Hite would then contact Candix Records who were better suited to handle distribution of the single. Unbeknownst to Brian and the group – who were calling themselves The “Pendletones”, Hite Morgan abruptly changed their name to “The Beach Boys” with the group learning about the nomenclature change when they first glanced at the pressed recordings.
Brother Dennis was excluded from the session by Murray would had no faith in his drumming abilities and so Brian filled on banging away on a trash can lid for the session. A third song “Lavender” was lost to time until 1991 until it was discovered at the Morgan’s home by record collectors – a tape sitting in a cardboard box. The band recorded three tracks for the Morgans with the “B” side to “Surfin'” composed by their son Bruce Morgan titled “Laua”. Murray fancied himself as a musician and composer and beyond that, a would be ‘mover and shaker’ in the recording industry – which was a far-fetched notion – even though he did bring his sons and their band to the attention of Hite and Dorinda Morgan owners of the tiny record label X Records and another label – Deck. Starting early on with the abuse both mental and physical handed out by the Wilson’s tyrant father, Murray and continuing on his father’s death – coupled with a passive alcoholic mother and an over demanding record label as well as a jerk for a band mate (Mike Love), Brian’s ‘glory days’ were anything but. Just finished reading “Brian Wilson – Wouldn’t it Be Nice” with Todd Gold an autobiography first published in 1991.Īfter completing the exhausting narrative I would have to say Brian’s life was spiraling out of control long before the boys entered the xxx studio in 1961 and recorded “Surfin'”.
Rejoins the group on occasion and all is well. Brian takes to the sandbox becomes a recluse but emerges eventually…. Beach Boys rise to meteoric fame… Troubles set in with Brian, issues from his childhood and particular his father Murray Wilson….
I thought I pretty much knew the story line ….
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