Ep413: Mike Love of The Beach Boys
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Mike Love of The Beach Boys shares memories of the early records of the band, recording "Pet Sounds", crafting those beloved harmonies, memories with The Beatles & much more.
- Intro & Australia talk
- Stagecoach 2024 announcement
- What records does Mike Love have?
- "Surfin' / Luau" Beach Boys single on Candix
- Memories of the 1st single
- Signing to Capitol
- Recording "Surfin' Safari" album
- The shift from singles to albums
- Is "All Summer Long" a concept album?
- Friendly rivalry between The Beatles & The Beach Boys
- Being with The Beatles in India, collaborating on music
- Creating process of the Beach Boys harmony parts
- Capitol's response to early listens of "Pet Sounds"
- Working on vocal takes hour after hour, seeking perfection
- Calling Brian "Dog Ears", origin of "Pet Sounds" album title
- Writing lyrics to acetates
- Margot Robbie and The Beach Boys
- Does Mike still have acetates & old records?
- Keith Moon shared a "Pet Sounds" acetate with The Beatles
- The Beach Boys and bootlegs
- Master tapes and The Beach Boys archive team
- Crafting the set list for current live shows
- Most collectable record/vinyl from The Beach Boys
- Paul McCartney on The Beach Boys album artwork
- "Summer In Paradise"
- Interview wrap up, a bit more Australia talk
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, this is Mike Love of the Beach Boys, and you're listening to Nate on The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:05.0 | This episode is brought to you by Vintage Media Grading at VMGVinyl.com. |
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| 0:14.2 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:18.2 | Oh, my goodness. Welcome to episode 413 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:25.4 | And this week, we are speaking with Mike Love of the Beach Boys. |
| 0:30.4 | We talk about collectible records of the band, the first Surfin and Luau single on Kandik's records, recording surfant safari, all summer long, pet sounds, |
| 0:41.7 | the friendly rivalry between the Beach Boys and the Beatles, the Master Tapes, the Archive, |
| 0:46.2 | as well as the recent announcement of the Beach Boys performing at Stagecoach 2024. |
| 0:51.4 | All these topics and more in today's interview with a man who's seen it all and is still |
| 0:56.5 | living in. Oh, and by the way, there is an extended version of this interview only available to |
| 1:03.7 | show patrons at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. Go there now, help support our show. We always put |
| 1:10.0 | extra stuff up there. Interviews there are |
| 1:12.6 | commercial free, high resolution, and quite often extended just like today. More questions, |
| 1:18.4 | more discussion with Mike Love, and those extras are only available at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. |
| 1:25.3 | That support means a whole lot to us. So please go there now and enjoy all the |
| 1:30.2 | extras as our special thank you for helping keep this show going. Oh, and finally, if you're new |
| 1:37.7 | to the vinyl guide podcast, welcome to the show. Please follow the podcast in your podcast app as there |
| 1:43.7 | are hundreds of other interviews that you could dial up anytime. |
| 1:47.7 | Episodes and interviews such as number 400 with comedian, actor, and podcast pioneer Mark Merrin. |
| 1:53.6 | That's episode 400 of the vinyl guide. |
| 1:56.4 | We celebrate Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham, episode 383. |
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