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March 17, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Brian Wilson In His Room, Making Art

Brian Wilson is in his sandbox, making art. The grit between his toes calms the flitters in his heart, at least momentarily. Tearily, he’ll circle Gershwin, wash through Mozart, change lanes to get ahead of McCartney. Smartly, he goes wherever his mind takes him. Sadly, that’s far too many places. But we get round, round, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beach Boys, Blog, Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson In His Room, Brian Wilson In His Room Making Art, Making Art, Pet Sounds, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here ·

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November 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Brian Wilson: At My Piano

Brian Wilson At My Piano Decca I can just imagine so many reviews missing the point, chuckling off at the redundancy of an instrumental set of Beach Boys songs, arguing that the sun-kissed classics need those vocal harmonies to really come alive.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, At My Piano, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson: At My Piano, Classical, Decca, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Piano, Solo, The Beach Boys, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Happy, Happy Gig Memories

We can’t see (m)any gigs. We can’t have (m)any gatherings. Live music venues are taking a hit. It might all feel doom and gloom – and possibly with the good reason that it actually is rather dooming and very, very gloomy….but we have memories of the past, right? We’ve seen some shows. Some incredible gigs. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Axl Rose, Beach Boys, Best, Best Gigs, Blog, Brian Wilson, Bright Eyes, Concert, George Benson, Gig, Gig Memories, Great Gig Moments, Guns n Roses, Happy, Happy Gig Memories, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Keb Mo', Melvins, Memories, Paul McCartney, Paul Ubana Jones, Prince, R.E.M., The Beatles, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wings ·

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August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 67

The Beach Boys, Wild Honey (1967) I have a few more Beach Boys albums to go but this was a nice find, recently. My favourite period for the band is 1967-1973 – they were out of the surfing phase and couldn’t rely on Brian at least not for brand new material all the time; so […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1967, Aren't You Glad, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Darlin', I Was Made To Love Her, LP, R'n'B, Record, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 67, Vinyl, Wild Honey ·

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March 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Murry Wilson & Snow: The Break Away EP

Murry Wilson & Snow The Break Away EP Omnivore Recordings Murry Wilson shares the prize with Joe Jackson (father of the Jackson 5, not the super singer/songwriter) as one of the world’s worst Professional Fathers – these manager/Svengali types that invented the cliché of channeling their own rage through their sons (and daughters) and being […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Archive, Beach Boys, Break Away, Demo, EP, Murry Wilson, Murry Wilson & Snow, Snow, The Beach Boys, The Break Away EP, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 153

Beach Boys, Good Vibrations (1975) You know you’re one of the tragic few – a real fan with more dollars than sense as they say when you buy a compilation like this. To be fair I bought this for $2 and it would only have ever been a bargain at half the price. The Beach […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1975, Beach Boys, Compilation, Fingers Keepers, Good Vibrations, LP, Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow, Record, The Beach Boys, The Monster Mash, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 153, Vinyl ·

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November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 214

The Beach Boys, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967) So many Beach Boys compilations. And I believe I’ve given a few away. But this was definitely one of the first Beach Boys records I owned – I have a feeling it was in fact the first. Which is probably why I’m still hanging […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1967, Beach Boys, Best Of, Best of The Beach Boys, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2, Compilation, Greatest Hits, Little Saint Nick, LP, The Beach Boys, The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 214, Vinyl, Vol.2, Volume 2, When I Grow Up (To Be A Man), You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 15 – Murry Wilson, “The Many Moods of Murry Wilson”

Murry Wilson, The Many Moods of Murry Wilson, 1967 Murry Wilson. Not a nice guy. Bitter hack – who was sure he was “a genius too”. Murry Wilson. Pretty sure he was the manager of The Beach Boys for a lot longer than he ever was – and written up as a bad guy who […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1967, Beach Boys, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Crap Albums I Love # 15, Easy Listening, Instrumental, Lawrence Welk, Mantovani, Many Moods, Murry, Murry Wilson, Shit That's Good, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 15, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 15 – Murry Wilson, The Beach Boys, The Many Moods of Murry Wilson, Wilson, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Wind Chimes

What’s the last song that made you feel like you actually stopped existing? That was the question. And there’s only one answer. That one by The Beach Boys… The one that goes, “On the warm breeze the  little bells/Tinkle like wind chimes Though it’s hard I try not to look at my wind chimes Now […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beach Boys, Poem, Poem: Wind Chimes, Song, The Beach Boys, Wind Chimes ·

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October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 231

The Beach Boys, Rock And Roll Music [Single] (1976) It’s when you don’t really care about the A-side or the B-side and you own the parent album which has both songs on it anyway (and that’s also not great) that you realise you’re in pretty deep. This is me, in real time, with my latest […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 15 Big Ones, 1976, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry, Covers, EP, LP, Rock And Roll Music, Rock N Roll Music, Single, The Beach Boys, The TM Song, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 231, Vinyl ·

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October 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Mike Love: 12 Sides of Summer

Mike Love 12 Sides of Summer BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Just what is a Mike Love? Is it the cold, prickly nasally lead singer of one of the best groups to ever make music? Is it the guy that provided many of their worst songs in the latter years? Is a Mike Love the […]
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October 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 236

The Beach Boys, Their Twenty Two Greatest Hits (1973) Ah, the specific – prosaic – compilation-album title. 22 hits you say? Better not be a bonus track! Better not cut off before the end either. I want to hear 22 songs by The Beach Boys and they better be their Greatest Goddamn Hits! My record […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1973, 22, 2nd-Hand, Beach Boys, Compilation, Don't Worry Baby, Greatest Hits, LP, Record, The Beach Boys, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 236, Their Twenty Two Greatest Hits, Twenty Two, Vinyl, World Record Club ·
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