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Many Moods of Murry Wilson

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Let's face it. The only people who would even consider buying this are the most die-hard Beach Boys fanatics. An even they will not play it more than a few times. This is near-Muzak, with nothing indicating any connection to the Beach Boys except a few writing credits (Brian's "Warmth of the Sun," Al Jardine's "Italia"). As for me, I found a used LP of it in Albany some years back (and haven't listened to in over a decade); I'll stick to that.

At the end of Chapter Nine, Part 3 of the 1986 Steven Gaines bio HEROES AND VILLAINS: The True Story Of The Beach Boys, it's mentioned how important THE MANY MOODS OF MURRY WILSON was to Murry. He thought the competition would inspire his sons to more creativity. There's no indication that any of them helped with getting it released.

Allegedly, Murry arranged for Capitol to have the cost of the album charged back to the Beach Boys' account.


As for the dozen tracks:
Rhythm on "Love Won't Wait" seems out of synch. Murry's plumber, Eck Kynor, wrote and plays organ on "The Happy Song." It's cacaphonous and hard to listen to. "The Warmth of the Sun" is a fine track, this set's highlight. "Broken Heart" isn't bad. "Leaves" has a Bert Kaempfert-style bassline. The glockenspiel's a bit much, though. Kynor's organ returns for the jolly "Plumber's Tune." "Painting with Teardrops," the original Side Two opener, is quite nice. "Just 'Round the River Bend" is imitation Mystic Moods Orchestra. Murry's lack of compositional complexity shows on "Italia." "Heartbreak Lane" is reminscent of Peter Nero. The Bert Kaempfert staccato-bass is again prominent on the set-closing "Betty's Tune."

As easy listening music goes, the sum total of this one reminds me of an old David Seville 'B' Side: "Almost Good."

The person who wrote that the this album is only for "Die-Hard Beach Boy fanatics" is sorely mistaken...Besides the two covers this album has nothing to do with the Beach Boys. This is easy listening music. As another reviewer put it: Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music. If you enjoy Les Baxter or more appropriately Nelson Riddle, you will enjoy this album. Though not as lush and cohesive as a Nelson Riddle album, there are many enjoyable tunes on here: 'Love Won't Wait' is a great relaxing opener. The cover of 'The Warmth Of The Sun' is very well done. 'Islands In The Sky' is my favorite from the album. The orchestration is very well done and the audio quality is excellent for every song.

'The Happy Song' and 'The Plumber's Tune' somewhat break the chill vibe that flows throughout most of the album...these songs seem better suited for 'The Lawrence Welk Show' than a record full of Lounge tunes. However, the rest of the album flows beautifully. If you like Lounge-esque music, this is a great album to add to your collection.

4/5

Murry Wilson was the dad of the three Wilson brothers and uncle to Mike Love. He was able to get ONE elpee record album recorded due to ties to The Beach Boys. After that, there are no real ties to The Beach Boys.

This is an album of lounge music, Space Age Bachelor Pad, E-Z Listening Pop, whatever you want to call it. It's lush, soft, romantic, very lightweight but melodic and atmospheric music. There are people who really like this kind of thing! If you like it, you'll probably really enjoy the album.

Sit back and relax with a nice martini, shaken not stirred, and enjoy the soft soothing sounds.

This is not supposed to be a Brian Wilson/Beach Boys Album, this is a Murry Wilson Album. If you take it for what it is it is great. You can see where Brian gets his sense of melody. It's beatiful, soft relaxing music.

My Uncle knew Murray, and wrote the song thats on there call Broken Heart, He would play this album when my family would go over to his house. This album brings back a lot of memories when i was growing up in the 60's

THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT IF AN ALBUM IS GOOD OR NOT IS TO READ HOW OTHERS HAVE RATED IT. THIS ONE HAD SOME PRETTY BAD RATINGS--THAT IS WHY I GOT IT. USUALLY WHEN IT GETS A BAD RATING, IT IS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE NO TASTE FOR ANY KIND OF GOOD MUSIC AT ALL, THE ALBUM IS PRETTY GOOD. THIS ALBUM CAN BE COMPARED WITH THE HOLLYRIDGE STRINGS OR THE ALBUMS DAVID MCCALLEM PUT OUT IN THE 60'S. I HAVE GOTTEN MANY ALBUMS THIS WAY.

Brian, out of some kind of sense of family loyalty, must have pulled some strings to get old pop a record deal. How pathetic ... to be a no-talent loser and cruel SOB to boot, insanely jealous of his brilliant son, instead of being delirious with joy over his success.