantum leap in arrangement and production. How far, after all, can a band continue celebrating the wonders of girls, cars, surf and sand?
Yet in 1988, The Beach Boys enjoyed one of the biggest hits of their career, their first No. 1 single since 1966’s “Good Vibrations.”
The song, of course, was “Kokomo,” composed and performed for the soundtrack of the hit film “Cocktail.” A delightful confection concocted as a collaboration between The Beach Boys’ Mike Love, The Mamas And The Papas’ John Phillips and Scott McKenzie, and long-time Beach Boy pal Terry Melcher, the tropically-accented song was cooler than a piña colada.
“STILL CRUISIN’” gathers ten Beach Boys triumphs. Most of them are previously unavailable on any of the group’s albums, and five of them are brand new.
Three are old Brian Wilson classics, featured in recent films including “The Big Chill,” “Soul Man” and “Good Morning Vietnam.” Because, as any number of film, television and commercial producers know, there’s nothing that guarantees a good-time feeling like a Beach Boys song.
The older songs here are part of any music fan’s deep consciousness. “I Get Around” dates back to 1964’s “All Summer Long,” an album that once again confirmed Brian Wilson as a topnotch producer. The single held down the No. 1 position on Billboard’s pop chart for three weeks.
The eternal verity of “California Girls” is reflected in David Lee Roth’s hit 1985 remake; he was ten years old when the 1965 original climbed to No. 3. And “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” was the optimistic love song – and second single released – from 1966’s classic “Pet Sounds” album. It hit No. 8, paving the way for the band’s next single, “Good Vibrations.”
“Wipe Out” may have been the least likely hit of 1987; a revival of the Surfaris’ 1966 hit instrumental, reworked as a friendly battle-of-the-bands between prototypical Southern Californians The Beach Boys and roisterous Brooklyn-born rappers The Fat Boys.
Among the newest songs are the engaging and instantly classic “Island Girl, which is an Al Jardine original, “Somewhere Near Japan” is a second collaboration between The Beach Boys’ extended family and Papa John Phillips, “Make It Big,” composed by Mike Love, Terry Melcher and guitarist Bill House, “Still Cruisin’” by Love and Melcher, and “In My Car” which is a new Brian Wilson original, co-written by Eugene E. Landy and Alexandra Morgan.
During The Beach Boys’ recent summer tour, Mike Love would ask the audience how many among them were 25 or older – and typically, about half would raise their hands. When Love asked how many were younger than 25 – younger than the group itself – the other half of the crowd would stand and cheer.
“Still Cruisin’” indeed!
– June 1989
___________________________________________________
1. STILL CRUISIN’
(Melcher/Love)
Copyright © 1989 by Daywin Music, Inc. administered by Careers Music, Inc./ Clairoudient Music Corporation (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA;
4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
From “Lethal Weapon 2”
2. SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN
(Phillips/Melcher/Love/Johnston)
Copyright © 1989 by Phillips-Tucker Music / Daywin Music, Inc. administered by Careers Music, Inc./ Clairoudient Music Corporation / Bruce Johnston Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA;
4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
3. ISLAND GIRL (I’m Gonna Maker Her Mine)
(Alan Jardine)
Copyright © by Jardine Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Alan Jardine, A Red Barn Production
Engineers: Billy Moss, Don Weiss
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA; Vintage Records
Mixed at Capitol Records
With Special Thanks to Leslie Ann Jones and the E-MERGEN-C
Vocals by Carl Wilson, Alan Jardine, Mike Love
Synth programming by James Grunke
Additional Background Vocals: Matt Jardine, Adam Jardine, Jeff Foskett
4. IN MY CAR
(Wilson/Landy/Morgan)
Copyright © 1989 by Beach Bum Music / Beachhead Music, Inc. (BMI/ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson and Eugene E. Landy (for “Brains And Genius”)
Mixed by Brian Wilson and Mark Linett
All Keyboards and Synthesizers played by Brian Wilson
Music and Vocal Arrangements by Brian Wilson
Programming and Computers by Michael Bernard
Guitar: Joseph Brasler
Drums: Vinnie Colautia
Recorded and Mixed at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles
Engineered by Mark Linett
Production Coordination by Andrew Dean
Assistant to Brian Wilson: Kevin S. Leslie
Brian Wilson plays Young Chang Pianos
5. KOKOMO
(Phillips/Love/Melcher/McKenzie)
Copyright © 1988 by Walt Disney Music Company / Wonderland Music Company, Inc. / Honest John Music / Clairoudient Music Corporation / Daywin Music, Inc. / Phillips-Tucker Music (ASCAP/BMI) All rights administered by Walt Disney Music Company and Wonderland Music Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Recorded at 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
Mastered at Precision Lacquer by Stephen Marcussen
From “Cocktail”
6. WIPE OUT*
(The Surfaris)
Copyright © 1963, 1987 by Miraleste Music Co. / Robin Hood Music Co. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran (Little Rascals)
In association with The Beach Boys
Co-Produced by Darren Robinson and Damon Wimbley
(With The Fat Boys)
7. MAKE IT BIG
(Melcher/House/Love)
Copyright © 1989 by Daywin Music, Inc. administered by Careers Music, Inc./ Clairoudient Music Corporation (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Terry Melcher
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Wechsler
Acoustic Guitar: Carl Wilson, Al Jardine
Recorded at The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA;
4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
From “Troop Beverly Hills”
8. I GET AROUND
(Brian Wilson)
Copyright © 1964 by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson
From “Good Morning Vietnam”
9. WOULDN’T IT BE NICE
(Wilson/Asher)
Copyright © 1966 by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson
From “The Big Chill”
10. CALIFORNIA GIRLS
(Brian Wilson)
Copyright © 1965 by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Produced by Brian Wilson
From “Soul Man”
___________________________________________________
Brian Wilson appears through the courtesy and friendship of Seymour Stein and Sire Records
The Fat Boys appear courtesy of Tin Pan Apple Records / PolyGram Records, Inc.
Additional Background Vocals: Matt Jardine, Adam Jardine, Suzie Renner, Jeff Foskett
Recorded at 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
Sound Solutions, Santa Monica, CA
Soundworks, New York, NY
The Red Barn, Big Sur, CA
Ryan Recording, Carmel, CA
Mastered at Capitol Records by Eddy Schreyer
The Beach Boys send a special thanks to Elliott Lott, Tom Hulett, and John Branca
And Special Thanks to the Beach Boys Band for Still Cruisin’ with us after all these years – Ed Carter, Bass/Vocals; Mike Kowalski, Drums; Billy Hinsche, Piano/Vocals; Michael Meros, Keyboards/Organ; Jeff Foskett, Guitar/Vocals; Matthew Jardine, Percussion/Vocals.
Art Direction: Tommy Steele
Design: DZN, The Design Group
Cover Illustration: Tom Utley
__________________________________________________
For more information on The Beach Boys, send a long, self-addressed stamped envelope to:
THE BEACH BOYS FAN CLUB
P.O. Box 84282
Los Angeles, CA 90073
* (P) 1987 PolyGram Records, Inc
(P) © 1989 Capitol Records, Inc. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., A Subsidiary of Capitol-EMI Music, Inc., Hollywood and Vines Streets, Hollywood, California. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Printed in U.S.A.
CDP 7 92639 2
