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BEACH BOYS' SITES

• The Beach Boys
  Capitol Records' official Beach Boys site, with photos, news, discography, and official Beach Boys' merchandise.
   
• The Beach Boys YouTube! Channel
  Official YouTube! channel for The Beach Boys, featuring webisodes about The Smile Sessions.
   
• The Beach Boys Official Facebook Page
  Get updates from The Beach Boys on Facebook.
   
• The Beach Boys Official Twitter Feed
  Get tweets about The Beach Boys.
   
• Mike Love
  Mike Love's official home page. He also has a Facebook page.
   
• BrianWilson.com
  Brian Wilson's official home page. Keep up on Brian's latest musical projects. Also photos, sound clips, video clips, message board. Brian also has a Facebook fan page and a Twitter presence.
   
• AlJardine.com
  Alan Jardine's official home page. Get a preview of his solo album, A Postcard from California. Al also has a Facebook fan page and a Twitter presence.
   
• The Carl Wilson Foundation
  Official site for The Carl Wilson Foundation.
   
• David Marks home page
  The official web site for David Marks, although there's nothing there currently. David is also on Facebook.
   
• Blondie Chaplin
  Blondie Chaplin has a Facebook page.
  

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RESOURCES

• Bellagio 10452: Andrew G. Doe's Beach Boys Reference Site
  Discography (US and UK)
  Historical Timeline
  In the Beginning
  Tours & Sessions
   
• Eric Anniversario's Setlist Archive
  A comprehensive archive of Beach Boys concerts (group and solo), with setlists.
   
• Beach Boys FAQ
  Eric Anniversario's Beach Boys Frequently Asked Questions list.
   
• Beach Boys Legacy
  A comprehensive discography for The Beach Boys, including their solo efforts.
   
• Disk Tracy's Beach Boys Memorabilia Site
  A comprehensive pictorial catalog of Beach Boys (non-recording) memorabilia.
   
• Recording Sunflower
  Aeijtzsche's track by track blog on the recording of the Beach Boys' Sunflower album.
   
• Beach Boys on 45
  Dedicated to cataloging Beach Boys 45 rpm singles worldwide, including Capitol Starline reissues.
   
• The Covers Project: The Beach Boys
  A comprehensive listing of songs the Beach Boys covered and BB songs other artists have covered.
   
• Beach Boys Songs in the Movies
  A comprehensive listing of Beach Boys recordings used in films, up to 2005.
   

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NEWSGROUPS & FORUMS

• BrianWilson.com message board
  Brian's own message board. Password required to post. Fans call it the “Blue Board,” even when its colors (currently green) change.
   
• Beach Boys Britain message board
  Yellow message board from the BBBFC. Bruce Johnston, Billy Hinsche, and Scott Totten sometimes post here (and even Brian Wilson on one occasion). Password required to post.
   
• Smiley Smile message board
  Message board focusing on the BBs' album Smile, 2004's Brian Wilson Presents Smile, related works, and the BBs in general. Jon Stebbins, Carrie Marks (David's wife), Stephen Desper, Mark Linnet, and Alan Boyd are regular visitors; Matt Jardine, Scott Totten, and John Cowsill show up occasionally. Password required to post.
   
• Pet Sounds Forum
  Message board for Beach Boys/Brian Wilson fans. Password required to post.
   
• Beach Boys Forum at freeforums.org
  “A creative site for fans of The Beach Boys, other musical artists, and non-musical genres.”
   
• Mount Vernon & Fairway's “California Saga” message board
  German language BB message board, moderated.
   
• The Blue Bambu Room
  Message board focusing on Dennis Wilson. Friends of Dennis' have been known to post here.
   
• Mike Love Fan Club message board
  Password required to post.
   
• Wilson Phillips FANS message board
  Message board for Brian Wilson's daughters, Carnie and Wendy; also Chynna Phillips and Owen Elliot-Kugel.
   

Usenet Groups. For those who still have access to Usenet.

• rec.music.artists.beach-boys
  The Beach Boys rec. newsgroup
   
• rec.music.beach-boys
  Another Beach Boys rec. newsgroup.
   
• alt.music.beach.boys
  Beach Boys alt. newsgroup.

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FAN CLUBS & FANZINES

• Endless Summer Quarterly
  The king of Beach Boys/Brian Wilson fanzines! Subscriptions are US $25 for 4 issues ($30 for Canada and Mexico; $35 throughout the rest of the world). Sample issue: $8 ($10 outside U.S.). U.S. funds only. Send to Endless Summer Quarterly, P.O. Box 470315, Charlotte, NC 28247, USA. For more information, go to ESQ's website.
   
• The Mike Love Fan Club
  Official Mike Love merchandise available at this site.
   
• Fans of Dennis Wilson (FODW) club founded in 1983. For more information contact: FODW, Chris Duffy, Pres., 1381 Maria Way, San Jose, CA 95117.
   
• Beach Boys Fans United Nippon (BBFUN-Japan)
  Japanese private Beach Boys fan club since 1988, managed by Tomonori Wanibe. In Japanese only. Membership required to view some pages.
   
• Mt. Vernon & Fairway
  German BB fan club site.
   

Yahoo! Groups. ADVISORY: Membership required to post (and in some cases, read) messages and use facilities. Please check the groups page for the most current listing of BB-related Yahoo! Groups. These groups also function as e-mail lists.

