I met Al backstage at a concert back in '86 and had a really nice talk with him, what a nice genuine fellow. My tidbits: - Al played double bass on the first 'Surfin' recording sessions - He encouraged the BBoys to wear striped shirts like his heroes the Kingston Trio. - He sang a lot of Brian's parts live especially after Bruce left. You can really hear these on the '74 live album Great guy!

This is my self appointed theme song. I love this. So beautiful! Thank you.

Ill bet hes nice may be the greastest beach boys song ever recorded

I much prefer the 73 live version of Let the Wind Blow but my wife prefers Wild Honey 🍯 😂❤

Great program...as always! I bought the Wild Honey single and album just as soon as I knew they had come out. I was just 14 and still trying to figure out what happened to Smile and what Smiley Smile was all about. This album seemed to put everything right. I have always loved this album and especially the song Wild Honey. I love the simple instrumentation and especially the dueling electro-theremins on the outro. This album has always reminded me of Summer Days. After side two of the Today album, Summer Days seemed to go back to regular rock and roll for the Beach Boys. Wild Honey does the same after Pet Sounds and Smile. As as musician myself, I especially appreciate your analysis of the chord progressions on each song. You're very good. You show how the simplest of Brian's work can be quite complicated. Thanks again....looking forward to Friends. Lamont

The rejected album track listing..Some 300-500 copies were pressed(German pressing)and made it out into the world.. A1 Steamboat Composed By - Dennis Wilson (2) Lyrics By - Jack Rieley 4:29 California Saga A2 Big Sur Written-By - Mike Love 3:55 A3 The Beaks Of Eagles Lyrics By - R. Jeffers* Written-By - A. Jardine*, L. Jardine* 2:48 A4 California Written-By - Alan Jardine 3:59 A5 We Got Love B1 The Trader Composed By - Carl Wilson Lyrics By - Jack Rieley 5:01 B2 Leaving This Town Lyrics By [Additional] - Love* Written-By - Chaplin*, C. Wilson*, Fataar* 5:36 B3 Only With You Composed By - Dennis Wilson (2) Lyrics By - Mike Love 2:56 B4 Funky Pretty Composed By - Brian Wilson Lyrics By - Mike Love Lyrics By [Additional] - Jack Rieley 4

Admittedly, I’m not the biggest fan of the latter 60s albums e.g. Smiley Smile, Wild Honey and Friends. They always felt a little lacking compared to works like Today, Summer Days and Pet Sounds. Still, there are definitely some gems on Wild Honey. Thanks for another episode, it was fantastic!

For A Thing Or Two yes the Track was cut in pieces and Vocals were added. Brian then Stiched the Whole Thing Together. Wild Honey, Darlin', How She Booglooed It and Mama Says were made in that Module format too.

I Was Made To Lover did get a Track and Backing Vocals Mix on Sunshine Tommorrow 2. At the end you can hear it better. It shatters the illusion. It's here on KZfaq. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLKSlqWCysC6Y58.htmlsi=2nPdJuFuOtgYYggg

My favorite Beach Boys album.

I think Wild Honey might be my go to Beach Boys record. It sits well in the middle of the brilliant madness of smile and the rebirth on Sunflower. Beautiful bedroom pop. It would be intersting to,see your favorite albums as a season finale… Herre`s my gave BB albums per noe (of course it changes almost every day) 01 Pet Sounds 10 02 Sunflower. 10 03 The Beach Boys Today! 9.5 04 All Summer Long 9 05 Wild Honey 9 06 Friends. 9 07 20/20. 9 08 Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) 8.5 09 Smiley Smile 8.5 10 Surf’s Up 8.5 11 Beach Boys Love You. 8.5 12 L.A Light Album. 8.5 13 Carl And Passions (So Tough) 8 14 Surfer Girl 7.5 16 Little Deuce Coupe 7.5 17 Holland 7 18 Surfin’ USA 7 19 The Beach Boys Party! 7 20 Shut Down Vol. 2 7 21 That’s Why God Made The Radio 7 22 15 Big Ones 6 23 M.I.U 5 24 Christmas Album 5 25 The Beach Boys 4.5 26 Keeping The Summer Alive 3 27 Still Crusin 2 28 Surfin Safari 2 29 Stars And Stripes Vol. 1. 1.5 30 Sunmer In Paradise 1

For me, a Wonderful/Cabin Essence 'double A-side' single would've been>Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane double A-side... And I see Surf's Up>A Day In The Life... But that's just me. Edit: For me, a Wonderful/Cabin Essence 'double A-side' single would've been>Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane double A-side... And I see Surf's Up>A Day In The Life... But that's just me. Edit: And I apologize for multiple comments, but you two did a really, really great deep-dive that I so appreciate! You taught me something new BTW, which I thought was damn-near impossible, & that was that Brian hadn't come up w/"a children's song..." til 1971, & I'd also wondered why he was only singing the "aaaaah, aaaaah, aaaah" bit on Leonard Bernstein, & also the demo he laid down w/nothing but a piano, which stands up aaaaaall by itself, man(!)... And imagine if he'd have been able to go & perform 'Surf's Up' @ something like Monterey Pop, or Woodstock, JUST BRIAN & a piano, ya know?! I think the sandbox tunes, & Matthew does the right thing to devote the most time to these, & the rumor was also that Surf's Up was once considered 'the centerpiece' to which they'd build the album around, too... But yet again... Whst a job well done, guys!👌🏼 Just woulda liked to've heard more abt 'Your Welcome," cuz I thought it was also originally meant to make SMiLE!'s final cut as the closing track... But I give this high marks, this dissection of the album. Absolutely... (‼️)

