CD synched to a Twilley documentary.

By Blurt Staff

Dwight Twilley - best known for his iconic hits through the decades like "I'm On Fire" (1975), "Girls" (1984) and the classic ballad "Why You Wanna Break My Heart" featured in the motion picture Wayne's World (1992) - has a new studio album Soundtrack, arriving October 4^th on Varese Sarabande.

Twilley signed on to write and produce the disc to accompany a film documentary about his life, which is now in production. "Creating this album was a real challenge for me. Something I've never attempted. It's completely autobiographical. For me these songs are like musical photographs of the people, places and events that tell my story." Soundtrack is not an album with all the best cuts jammed at the beginning, but rather plays like a book that urges you to read from start to finish.

The new album marks a bittersweet milestone of the end of a more than 30-year collaboration between Twilley and legendary guitarist Bill Pitcock IV, who made a significant contribution to the album. Pitcock passed away near the completion of the recording. 

Special guests on the album include Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills) who contributed her typically amazing harmonies on "Bus Ticket," "God Didn't Do It" and "The Cards Will Fall," and fellow Tulsan Taylor Hanson (Hanson) who adds organ and magical keyboard sprinkles to "The Cards Will Fall" and "The Last Time Around."

Track List

1. You Close Your Eyes

2. Bus Ticket
3. Tulsa Town

4. Skeleton Man
5. My Life

6. God Didn't Do It
7. Out in the Rain

8. Soundtrack
9. The Lonely One
10. The Cards Will Fall
11. Good Things Come Hard
12. The Last Time Around

August 27 at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Ore., it was a Revved-up white trash party par excellence.

By Tim Hinely

Atlanta's Nashville Pussy may have their legion of fans but I'm not one of them. The core of the band is vocalist/guitarist Blaine Cartwright and his guitar playing wife Ruyter Suys (she of the frizzed-out, kinky hair and plenty o' cleavage). These two 6-string sleazes set the tone of the set while grinding out an unsavory brew of Motorhead, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and Motley Crue. Tonight, though, it translated into a melding of burned-out riffage, tired rhythms and boring stoner rock clichés masquerading as lyrics (several of the songs had the words "high" and "drunk" in them). Oh, and the female bassist, Karen Cuda, has a lot of tattoos. Yawn.

Now the Rev has his legion of fans, but those folks have better taste than N.P. fans and yeah, they do genuflect at his sideburn-wearin' altar - Reverend Horton Heat and his crew deserve it. They've been at it for over two decades (bassist Jimbo Wallace has been there since nearly the beginning, 1989) and on this crisp Saturday night they did not disappoint. They opened with a batch of tunes off of the first two records including set opener "Marijuana" as well as "Nurture My Pig" (a Locos Gringos cover), "Baddest of the Bad," "Baby I'm Drunk" (off of 1998's Space Heater) "Big Blue Car" and plenty more.  After they finished their chronological set list, playing songs from every album, they threw in "Run Rudolph Run" from their Christmas album for good measure. After that, he started taking requests from the audience, playing a wicked version of "Loaded Gun," the ever popular "Wiggle Stick" and finishing with "Psychobilly Freakout."  Then, they encored with "Bales of Cocaine."

The guy (heck, all 3 of them) is a real entertainer and a true showman, a heady mix of Vegas barker, rabble rousing auctioneer and, yes, the sleazy preacher who will have you believing every word he utters within minutes. Next time Rev and his crew come to your town bring a date (like I did) and get yourself all gussied up right (though no Nudie suit for Rev this time). You'll feel better about yourself. Oh, and he did say he'll be back here for New Year's Eve. Better start working on your pompadour now, Greaso.

Music just sounds better with Dan Treacy....

By Blurt Staff

Acid House Kings team up with the Television Personalities' mainman Dan Treacy: together they've recorded the gorgeous gem "Heaven Knows I Miss Him Now" with Treacy on lead vocals and fellow TVP-member Texas Bob on guitar. The single contains two new recordings and is out on 7" vinyl and digital on October 18^th via Labrador.

It's the unexpected followup to the AHK 2011 album Music Sounds Better With You. The band's Johan Angergard offers the following testimonial:

I've loved Television Personalities for over 20 years now and it's still one of my favorite bands throughout all times. I guess the fact that my other band Club 8 has stolen two album titles from them gives a hint of my admiration...

Television Personalities are, in my opinion, one of ridiculously few bands who continue writing songs that are every bit as emotional and 'now' as they were 30 years ago. Just listen to "The Girl In The Hand Me Down Clothes" and "She's My Yoko" from "A Memory Is Better Than Nothing". If that doesn't move you, you just don't have a heart.

Television Personalities continue to be as interesting today as they were in the beginning of their career. And that is something I dearly wish I could say about more of my old heroes. Depeche Mode, The Cure.... hell, even Morrissey is starting to bore me! Dan Treacy is the only one left. It's nothing less than overwhelming that we've gotten the chance to collaborate with him.

You know you're gonna buy the 5-disc version...

