Jan and Dean the Anaheim Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle Book Review and Timing Association
ENCOMIUM IN MEMORAM VOL. one
Jan Berry of Jan & Dean
Produced by Cameron Michael Parkes and Mark A. Moore
Comprehend Image © Jill Gibson
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ane. The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Clan — Tripsitter with Parkes & Moore, and Probyn Gregory on horns
ii. Information technology's Equally Like shooting fish in a barrel As i, 2, 3 — Lisa Mychols with Probyn Gregory on horns
3. Expressionless Man'south Curve — Parkes & Moore with Probyn Gregory on horns; Song recitation by Ken Berry
iv. Ace of Hearts — Vic Diaz (of the Matadors) with Parkes & Moore
five. She's My Summertime Girl — Parkes & Moore
6. 'B' Gas Rickshaw — Paul Johnson (with Moore on temple blocks)
vii. When It'southward Over — Parkes & Moore with Jill Gibson
eight. I Found A Girl —Parkes & Moore with Alan Boyd and P. F. Sloan, and Probyn Gregory on horns
nine. Filet of Droll Pt. 1 — Stuff and Nonsense
ten. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) — Charles Pett of Box o' Clox with Parkes & Moore
11. Bat No. 4 — Parkes
12. Filet of Droll Pt. 2— Stuff and Nonsense
13. Bat No. 1 — David Marks (of the Beach Boys), with Moore on Percussion
14. Carnival of Audio — Tom Bahler with Parkes & Moore
15. Blowin' My Heed — Parkes & Moore
16. Fan Tan — Don Grady (My Three Sons, The Yellow Balloon) and Michael Carey Schneider (Sneaker)
17. Beloved and Hate — Parkes & Moore with Mike Deasy (of the Wrecking Crew)
18. I Know My Mind — Parkes & Moore with Laurie Biagini
19. Mulholland — Parkes & Moore with Gina Longo
twenty. Laurel & Hardy— Parkes & Moore with Alan Boyd (C. Tidewater Finlayson)
21. Flying No. 9 (Cheyenne) — Parkes & Moore
22. California Sunshine — Robbin Thompson
23. Continuous Eternal (A Prose Poem) — Stephen Kalinich, featuring an unpublished tune by Jan Berry
24. The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Volume Review and Timing Clan – (A Capella Vocals) — Tripsitter
25. Fan Tan –(A Capella Vocals) — Don Grady and Michael Carey Schneider
26. Sound Montage 1 (KJAN) — January Drupe, 1958
27. Audio Montage two — Jan & Arnie, 1958
28. Sound Montage 3 — January & Dean, 1964
29. Audio Montage 4 — Jan Berry, early 1980s, talking nigh Brian Wilson and "Surf City"
30. Surf City — Christa Collins ("The X Gene") and the Woolly Bandits, with Billy Drupe
Mastered by: Earle Mankey
Associate Producers: Alan Boyd and David M. Beard
Engineers: Matt Bennett, Baton Berry, Mattia Borrani, Alan Boyd, Mike "Doc" Buckley, Jeff Carroll, Mike Deasy, John Dickson, Steve Folta, Don Grady, Adam Harding, Greg Hauge, Paul Johnson, Jeff Lampson, Mark Linett, David Marks, Marking A. Moore, Cameron Michael Parkes, Tom Richards, and Julia Wolff
Recorded in: Los Angeles, CA; Thousand Oaks, CA; Camarillo, CA, Burbank, CA, Goleta, CA; North Salem, NY; Nederland, TX; Las Vegas, NV; St. Paul, MN; Richmond, VA; Raleigh, NC, and Charlotte, NC
Encompass Portrait: Jill Gibson — (Buy a copy here)
Liner Notes: Mark A. Moore and David M. Beard
Album Design: David M. Beard
REVIEWS & COMMENTARY:
Without January & Dean, there would be no Embankment Boys."
Heaven Saxon
The Seeds
Jan & Dean are the greatest."
Marky Ramone
The Ramones
This loving tribute was originally dreamed of as a collaboration between Berry and enough strings and brass and musical geniuses to give his complex arrangements of classic Jan & Dean hits, many that Berry based on classical music, the full orchestral treatment they deserved.
Berry's passing and budgetary restraints reigned that in, but using humbler, but incredibly talented and motivated performers (with a few ringers, P. F. Sloan included) Jan & Dean gems are redone in lush, loving, and excellent performances.
