@@thomaseastmond7184Unfortunately, they were working for the "slave driving" Capitol records, who set a January deadline for Smile's release--and Brian still had much to write and record. Somehow, the Beatles got a pass even though they were working for Capitol's sister company, EMI
@@impalaman9707That’s a good point- everyone points at Mike Love like he was the enemy that compromised Brian’s genius vision, but it was probably Capitol Records’ fault more than anyone of anything else
@@notanotherjamesmurphy5574I think it was Brian who once said (and I believe it to my core) "you can't force creativity".. And Capitol was simply the worst record label for anyone with a creative mind---forcing bands to put out THREE albums a year with a tour to support each album! Who has time to be creative with that kind of schedule? It worked for Brian from 1964-67--but he got burned out from touring to focus on producing albums, but the pressure to even produce became too much to bear to the point where he became burned out from being creative altogether!
I have been a big fan for decades, collecting all their music and even creating a setlist archive website, have been to 60+ shows, and this is the first I've seen of this documentary! The part with Dennis and Al shopping is fascinating! Also the backstage banter. And crazed fans rushing the stage only to be forcibly removed! Thank you for posting this!
@@impalaman9707 I mean, he was the Love Man after all!😉 Seriously, he absolutely looked a lot older than his age at that time. He was in his early 20s and they were in their late teens probably. The ladies were definitely models and were taller in their heels than the Boys! London was swinging to be sure.
There was a DVD of this footage released some years ago as part of a book release but it was all silent. This is by far the best version of this TV special I had ever seen from my source in the UK. All it needed was some color restoration and audio rebalancing.
I loved Marianne Faithful, and saw The Beach Boys at the Finsbury’s Park Astoria. Some of the concert was recorded and released as The Beach Boys Live In London.
"Wouldn't it Be Nice"--to actually hear the live performances shown in this film. On the back covers for the albums "All Summer Long" and "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)", the boys each wrote something for the liner notes, and Al was the one who wrote about how hard the work of a musician is. It's interesting to see the backstage footage and see him hard at work preparing for the concert while the others were doing other things. It's sad to see Carl smoking at about the 6:29 mark, knowing that the habit eventually killed him; and what's Dennis smoking just before that?
Agree. To see Carl insert that cigarette into his sweet babyface almost made me wanna cry! As for Al, he worked hard at being just a rhythm guitarist, and his Fender guitar sounded great. Too bad he was never allowed to play lead--oh well, always a bridesmaid--never a bride!
I would have loved to seen a better reaction when they arrived like the Beatles did two years earlier in the States, but it appears they got off the plane in the UK with a lot less fanfare
Fantastic footage! When they play the Pet Sounds tracks you can hear that they are from a UK copy of the album with the terrible duophonic or duophonic folded back down to mono sound. Marianne F. probably got the narration job because the BB uk publisher was Andrew Loog Oldham’s Immediate company, and he also managed her.
Watching them reminds me of a quote from my late voice teacher: "Something for everybody." Despite the papers focusing on Dennis, ALL the boys were attractive. Each one had different features that appealed to different gals, as you could tell by the way everyone got stormed on stage. 🙂 I agree with everyone about how cringeworthy it was to see Carl put that cancer stick into his babyfaced mouth; likewise when Dennis smoked. Mike Love looked ridiculous with that huge pipe, trying to be cool. The sequence with Al and Dennis in the antique shop was adorable. We got to watch two childhood friends goofing around, which we didn't get to see often enough. I was impressed with Al going through the chords of "God Only Knows" on his Strat before the concert. Even though he'd been playing rhythm guitar for several years, you could see that he still felt insecure about it (his first instrument with the group was upright bass). What's amazing is how little Al has changed over the years; he still looks and sounds the same.
Yeah well it depends what was in the pipe ..messages were there for all to see ..I allways assumed it was definitely not tobacco. Or else it would have been a cigarette, of course ... s
Thanks for the efforts of restoring this and sharing it. Very enjoyable! I guess we should count our lucky stars that the TV network didn't wipe the recordings and reuse the video as was a common practice in the 50s/60s. One of my first album purchases was a Beach Boys compilation on 8-track tape which had mostly their car songs and a few beach ones on it. I think it was just called "The Beach Boys" and it was in a bargain bin at K-Mart so I could afford it! To this day, "409" is probably the only song I can sing completely unaccompanied through. I have that strange trait of remembering lyrics when the song is playing but forgetting them otherwise. That's why I marvel at people who can recite poetry from memory! I didn't realize it was that that far along in their career before the Beach Boys broke in the UK. But once they made it, the fans became fans for life and they seemed to do better in the UK when their US album releases were barely getting into the Top 200 in the late 60s/early 70s. I also remember how well the concerts with Brian doing "Pet Sounds" or "Smile" were received over there a couple decades on. The UK also treated some lesser known bands like Love with a lot more respect and popularity than they could muster outside of LA here in the US. I saw this a bit more than a month after Brian Wilson shared the sad news of his wife, Melinda's, passing. I hope he has a safe harbor of his own now that's she's gone. He does have his children, but she was such a strong support for him in these past decades. Love and Mercy to you Brian and family and I'm still missing Carl & Dennis forever!