By Fred Mills

Back in March it was announced that after all these years the Beach Boys' legendary unreleased SMiLE album was finally going to see an official release. Brian Wilson, of course, resurrected it in recent years in concert, but aside from several bootleg iterations (including a limited edition box that became a best-seller on the underground market), it's never truly seen the light of day in a sanctioned format. Yesterday Capitol/EMI disclosed the release date: November 1.

The SMiLE Sessions will come in multiple formats, including a standard 2CD edition and a deluxe 5CD version (which boasts vinyl goodies and a hardbound book). That's really all you need to know if you are a Beach Boys and Wilson freak. But for your edification, below is the full, lengthy press release the label issued outlining the project and listing all the tracks. (If you've got the bootleg box it's fascinating to compare the two sets' tracklistings to see what session material was chosen and what was omitted.) Watch for full coverage from BLURT, and meanwhile, start salivating.

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From Capitol/EMI:

With the full participation of original Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, and Brian Wilson, Capitol/EMI has, for the first time, collected and compiled the band's legendary 1966-'67 sessions for the never-completed SMiLE album.  Capitol/EMI and The Beach Boys are pleased to announce November 1 (October 31 internationally) as the release date for the long-awaited arrival of The SMiLE Sessions in multiple physical and digital configurations. Artwork and complete tracklists are also unveiled for what Rolling Stone magazine recently called "the most famous unfinished album in rock & roll history."

In numerous sessions between the spring of 1966 and the summer of 1967, The Beach Boys recorded a bounty of songs and drafts for an album, SMiLE, that was intended to follow the band's 1966 masterpiece, Pet Sounds.  The master tapes were ultimately shelved, and The Beach Boys' SMiLE has never been released.  Drawn from the original masters, The SMiLE Sessions presents an in-depth overview of The Beach Boys' recording sessions for the enigmatic album, which has achieved legendary, mythical status for music fans around the world. 

The SMiLE Sessions' 2CD lift-top box, double vinyl LP, digital album, and iTunes LP formats feature an approximation of what was intended to be the completed SMiLE album, compiled from The Beach Boys' original session masters. Additional session highlights and bonus tracks are also included, including demos and stereo mixes.

An expanded, boxed edition of The SMiLE Sessions will also be released physically and digitally, featuring the main SMiLE album tracks, plus four CDs of additional audio from the legendary sessions, a double vinyl LP set, and two 7" vinyl singles.  The deluxe box will also contain a 60-page hardbound book with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia from The Beach Boys' archive and newly-written essays by Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, and Bruce Johnston, as well as by Beach Boys historian and author Domenic Priore and many other inner-circle participants.

Produced by Brian Wilson, Mark Linett, Alan Boyd and Dennis Wolfe in Los Angeles, all of The SMiLE Sessions' physical and digital configurations include an assembled collection of core session tracks, while the box set delves much deeper into the sessions, adding early song drafts, alternate takes, instrumental and vocals-only mixes, and studio chatter. The SMiLE Sessions invites the listener into the studio to experience the album's creation, with producer, singer and bassist Brian Wilson's vision leading the way as he guides his fellow Beach Boys, singer Mike Love, drummer Dennis Wilson, lead guitarist Carl Wilson, rhythm guitarist Al Jardine, and newest member Bruce Johnston (who'd replaced Brian Wilson in the touring group during 1965), through the legendary sessions.

Artwork for all of The SMiLE Sessions' physical and digital configurations has been created with and inspired by Beat-Pop artist Frank Holmes' original 1967 LP sleeve art and booklet designs intended for the SMiLE album.  With its three-dimensional shadowbox lid, The SMiLE Sessions box set offers a whimsical peek inside the storied ‘SMiLE Shop.' 

Several special SMiLE Sessions packages will be available for purchase exclusively on thebeachboys.com, including:

- The SMiLE Sessions 2CD edition paired with a limited edition SMiLE t-shirt

- The SMiLE Sessions 2CD edition paired with a limited edition autographed lithograph

- The SMiLE Sessions limited edition box set with light-up SMiLE Shop window on lid, autographed

- The SMiLE Sessions limited edition box set with light-up SMiLE Shop window on lid, autographed, paired with a custom-made SMiLE surfboard by Hobie

The Beach Boys are embracing technology and crowdsourcing to produce the first official music videos for "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes And Villains" by partnering with Tongal, the leading creative social platform.  In Tongal's first-ever music video initiative, fans can now collaborate to create the official music videos, as the project begins today (August 30) on Tongal.com, and consists of two phases - a concept phase and a video phase.  The concept phase calls for fans to conceptualize the music video for "Heroes and Villains" or "Good Vibrations" in 250 characters or less. In the video phase, Tongal users can select one of the five winning concepts from phase one and produce a music video based on it.  The video can be animated or live-action, trippy or classic - it can be whatever the fans want, as long as it's their own.  Cash prizes and special items, including an autographed custom Hobie longboard, will be awarded to Tongal users for the top submissions.

