BRIAN WILSON
TRANSMISSION IMPOSSIBLE (3CD)
Compact Disc - 3 CD Box Set
Item no. :ETTB176 Barcode :0823564039565 Artist :BRIAN WILSON Product type :Compact Disc - 3 CD Box Set Label :EAT TO THE BEAT Release Date :05 September 2025
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American musician, songwriter, singer, record producer and co-founder of The Beach Boys, Brian Douglas Wilson received widespread recognition as one of the most innovative and significant musical figures of his era. His work was distinguished for its high production values, complex harmonies and orchestrations, vocal layering, and introspective or ingenuous themes. He was also known for his versatile head voice and falsetto.
Wilson's formative influences included George Gershwin, the Four Freshmen, Phil Spector, and Burt Bacharach. In 1961, he began his professional career as a member of The Beach Boys, serving as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, he became the first pop musician credited for writing, arranging, producing, and performing his own material. By the mid-1960s he had written or co-written more than two dozen U.S. Top 40 hits, including the number-ones "Surf City" (1963), "I Get Around" (1964), "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965), and "Good Vibrations" (1966). He is considered the first rock producer to apply the studio as an instrument and one of the first music producer auteurs.
Facing lifelong struggles with mental illness, Wilson had a nervous breakdown in late 1964 and subsequently withdrew from regular concert touring to focus on songwriting and production. This resulted in works of greater sophistication, such as the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and his first credited solo release, "Caroline, No" (both 1966), as well as the unfinished album Smile. Branded a genius, by the late 1960s his productivity and mental health had significantly declined, leading to periods marked by reclusion, overeating, and substance abuse.
This new triple-disc-set features rare live and studio recordings by Brian Wilson, both with and without The Beach Boys, which illustrate, all at once, the great man’s diversity, talent and genius.
DISC 1
1. Then I Kissed Her 2:25 2. Don't Worry Baby 3:05 3. Dance, Dance, Dance 2:29 4. Darlin' 2:46
5. In My Room 2:17 6. Surfer Girl 2:31 7. The Little Girl I Once Knew 3:08 8. Wouldn't It Be Nice 3:02
9. All Summer Long 2:58 10. Little Saint Nick 2:11 11. I Get Around 2:31 12. Sail On, Sailor 2:56
13. Marcella 3:47 14. Row, Row, Row Your Boat 0:44 15. Our Prayer 1:11 16. Heroes And Villains 4:42
17. God Only Knows 2:58 18. Sloop John B 3:18 19. California Girls 3:25 20. Good Vibrations 5:12 21. Do It Again 2:39 22. Help Me, Rhonda 3:08 23. Barbara Ann 2:40 24. Surfin' U.S.A. 2:31 25. Fun, Fun, Fun 3:08
DISC 2
1. Concert Tonight 0:17 2. Someone To Love 4:00 3. Water Builds Up 3:21 4. Don't Let Her Know (She's An Angel) 3:40 5. Do You Have Any Regrets? 3:47 6. Thank You 3:22 7. Hotter 3:49 8. The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll (with Tom Petty & Bob Dylan) 3:27 9. Rainbow Eyes 4:22 10. Love Ya 3:08 11. Make A Wish 2:58 12. Smart Girls 4:12 13. Country Feelin' 2:45 14. Daddy's Little Girl 3:15 15. He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move 2:39 16. Living Doll 1:58 17. Let's Go To Heaven In My Car 3:38 18. Too Much Sugar 2:38 19. Metal Beach 3:35 20. Bells Of Madness/Fantasy Is Reality 4:13 21. Still I Dream Of It 3:32
22. Goodnight Irene 2:40 23. That Special Feeling 1:43
DISC 3
1. Should We Play? 1:51 2. California Girls 2:44 3. California Calling 3:06 4. Wouldn't It Be Nice 3:17
5. Good Vibrations 6:05 6. Lucille 3:20 7. Help Me, Rhonda 3:03 8. Rockin' All Over The World 3:09
9. Rock And Roll Music 2:27 10. Surfin' Safari/Surf City/ Surfin' U.S.A. 7:11 11. Barbara Ann 3:02
12. Fun, Fun, Fun 3:43 13. Post Show Interview 7:12
