Posted on 07/25/2020 10:58:57 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Ooo. Well I like all their stuff :)
Actually, the key to Pet Sounds was the Tony Asher lyrics - far more mature than Brian Wilson's bubble gum crap.
Additionally "Sloop John B" was an old folk song.
Brian's music & production was excellent...BUT he needed a LARGE helping hand from Tony Asher and the Wrecking Crew - both are largely ignored in the praises of Pet Sounds.
Peter Green full 2003 concert:
https://youtu.be/N0dC7mV4GuQ
All: yup started as a blues band and recorded
with some blues veterans in Chicago.
Green, Fleetwood, McVie, Spencer, Kirwan.
Christine Perfect joined, married
McVie then Buckingham and Nicks joined
and they went further into pop.
WIKI
“Black Magic Woman” is a song written by British musician Peter Green, which first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1968, subsequently appearing on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK), as well as Vintage Years.
In 1970, it became a hit by Santana, as sung by Gregg Rolie, reaching No. 4 in the US and Canadian charts, after appearing on their Abraxas album.
“Peter Green was famous for his out-of-phase guitar pickups ...”
And this was due to a manufacturing defect - back in those days Gibson guitars were mostly hand-built and among 1950’s and early ‘60’s Gibsons it is really difficult to find two that are exactly alike. Small differences usually, such as a few extra turns of wire on the pickup coils, or as was the case with Peter Green’s Les Paul, pickups wired out of phase.
Also, Green sold this particular guitar and it was eventually bought by Gary Moore.
Oh, well.
RIP
“Oh Well.” Probably my #1 F.M. song. Green Manalishi and Tusk are up there.
You are so right! I never cared for Beach Boys music except for THIS album. It was different from all the rest. It was grown up, mature, insightful music. Thank you!
That was neat. Thanks.
Thanks. Never knew that.
My all time favorite is Hypnotized. Great song
I do have a copy “burned” from the mono studio master tape - sound quality is quite exceptional vs the commercial pressed CD.
That said, I doubt I would include Pet Sounds in the top 100 of all time but the musicianship of the Wrecking Crew is quite extraordinary - from Hal Blaine’s drumming to Carol Kaye’s “jazzy” bass.
As you can see I’m ex-Sailor. “Sloop John B” bored me to tears. Other than some harmonies here and there, it was bubble-gum. Had no soul; no rock; lazy drums - just eck.
I remember the Wrecking Crew. Weren’t they a renowned studio session group? Could have it wrong.
Wrecking Crew musician Jim Gordon lost his marbles and killed his mother. He is still locked up.
Being a drummer and playing basic chords (majors, minors, flats, 7ths, etc) on guitar, I don’t know what “out of phase means”. You’d think I’d know since I owned a pre-CBS Fender Strat. To lazy to learn, I guess. When you have a top line Roland electronic drum kit, you know where you want to be. Plus, I sang while playing drums like Don Henley - not as well :(. Cool set up. Had it plugged into my sound system/mixer and go either headset or speakers, depending how much I wanted to bother the wife and neighbors...haha.
Lame.
The Wrecking Crew was not a studio band but a group of rotating studio musicians - the best of the best - who played on thousands of sessions from late 50s thru early 70s.
It seemed to be held together by Hal Blaine, the drummer extraordinaire.
A few of the Wrecking Crew alumni include many who became stars later - Glen Campbell, Dr John, the list is endless. They played sessions for Beach Boys to Frank Sinatra and so much in between.
A local kid just 1 hour north of me in Dayton started a band called The McCoys. After a couple of hit singles, he went to LA and was recognized as an extraordinary guitarist. He changed his name from Rick Zehringer to Rick Derringer and joined the Wrecking Crew in addition to playing on Steely Dan tracks.
One bassist was Carol Kaye who began playing jazz guitar in LA big bands until an opportunity to play bass on a session.
There’s a documentary of The Wrecking Crew on YouTube and other places.
Here’s a 10-minute video of Carol Kaye that can give a hint of her amazing ability and a look into The Wrecking Crew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOXHxIz065g
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