The SMiLE Sessions box set will include details about Operation Smile, an international medical charity organization with a presence in more than 60 countries dedicated to healing children's smiles. Since 1982, Operation Smile - through the help of generous supporters and medical volunteers - has provided free surgeries worldwide for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lips and cleft palates. Every three minutes, a child somewhere in the world is born with a cleft. For more information on how to be involved or donate to Operation Smile, please visit www.operationsmile.org or call 1-888-OPSMILE (888-677-6453).

The best efforts have been taken by The Beach Boys, the producers, and Capitol/EMI to present the SMiLE album sessions' most vital and fascinating elements.  However, there will no doubt be some debate amongst Beach Boys fans around the world who, during the past four decades, have become familiar with a variety of widely-traded bootlegged bits and pieces from the sessions.  As recently explained by the Detroit Metro Times, "No album, released or not, has generated a more personal relationship with its audience, since no two people can ever agree on its content and purpose."

Beginning with "Good Vibrations," The Beach Boys' best-selling record in a long string of hits, Brian Wilson had begun to construct songs in a modular form, crafting individual sections that would later be edited together to form a coherent whole.  In several intense bursts of creative energy, Wilson, drawing on the talents of the finest studio musicians in Los Angeles and utilizing the best studio facilities available on any given day, laid down dozens of musical fragments, all designed to fit together in any number of possible combinations.  No one had done this before in pop music, and his next endeavor would be an album-length version of this unique and luxurious songwriting parlance: SMiLE.

In 1965, Brian Wilson met an up-and-coming session keyboard player and songwriter, Van Dyke Parks. Noticing Parks' conversational eloquence, Wilson felt that he could help to volley The Beach Boys' songwriting into the wave of broader-messaged and socially-conscious rock 'n' roll that would come to define the '60s.  They were soon collaborating on keynote songs for SMiLE, including "Heroes And Villains," the band's follow-up single to "Good Vibrations."  Wilson and Parks would also co-write "Surf's Up," "Vega-Tables," "Cabin Essence," "Do You Like Worms," "Wonderful," "Wind Chimes," and other pieces of the SMiLE tapestry.  Parks also introduced Frank Holmes to create album sleeve art and a booklet interpreting the album's James Joyce-mode lyrics.

The reason SMiLE did not see a release in 1967 had more to do with back room business that obscured the creative side of the program than anything else.  In late 1966, The Beach Boys formed Brother Records, initially to produce outside artists.  Soon, however, The Beach Boys would become embroiled in a court action with Capitol Records with the goal to become the top-selling artists on their self-owned, independent label.  The group withheld "Heroes And Villains" and announced they would instead release "Vega-Tables" - recorded with the band's own money in April of '67 - on Brother Records.  By July of 1967, Capitol Records and The Beach Boys had come to terms, with Capitol agreeing to distribute the band's Brother Records, and it was agreed that SMiLE was no longer to be the band's next album.

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The SMiLE Sessions (2CD; Digital; iTunes LP)

CD ONE

SMiLE

1.         Our Prayer (1:06)

2.         Gee (0:51)

3.         Heroes And Villains (4:53)

4.         Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) (3:36)

5.         I'm In Great Shape (0:29)

6.         Barnyard (0:48)

7.         My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine) (1:57)

8.         Cabin Essence (3:32)

9.         Wonderful (2:04)

10.        Look (Song For Children) (2:31)

11.        Child Is Father Of The Man (2:14)

12.        Surf's Up (4:12)

13.        I Wanna Be Around / Workshop (1:23)

14.        Vega-Tables (3:49)

15.        Holidays (2:33)

16.        Wind Chimes (3:06)

17.        The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow) (2:35)

18.        Love To Say Dada (2:32)

19.        Good Vibrations (4:13)

Bonus Tracks

20.        You're Welcome (1:08)

21.        Heroes And Villains (Stereo Mix) (4:53)

22.        Heroes And Villains Sections (Stereo Mix) (7:16)

23.        Vega-Tables Demo (1:46)

24.        He Gives Speeches (1:14)

25.        Smile Backing Vocals Montage (8:30)

26.        Surf's Up 1967 (Solo Version) (4:09)

27.        Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into A Piano (1:30)

CD TWO

1.    Our Prayer "Dialog" (9/19/66)   (3:02)

2.    Heroes And Villains: Part 1   (3:08)

3.    Heroes And Villains: Part 2   (4:18)

4.    Heroes And Villains: Children Were Raised (1/27/67)   (2:07)

5.    Heroes And Villains: Prelude To Fade (2/15/67)   (3:42)

6.    My Only Sunshine (11/14/66)   (6:52)

7.    Cabin Essence (10/3/66)   (5:19)

8.    Surf's Up: 1st Movement (11/4/66)   (4:55)

9.    Surf's Up: Piano Demo (12/15/66)   (3:53)

10.   Vega-Tables: Fade (4/12/67)   (5:25)

11.   The Elements: Fire session (11/28/66)   (8:27)

12.   Cool, Cool Water (Version 2) (10/26-10/29/67)   (3:32)

13.   Good Vibrations Session Highlights   (8:20)

The SMiLE Sessions Box Set (5CD+Double LP+Two 7" Singles; digital)