This came from Peter Whitehead's personal film collection so it was spared from the BBC and ITV wipes of the late 60s/early 70s that destroyed TV history.
What a rare and enjoyable glimpse into the Beach Boys touring and experience and fan's reception in England in 1966. Great to see them going into stores, shopping, etc. Brian was back home, but his music was at such a peak that year that the Boys represented to their solid fan base in England (and the world). Songs like "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Sloop John B", "Caroline, No", etc. This was a beautiful time piece. Rare, but now available through UA-cam.
england was smitten with not just the band but the album made ripples with the british youth perhaps more so there than the us. great document which does well to articulate the excitement the band prompted while there.
It frustrates me how unproactive everyone in this band other than Brian was. Why were they still wearing those stupid shirts in 1966? Why did they have to wait to be laughed off stage before they ditched them? Why didn't they encourage and/or help Brian (a very easily-coerced person) to finish SMiLE? They were all so behind the eight ball!
first sentence:huh? is that supposed to make sense? second sentence: This was their first tour of Britain in 1966 and they were still associated with look by British fans. Not sure they were ever laughed off the stage anywhere. third sentence: Because the Beach Boys were out touring to make a living and no time to babysit Brain. Besides by the time he did "Smile" Brian was falling into deep depression and psychosis. He literally heard voices in his head. Brian is technically on "the spectrum" with either Autism or Aspberger's syndrome. He exhibits all the common signs of both conditions - talks out of the side of his mouth, an extraordinary, almost super human talent or skill, very socially awkward, doesn't cope well with change or confrontation and gets anxious very easily.
@@SubRosaUSA Not true! Brian was never diagnosed with Autism. He was officially diagnosed with clinical depression with auditory hallucinations. Brian has been treated successfully and is very well, especially for a man almost 80 years old
@@denniswood1437 Brian is definitely on the spectrum. I know the condition well as I have family members with it. He behaves in many ways exactly as they do. Being officially diagnosed means nothing.
@@SubRosaUSA Well, maybe some of Brian Wilson's behavior mimics Autism but it is speculation on your part to diagnose him. I think you are a good person and have knowledge on the Autism Spectrum. I'm sure you just want to take away the stigma of the condition. However, both Brian and his wife Melinda have openly stated that he has been diagnosed with clinical depression with auditory hallucinations.
a remastered version of the silent footage seen here was released in a CD box set. this is the only version of it with the original sound I've been able to find
![Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) • Interview in Brother Studios • 1977 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](/img/n.gif)
Meanwhile, back in California, Brian and Van Dyke are feverishly working on Smile
It might have done Brian well if he had gone on this tour to see how well received Pet Sounds was in England. Maybe SMiLE might have been finished!
@@thomaseastmond7184Unfortunately, they were working for the "slave driving" Capitol records, who set a January deadline for Smile's release--and Brian still had much to write and record. Somehow, the Beatles got a pass even though they were working for Capitol's sister company, EMI
@@impalaman9707That’s a good point- everyone points at Mike Love like he was the enemy that compromised Brian’s genius vision, but it was probably Capitol Records’ fault more than anyone of anything else
@@notanotherjamesmurphy5574I think it was Brian who once said (and I believe it to my core) "you can't force creativity".. And Capitol was simply the worst record label for anyone with a creative mind---forcing bands to put out THREE albums a year with a tour to support each album! Who has time to be creative with that kind of schedule? It worked for Brian from 1964-67--but he got burned out from touring to focus on producing albums, but the pressure to even produce became too much to bear to the point where he became burned out from being creative altogether!
@@thomaseastmond7184 that's a pleasant what-if scenario!
I have been a big fan for decades, collecting all their music and even creating a setlist archive website, have been to 60+ shows, and this is the first I've seen of this documentary! The part with Dennis and Al shopping is fascinating! Also the backstage banter. And crazed fans rushing the stage only to be forcibly removed!
Thank you for posting this!
I'm shocked to see all the girls were falling over Mike Love---he probably looked like some of those girls dads!