But for fans of Jan the absolute selling point is the bonus tracks. [January] equally a swain used to make tapes for a friend and some of his faux DJ patter is included, equally is a tape of an older [Jan] telling tales. But the everyman common demoninator selling point of this is an audio montage of Jan & Dean cursing similar sailors between takes at recording sessions. I would drop some f-bombs to demonstrate how crawly this is, only I'm intimidated by these professional profaniteers so I'll just say it's freaking great!
Flamin' Waymon Timbsdayle
Roctober Magazine #47
Autumn 2009
I am still one of the many 'Presidents' of the Jan Berry Fan Club!!!! I promise this anthology reaches out to everyone."
Bruce Johnston
January's fellow Linda Flora Garage Studio Musician
The Rip Chords
Bruce & Terry
The Beach Boys
How foreign it is that it takes a tribute album, of all things, to reveal the true artistry of Jan Drupe, a master builder of the W Coast sound who just may have been Brian Wilson's equal every bit a songwriter and arranger.
The funny little ditties virtually niggling quondam ladies, cars, girls and superheroes that January & Dean spun into "beach music" gilt were undeniably catchy, but perhaps they prevented some from taking Berry seriously as an creative person. Withal, beneath the goofy humor was a complex, rich sonic environs — the product of Berry's sublime arrangements and production.
Conceived while Drupe was still live — and the detailed liner notes say he was excited about the project's possibilities — this lush, fully realized 23-runway tribute was put together past producers Cameron Michael Parks and Mark A. Moore, as well as associate producers Alan Boyd and David Beard, using Berry'southward personal annal of musical scores. And all involved — including guests like P.F. Sloan, Jill Gibson and David Marks amid others — take great pains not to bruise over Drupe'southward legacy, their orchestral flair and neat reverence for the source textile ensuring this was done right.
Swaddled in mellifluous harmonies and warm horns, "Dead Human's Curve" and "I Found A Girl" — with its snappy, uptempo gait — are simply magical reworkings, while the instrumental "'B' Gas Rickshaw,' ignited past a drag-racing intro, surprises with its cinematic scope, sweeping strings and charming playfulness. "Ace of Hearts" and "When It's Over" swoon with heavy, delicious melodrama, without feeling insincere or heavy-handed, and "Carnival Of Audio" is vibrant and exotic, fulfilling Berry's original psychedelic vision and offering ample evidence of his ability to modify with the times.
With most tribute albums, information technology'southward difficult to tell if the artists are participating simply to further their ain careers. Or, rather, information technology's painfully credible that that's exactly what they're there for. On Encomium In Memoriam: Vol. i — January Berry of Jan & Dean, there is no room for such vanity. Each piece is meticulously crafted and gorgeously fleshed out; even the incidental scraps — from the harpsichord musings of "Bat No. 4" and "Bat No. i" to the parade of found sounds that is "Filet Of Droll (Function ii)" — seem to be carefully idea out to reveal Berry'south entertaining court-jester personality. Truly, this was somebody's labor of love.
Peter Lindblad
Goldmine Magazine
April 10, 2009 Issue
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I will probably phone call 32 times today. The Jan Tribute fabricated a tear or two come to these optics that have seen soooo much.
Jan Drupe was a great friend and a wonderful man to share an flat with. My first striking ["I Admire Him" by the Angels] was written with January . . . many more. He was without a doubt a prince among men. I miss him greatly. He was ane of the important points in my life that led, by example, to my creating Woodstock in 1969. I dedicate all my platinum albums to my beloved friend forever, January Drupe. PEACE JAN."
Artie Kornfeld
Jan Berry's quondam roommate
and fellow Screen Gems songwriting partner.
Co-Writer of "Dead Human being'south Curve,"
"Hot Stocker," and "Drag Strip Girl."
Co-writer of "The Pied Piper."
Producer of the Cowsills and many others.
Co-Creator and Promoter of the
Woodstock Music & Arts Fair, 1969
Produced past January Drupe'south biographer Mark A. Moore and Cameron Michael Parkes and featuring a plethora of Jan and Dean cohorts like PF Sloan, Vic Diaz (Matadors), Jill Gibson, Mike Deasy, David Marks, Don Grady (Yellow Balloon) and Probyn Gregory (Brian Wilson band) and Lisa Mychols this is a wonderful tribute to the late vocaliser.
Based on the original versions bundled and produced by Jan and transcribed from his personal music scores the intention is to illustrate how good January's arrangements were and to inspire listeners to re-examine the original recordings.