CD ONE

SMiLE

1.         Our Prayer (1:06)

2.         Gee (0:51)

3.         Heroes And Villains (4:53)

4.         Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) (3:36)

5.         I'm In Great Shape (0:29)

6.         Barnyard (0:48)

7.         My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine) (1:57)

8.         Cabin Essence (3:32)

9.         Wonderful (2:04)

10.        Look (Song For Children) (2:31)

11.        Child Is Father Of The Man (2:14)

12.        Surf's Up (4:12)

13.        I Wanna Be Around / Workshop (1:23)

14.        Vega-Tables (3:49)

15.        Holidays (2:33)

16.        Wind Chimes (3:06)

17.        The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow) (2:35)

18.        Love To Say Dada (2:32)

19.        Good Vibrations (4:13)

Bonus Tracks

20.        You're Welcome (1:08)

21.        Heroes And Villains (Stereo Mix) (4:53)

22.        Heroes And Villains Sections (Stereo Mix) (7:16)

23.        Vega-Tables Demo (1:46)

24.        He Gives Speeches (1:14)

25.        Smile Backing Vocals Montage (8:30)

26.        Surf's Up 1967 (Solo version) (4:09)

27.        Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into A Piano (1:30)

CD TWO

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

OUR PRAYER

1.         Our Prayer "Dialog" (9/19/66)  (3:01)

2.         Our Prayer (10/4/66)  (6:37)

HEROES AND VILLAINS

Heroes And Villains Session (10/20/66)

3.         Heroes And Villains: Verse (Master Take) (0:57)

4.         Heroes And Villains: Barnyard (Master Take) (1:12)

5.         Heroes And Villains: I'm In Great Shape (10/27/66) (4:59) 

6.         Heroes And Villains: Intro (Early Version) circa 12/66 (0:35)

Heroes And Villains Session (1/3/67)

7.         Heroes And Villains: Do A Lot (0:53)

8.         Heroes And Villains: Bag Of Tricks (2:58)

9.         Heroes And Villains: Mission Pak (0:55)

10.        Heroes And Villains: Bridge To Indians (1:47)

11.        Heroes And Villains: Part 1 Tag (1:19)

12.        Heroes And Villains: Pickup To 3rd Verse (0:55)

Heroes And Villains Session (1/27/67)

13.        Heroes And Villains: Children Were Raised (2:07)

14.        Heroes And Villains: Part 2 (Cantina track) (1:21)

15.        Heroes And Villains: Whistling Bridge (1:14)

16.        Heroes And Villains: Cantina (1:36)

17.        Heroes And Villains: All Day (2:19)

18.        Heroes And Villains: Verse Edit Experiment (0:48)

Heroes And Villains Session (2/15/67)

19.        Heroes And Villains: Prelude to Fade (3:43)

20.        Heroes And Villains: Piano Theme (2:43)

Heroes And Villains Session (2/20/67)

21.        Heroes And Villains: Part 2 (2:31)

22.        Heroes And Villains: Part 2 (Gee) (Master Take) (2:36)

23.        Heroes And Villains: Part 2 Revised (1:54)

24.        Heroes And Villains: Part 2 Revised (Master Take) (0:48)

25.        Heroes And Villains: Part 3 (Animals) (Master Take) (1:18)

26.        Heroes And Villains: Part 4 (2:36)

27.        Heroes And Villains: Part Two (Master Take) (2/27/67) (1:44)

28.        Heroes And Villains: Fade (2/28/67) (6:35)

Heroes And Villains Session (3/1/67)

29.        Heroes And Villains: Verse Remake (4:16)

30.        Heroes And Villains: Organ Waltz / Intro (2:04)

Heroes And Villains Session (6/14/67)

31.        Heroes And Villains: Chorus Vocals (0:48)

32.        Heroes And Villains: Barbershop (1:50)

33.        Heroes And Villains: Children Were Raised (Remake) (1:06)

34.        Heroes And Villains: Children Were Raised (Master Take Overdubs Mix 1) (0:26)

35.        Heroes And Villains: Children Were Raised (Master Take A Capella) (0:27)

Bonus Tracks

36.        Heroes And Villains Piano Demo (incorporating "I'm In Great Shape" and "Barnyard") Brian with Van Dyke Parks and "Humble Harve" Miller, KHJ Radio (11/4/66) (4:17)

37.        Psycodelic Sounds:  Brian Falls Into A Microphone (11/4/66) (1:10)

38.        Psycodelic Sounds:  Moaning Laughing (11/4/66) (1:09)

CD THREE

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

DO YOU LIKE WORMS (ROLL PLYMOUTH ROCK)

Do You Like Worms Session (10/18/66)

1.         Do You Like Worms: Part 1 (5:21)

2.         Do You Like Worms: Part 2 (Bicycle Rider) (1:55)

3.         Do You Like Worms: Part 3 (2:43)

4.         Do You Like Worms: Part 4 (Bicycle Rider) (1:10)

5.         Do You Like Worms: Bicycle Rider Overdubs (Heroes And Villains Part 2) (1/5/67) (0:22)

MY ONLY SUNSHINE

(THE OLD MASTER PAINTER / YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE)

