{"id":3186,"date":"2025-06-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/deep-cut-friday-wind-chime-by-the-beach-boys\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:00:00","slug":"deep-cut-friday-wind-chime-by-the-beach-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/deep-cut-friday-wind-chime-by-the-beach-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Cut Friday: \u201cWind Chime\u201d by the Beach Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-74253303.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"The Beach Boys in 1966. (Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Each week, SPIN will dig into the catalog of great artists and highlight songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Brian Wilson passed away earlier this month, the brilliant Beach Boys songwriter-producer left behind a catalog of timeless hits like \u201cI Get Around\u201d and \u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Nice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/lorde-opens-glastonbury\/\">Lorde Opens Glastonbury With Surprise \u2018Virgin\u2019 Set<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/mitch-rowland-new-album\/\">Mitch Rowland Is \u2018Ready\u2019 For His Second Album<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/stephen-bishop-final-album\/\">Stephen Bishop Jams With Yacht Rock Royalty On Final LP<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arguably the most famous Beach Boys album, though, is the one that technically doesn\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In late 1966 and early 1967, Wilson ran himself ragged working on <em>SMiLE<\/em>, ultimately shelving the unfinished follow-up to <em>Pet Sounds<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-74286360.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Wilson of the the Beach Boys relaxes backstage in 1966. (Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-467118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-74286360.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-74286360-340x259.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-74286360-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-74286360-498x379.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brian Wilson of the the Beach Boys relaxes backstage in 1966. (Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The legend of <em>SMiLE<\/em> grew as songs Wilson had written for the album trickled out on bootlegs and Beach Boys albums like 1967\u2019s <em>Smiley Smile<\/em> and 1971\u2019s <em>Surf\u2019s Up<\/em>. \u201cWind Chimes\u201d was one of the first songs Wilson wrote for <em>SMiLE <\/em>with Van Dyke Parks, a brilliant young musician from Mississippi who\u2019d just released a solo single on MGM Records. For decades, the only commercially available version of \u201cWind Chimes\u201d was on <em>Smiley Smile<\/em>, a minimal and almost unsettling arrangement recorded in Wilson\u2019s home studio with little more than organ, piano, and the Beach Boys\u2019 gorgeous vocal harmonies. It\u2019s good, but not great.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"ususRR09u8A\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The original 1966 version of \u201cWind Chimes,\u201d recorded at Gold Star Studios with Carl Wilson on lead vocals, is an absolute revelation. That arrangement, first released on the 1993 box set <em>Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys<\/em>, opens with a gorgeous bed of marimba and upright bass. Then the track explodes with the full force of the Wrecking Crew\u2019s legendary session musicians, with Hal Blaine\u2019s thunderous drums and Al De Lory\u2019s harpsichord dominating the mix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"gz7BwyPSCpo\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2004, Wilson re-recorded \u201cWind Chimes\u201d for <em>Brian Wilson Presents Smile<\/em>, working with Parks and keyboardist Darian Sahanaja to recapture and complete his original 1966 vision of the album. Though Wilson\u2019s voice has been weathered by time, it\u2019s otherwise fairly true to the Gold Star version.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"rnbx_Fb4NmU\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2011, the original <em>SMiLE<\/em> tapes were mixed down for the closest thing to a definitive version of the album, The Smile Sessions. That version of \u201cWind Chimes\u201d is clearer, brighter, and about 30 seconds longer than most of the previous versions. And it only took 45 years for us to hear it the way Brian Wilson first envisioned it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"TD3fZqM7pw0\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-three-more-essential-beach-boys-deep-cuts\"><strong>Three more essential Beach Boys deep cuts:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-go-showboat\"><strong>\u201cNo-Go Showboat\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At a time when most of the Beach Boys\u2019 songs were about surfing, 1963\u2019s <em>Little Deuce Coupe<\/em> was considered one of rock\u2019s concept albums as the band pivoted to songs about cars.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-know-there-s-an-answer\"><strong>\u201cI Know There\u2019s an Answer\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One of the <em>Pet Sounds<\/em> songs most famously influenced by Wilson\u2019s heavy LSD use was called \u201cHang On to Your Ego\u201d before the lyrics were revised at Mike Love\u2019s behest. Frank Black of the Pixies covered the song, with its original title and lyrics, on his 1993 solo debut.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-all-i-wanna-do\"><strong>\u201cAll I Wanna Do\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>With its heavily reverbed guitars and Moog synths, this once-obscure track from 1970\u2019s <em>Sunflower<\/em> has become famous for how closely it resembles the chillwave aesthetic of 2010s indie bands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, SPIN will dig into the catalog of great artists and highlight songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. 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