@@impalaman9707 I mean, he was the Love Man after all!😉 Seriously, he absolutely looked a lot older than his age at that time. He was in his early 20s and they were in their late teens probably. The ladies were definitely models and were taller in their heels than the Boys! London was swinging to be sure.
16:25 if only the world knew back then just how much he loved fire hats
Looked better than I had seen the footage before. This needs to be tucked away as an extra on an official Beach Boys Blu-ray/DVD package.
There was a DVD of this footage released some years ago as part of a book release but it was all silent. This is by far the best version of this TV special I had ever seen from my source in the UK. All it needed was some color restoration and audio rebalancing.
@@SubRosaUSA The colorizing was new to this, for me. BBC wasn't in colour until, what, 1969? You did a great job.
@@willharris3798 I had a contact in the UK who had a lot of footage from Pete Whitehead and that's where this comes from.
I really like this & appreciate your restoration & sharing it.❤
Wow. I never knew marianne faithfull narrated this
This special is very rare.
I loved Marianne Faithful, and saw The Beach Boys at the Finsbury’s Park Astoria. Some of the concert was recorded and released as The Beach Boys Live In London.
At 14:36--Al plays "Barbara Ann" on a trombone!🤣🤣🤣
"Wouldn't it Be Nice"--to actually hear the live performances shown in this film. On the back covers for the albums "All Summer Long" and "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)", the boys each wrote something for the liner notes, and Al was the one who wrote about how hard the work of a musician is. It's interesting to see the backstage footage and see him hard at work preparing for the concert while the others were doing other things. It's sad to see Carl smoking at about the 6:29 mark, knowing that the habit eventually killed him; and what's Dennis smoking just before that?
Agree. To see Carl insert that cigarette into his sweet babyface almost made me wanna cry! As for Al, he worked hard at being just a rhythm guitarist, and his Fender guitar sounded great. Too bad he was never allowed to play lead--oh well, always a bridesmaid--never a bride!
@@impalaman9707first thing i thought seeing Carl inhale that cigarette. It also has a serious part in the deterioration of Brian and Dennis' voices.
16:25 "We gotta get Brian one - Brian absolutely loves firehats!"
Gotta love Al practicing!! Those songs are not easy.
Just like Beatles made swooners out of American youths, Beach Boys did the same for England.
I would have loved to seen a better reaction when they arrived like the Beatles did two years earlier in the States, but it appears they got off the plane in the UK with a lot less fanfare
Fantastic footage! When they play the Pet Sounds tracks you can hear that they are from a UK copy of the album with the terrible duophonic or duophonic folded back down to mono sound. Marianne F. probably got the narration job because the BB uk publisher was Andrew Loog Oldham’s Immediate company, and he also managed her.
It's a really swell documentary.
it’s boss
Watching them reminds me of a quote from my late voice teacher: "Something for everybody." Despite the papers focusing on Dennis, ALL the boys were attractive. Each one had different features that appealed to different gals, as you could tell by the way everyone got stormed on stage. 🙂
I agree with everyone about how cringeworthy it was to see Carl put that cancer stick into his babyfaced mouth; likewise when Dennis smoked. Mike Love looked ridiculous with that huge pipe, trying to be cool. The sequence with Al and Dennis in the antique shop was adorable. We got to watch two childhood friends goofing around, which we didn't get to see often enough.
I was impressed with Al going through the chords of "God Only Knows" on his Strat before the concert. Even though he'd been playing rhythm guitar for several years, you could see that he still felt insecure about it (his first instrument with the group was upright bass). What's amazing is how little Al has changed over the years; he still looks and sounds the same.
Yeah well it depends what was in the pipe ..messages were there for all to see ..I allways assumed it was definitely not tobacco. Or else it would have been a cigarette, of course ... s
@@adrianpeters2413yes, it's a fact that Mr Love partook of marijuana before his adapting TM in 68.
Dennis and Al should have met up with Jimmy Page---he was really keen on antiques!
Thanks for the efforts of restoring this and sharing it. Very enjoyable! I guess we should count our lucky stars that the TV network didn't wipe the recordings and reuse the video as was a common practice in the 50s/60s.
One of my first album purchases was a Beach Boys compilation on 8-track tape which had mostly their car songs and a few beach ones on it. I think it was just called "The Beach Boys" and it was in a bargain bin at K-Mart so I could afford it! To this day, "409" is probably the only song I can sing completely unaccompanied through. I have that strange trait of remembering lyrics when the song is playing but forgetting them otherwise. That's why I marvel at people who can recite poetry from memory!