6.         My Only Sunshine: Parts 1 & 2 (11/14/66) (6:51)

7.         My Only Sunshine: Part 2 (Master Take With Vocal Overdubs) (2/10/67) (0:45)

CABIN ESSENCE

Cabin Essence Session (10/3/66)

8.         Cabin Essence: Verse (2:14)

9.         Cabin Essence: Chorus (2:28)

10.        Cabin Essence: Tag (2:31)

WONDERFUL

11.        Wonderful (Version 1) (8/25/66) (2:59)

Wonderful (Version 2 "Rock With Me, Henry") Session (1/9/67)

12.        Wonderful (Version 2) (3:25)

13.        Wonderful (Version 2 Tag) (2:54)

14.        Wonderful (Version 3) (4/10/67?) (2:41)

LOOK (SONG FOR CHILDREN)

15.        Look (8/12/66) (4:52)

CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN

16.        Child Is Father Of The Man (Version 1) (10/7/66) (4:57)

17.        Child Is Father Of The Man (Version 2) (10/11/66) (5:38)

SURF'S UP

18.        Surf's Up: 1st Movement (11/4/66) (4:54)

19.        Surf's Up: Talking Horns (11/7/66) (3:42)

20.        Surf's Up: Piano Demo (Master Take) (12/15/66) (3:52)

I WANNA BE AROUND / WORKSHOP (FRIDAY NIGHT)

21.        I Wanna Be Around (11/29/66) (3:08)

VEGA-TABLES (VEGETABLES)

Vegetables Sessions (4/4/67 - 4/11/67)

22.        Vegetables: Verse (Master Take Track) (4/4 - 4/11/67) (2:02)

23.        Vegetables: Sleep A Lot (Chorus) (2:34)

24.        Vegetables: Chorus 1 (Master Take) (1:05)

25.        Vegetables: 2nd Chorus (Master Take Track And Backing Vocals) (1:03)

26.        Vegetables: Insert (Part 4) (Master Take) (0:37)

CD FOUR

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

VEGA-TABLES (VEGETABLES) (continued)

1.         Vegetables: Fade (4/12/67) (5:25)

2.         Vegetables: Ballad Insert (4/14/67) (1:03)

HOLIDAYS

3.         Holidays (9/8/66) (7:32)

WIND CHIMES

4.         Wind Chimes (Version 1) (8/3/66) (6:46)

Wind Chimes (Version 2) Session (10/5/66)

5.         Wind Chimes (Version 2) (5:00)

6.         Wind Chimes (Version 2 Tag) (2:51)

THE ELEMENTS: FIRE (MRS. O'LEARY'S COW)

7.         The Elements (Fire) (11/28/66) (8:27)

LOVE TO SAY DADA / COOL, COOL WATER

Da Da Session (12/22/66)

8.         Da Da  (Taped Piano Strings) (1:00)

9.         Da Da  (Fender Rhodes) (1:21)

Love To Say Dada Sessions (5/16/67 - 5/18/67)