• Imagination, the most active BW/BB Yahoo! group. Message board direct link.
   
• Blondie and Ricky Beach Boys Club
  Dedicated to discussion of Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar. Message board direct link.
   
• Dennis Wilson Forever
  Dedicated to discussion of Dennis Wilson. Membership required to access this group.
  

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FAN SITES

• Web Page for Brian Wilson
  More Beach Boys info, message board (aka “Shut Down Vol. II”), chords, photos, etc. on the web.
   
• The Beach Boys: The Complete Guide
  Successor to Bret Wheadon's comprehensive American Band site; sound clips, reviews, bibliography.
   
• Imagination
  John Barone's Brian Wilson and Beach Boys site.
   
• Eric Aniversario's Beach Boys Page
  The most comprehensive BB and related setlist archive.
   
• Beach Boys/Brian Wilson Facebook Fan Page
  

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BEACH BOYS LINKS

• “Do You Wanna Dance”
  A very special photo from one of Brian Wilson's last regular concert appearances with the Beach Boys in early 1965, featuring Dennis Wilson up front on lead and Brian on drums.
   
• Brad Elliott
  Author Brad Elliott's BB collecting site, has some liner notes for BB releases.
   
• Rolling Stone Network: The Beach Boys
  Rolling Stone Online's BB section.
   
• Beckly-Lamm-Wilson's Like A Brother
  The American Fans' site for the late, great Carl Wilson's last album, with Gerry Beckley (America) and Robert Lamm (Chicago).
  

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RELATED LINKS

• The Beach Boys Band homepage
  Official website for the supporting musicians touring as the Beach Boys Band, past and present.
   
• New Surf Home Page
  Home page for New Surf artist and former BW band member/current touring BB band member Jeffrey Foskett. Jeff also has a Facebook fan page.
   
• Papa Doo Run Run
  "California's Band," a group with close BB and Jan & Dean associations.
   
• Billy Hinsche
  Billy Hinsche orginally found his fame as part of the '60s pop group Dino, Desi & Billy. He's also uncle to Carl Wilson's sons, a former Beach Boys Band member, and now serves as musical director for Al Jardine and for California Saga. Get his DVDs and other goodies here. Billy also has a Facebook page.
   
• Matt Jardine Music
  Official website for Matt Jardine (Al's son), former BB Band member/current AJ band, CA Surf Inc, and Surf City AllStars member.
   
• Philip Bardowell
  Information on music by former BB Band member/Bel-Aire Bandit and current CA Surf Inc member and Surf City AllStar Phil Bardowell.
   
• Stephen John Kalinich
  Poet Stephen Kalinich wrote lyrics for a number of Beach Boys songs.
   
• Chris Farmer
  Homepage for former BB Band member Chris Farmer.
   
• The Surf City Allstars
  The Surf City Allstars are the only band in the world to have played and sang lead vocals in both the Beach Boys Band and the Jan & Dean Band. Al Jardine, David Marks, and Dean Torrence sometimes tour with the Allstars.
   
• California Surf Incorporated
  CSI consists of Phil Bardowell, Ed Carter, Bobby Figueroa, Matt Jardine, and Billy Hinsche, and other familiar faces— all musicians who have recorded and played with The Beach Boys.
   
• The Bamboo Trading Company
  The Bamboo Trading Company consists of Gary Griffin, Randell Kirsch, Matt Jardine, Philip Bardowell, Chris English, and Miami Dan Yoe. Their first album is The Bamboo Trading Company, which features special guest appearances by Dean Torrence, Probyn Gregory, and Alan Boyd (plus a special surprise guest). BTC is on Facebook and Twitter.
   
• Boyd Production Group
  Homesite for Beach Boys' archivist and video producer Alan Boyd; also has information on Alan's album, Channel Surfing.
   
• BettyJo Productions
  The folks who brought you 2003's Pop & Sizzle! music showcase and makers of fine, fun events for all Beach Boys fans.
   
• Jon Stebbins
  Home site for Jon Stebbins, the author of Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy, David Marks: The Lost Beach Boy, and the Beach Boys FAQ: All That's Left to Know about America's Band.
   
• Edward Wincentsen
  Edward Wincentsen, author of Denny Remembered, Dennis Wilson in Words & Pictures can be contacted via email at .
   
• Carol Kaye
  Reknowned studio session bassist, who played electric bass on many of the Beach Boys' '60s recordings.
   
• Hal Blaine
  Reknowned studio session drummer, who played drums on many of the Beach Boys' '60s recordings.
   
• Henry Diltz Photography
  Henry Diltz, photographer to Rock's stars, provided the photos for Brian Wilson's Live at the Roxy album.
   
• Early '60s Hawthorne High School home page
  Home site for the Wilson brothers' alma mater.  
  

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TRIBUTE SITES

• BBFC's Carl Wilson memorial site
  Includes statements from band members, family, and friends; also tribute to Audree Wilson.
   
• Tribute to longtime Beach Boys Band member Mike Meros: “I Got Around.”
   
• Dennis Wilson: Dreamer
  A comprehensive site devoted to all things Denny. Splash page here.
   
• Our Carl Club tribute site.
   
• Perfect Sound Forever, “Carl's Deal”
   
• Carl Wilson Walk Against Cancer and Tribute Concert, Oct. 3, 1999.
  A full report on the day's events, with photos. Links to other Carl Walks from this page.  
  

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