Summer 2010 edition of ESQ

The Summer 2010 edition of Endless Summer Quarterly

Available now!

Contents: The Beach Boys Television & Film Part II by Ian Rusten (with additional research by David M. Beard)

Complimentary CD with music from: Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Dean Torrence, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson and Jan Berry

CD includes:

Brian Wilson appears on four recordings

Al Jardine appears on three recordings

Carl Wilson on three recordings

David Marks appears on three recordings

Jan & Dean — Carnival Of Sound

Jan & Dean
Carnival Of Sound
Rhino Handmade (RHM2 521476)
Grade: ★★★★★
David M. Beard

Jan Berry’s Carnival Of Sound — a collection of music he finished in 1968 (after his near-fatal automobile accident on April 12, 1966) — is astonishing. Miraculously Jan would reenter the studio April 19, 1967. More than 20 months later, Berry would complete the album, and it would remain shelved until now.

Strong production, great mixes, and, in some cases, the J&D-style banter we’re accustomed to hearing — are all a part of this release. The enclosed booklet includes extensive liner notes, track annotations and poignant images.

Waiting 40-plus years to experience Carnival Of Sound is more than worth it. This album will close a previously mythic chapter and invigorate Jan Berry’s musical legacy. If you’re not a Jan & Dean fan, don’t be fooled. This is psychedelic pop at it best. To top it all off, Dean Torrence designed the front and back covers. www.rhino.com/handmade/HandmadePage/handmade-page

Remembering Jan Berry

By David M. Beard

On the 50th anniversary of Jan & Dean, and the fifth year since Jan's passing I felt it was necessary to honor Jan's memory.

Whether it was the humor, doo-wop, folk, extra-syrupy ballads, surfing music, skateboards… It didn't matter, it was all great. There isn't a moment in my life that I don't think about Jan Berry and his unmistakable studio presence.

If you're a Jan & Dean fan cruise on over to: http://endlessskyvideo.blogspot.com. There's a great DVD I put together where I interviewed Dean at his house. Watch the promo trailers (there's two). It's an incredibly insightful interview on his career with Jan.

Be sure to purchase, Jan & Dean — The Complete Liberty Singles from Collector's Choice. Also visit Jan's official site (www.jananddean-janberry.com) and pick up the Jan Berry tribute CD Encomium In Memoriam Vol. 1, assembled by Cameron Michael Parkes and Mark A. Moore.

Be sure to pick up Jan's 1968 album "Carnival Of Sound" now available over at Rhino Handmade http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/jan-dean-carnival-of-sound?CMPID=ESQ, and seek out the Jan & Dean 50th Anniversary CD/DVD set "Hang 50" featuring the TV 1963 TV pilot "Surf Scene," the 1966 TV pilot "On The Run," and an entire CD of rare session recordings and acetates from the duo's catalogue.