I didn't realize it was that that far along in their career before the Beach Boys broke in the UK. But once they made it, the fans became fans for life and they seemed to do better in the UK when their US album releases were barely getting into the Top 200 in the late 60s/early 70s. I also remember how well the concerts with Brian doing "Pet Sounds" or "Smile" were received over there a couple decades on. The UK also treated some lesser known bands like Love with a lot more respect and popularity than they could muster outside of LA here in the US.
I saw this a bit more than a month after Brian Wilson shared the sad news of his wife, Melinda's, passing. I hope he has a safe harbor of his own now that's she's gone. He does have his children, but she was such a strong support for him in these past decades. Love and Mercy to you Brian and family and I'm still missing Carl & Dennis forever!
This came from Peter Whitehead's personal film collection so it was spared from the BBC and ITV wipes of the late 60s/early 70s that destroyed TV history.
What a rare and enjoyable glimpse into the Beach Boys touring and experience and fan's reception in England in 1966. Great to see them going into stores, shopping, etc.
Brian was back home, but his music was at such a peak that year that the Boys represented to their solid fan base in England (and the world). Songs like "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Sloop John B", "Caroline, No", etc.
This was a beautiful time piece. Rare, but now available through UA-cam.
6:57 -- Al practicing the non-intuitive chords of God Only Knows
fantastic film and first time ive seen all this footage
Glad you are enjoying the remaster
england was smitten with not just the band but the album made ripples with the british youth perhaps more so there than the us. great document which does well to articulate the excitement the band prompted while there.
A firehat! We gotta get Brian one, he loves firehats!❤❤
Have seen this countless times, but wasn’t aware Mariann Faithful narrated it! 😊❤
At 4:57 Creepsville.......
🤣🤣🤣
Breaks my heart to see Carl smoking
I have this on DVD found about 18 years ago.
Brian fell into the piano at 14:34
I hope they brought back Brian some of those antique instruments
Wonder if that baby at 12:08 knows he was watched through the window by the Beach Boys?!
great footage
Thank you kindly
Love Al Jardine
Mike is always a dork
What a treat!
glad you enjoyed it
BIG UPGRADE!!!!
I've had it in my collection for almost 20 years and finally decided to digitize and upgrade it.
the thumbnail for this video is really cute and silly..
3:45 Sampdoria?
Didn't they produce an alternate music video for Good Vibrations from this footage? I sadly can't find much information on that.
I can see where Brian might have got ideas from for some of the Good Vibrations sounds.
Does anybody know the exact date this special was broadcast on the BBC? Thanks in advance.
Just boys being boys
Have it on dvd
Not the same I dont think. The DVD is all silent footage correct?
@@SubRosaUSA It's the same.Regards from a fanatic fan.
@@MrJansj1958 The Dvd is actually the raw footage with the footage in here cut. so if you assemble both you have the complete film
I need subtitles, I can't understand anything she is saying. It's so weird how people love to whisper and think that is cute.
That's because its Marianne Faithfull
It frustrates me how unproactive everyone in this band other than Brian was. Why were they still wearing those stupid shirts in 1966? Why did they have to wait to be laughed off stage before they ditched them? Why didn't they encourage and/or help Brian (a very easily-coerced person) to finish SMiLE? They were all so behind the eight ball!
first sentence:huh? is that supposed to make sense?
second sentence: This was their first tour of Britain in 1966 and they were still associated with look by British fans. Not sure they were ever laughed off the stage anywhere.
third sentence: Because the Beach Boys were out touring to make a living and no time to babysit Brain. Besides by the time he did "Smile" Brian was falling into deep depression and psychosis. He literally heard voices in his head.
Brian is technically on "the spectrum" with either Autism or Aspberger's syndrome. He exhibits all the common signs of both conditions - talks out of the side of his mouth, an extraordinary, almost super human talent or skill, very socially awkward, doesn't cope well with change or confrontation and gets anxious very easily.
@@SubRosaUSA Not true! Brian was never diagnosed with Autism. He was officially diagnosed with clinical depression with auditory hallucinations. Brian has been treated successfully and is very well, especially for a man almost 80 years old
@@denniswood1437 Brian is definitely on the spectrum. I know the condition well as I have family members with it. He behaves in many ways exactly as they do.
Being officially diagnosed means nothing.
@@SubRosaUSA Well, maybe some of Brian Wilson's behavior mimics Autism but it is speculation on your part to diagnose him. I think you are a good person and have knowledge on the Autism Spectrum. I'm sure you just want to take away the stigma of the condition. However, both Brian and his wife Melinda have openly stated that he has been diagnosed with clinical depression with auditory hallucinations.
@@SubRosaUSA "being officially diagnosed means nothing." Sounds like something Landy would say...
this needs to be remastered and released
a remastered version of the silent footage seen here was released in a CD box set. this is the only version of it with the original sound I've been able to find