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`The Beach Boys Greatest Hits Volume 3: Best of the Brother Years 1970 - 1986' Set for Release On Feb. 1, 2000.


Entertainment Editors/Music Writers

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1999

CD Release Coincides With ABC-TV Broadcast Of New Miniseries

"The Beach Boys: An American Family"

The third volume in Capitol Records' new and definitive "Beach Boys Greatest Hits" series has been scheduled for release on Feb. 1, 2000 to coincide with the national broadcast of the ABC-TV miniseries, "The Beach Boys: An American Family “Loud Family” redirects here. For the rock band, see The Loud Family (band).

Considered television's first reality show, An American Family was shot documentary style in 1971 and first aired in the United States on PBS in early 1973.
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"The Beach Boys Greatest Hits Volume 3: Best of the Brother Years 1970 - 1986," distributed by EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC.  Music Distribution, focuses on what is often called "The Brother Years," named after the legendary group's own Brother Records which released a number of extremely noteworthy albums during the 1970s and 1980s.

Although these years were overshadowed by difficulties, personnel changes and the tragic death of Dennis Wilson Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4 1944 – December 28 1983) was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. Beach Boys
Early career
, the Beach Boys continued to produce artistic masterpieces, many of which are featured on "The Beach Boys Greatest Hits Volume 3: Best of the Brother Years 1970 - 1986."

The Volume 3 CD launches with the first single of "The Brother Years," "Add Some Music To Your Day." Other tracks selected for "The Beach Boys Greatest Hits Volume 3: Best of the Brother Years 1970 - 1986" include Carl Wilson's first vocal composition "Long Promised Road," the Bruce Johnston song "Disney Girls," Alan Jardine's first solo composition for the group "Susie Cincinnati," and "California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)" written by Jardine.

Also included are "Sail On, Sailor," "Rock and Roll Music," "It's Okay," "Good Timin'," "Getcha Back," "Peggy Sue," "Come Go With Me" and "California Dreamin'."

The release precedes the Feb. 27-28 broadcast of the new ABC-TV drama-with-music "The Beach Boys: An American Family." Produced by Storyline Entertainment's Craig Zadan Craig Zadan (born April 15, 1949 in Miami, Florida, USA) is an American executive producer, director, and writer. Filmography
  • The Mayor of Castro Street (2009) (producer)
  • Fahrenheit 451 (2009) (producer)
  • Family Man
 and Neil Meron ("Annie," "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella") and actor John Stamos John Stamos (IPA: /ˈsteɪmoʊs/) (born August 19 1963) is an Emmy-nominated American actor. He is best known for his role as the character of Jesse Katsopolis on the TV show Full House  ("Full House"), who has toured as the band's drummer on and off since 1993.

"I wanted to pay homage to my heroes," said Stamos. "This is a dream come true."

The four-hour miniseries will chronicle the early years of Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine Alan Charles "Al" Jardine (born September 3, 1942 in Lima, Ohio) is a founding member of the Beach Boys, their occasional lead vocalist, and one of their guitarists.

Jardine moved from Ohio to Hawthorne, California, to attend high school.
. It will show their meteoric me·te·or·ic  
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or formed by a meteoroid.

2. Of or relating to the earth's atmosphere.

3.
 rise to fame and fortune from humble beginnings Humble Beginnings was an American pop punk band from New Jersey. While never gaining large-scale success, many of the band's members went on to mainstream success with other outfits.  as teenagers in Hawthorne, Calif. after they created the West Coast "surf sound" with classics like "Fun, Fun, Fun," "California Girls" and "Good Vibrations."

Although their sound epitomized America's optimism, behind the popular songs was the dramatic story of the struggles between the young men and their domineering dom·i·neer·ing  
adj.
Tending to domineer; overbearing.



domi·neer
 father/manager, the women they loved, and each other.

The television drama-with-music stars newcomers Frederick Weller as Brian Wilson, Nick Stabile stabile (stā`bēl), an abstract construction that is completely stationary. The form was pioneered by Alexander Calder, and examples were termed stabiles to distinguish them from mobiles, their moving counterparts, also invented by Calder.  as Dennis Wilson, Ryan Northcott as Carl Wilson Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of The Beach Boys, with his older brothers Brian Wilson and Dennis Wilson. , Matt Letscher Matthew Letscher (born June 26, 1970 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) is an American actor.

He is known for starring on the TV series Good Morning, Miami, for playing the recurring character of Eric Garrett in Joey
 as Mike Love and Ned Vaughn as Al Jardine.

In conjunction with the , on Feb. 20, A&E will present "Biography -- Brian Wilson: A Beach Boys Tale." The two-hour biography includes 35 candid interviews with close friends and family, never-before-seen-or-heard film footage, music recordings and concert performances and features Brian Wilson's performances of more than 20 American classics.

On February 20, A&E will present a re-broadcast of their acclaimed documentary, "Biography: Brian Wilson - A Beach Boys Tale." The two-hour biography includes 35 candid interviews with close friends and family, rare film footage, music recordings and concert performances.

The A&E documentary also features Brian Wilson's performances of more than 20 American classics as well as original home movies, photographs, and sound recordings; and many television performances not seen since originally broadcast decades ago.

In addition, on Jan. 20, ABC's 20/20 will air Joel Siegel's extensive interview with the legendary Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson. The 20/20 story focuses on Wilson's influence on pop music, his years with the Beach Boys as well as an in-depth look at Wilson's recent and dramatic return to the stage for his first ever solo tour.

EMI Music Distribution (EMD EMD Electromechanical dissociation, see there ) is one of the five largest distribution companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . EMD encompasses sales and distribution for Capitol, Virgin, Capitol Nashville, Angel, Blue Note, Christian Music Christian music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding the Christian life, as well as (in terms of contemporary music) to give a Christian alternative to main stream secular music.  Group, EMI Latin EMI Latin is a subsidiary of EMI which focuses on Latin American music. In 1989, Jose Behar, the former head of the Sony Latin Music division, signed Selena with EMI Latin, a record company founded by Behar. Selena became EMI Latin's first artist. , Priority and The Right Stuff (one of the top three reissue labels in the industry, with one of the largest and most significant R&B catalogs).

Also under the EMD umbrella are Caroline Distribution, Catalog Marketing, Special Markets and Manufacturing. EMD can be found on the World Wide Web at www.emidigital.com.
Tracklisting

1.       Add Some Music To Your Day
2.       Susie Cincinnati (see Note)
3.       This Whole World
4.       Long Promised Road
5.       Disney Girls (1957)
6.       `Til I Die
7.       Surf's Up
8.       Marcella
9.       Sail On, Sailor
10.      The Trader
11.      California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a) (see Note)
12.      Rock and Roll Music (see Note)
13.      It's OK (see Note)
14.      Honkin' Down The Highway
15.      Peggy Sue
16.      Good Timin'
17.      Goin' On
18.      Come Go With Me
19.      Getcha Back
20.      California Dreamin'

Note: Original Single Versions

"The Beach Boys Greatest Hits, Volume 3: Best of The Brother Years
1970 - 1986"

Street Date:  Feb. 1, 2000            Label:  Capitol
Genre:  Pop/Rock                      Format:  CD and CS
Running Time:  61:49                  UPC Codes:  72435-24511-2/8; 4/2
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