Eschewing the big hits in favour of more complex tracks similar 'Anaheim Azusa' etc., and 'When It's Over' and post crash tracks from the unreleased 'Funfair Of Sound' this is a wonderful album. Containing 3 previously unreleased songs and audio snippets of Jan with Arnie in the garage and in the studio, this is essential for all fans of Jan and Dean.
The choice of fabric is first rate, the piddling snippets, the audio soundbites, the unreleased songs, the missing string and vocal parts, the verse form to music. It is simply so skillful . . . continuously on repeat on my cd histrion."
Pat Curran
Shindig! Magazine
Vol. ii, No. 8 — January-February 2009
London, England
I spent hours and hours listening to your masterpiece [Encomium] . . . and want you to be certain that I really appreciated what you've done to honor January. Hearing those songs really took me back to the days . . . and you should exist really proud of the fantabulous job that y'all've done. Give thanks you so much for bringing January back . . . or more precisely 're-invigorating' Jan and his tremendous contribution to music."
Dr. Don Altfeld
Jan Berry'south former roommate, fellow medical student, and songwriting partner.
Co-writer of "The Petty Old Lady (from Pasadena)"
He knew how to produce records very well. He had a very strong spirit for recording music. He was a groovy producer."
When no less an authority on making records as Brian Wilson spoke those words, he was paying tribute not only to a dear friend and respected contemporary, but to a human being whose contributions to the creation of American Due west Declension music is somehow seldom ever given [its] rightful place alongside the achievements of, say, Phil Spector or Wilson himself.
Wilson was speaking, every bit he often does, of Jan Berry, whom as one-half of Jan and Dean (with Dean Torrence) was churning out hits dorsum when those Beach Boys were still learning to alloy voices in their parents' Hawthorne, Calif., garage.
Tragically, all the same, at the absolute height of his powers and fame in 1966 – just as he was poised to create even more ambitious sounds that very year of Pet Sounds and Spector's "River Deep, Mountain Loftier" – Berry, like the protagonist of his own song "Dead Man'due south Curve," suffered severe injuries in a horrific motorcar accident that left him in various stages of debilitation for the remainder of his life.
Now, thanks to the Drupe-knowledgeable squad of producers Cameron Michael Parkes and Mark A. Moore, those sounds are finally being exhumed, replenished, and lovingly created anew across Encomium In Memoriam Vol. 1, a collection of fresh recordings mixed with vintage January and Dean session snippets that far transcends the slapdash retread ethos of your typical neighborhood-indie-ring "tribute" album.
Admittedly won-won-wonderful.
Gary Pig Gilded
Medleyville: Music Coverage For Eclectic Tastes
This tribute shatters the myth that Jan Berry merely recorded Brian Wilson songs to score a few hits later Jan & Dean's early carol or doo-wop period had run out of gas. The telescopic and depth of the unreleased (and some not even bootlegged) tunes have never been heard by nearly listeners. Utilizing the original charts Jan used in the studio, the producers have done so much more than than merely cover hits we've heard hundreds of times. They accept produced a listening experience that chronicles Jan Berry'due south progress as a author and producer. They take united states of america from scenes of the surf and streets of summer to themes of dear and hate, depression and drugs, psychedelic and spiritual enlightenment . . . Listening to this CD gets me wondering what might have happened had January completed and Warner Brothers had released the Funfair of Sound anthology as originally scheduled for 1968. These full length, total sound, versions of "Carnival of Sound" and "Fan Tan" and "Blowin' My Mind" will bring joy to those who accept just heard studio snippets . . . The a capella extract from "The Anaheim, Azusa …" is a unique example of what a Jan & Dean with a Beach Boys' vocal would accept sounded similar. Hard to improve any J&D hitting but this comes close. And who among united states of america wouldn't give their correct arm to have been in the studio for a J&D or BB recording session! The Sound Montage cuts do just that. Hearing January talk with Arnie [Ginsburg] equally they get set to record, listening to him collaborate with Brian Wilson, and role play equally a radio DJ dissemination from KJAN — peachy musical history.
Phil Miglioratti
Endless Summertime Quarterly
This is a WONDERFUL affair yous are doing."
Nancy Sinatra
January Berry's onetime friend and schoolmate.
Vocaliser of "These Boots Were Made For Walkin'"
three0 tracks on this CD are in tribute to Jan Berry, half the January & Dean hit making team. Reverb Central is all about instrumentals, and there are two hither, one from David Marks (David Marks & the Marksmen, Beach Boys), and one from Paul Johnson (Belairs, PJ & the Galaxies, Packards, Duo-Tones, Surfaris, Good Guys, Everpresent Fullness, etc.). Jan & Dean recorded a large number of tracks, some of which rank among the best of the beach genre. Musicians on the disc include many a familiar name, like P. F. Sloan and Mike Deasy.
