Dig deeper into The Beach Boys' latest box set release with one of the guys who helped put it together. The always entertaining and insightful Howie Edelson returns to talk up this fascinating new set. We discuss the challenge the group faced in 1972 of winning over concertgoers with their new music, Al Jardine rolling up his sleeves, stripping down Dennis Wilson's ballads, the contributions of Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar, and the still murky history of "Sail on Sailor."

Sail on Sailor - 1972 with Howie Edelson

Grammy Hall of Famer Dean Torrence was one half of legendary duo and Beach Boys collaborators Jan & Dean. The archival release The Teammates collects many of Dean's musical collaborations from 1965-1985, including those with Mike Love and Bruce Johnston. Dean tells us about his many partnerships, including lesser-known efforts with The Carpenters and Steve Martin. He also talks about being gifted chart-topping hit "Surf City" by Brian Wilson; Jan & Dean's ill-fated TV pilot On the Run, and the role Dennis Wilson would have played on it; cult favorite Jan and Dean Meet Batman; how TV biopic Deadman's Curve got Jan & Dean seats aboard The Beach Boys' private jet, and so much more!

Dean Torrence Talks About The Teammates

Christian Love has been playing guitar and singing in The Beach Boys' touring band since 2005. He joined us to talk about his great new solo album Only Alibis, as well as working with his dad Mike Love, his relationships with the other original band members, the touring group's recent shakeup, collabbing with The Weeknd, life on the road, The BBs' future, the songs he most likes to sing, and his favorite BBs LP.

Christian Love on solo music and working with Dad

Christian Love talks solo album and working with Dad

In this episode Mark and Phil welcome Matt and Greg Coffey, hosts of online show BeachBoystalk, which has brought together the fan community. It's a multigenerational fan smackdown, covering such topics as: did Brian Wilson really want to tour? Is there Beach Boys without Wilsons? Why did Carl Wilson throw Phil out of the BBs office? What's up with Matt's unholy love for MIU? Do different generations of fans appreciate "Kokomo" and the later albums differently? This one has it all!

Talking Beach Boys with BeachBoystalk Matt and Greg!

Mark and Phil pay tribute to the late Jeffrey Foskett, a part of The Beach Boys family for over 40 years. They discuss Jeff's role as singer and guitarist for The BBs and Brian Wilson's band, as well as Brian's "keeper." Mark reveals the lost chapter of Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys - "Jeffrey Foskett on 'The Warmth of the Sun'" and some never-before published quotes from the man himself. The hosts also relate their personal interactions with Jeff, and last but not least, explain Jeff's predilection for Nudie shirts.

Remembering Jeffrey Foskett

Howie Edelson, Beach Boys' creative consultant and catalog producer, returns to talk up this new oral history of the group to which he contributed interviews and new text. But that's just the launch point: we also get an update on Brian Wilson, and discuss the contributions of Ricky Fataar and Blondie Chaplin, the many mysteries of Murry Wilson, we reveal the TRUE identity of Reggie Dunbar, pit "The Trader" vs. "Catch a Wave", and talk about the love the guys have had for one another despite it all. Howie also teases what might be the next box set!

Howie Edelson on "The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys"

My best attempt at creating an average unreleased Beach Boys song. Knowing all the 60s/70s bootlegs that have come out over the years, this was me trying to synthesize all of them into one potential song that could potentially finally come out on whatever compilation they drop next.

I may have subconsciously been inspired by a song from Spongebob Squarepants, but I like to think Brian would've enjoyed writing music for that show anyway. Too bad they never asked him.

Average Unreleased Beach Boys Song

In this special snackable episode, Mark compares The Beach Boys' 1967 SMiLE album with The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. A year earlier the bands came out, respectively, with the classic Pet Sounds and Revolver LPs, and it was The Beach Boys who were favored in NME's year-end poll. If SMiLE had come out during the Summer of Love, how would it have fared? Mark weighs the two albums track by track, and in terms of cultural impact and overall artistic impression. These records are considered by many to be both bands' ultimate production statements - which one will come out on top? (This mini-episode is a longer version of a clip Mark recorded for the Apples & Oranges Podcast.)

SMiLE vs. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

A remix I made of Dennis Wilson's River song from the Pacific Ocean Blue album. 

River Song - Manatee Music Remix

Vamos ouvir os Beach Boys... ao vivo?

Em tributo a memória do genial Brian Wilson, o QC transporte os amigos e amigas da Biblioteca Musical para a lendária Knebworth, no Reino Unido, em uma noite memorável de 45 anos atrás. Uma das últimas reuniões da lendária banda californiana em sua formação original.

É você na primeira fila de um show único com o QC, que ainda aproveita para trazer, também em tributo, o lado declamador do já saudoso Francisco Cuoco.

QUINTA CLÁSSICA com André Bonomini - 26/06/2025 (AO VIVO: Beach Boys em Knebworth, 1980)

First and foremost, a pianist. Second, a singer-songwriter. Lastly, a guy who plays anything he can get his hands on. 

Expect a variety of styles, including pop, rock, folk, electronic, cabaret, prog, or whatever happens to be on my mind at the moment.

I also record as Cancer and Capricorn. You can find all of their albums and songs on the Bandcamp page below.

Pense em uma rádio criada com o propósito de conectar. Conectar pessoas, experiências, sentimentos … estilos de vida. A música é o que nos move e nos faz sentir vivos. É através da música, da comunicação e das vivências que conseguimos dar voz ao que faz bem.

E essa história não começou agora. A União foi a primeira rádio FM a atuar na região do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, no Rio Grande do Sul. Fundada em 06 de março de 1980, a União Fm 105.3 é a trilha sonora de diversas gerações. A programação traz as principais informações do dia e músicas que misturam clássicos e novidades. Tudo isso apresentado com muita descontração pelo time de comunicadores da rádio.

Atualmente o sinal da 105.3 chega aos ouvintes da grande Porto Alegre, passando pelo Litoral, Serra, Vales do Sinos, Paranhana, Caí e Jacuí.

A União Fm também está presente no sul do estado. Em 2007, a emissora fundou uma filial em Pelotas: a 99.9 FM. A União FM Zona Sul abrange uma área de 13 municípios. São eles: Amaral Ferrador, Arroio do Padre, Canguçu, Capão do Leão, Cerrito, Morro Redondo, Pedro Osório, Pelotas, Piratini, Rio Grande, São José do Norte, São Lourenço e Turuçu.

Desde abril de 2021, a Rede União Fm ampliou a atuação para Santa Catarina. Fundada em 1982, a União Fm 96.5 – Blumenau – sempre priorizou em sua programação músicas de qualidade e mensagens de esperança. Destacando a cultura local, a emissora ingressou na Rede União Fm com o desafio de aproximar ainda mais a audiência e reforçar a presença multiplataforma oferecendo mais informação, interatividade, prestação de serviços e músicas que acompanham o ritmo das pessoas.  Além de Blumenau, a rádio pode ser sintonizada em toda região do Vale Europeu, no norte do Estado e no litoral catarinense.

Em todos esses anos a União Fm evoluiu, acompanhou tendências, renovou e hoje – além de música – leva cultura, conteúdo de qualidade, informação e experiências diferenciadas a sua audiência. Tudo isso para conectar-se cada vez mais com o público também pelas redes sociais e plataformas digitais.  

Através de mensagens que inspiram e notícias que buscam o bem-estar, a União Fm está conectada com o segmento adulto contemporâneo.

 União FM – Voz Ao Que Faz Bem!

A podcast about America's band hosted by Mark Dillon, author of Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys, and Phil Miglioratti, host of the Pray for Surf blog.

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