10.        Love To Say Dada: Part 1 (5/16/67) (1:22)

11.        Love To Say Dada: Part 2 (5/17/67) (1:57)

12.        Love To Say Dada: Part 2 (Master Take) (5/17/67) (1:21)

13.        Love To Say Dada: Part 2 (Second Day) (5/18/67) (2:00)

COOL, COOL WATER

14.        Cool, Cool Water (Version 1) (6/7/67) (2:21)

15.        Cool, Cool Water (Version 2) (10/26/67 & 10/29/67) (3:31)

SMILE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS

16.        You're Welcome (12/15/66) (6:41)

17.        You're With Me Tonight (6/6-6/7/67) (2:46)

18.        Tune X (3/3/67-3/31/67) (2:18)

19.        I Don't Know (1/12/67) (3:03)

20.        Three Blind Mice (10/15/65) (2:11)

21.        Teeter Totter Love (Jasper Dailey) (1/25/67 & 2/9/67) (1:49)

Bonus Tracks

22.        Psycodelic Sounds - Underwater Chant (11/4/66) (1:45)

23.        Hal Blaine Vega-Tables Promo Session (11/16/66) (1:28)

24.        Heroes And Villains: Early Version Outtake Sections (1/67 - 2/67) (5:04)

CD FIVE

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

GOOD VIBRATIONS SESSIONS

1. Good Vibrations: Gold Star 2/18/66 (The "Pet Sounds" Session) (7:27)

2. Good Vibrations: Gold Star 4/9/66 (6:57)

3. Good Vibrations: Western 5/4/66 (First Chorus) (2:24)

4. Good Vibrations: Western 5/4/66 (Second Chorus & Fade) (3:28)

5. Good Vibrations: Sunset Sound 5/24/66 (Part 1) (1:20)

6. Good Vibrations: Sunset Sound 5/24/66 (Parts 2 & 3) (1:45)

7. Good Vibrations: Sunset Sound 5/24/66 (Part 4) (0:47)

8. Good Vibrations: Western 5/27/66 (Part C) (3:32)

9. Good Vibrations: Western 5/27/66 (Chorus) (3:04)

10. Good Vibrations: Western 5/27/66 (Fade Sequence) (1:56)

11. Good Vibrations (Inspiration): Western 6/2/66 (Part 1) (2:44)

12. Good Vibrations (Inspiration): Western 6/2/66 (Part 3) (0:57)

13. Good Vibrations (Inspiration): Western 6/2/66 (Part 4) (0:49)

14. Good Vibrations: Western 6/16/66 (Part 1) (6:24)

15. Good Vibrations: Western 6/16/66 (Part 2 & Verse) (1:06)

16. Good Vibrations: Western 6/16/66 (Part 2 Continued) (5:55)

17. Good Vibrations: Western 6/18/66 (Part 1) (1:10)

18. Good Vibrations: Western 6/18/66 (Part 2) (5:03)

19. Good Vibrations (Persuasion): Western 9/1/66 (1:49)

20. Good Vibrations: Western 9/1/66 (New Bridge) (3:39)

21. Good Vibrations: Session Masters (6:13)

22. Good Vibrations: Single Version Stereo Track (3:49)

23. Good Good Good Vibrations (First Version With Overdubs) 3/66 (3:41)

24. Good Vibrations: Alternate Edit 8/24/66 (3:32)

VINYL

Double LP

Side One

Our Prayer

Gee

Heroes And Villains

Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)

I'm In Great Shape

Barnyard

My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine)

Cabin Essence

Side Two

Wonderful

Look (Song for Children)

Child Is Father Of The Man

Surf's Up

Side Three

I Wanna Be Around / Workshop

Vega-Tables

Holidays

Wind Chimes

The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)

Love To Say Dada

Good Vibrations

Side Four

You're Welcome - Stereo Mix

Vega-Tables - Stereo Mix

Wind Chimes - Stereo Mix

Cabin Essence - Session Highlights and Stereo Backing Track

Surf's Up - Session Excerpt and Stereo Mix

Two 7" singles

Heroes And Villains "Smile" single            Vega-Tables single

A side:  Heroes And Villains Part One           A side: Vega-Tables

B side:  Heroes And Villains Part Two           B side: Surf's Up

The SMiLE Sessions (2LP vinyl)

Side One

1.  Our Prayer

2.  Gee

3.  Heroes And Villains

4.  Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)

5.  I'm In Great Shape

6.  Barnyard

7.  My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine)

8.  Cabin Essence

Side Two

1.  Wonderful

2.  Look (Song for Children)

3.  Child Is Father Of The Man

4.  Surf's Up

Side Three

1.  I Wanna Be Around / Workshop

2.  Vega-Tables

3.  Holidays

4.  Wind Chimes

5.  The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)

6.  Love To Say Dada

7.  Good Vibrations

Side Four

1.  You're Welcome - Stereo Mix

2.  Vega-Tables - Stereo Mix

3.  Wind Chimes - Stereo Mix

4.  Cabin Essence - Session Highlights and Stereo Backing Track

5.  Surf's Up - Session Excerpt and Stereo Mix

Gifted musician channels all of the great pop tunesmiths while carving out a niche that is uniquely his own. Listen to "Porcelain," below.

By Blurt Staff

Without a doubt one of the most delightful surprises to land on the BLURT office stereo of late has been Porcelain by UK-born, NYC-based songwriter and classic pop maven Edward Rogers, who's been compared to more than just a few greats. Think: Kinks, Big Star, Zombies, XTC, Beatles, Housemartins, Left Banke. The album is due out November 8 via the Zip label and it's the followup to his acclaimed Sparkle Lane 2010 album; prior to that he issued several other records, both solo and with the band Bedsit Poets.

Rogers will also be announcing live dates soon, but meanwhile, we've got an exclusive debut for you by way of the following free MP3:

MP3: "Porcelain"

You can stream it right now or right-click the link to download. We guarantee this little slab of powerpop will make your head spin more than just a little...  Rogers can also be heard every Sunday on "Atlantic Tunnel" on eastvillageradio.com. Details on all this and more at his official website.

There's even audio and video proof, below.

By Blurt Staff

Jack White's Third Man Records announced today one of the year's most unexpected musical pairings...Insane Clown Posse and Mozart.

Back in '82, ahem, 1782, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a piece that's been left out of the spotlight ever since. The title of the piece is "Leck Mich Im Arsch" or literally translated to English as "Lick me in the arse." You can see why this piece has figuratively been swept under the rug, and why it's perfect for Detroit's ICP.

With fellow Southwest Detroit-born Jack White at the production helm and musical backing by Nashville's Jeff the Brotherhood, this 2011 version of "Leck Mich Im Arsch" marries Mozart's melody (and lyrics sung in operatic German) with ICP's lyrical addition in English and Jeff the B's riffs. As the label advises, "the whole thing ties together in the most beautiful of ways."