Rails By Track Review:
Paul Johnson – B Gas Rickshaw (4 stars)
Darn close to the original backtrack and instro, just with Paul Johnson'south silky guitar. This solo project is a very reverent and unexpectedly cool tribute to the Original. As well called "Quasimoto," the song is poppy and infectious and fun. This is a actually nice rails. "B-Gas Rickshaw" has been covered by a number of bands in the terminal 25 years since the birth of the surf revival, still this is the only one that is really close to the original arrangement. Writing credit for the song is Jan Berry.
David Marks – Bat No. i (iii stars)
This lovely guitar number is a cursory 37 seconds, and is virtually classical in nature. David Marks' playing is really good, and the audio soothing and pristine.
Phil Dirt
Reverbcentral.com
You've managed to capture the sound of that time perfectly. Great atomic number 82 vocal sound."
Alex Valdez
The Yellow Balloon
Ajoint production by Cameron Michael Parkes (vocals, pianoforte, guitar, bass, percussion) of Box o' Clox and producer Mark A. Moore, Encomium In Memoriam Vol. one celebrates the music of early '60s surf-rock pioneer Jan Drupe of Jan & Dean. On par with Brian Wilson equally a singer / composer / producer, Berry never quite got the same amount of respect in the music world and Parkes and Moore go the altitude to correct that oversight with this 2008 tribute CD. Following his near fatal motorcar crash in 1966, Berry carried on with partner Dean Torrence though sadly Berry passed away in 2006 [2004]. Famous for his Box o' Clox tributes to Brian Wilson and The Embankment Boys, Parkes and Moore accept crafted a modern surf-rock inspired masterpiece with this January Berry tribute. Focusing on Berry'south original arrangements based on his personal archive of music charts and scores, the CD studio sound is enhanced by an incredible lineup of seasoned Fifty.A. studio hands and voices including early on Embankment Boys' guitarist David Marks and pop icon P.F. Sloan. The CD volume is encyclopedic, filled with rare b&w photos and amazing details about Drupe'south career and the making of this tribute.
Music Web Express 3000
Jan Berry was a genius and started the whole matter. I'm a huge fan. I even mention Jan & Dean in my new CD. First cut on the album."
Ron Dante
The Archies
Producer, Barry Manilow, Cher,
Dionne Warwick, Pat Benatar, Irene Cara,
Ray Charles, John Denver, etc.
A young historian who lives in Raleigh has been researching a biography of Jan Drupe of the early '60s pop surf vocal duo Jan & Dean for about a decade. Gaining Berry'south confidence, Marking A. Moore secured a vast collection of the musician's personal and professional person files, including handwritten scores of fully orchestrated songs. He also set out to produce a tribute album — believing, similar many, that Drupe never received the credit he was due as an arranger and producer . . . Now Moore's tribute CD has been completed [with] Cameron Michael Parkes, a versatile California musician who worked with Berry . . . The result is an of import annal that presents an overview of Berry's career, both his hits and his later, largely unknown works. As an album, information technology stands on its own as deceptively complex pop orchestration that is simply plain fun . . . There are gems that you about certainly haven't heard.
Craig Jarvis
The News & Observer
A great project . . . I love both Jan and Dean . . . I was weened on them. I worked with them, emulated them."
Eddy Medora
The Sunrays
Sounds similar a hit to me."
Peter Noone
Herman's Hermits
Solo artist
Sounds very sweet and I think information technology's an approach that is true-blue to Jan & Dean."
Gary Olson
The Ladybug Transistor
I was ane of the ii drummers on the Inner City Unit of measurement version of [Jan & Arnie'due south] "Gas Money" (the out of time one) . . . Well washed for putting this together for 2 legends."
Mick Stupp
Inner City Unit
Geno Washington, Chatshow,
K Bulldoze, Songwriter, Producer
Very cool project."
Darian Sahanaja
The Wondermints
Brian Wilson'south Ring
Very clean and crisp 'sunshiney' lead vocals and prissy background harmonies as well . . . Sounds fantastic."
Nick Walusko
"Nicky Wonder"
The Wondermints
Brian Wilson's Band
Thanks for keeping the retention of my friend, Jan Berry, alive."
Don Zirilli
Papa Doo Run Run
Due eastxcellent !!! . . . Jan was real good, wasn't he?"
