Album: “Keepin' the Summer Alive/The Beach Boys '85”

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2 LPs on 1 CD: KEEPIN' THE SUMMER ALIVE (1980)/THE BEACH BOYS '85 (1985). Reissue producer: Cheryl Pawelski. Includes liner notes by Andrew G. Doe. Digitally remastered by Andrew Sandoval and Dan Hersch (Digiprep). KEEPIN' THE SUMMER ALIVE: Personnel: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnson, Ricky Fataar, Steve Ross, Ricci Martin, John Hobbs, Joe Walsh, Daryl Dragon, Caleb Quaye, Gary Mallaber, Joel Peskin, Steve Douglas, Dick Hyde, Billy Walker, Brian Garofalo, Chucky Findley, Mike Meros, Steve Forman, Igor Horoshevsky, Bill House, Vince Charles, Ray Armando, Scott Matthews, Efrain Toro. Producers: Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Alan Jardine. Engineers include: Steve Desper, Chucky Leary, Chuck Britz. Principally recorded at Rumbo Recorders, Los Angeles and Jardines Barn, Big Sur, California between July 1979 & February 1980. Personnel includes: Carl Wilson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Alan Jardine, Bruce Johnston (vocals); Roy Hay (various instruments); John Alder (guitar, dobro); Gary Moore (guitar); Stuart Gordon (violin, viola, cello); Ian Ritchie (tenor saxophone); Steve Grainger (baritone saxophone); Dave Spence (trumpet); Kenneth McGregor (trombone); Julian Lindsay (piano, keyboards, programming); Terry Melcher (keyboards); George McFarlane (bass); Graham Broad (drums, percussion); Steve Levine (programming). Producer: Bruce Johnston. Engineers include: Steve Desper, Chuck Leary, Chuck Britz. Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, Los Angeles, Jardines Barn, Big Sur, California and Western Studios, Hollywood, California. The first Beach Boys album of the 1980s, KEEPIN' THE SUMMER ALIVE has a troubled background: though Brian Wilson was again at the helm, the band's presiding genius was in a fragile mental state, and was soon replaced by Bruce Johnston. Apart from the perky title track and the Brian Wilson-produced version of Chuck Berry's "School Days," highlights here are the regretful "Endless Harmony" and the retro "Goin' On." With synthesizers and exotic drum machines predominating, THE BEACH BOYS '85 is very much of its time, though "Getcha Back" hints at past glories and the harmonies are reliably gorgeous.