Insane Clown Posse - Leck Mich Im Arsch by Third Man Records

The B-side "Mountain Girl" finds Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope telling tall tales about a shotgun wedding, meth problems and moonshine.

The limited edition 7" single and iTunes digital download of "Leck Mich Im Arsch" will be available for sale on September 13th. One-hundred Tri-color versions of the single will be available from the Third Man Rolling Record Store at the MI Fest in Brooklyn, Michigan on September 17th and another 50 Tri-colors will be randomly inserted into mail orders dispatched by Third Man Records. 

Third time should be the charm with producer John Goodmanson.

By Blurt Staff

Arts & Crafts will release Cardiff, Wales, band Los Campesinos! New album Hello Sadness on November 15^th.  Recorded earlier this year in Girona, Spain by producer John Goodmanson - responsible for the septet's previous two albums, 2008's We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed and 2010's Romance is Boring - Hello Sadness features "ten songs of love, loss and heartbreak... an honest, bare-bones documentation of two people breaking up and trying not to break up in the process."

Depending on how you grab the record (it's already up for pre-order at the band's site) you can also be the proud recipient of a limited edition DVD containing a documentary on the band and a bonus CD called Hold On Now, Youngster... The Demos featuring never before heard demos from the first L.C. album.

The band: Gareth Campesinos! (vocals), Tom Campesinos! (guitar), Neil Campesinos! (guitar), Kim Campesinos! (keyboard/vocals), Jason Campesinos! (drums), Rob Campesinos! (keyboard/guitar) and Ellen Campesinos! (bass).

Here's what the label has to day about the record. Track listing follows.

Ever present are the wry observations, the razor-sharp wordplay and the band's varied instrumentation, combined with some of the saddest, world-weary confessionals Los Campesinos! have ever recorded. Indeed, Hello Sadness is wise beyond its years, exhibited not only in the sincerity, poetry and honesty of its lyrical content, but by the instrumental dynamics of its songs: a band that previously all put their foot on the accelerator pedal at once, a key element of their high octane sound, have learned how to take turns and let each other drive. Yes, things are still loud and upbeat. Yes, lead vocalist Gareth Campesinos! still tells it like it is. Yes, theirs is still the perfect middle ground between punk rock, indie pop, Morrissey and The Fall's Mark E. Smith. But each instrument has a settled place; each song sounds incredibly confident in its aim and abilities. The result is a band that has never sounded more together while detailing the impact of a relationship falling apart.

At just ten songs and forty minutes, Hello Sadness is perhaps the first Los Campesinos! album that sounds lean and pruned, indulgence shorn away and filler ruthlessly excised.  Opener "By Your Hand" envisions death at the hand of a lover - a perfect tune for setting the album's tone and theme into place - while songs like "Baby I Got The Death Rattle" and "Light Leaves, Dark Sees Pt. II" come from a raw, uncertain place that, in their confusion of emotions, feels more authentic than previous Los Campesinos! recordings.  This is bolstered by the band's own voices - singing together at least once one every song - as a unified message of hope, dismay and need.  It's a confessional feel that's intensified in places by whispers of incidental sound - the rattle of rain, distant radio, the hiss of room microphones - and snatches of Dictaphone, captured by Gareth in a lonely or introspective moment.  It's an album whose very purpose and complexion changed dramatically when, on the eve of recording, the end of a relationship meant every word that had been penned before had to be rewritten.  More heart-on-sleeve than ever before, Hello Sadness is Los Campesinos! at their very best.

Tracklisting:

By Your Hand

Songs About Your Girlfriend

Hello Sadness

Life Is A Long Time

Every Defeat A Divorce (Three Lions)

Hate For The Island

The Black Bird, The Dark Slope

To Tundra

Baby I Got The Death Rattle

Light Leaves, Dark Sees Pt. II

[Photo Credit: Jon Bergman]

August 25 at Portland's Mississippi Studio, it was time to rock.

By Tim Hinely

Blood Beach seems to be a fairly new band in these parts, having moved here from Denton, TX and their sound was were certainly unique. The lead guy, singer and guitarist, had the ever-popular Portland beard  and he cranked out some interesting riffage (reminded me a bit of D. Boon in that dept.) while the rhythm section held down the fort quite ably and they had a talented gal up front,. She switched each song between sax, Theremin and mandolin (or maybe it was a really small guitar?). She did some interesting things with the Theremin, handling it like a snake charmer charms a Cobra. These guys are worth your time.

I kept hearing good things about Grass Widow, but had missed them here in town a few times. I made a pact to myself that I was not gonna miss them this time and I was pleasantly rewarded; they did not disappoint.  These three Bay Area ladies put on quite a show. Combining intricate rhythms, cool, scratchy guitar and three part harmonies. The melody is there so I can see why they have been getting lumped in with other noise-pop female bands like Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls, but what Grass Widow is doing is a bit different. At times a minimalist thing slips in (ala The Raincoats) and they go off in a different direction altogether (and that a capella tune as superb). All three were more than talented on their own instruments and they sounded well, fresh, and were laid back but intense at the same time (if that makes any sense). In addition to The Raincoats, I also heard echoes of ‘80s New Zealand band Look Blue Go Purple and Ohio's Scrawl as well as a few other notables (Kleenex/LiLiPUT). Don't (repeat DO NOT) miss them if they blow into your town.

