Ocean Blue

 

Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue [MOVLP096 NLD 2010 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

Originally released worldwide on Caribou Records in 1977, it took thirty years of cult status for the only album by late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson to obtain some level of success when it charted on both sides of the Atlantic in 2008. Europe had to make do with compact disc only in 2008,  however only a few years later Music On Vinyl secured the rights to a vinyl edition, and I would say they did this album justice. It is likely you will be unable to track down original copies which sound as good.

Despite the title, this record recalls very little from Wilson's time as a Beach Boy. It is the legacy of his difficult lifestyle fueled by hard drugs, loose women and Charlie Manson. This lifestyle had taken its toll on Dennis and his voice suffered, becoming much coarser than all those surf harmonies in the sixties. It was his alcohol fueled death by drowning in December 1983 which led to a UK vinyl reissue generating interest in Wilson's rebel lifestyle which had been posthumously blamed on an abusive father.

A1 River Song

A2 What's Wrong

A3 Moonshine

A4 Friday Night

A5 Dreamer

A6 Thoughts Of You

B1 Time

B2 You And I

B3 Pacific Ocean Blues

B4 Farewell My Friend

B5 Rainbows

B6 End Of The Show