Gary Griffin
The Bel-Air Bandits (Jan & Dean)
The Beach Boys Band
The Surf Urban center All-Stars
Brian Wilson's Band
Congratulations . . . I know it was a labor of love . . . and it looks like it turned out bang-up."
Chris Farmer
The Bel-Air Bandits (Jan & Dean)
The Surf Urban center All-Stars
Timothy B. Schmitt
You've really captured the spirit and energy of the times . . . nice and open sounding."
Sterling Smith
January & Dean Band
Beach Boys Band
Harpsichord on "Lady Lynda," Beach Boys' LA – Light Album
This is a swell CD . . . The tracks are beautiful and honestly I didn't await to hear so many great songs – wonderfully performed past some very talented artists. Harmonies are not bad — my favorite rails this minute is "I Found A Girl." It'south a CD you won't get tired of. Good task, Mark, Cameron and everyone else involved!"
Michael DeMartin
Administrator, Brianwilson.com
I bring together Brian [Wilson] in wishing y'all great success . . . as Jan was not only a friend to both of united states of america only a skillful guy."
Jeffrey Foskett
Papa Doo Run Run
The Beach Boys Band
One thousandreat chore on 'Anaheim, Azuza' . . . This song is insane !"
Julia Wolff
Riviera
Blowin' My Mind' . . . I remember the song well . . . On some newer & greater level, I know that Jan is still 'arranging!'"
Pam MacGregor
Jan Berry'south longtime friend and one-time housemate
If he was alive, which he is through his music, memory, energy and legend, Jan would, and does — beloved this. Gotta Keeee-e-e-due east-e-e-ep It Goin'."
Stan Oliver
Writer, friend, and onetime manager
You should be and so proud . . . I know how much piece of work this took with just 'Fan Tan,' so the whole thing is quite an accomplishment. Jan must be chewing his Fan Tan gum and rocking out in heaven."
Debra Gussin
Award-winning Songwriter
How pure [Tripsitter'south] vocals sounded . . . Well-nigh Four Freshmen-esque . . . Nifty work!"
Brian Chidester
Historian
Editor of Dumb Angel No. iv: All Summer Long
Co-author of Pop Surf Civilisation
Jan & Dean'south influence on my own songs is astronomical! Thank you for the music!"
Jonathan Scott
Doleful Lions
Due westow . . . You're takin' me dorsum . . . nifty work."
Gypsy Carnes
The Tasmanians
Blues Messenger
Anaheim' is a corking slice of work!!!!! Peculiarly relevant for me. Many many years ago ('60s) I tried to piece of work out these harmonies to play this song 'alive' I tin can't remember for certain, but I think I got close, merely never got around to doing information technology onstage. Nosotros played the 'Marquee Gild' many times effectually 1967-68 London and we would open with 'The Little Former Lady From Pasadena' . . . only I wanted to endeavor to open with 'Anaheim' one week. In the audience would be John Bonham, maybe Phil Collins, members of the Birds (Ronnie Forest's band) / the Activeness, etc. Tin you imagine a fourth dimension when y'all could play this sort of stuff at a major 'jazz'/blues club? Harmony nights 'a la' Brian Wilson, January and Dean, Association, Critters, Iv Seasons, Strawberry Alert Clock, sandwiched between John Mayal / Eric Clapton / Long John Baldry / Fourth dimension Box / Mike Patto nights!!!!! I think those nights, sadly have long gone. Keep up the good work."
Tony Rivers
The Castaways
Harmony Grass, Cliff Richard,
Shakin' Stevens, Live Aid 1985
with Elton John and George Michael, etc.
Jan & Dean have been "blowin' my heed" for a long fourth dimension now. Squeamish to see."
Steve Stanley
At present Sounds Records
The Now People
Graphic Designer
The World could utilize some January & Dean correct about now!"
Cosmo Topper
This is a very worthy project and one which, given the Dennis/Carl Wilson set we've devoted a lot of arranging time to, we can relate to equally well . . . Intriguing to hear the Funfair of Sound stuff."
Adam Marsland
Cockeyed Ghost
Anarchy Band
Solo Artists
Fiftyove the tracks, so good Jan is getting the recognition he deserves! . . . Love the Tripsitter vocals for 'Anaheim,' great blend! . . . And then skillful you're doing this. Jan's productions ever made me stop and heed with wonder! Big influence on me."
Michael Clark
Producer
Westwardhat a smashing project . . . did not realize how multi-faceted Jan was in the music biz."
Mike Zuko
Singer-Songwriter
I love Jan & Dean !"
Billy Sheehan
Solo Artist
Bassist for David Lee Roth and Steve Vai
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