The Wrecking Crew! Page #5

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And the guy said,

"Write it out."

And the guy just refused

to experiment and try anything.

Like, if it wasn't written out,

he wasn't gonna play it.

You had young musicians

who were willing to contribute

and come up with ideas,

you know,

and I think that

was the difference.

I don't think it's any secret.

The '60s called

all of the music to the west.

L.A. was the place to be.

If you wanted the best, they

were right here, in Los Angeles.

It was a rougher, looser sound

than what was

coming out of New York,

having a lot to do with,

I guess, the musicians

that we were using, 'cause

they were fresh to the sound.

Hal, you started the surf

and Earl started

that double time, you know.

You know... You know, we

doubled it up and made it sweet.

Yeah, it was sort of like

east coast/west coast jazz.

There was really

a distinct difference.

And at... for those years,

the record producers

- chose the west coast.

- Yeah,

and the hits started

coming out of here.

This was where

the youthful movies

were being made.

Everybody wanted to be a surfer.

Whether you were white

or black or lived

in the middle of the desert,

you wanted to have a surfboard.

It was crazy.

And along with it

came young music,

and it was created here.

Beach beauties everywhere,

and art lovers willing to look.

This is paradise for thousands

of sun worshipers,

Californians by birth

or adoption.

I remember the perfumed air,

the night-blooming jasmine,

and all the kind of plants

that grow

in Southern California,

and how dreamy it all was.

It was the sound

of The Beach Boys

kind of wafting through

from house to house,

you know, almost the same record

just repeating,

and the idea that,

"Hey, this is real.

this is the culture here,

is this beach thing."

The Beach Boys!

Thank you very much.

Right now, we'd like to show you

how The Beach Boys

go about making a record.

We start with Denny Wilson

on the drums...

...followed by Al Jardine

on rhythm guitar...

...helped out

by Carl "lead guitar" Wilson...

...and filled out instrumentally

by our leader,

Brian Wilson on the bass.

When we're ready to sing,

we step up to the microphones,

and it comes out

something like this.

I went to Gold Star,

and I met musicians' favorite,

Phil Spector,

And I immediately had

Steve Douglas start booking,

you know, the re...

They're called the regulars,

The Wrecking Crew.

And he started booking them

for me in my studio in Western.

Session players were

brought in by producers

for a variety of reason.

In fact, most of the mid-1960s,

beach boys backing tracks

didn't feature

any of The Beach Boys.

It was Brian Wilson's decision

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