From: ka3pgn@ka3ovk (Dave Norment)
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Sweet Insanity
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:08:32 GMT
Organization: Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC

dap@predator.vpharm.com (David A. Pearlman) writes:

>In article <ku1c5iINNna@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> fins@radgumbo.Corp.Sun.COM writes:
>>
>>Recently, BAM magazine had some critics rate their
>>top 10 albums of the year.  More then one critic placed
>>Brian Wilson's Sweet Insanity album in there list, some 
>>even numero uno!  A comment was made about it being
>>unavailable due to some legal hoopla. I read the Brian Wilson
>>bio and it mentioned an upcoming legal battle, but I can't
>>believe the release of this album was totally blocked! 
>> 
>>Probably by that bone-head Mike Love or some crap like 
>>that.  Since  BAM said the details of the settlement for
>>the blocking of the album were not revealed, I was wondering
>>if anyone out there in NetLand knows any more about this.

>I don't know any details of the settlement, but the Brian Wilson album
>is now scheduled to be released by the new label being run by
>Don Was of Was (Not Was) fame. The label is being backed by one of
>the majors. MCA, I think...

I follow Brian and the Boys very closely along with a few other guys
in the radio business and without going into a long drawn out posting
(because I'm in the process of writing a very long post about Brian
and the Beach Boy/Landy war) the story as I understand it is as follows:
The brass at Sire/Reprise (Brian's first release label) were not too
thrilled with the material, mainly because of the overinfluenced
Landyism's. They didn't appreciate the fact(in their opinion) that
most of the material was Landy's or heavily influenced by Landy.
The material was REJECTED, thus canning the entire project for Sire.
This left Brian without a contract or label. I understand that some
bootlegs of Sweet Insanity exist, and as the story goes, the material
is BETTER than Bri's first attempt (which blew me away). I'd give up
alot for a copy of that bootleg.

If you read Bri's autobiography, you'd understand the fact that Sire
was very unhappy with the first release, with wars raging in the
studio as well as in the front office. The problem was Landy's in-
volvement with the compositions, production, and constant interference
during the project which as a result almost didn't happen. In this
case with Sweet Insanity, Sire had had enough the last time around.

So, the deal with Don Was is in the works. I had a chance to speak
at great length with Bri's personal assistant Kevin Leslie at the
book signing here in Washington last November. He was a wealth of
information (most of the conversation will appear in my upcoming
posting). Expect Sweet Insanity to hit the streets very soon.
I can't wait! 

On another note, for those who follow the Boys, expect major things
to happen for their 30th year together. I understand that the tour
will be one of their largest undertakings ever. I also understand
that shopping service QVC (for those with cable TV) will be featuring
Beach Boys related items for sale with possible Beach Boy hosts.

Dave


"I Just Wasn't Made For These Times".......Brian Wilson

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