And yes, I too HIGHLY RECCOMMEND 'Beautiful Dreamer,' cuz it's the absolute best documentary I've ever seen in regard to SMiLE! Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, & a 'who's who' of United Kingdom (& Irish) music royalty were in attendance @ The Royal Festival Hall! What was the standing ovation they received, Brian & Van Dyke??? 10 minutes, uninterrupted?!! Crazy!

From one Matthew to another... Nice one, fellas!👌🏼✌🏼

Loved your review on this record! This was always one of my fav's from the boys. Had this one since around 1970. I scratched the $#*% out of it from a 9 year old playing it constantly. Mine was the version that was marked "Stereo." There was nothing stereo about it. Bought the Brother/Reprise version around the mid 70's. The real treat came in the Sunshine Tomorrow package. Why they named it that is beyond me. They should have simply released it as Wild Honey Expanded Edition. Anyway, I'll take what I can get. One thing that sticks out like a sore thumb to me is the stereo mix of Darlin' which has a drop in audio 4 words into the song. Other than that, what a treat. Thanks for your time in putting these together. Great work!

Fantastic album

Im enjoying very much your series from the beginning.

Country Air is my favorite song on the album

This podcast is excellent. Love Wild Honey!

Finally got to watch one in my bb room podcast the day it comes out, discovered your channel during a gap between shows and the gaps were so long that the smile & smiley smile shows caught me off guard, smiley a week late smile 3 weeks late. I'm in the middle of watching wild honey right now, so excuse if what I'm saying is something you mention later. But one thing the Beach Boys don't get credit for is that they were way ahead of the curve at the end of 1967. With wild honey, they were returning to a back to basics approach, something that didn't happen till 1968, when Dylan returned with John Wesley Harding, plus the Band with Music from Big Pink, The Beatles White Album, the Stones Beggars Banquet. All returning to a more organic jam based & traditional songs without the Psychedelic clutter. A movement which the Beach Boys initiated long before others rediscovered simplicity with smiley & honey...

This was the bright shining moment of the late 60s BB albums for me. I know, everyone loves Friends, but for me Wild Honey was their breath of fresh air after the Smile debacle. They got Smiley Smile off their chest and now its time for a reset with some good ol' R&B!

WILD HONEY is so amazing

Another fine 👍 album analysis. I love how Adam loves “ Darlin’ “ so much! It’s such a great song and Carl delivers it with love and devotion. As much as I love Brian Wilson’s waltzes, I never once thought that “Let the Wind 💨 Blow” was one of them. Dang, so much to learn and digest. It’s always a pleasure. Thank you Adam and Matthew.

I’ve always heard “I’d love just once to see you” and “Busy Doing Nothin” as vibe companions. Love Wild Honey! I can never decide on it or Friends, they’re kind of tied.

This to me, a very underrated album, one of my favorites

I first heard Wild Honey from the 1990s twofer CDs coupled with Smiley Smile. That particular CD release had a muddy mono mix that muted some of the subtle power and innovations of the songs. The title track, "Aren't You Glad", "Let the Wind Blow" & "Darlin" are great originals. There were excellent re-releases of Wild Honey in vinyl LP & (as Mathew mentioned) the two CD set Sunshine Tomorrow which has true stereo versions in 2018. I love the anecdotes about the creation of the album you guys discuss.

I absolute LOVE this album and I think it’s been criminally overlooked.

I love the Beach Boys Friends and 20/20 albums. 20/20 is especially underrated as it's the only place one can hear true stereo versions of the Smile era tracks "Our Prayer" & "Cabin Essence" and the big singles "Do It Again" & "I Can Hear Music." Add Dennis' "Be with Me" and Brian's "Time to Get Alone" and you have an underrated classic. Another amazing presentation guys!

Sounds of Summer was the first Beach Boys album I ever heard. We got it for my Mom for Christmas and then I kept stealing it, it was so good. Went from there to Pet Sounds and kept on & on & on.

