Lp Dennis Wilson Pacific Ocean Blue PROMO 1977 Gatefold EX++ VINYL

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Dennis Wilson

Pacific Ocean Blue

Label: Caribou Records – PZ 34354

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Santa Maria; Gatefold

Country: US

Released: 1977

Genre: Rock, Pop

Style: singer / songwriter

Tracklist

A1 River Song 3:44

A2 What's Wrong 2:22

A3 Moonshine 2:26

A4 Friday Night 3:09

A5 Dreamer 4:22

A6 Thoughts Of You 3:02

B1 Time 3:30

B2 You And I 3:25

B3 Pacific Ocean Blues 2:37

B4 Farewell My Friend 2:24

B5 Rainbows 2:51

B6 End Of The Show 2:56

Credits

Arranged By – Dennis Wilson, Jimmie Haskell

Backing Vocals – Alexander Hamilton, Baron Stewart, Billy Hinsche, Bruce Johnston, Kurt Becher*, Ed Tuleja, Gregg Jakobson, Jim Dutch, Joe Chemay, John Joyce*, Karen Lamm-Wilson, The Double Rock Baptist Choir, Trisha Roach

Bass – Chuck Domanico, Ed Carter, Jamie Jamerson*

Design [Album] – Dean O. Torrence*, John Berg

Drums – Bobby Figueroa, Dennis Wilson (2), Hal Blaine, Ricky Fataar

Engineer – Earle Mankey, John Hanlon, Stephen Moffitt

Guitar – Earle Mankey, Ed Carter, Ed Tuleja, John Hanlon

Horns – Bill Lamb (2), Charlie McCarthy, Janice Hubbard, Lance Buller, Michael Andreas

Keyboards – Dennis Wilson (2)

Lacquer Cut By – JP*, SM*

Photography By – Dean O. Torrence*, Karen Lamm-Wilson

Producer – Dennis Wilson (2), Gregg Jakobson

Producer [Mixdown], Engineer [Mixdown] – Stephen Moffitt

Written-By – C. Wilson* (tracks: A1, B5), D. Wilson*, G. Jakobson* (tracks: A2 to A5, B2, B6), J. Dutch* (tracks: A6), K.L. Wilson* (tracks: B1, B2), M. Horn* (tracks: A2), M. Love* (tracks: B3), S. Kalanich* (tracks: B5)

Notes

Santa Maria pressing. White labels printed with black ink. Printed at label's 6:00: "Demonstration / Not For Sale."

Gatefold jacket opens on side with Wilson's name, spine is at Wilson's shoulders.

CONDITION:

The vinyl almost looks unplayed. Very close to near mint. The cover and inner sleeve are worn. (See pics).

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Pacific Ocean Blue Review by Thom Jurek

Though the roots of this 1977 album go back to the early '70s, Dennis Wilson's one issued solo project, Pacific Ocean Blue, is certainly a product of its time, both musically and texturally. The set's 12 songs reveal a songwriter who was looking to stretch out on his own and engage a vision of music that stood far outside what the Beach Boys were capable of handling or executing. Wilson himself panned the album, claiming it had no substance, and looked forward to the release of Bamboo, a record that remained unfinished and unreleased at the time of his death. (Brother Brian, however, loved the album and celebrated it with his usual childlike intensity.) Pacific Ocean Blue is a moody view of the SoCal landscape, and of Wilson's own interior life -- or his struggle to have one. From the environmental lament, "River Song," that opens the disc, we can hear a new kind of West Coast music emerging. It's not steeped in the weighty philosophical and political concerns that other Angelenos such as Jackson Browne were penning. Instead, it's a wispy rock tune revolving around a beautiful piano figure, shuffling guitars, and lyrics that take a personal concern for the state of the nature crumbling around it. "Dreamer" is a classic piece of '70s rock as it wound itself around the emerging R&B of the time, with interlaced horn lines, synths, and funky basslines cutting through the bridge and into the final verses; all steeped in a gorgeous, lush groove that even at this relaxed tempo won't quit. Mostly, however, Pacific Ocean Blue is a diary. Given that it was recorded over nearly seven years, the songs reflect the snapshot quality of Wilson's life in the studio: what he was capable of, what he learned, and how he stretched himself. Take, for example, the tender stoner balladry of "Thoughts of You" and "Time;" with their languid, echoing piano hovering in the mix with a shadow presence as Wilson sings with a longing that is true, yet muted by his seeming resignation to things being a total loss. The latter track also features a moody trumpet solo reminiscent of Chet Baker and transforms itself into a horn-driven anthem by its end. This album is a classic, blissed-out, coked-up slice of '70s rock and pop that is as essential as Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.