Wrote one of the pioneering journals on the rise of electronic music in the ‘80s.

By Fred Mills

It always hurts when we lose one of our own. Sunday (Aug. 28), electronica/techno journalist Dan Sicko passed away at his home in Ferndale, Mich., at the tragically young age of 42. Reports indicate he had been suffering from ocular melanoma.

Sicko was a contributor to Wired, Urb, Reverb and Rolling Stone and the author of the classic ‘80s techno/Detroit  study Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk, published in 1999 and then again in expanded format in 2010.

You can make a donation to Sicko's family to help defray the gifted writer's medical costs at a special GoFundMe.com site that has been established.

It's no mystery, actually  - just depends on which country you live in.

By Blurt Staff

Eagle-eyed, ever-alert journalists that we are, we couldn't help doing a doubletake when the new album from Regina, Saskatchewan, based combo Library Voices dropped through the office mailchute. Titled Summer Of Lust and issued October 18th on Dine Alone Records, the album's stuffed with the band's trademark upbeat, all-over-the-map indie rock and will be preceded by an extensive Canadian tour - and before that, this week in fact, the group - which can number as many as ten people onstage at any given time - will be doing a string of west coast US dates. See itinerary, below, and check out a track from the album.

Library Voices - Generation Handclap by Nevado

About that doubletake: the copy we have features a pair of attractive young hipsters posing in the nude, and while it's not quite John & Yoko territory - they are depicted from their waists up, and the gal has her long hair discreetly draped over her breasts - it's guaranteed to draw a few extra eyes when the art turns up on the front page of websites and blogs or on the walls of record shops. Upon gazing at the press info accompanying the CD, however, we did a second doubletake: the sleeve art, also reproduced on the press sheet, showed an entirely different female, this one blonde in the exact same pose as the redhead. Compare the 2 photos:

The blonde-laden image also appears on the band's official page at the Dine Alone websit and has already been published on a handful of blogs and websites, including AltSounds.com and FluorescentNoise.com. But for the most part, it's the redhead iteration that has surfaced thus far on the web, which left us scratching our heads. Is the band releasing alternate covers simultaneously (you know, like, uh, Led Zeppelin did back in the day), or was one sleeve manufactured and then withdrawn due to some unspecified legal situation (shades of the Vampire Weekend Contra dust-up), or...?

Probably unrelatedly, the wags at the band's hometown arts/lifestyle publication in Regina, Prairie Dog, decided to tamper with the redhead sleeve by creating an animated GIF:

Settle down, conspiracy theorists. A quick message over to the group's handlers cleared things up. We were advised, succinctly, "The red hair girl was for the Canadian release, the blonde girl cover for US release. Album is out on Nevado in Canada and Dine Alone in US."

So that clears things up - sorta. One lingering question remains, however: does this suggest that Canadians prefer their gals thin, tattooed  and redheaded; and Americans, busty and blonde?

Tour Dates:

Aug 30            Portland, OR   Rotture

Sep 01             Los Angeles , CA       Hotel Cafe

Sep 04             San Francisco, CA      Rickshaw Stop

Sep 06             Salt Lake City, UT      Kilby Court

Sep 16             Saskatoon, SK            Amigos Cantina

Sep 17             Edmonton, AB           Pawn Shop

Sep 19             Jasper, AB       Horseshoe Club

Sep 20             Kelowna, BC The Habitat

Sep 22             Vancouver, BC           Biltmore Cabaret (Presented by The Peak 100.5FM)

Sep 23             Victoria, BC    Rifflandia Festival

Sep 24             Victoria, BC    Rifflandia Festival

Sep 25             Robert's Creek, BC     The Gumboot

Sep 27             Penticton, BC             The Barking Parrot

Sep 28             Nelson, BC     Spirit Bar

Sep 29             Canmore, AB Canmore Hotel

Sep 30             Calgary, AB    The Gateway (Presented by X92.9FM)

Oct 01             Regina, SK      The Exchange

Oct 04             Chicago, IL     Beat Kitchen

Oct 07             Brooklyn, NY             Spike Hill

Oct 13             Hamilton, ON             Casbah

Oct 14             Kingston, ON             Mansion

Oct 15             Wakefield, ON           Black Sheep Inn

Oct 18             Charlottetown, PEI     Baba's

Oct 19             Moncton, NB Plan B

Oct 20             Fredericton, NB          Capital

Oct 21             Halifax, NS     Halifax Pop Explosion - Seahorse Tavern

Oct 25             Quebec City, PQ         Le Cercle

Oct 26             Montreal, PQ Casa De Popolo

Oct 27             Peterborough, ON       Trash

Oct 28             Toronto, ON   Horseshoe Tavern

Oct 29             Guelph, ON    E Bar

Oct 30             Windsor, ON Phog Lounge