Rolling Stone Menu The Beach Boys’ New ‘Feel Flows’ Box Set: An Exclusive Guide
We run down 10 revelatory moments from the upcoming collection focusing on the group’s pivotal 1969–71 era
By Iconic Artists Group LLC/Brother Records Inc.
At the dawn of the Seventies, the Beach Boys had a lot to prove. Their pop success was a thing of the past even artistic triumphs like
Pet Sounds and
Wild Honey were commercial flops. The boys of summer were pushing 30 by now, bearded dads reckoning with marriage, divorce, changing times. When they went to work at Brian Wilson’s home studio on Bellagio Road in Bel Air, they were struggling to find their place in a new world that had written them off as a nostalgia act. But the Beach Boys found their adult voices on
Sunflower and 1971 s
Surf s Up are being treated to a massive new box set.
Feel Flows – The Sunflower & Surf s Up Sessions 1969-1971 arrives July 30 through Capitol/UMe.
Feel Flows brings together unreleased tracks, live recordings, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, isolated backing tracks and a cappella versions of songs from sessions for the pair of early 70s efforts.
In addition to the trove of music, the set includes a 48-page book with new liner notes from music critic Howie Edelson alongside photos, lyric sheets and other rarities from the era. Archival interviews with Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and more are also included.
A Fort Mill man brought The Beach Boys back together, and it s all for a good cause
David Beard lives in the Charlotte area and he’s the guy behind it all, bringing together three generations of music’s best. Author: Michelle Boudin Updated: 6:21 PM EDT April 23, 2021
FORT MILL, S.C. A Fort Mill man is bringing together the legendary Beach Boys and their children to produce an album that’s helping raise money for people struggling due to the pandemic.
David Beard lives in the Charlotte area and he’s the guy behind it all, bringing together three generations of music’s best.
Beach Boys fan magazine editor produced band s reunion song
THÉODEN JANES, The Charlotte Observer
April 9, 2021
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FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) David Beard is no stranger to the Beach Boys and not just because the Fort Mill, S.C., resident has been the editor and publisher of the Beach Boys fan magazine Endless Summer Quarterly since 1993.
In fact, his rapport with members of the band is so strong that, over the years, Beard has been tapped to work on projects the average fan could only dream of being involved with.
Among other gigs: He served as the archival image assistant on the Beach Boys’ 2006 live album “Songs from Here & Back”; he helped out with the liner notes for the 30th anniversary edition of late band member Dennis Wilson’s “Pacific Ocean Blue,” which came out in 2008; and in 2015 and 2016, he was invited by Beach Boy Mike Love and his wife Jacquelyne to design the band’s tour programs.