Brian Wilson – Reimagines Gershwin
Rarity - sealed
Vocal Arrangement, Lead Vocals, Bells, Electronics [Emulator], Glockenspiel, Organ, Wind Chimes – Brian Wilson
Cello – Cameron Stone, Erika Duke, Peggy Baldwin, Rudy Stein
Concertmaster, Violin – Peter Kent
Drums – Todd Sucherman (A3 to B5)
Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass, Bass [6 String], Bass [Tic Tac], Baritone Guitar – Brett Simons
Organ, Piano – Gary Griffin
Trombone – Andy Martin
Viola – Jessica Van Velzen
Violin – Sharon Jackson
Vocals – Jeffrey Foskett, Taylor Mills
Vocals, Clarinet, Celesta [Celeste], Saxophone, Flute, Flute [Baritone], Conductor, Arranged By, Alto Flute, Bass Harmonica, Harmonica - Paul Von Mertens
Vocals, Guitar – Nick Walusko
Vocals, Guitar, Glockenspiel, Timpani – Nelson Bragg
Vocals, Guitar, Theremin, Banjo, Trumpet, Guitar [Wah Wah], Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Guitar [Nylon String], Baritone Guitar – Probyn Gregory
Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Xylophone, Synthesizer [Moog], Vibraphone, Piano [Tack Piano], Glockenspiel, Organ, Harpsichord – Darian Sahanaja
Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Xylophone – Scott Bennett
Woodwind – Bill Liston, Dan Higgins
Vocal Arrangement by Brian Wilson
Orchestrated by Paul Von Mertens
Written by George Gershwin (all tracks), Brian Wilson (A2, B6), Scott Bennett (A2, B6), Ira Gershwin, (A3, A4, B1–B5) DuBose Heyward (A3), Dorothy Heyward (A3)
1LP, Gatefold jacket
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : United Record Pressing
Label : Disney Pearl Series
Original Label : Disney Pearl Series
Recorded and Engineered at Oceanway, Henson, Your Place or Mine Recording Studios.
Recorded by Mark Linett
Mixed by Al Schmitt
Produced by Brian Wilson
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at The Mastering Lab
Originally released in 2010
Tracks:
Side A
- Rhapsody In Blue / Intro
- The Like In I Love You
- Summertime / I Loves You, Porgy / I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' / It Ain't Necessarily So
- 'S Wonderful
Side B
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Love Is Here To Stay
- I've Got A Crush On You
- I Got Rhythm
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Nothing But Love
- Rhapsody In Blue / Reprise
Reviews :
« During his five decades of music-making, Brian Wilson has added countless songs to the canon of great American pop music, but he hasn't recorded many by other composers. Still, his affection for the work of George Gershwin is long, and quite evident from this tribute album. In it, Wilson presents 11 classics from Gershwin's pen, and received the blessing of the Gershwin estate to finish two incomplete songs, "The Like in I Love You" and "Nothing But Love." As usual, Wilson's musical instincts are impeccable, and with a full orchestra lending additional weight to these songs, it's easily the best production on a Brian Wilson record since 2004's SMiLE. (It doesn't hurt that the lyrics as well as the music are tried and true; most of Wilson's solo output, and much of the Beach Boys' after 1967, has suffered from trite or tone-deaf lyrics.) Wilson is also in fine voice for his age, finding the pathos in "Summertime" and "It Ain't Necessarily So" during a four-song medley, and even multi-tracking his vocals for the first time on the opener, a nearly a cappella version of "Rhapsody in Blue." "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" is done up, as an instrumental, in full Pet Sounds splendor (complete with bass harmonica), while "I Got Rhythm" is neatly transformed into an uptempo nugget to rank with "Surfin' U.S.A." or "Little Honda." Wilson's normal studio group is augmented here with an orchestra (the arrangements and orchestrations are by Wilson and Paul Von Mertens), and they stay in the background except when needed -- just one of the many fine touches to the entire production here. Granted, Wilson's bouncy take on "They Can't Take That Away from Me" is never going to compete with Ella Fitzgerald's (or even Julie London's), and "'S Wonderful" is nearly blanded out into easy listening oblivion, but nearly everything else here is loving, sincere, and worthy of hearing by fans of the Beach Boys or Broadway. » AllMusic Review by John Bush
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.37 / 5