Just wanted to straighten up your subject line, geezer.
The following is an article published recently on why POB is staying
out of print. Looks like the BB's don't want it out -- some priceless
Bruce Johnston quotes are included.
Here are the first few paragraphs, followed by the link:
Sea of Heartbreak: Dennis Wilson's Majestic Solo Work
[2 November 2007]
Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, released 30 years ago, is majestic
and haunting, a work as rich and complex as almost anything the Beach
Boys released. So why is it out of print?by Tony Sclafani
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Dennis Wilson was an outcast in the Beach Boys because he was a beach
boy. Good looking, muscular, and free-spirited, he was the one who
actually did go surfing now, and by all accounts, he really did get
around.
So when Brian Wilson, the band's creative force, went into decline in
the late '60s, few expected Dennis, his younger brother, to step up
and regularly contribute songs. After all, wasn't he just the drummer-
and not even a very good one at that? Heck, Brian and Mike Love, his
cousin, didn't even want him in the band in the beginning, despite the
fact it was Dennis's offhand suggestion to sing about surfing that
helped the band snare a recording contract.
Nevertheless, many of the best songs of the band's commercially fallow
period (1970-73) were by Dennis, including the wedding-ready ballad
"Forever." And on August 22, 1977, Dennis became the first Beach Boy
to release a solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue,. The record was met with
positive reviews and sold moderately. Three decades later, it has
become something of a cult item for both its artistry and its rarity.
It was out on CD for only a short time in the early '90s, and copies
now change hands for hundreds of dollars. In March 1998, the album was
featured in Mojo magazine's Buried Treasure column, which looks at
forgotten musical gems. This may have helped increase demand for the
disc. The original LP can be had for around $30 in mint condition.
To understand the significance of Pacific Ocean Blue-and why it
remains out of print-you need know something of the Beach Boys' rocky
history.
By all appearances the happy-go-lucky Beach Boy, Dennis Wilson lived
out the proverbial live-fast-die-young motto. To some degree, that's a
fair *****sment. Dennis did indeed drive fast cars, hang with hippies
(including Charles Manson) and dated his share of beautiful California
women. But like his older brother Brian, Dennis was bullied
mercilessly by his father. His wild side masked an underside that was,
by turns, brooding, self-loathing, sensitive, and anxious. Dennis's
music reflected his edginess and exhibited little of his happy charm,
setting it apart from Brian's music. Dennis never sang about fun, and
no images of surfboards or surfer girls ever appear in a Dennis Wilson
song.
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/48236/sea-of-heartbreak
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