Transmission Impossible - 3CD

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.

Trackliste:

DISC 1
1. Then I Kissed Her
2. Don't Worry Baby
3. Dance, Dance, Dance
4. Darlin'
5. In My Room
6. Surfer Girl
7. The Little Girl I Once Knew
8. Wouldn't It Be Nice
9. All Summer Long
10. Little Saint Nick
11. I Get Around
12. Sail On, Sailor
13. Marcella
14. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
15. Our Prayer
16. Heroes And Villains
17. God Only Knows
18. Sloop John B
19. California Girls
20. Good Vibrations
21. Do It Again
22. Help Me, Rhonda
23. Barbara Ann
24. Surfin' U.S.A.
25. Fun, Fun, Fun

DISC 2
1. Concert Tonight
2. Someone To Love
3. Water Builds Up
4. Don't Let Her Know (She's An Angel)
5. Do You Have Any Regrets?
6. Thank You
7. Hotter
8. The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll (with Tom Petty & Bob Dylan)
9. Rainbow Eyes
10. Love Ya
11. Make A Wish
12. Smart Girls
13. Country Feelin'
14. Daddy's Little Girl
15. He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move
16. Living Doll
17. Let's Go To Heaven In My Car
18. Too Much Sugar
19. Metal Beach
20. Bells Of Madness/Fantasy Is Reality
21. Still I Dream Of It
22. Goodnight Irene
23. That Special Feeling

DISC 3
1. Should We Play?
2. California Girls
3. California Calling
4. Wouldn't It Be Nice
5. Good Vibrations
6. Lucille
7. Help Me, Rhonda
8. Rockin' All Over The World
9. Rock And Roll Music
10. Surfin' Safari/Surf City/ Surfin' U.S.A.
11. Barbara Ann
12. Fun, Fun, Fun
13. Post Show Interview