That's Not Me is a perfect perfect track

Matthew Hartz is a Beautiful Beach Boy Mind...he should be taken into the Beach Boys live fold as a multi instrumentalist

Find me another live album that would even come close the sound quality of In Concert for the time period, let alone exceed it. There were a few live albums that were released within the next few years of in Concert that had recording budgets exceeding In Concert that didn't come close in sonics. There are a few sweetening moments on that record by means of correcting a vocal line here and there, but to my ears, that record sounds honest. You had Frampton comes alive and Wings over America, which are loaded with studio trickery, and yet, they still do not come close to the quality of In Concert. It is by far, my favorite live album of all time. A good part of that album was recorded near where I lived at the time in New Jersey. One thing to point out is that you can tell the size of the venue with each song on that album. I had attended many concert at that venue near my house. It was called the Capitol Theater. It was a three thousand seat venue that had many of the top bands of the time. I saw The Rolling Stones there when they played a warm-up show prior to playing the big houses. The show at the Capitol theater was recorded using the Record Plant Mobile unit, which I had the pleasure doing some technical work on. It was the exact truck that recorded The Concert For Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden just a year before the recording of The Beach Boys. It was a 16 track studio in a truck and when you closed the door, you actually thought that you were inside a fully equipped control room in New York City. The songs from In Concert recorded at the Capitol Theater in 1972 were: Marcella, Wouldn't it be nice, Let the wind blow, Don't worry baby and Good Vibrations. Regarding Ed Carter and coming from a fellow bass player, is a monster musician who not only plays incredible bass, but also plays a bitching guitar! He plays the guitar solo on Bluebirds over the mountain. Would love to meet him someday!

25:14 Loved the “hammered” masking taped on your original childhood Summer Days & Summer Nights Beach Boys album. It’s so telling to observe it and your stories about it are so nice and personal. Another fine episode. Enjoyed hearing your thoughts on The Wrecking Crew musicians and how certain songs really took you to another place. “The Little Girl That I Once Knew” is a little masterpiece, isn’t it? Thank you Adam and Matthew!

Super 👍 episode featuring Mr. Alan Jardine! That was great having you share your knowledge and stories about “AL.” Love that you were lucky enough to meet him and ask him your own questions. Thank you Matthew and Adam. I love Al Jardine’s vocals very much. You’re right, it’s always a good idea to shine a light on Al’s contributions to The Beach Boys. Warm Regards from Old Highway 66 in Oklahoma.

Adam, I think you're going to like Wild Honey a lot. It might be my favorite.

Matthew & Adam...... The best analysis of Smiley Smile ever!. I commented on your Smile review, that I was just 14 when Smile did not come out. Growing up in a small southeastern town in Idaho(like you did) before the internet, the only info about the new album was from teen magazines, like Hit Parader. I still have some issues from 1967. The were talking about how incredible the music was that Brian was working on, and talked about specific songs like Surf's Up, Barnyard Suite, Vega-tables, Cabin-essence, and The Elements. When I bought Smiley Smile in Sept 1967, I kept trying line up the Smiley Smile songs with the Smile songs I had heard about for months. I couldn't figure it out for years until the internet was established and I got some Smile bootleg cassettes that helped put the story together for me. Over the years, I have gotten to love Smiley Smile. However, I had no idea what She's Going Bald was about. I'm glad I did not know it at the time, since back then, they were all my heroes! Great job..as always. Lamont

Fantastic as always ❤

Smiley Smile is no less than Smile to me. I love it the way it is! I love them both. They’re amazing and so fascinating. I’m glad we have them both now. There are songs on both that I think are better than the other’s version.

Love this content

Great episode! You guys need to cover the Brian 2004 version! I would love your breakdown of it.

Holland: my favorite BB's album :)

Great series and subject. thanks

There was originally a Brother records release number for Wild Honey as T-9003 with a different running order and song selection. Don't know the story on why they reverted back to the Capitol Rainbow label for that one.

Great one guys!! @Adam you got my last name pronunciation correct! 2:04

Smiley Smile is one of my fav's from the boys. I obtained a copy of it and The Best of the Beach Boys in 1968 as a young boy at a store called John''s Bargain Stores in the suburbs of New York. Both records contained Good Vibrations. I played the crap out of those albums and, as a kid, records were not treated good. I ended up getting the two-fers on Reprise. a few years after that, I found a record store that was going out of business and upon checking out what they had, there were many original Capitol albums that were out of print for 99 cents each. I bought Shut down vol. 2 (mono), Today (Duophonic), Both versions of Smiley smile (Fake Stereo/Mono), Friends, and 2020. All were sealed and I still have them and are in excellent condition. The Pitch machine on She's going bald is called an Eltro machine. I actually saw one in person. It worked like a VCR in that it contained a rotating head. The faster the head spun, the higher the pitch and since the tape speed didn't change, the tempo remained as originally recorded. It was quite a cool device and it was the beginning of pitch correction and or time stretch, which now is a snap to do.

The reason Bruce didnt participate? Everyone was getting really stoned for these sessions even Mike Love. It alienated Bruce

Adam also notes the imagery of SS Windchimes. He’s on to something. The response vocals “wind chimes” sound sloppy because the timing does not line up: listen to when they each hit the “ch” of chimes. No one is together. I think this is their voices as wind chimes blowing in the breeze and hitting into each other in random succession. If I’m right, brilliant and sublime.

Halfway through the episode and I think Adam is picking up on “upside your head” sounding like a joke compared to other high vocals because it’s a rare moment of Mike doing a prominent falsetto. He’s not the only voice but he is the loudest and doesn’t have as smooth or natural of a falsetto as his cousins.

That thumbnail is killer, Adam! Can’t wait to listen to this.

I like to think of this as the "cliff notes" version of Smile. Without reading the entire book, you only get half the story---if even that