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| Artist: Dennis Wilson
Label: Caribou/Epic/Legacy/Sony BMG
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
Buy New: £8.98
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New (28) Used (4) from £8.25
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 656
Format: Enhanced, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.6
UPC: 886970791625
EAN: 0886970791625
ASIN: B00104CIN2
Release Date: June 16, 2008
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Astonishing..... May 6, 2008
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
.....that someone rated this ONE out of five! Obviously knows nothing about music. Probably listens to James Blunt and David Gray. That must be why they are disappointed by this album, because the were hoping it would be more of the same. Ignore any review which doesn't give this 5/5. I managed to download it 18 months ago (naughty I know, but I'm not paying 100-200 for it)! I must admit I am a sucker for any lost gem of an album, especially when facial hair features prominently. I was sceptical when I played the first track, River Song. Within 10 seconds I knew I had found one of my favourite albums ever. The production value on that track alone is amazing. It all comes together (beach boy harmonies, gospel backing singers) into a beautiful whole. Perfect to listen to in the car on a summers day, cruising down the freeway (or stuck on the M25). The fantastic thing about this album is that half the songs are almost 2 songs in one. They start with a world weary Dennis singing about lost love and memories, before breaking into a string and horn laden funk. It is amazing. I tell you, there are not many white rock acts (least of all Beach Boys) who could get as funky as this. The arrangements are out of this world. Any album that can be so beautiful, tender (and drunk sounding) one minute, and so soulful and funky the next has to be worth a listen at least. The second disk of this new release comprises of unreleased tracks which supposedly were to make up the mythical Bamboo album. I also have a bootleg copy of most of these tracks, although I'm looking forward to hearing the cleaned up versions. Dennis apparantly preferred Bamboo, but I think POB is better, having listened to both. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE buy this album if you have never heard it, it will make you happy in times of sadness, and will make you teary when you should be happy! It really is a beatiful piece of work and I cannot speak highly enough about it. As you can tell (and no I don't work for Dennis Wilson's estate)!
Mojo Confirmation of June release March 29, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
A Legacy Edition will be released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of this wonderful albums original release including bonus tracks plus a second disc consisting of the second album Bambu which like his brother Brian's Smile was shelved. One of the most anticipated re-releases of recent times, this is the version you will need. Absolutely essential.
JUST UNTIL MAY 13 2008 March 11, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
At last - a seminal, semi-mythical album [due to the difficulty of getting a copy on cd] finally available as gatefold blue vinyl 2-LP and CD via US Sundazed and Caribou/Epic/Legacy on May 13. The 2-lp [not sure about cd] includes 12 unissued bonus cuts from the sessions.
Don't Get Caught Out. March 3, 2008
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
There are still a few vendors out there trying to persuade us to pay over the odds for an 'import' or the original single disc edition of this album but this is the one you want.
It is now confirmed that this 2CD 30th anniversary 'with all the trimmings' version is due to be released sometime in june 2008[Update:june 16 is the latest I've heard]as Legacy have announced "that Pacific Ocean Blue will at long last be reissued by Epic/Legacy to mark the album's 30th anniversary. Not only will the original LP be on CD for the first time since the early '90s, but the double disc edition is set to include a slew of outtakes and previously unreleased material from the album's ill-fated follow-up, Bambu..."
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