The Beach Boys - Studio arguement with Murry Wilson while recording 'Help Me Rhonda' (8th January 1965)

Murry Wilson

"Syncopate a little..."
"Loosen up sweetie..."
"Sing from your heart..."
"Happy! That's all we need..."
"Quit screaming and start singing from the heart..."
"You're flat!"
"So you're big stars..."
"When you guys get too much money you start thinking you are going to make everything a hit..."
"Brian! I'm a genius too!"

The Beach Boys

A drunken Murry Wilson (Father of Brian, Dennis and Carl) turns up at the recording studio while The Beach Boys are recording 'Help Me Rhonda' at the invitation of Brian.

We hear him scat singing and castigating the boys for singing flat and generally just meddling.

You can see why the boys installed a fake recording console so that he could twiddle knobs to his hearts content!

Bear in mind that it was due to a blow from his father that resulted in Brian being deaf in one ear and considering that he was 22 at the time this tape was made, when you listen to it you will be amazed how much self control Brian shows.

In the end they went back into the studio to record 'Help Me Rhonda' without Murry's interferance, and this version was eventually released as 'Help Me Ronda' on 'The Beach Boys Today'.

Brian & Murry Wilson Studio Argument
(24 minutes VBR)
These four tracks are taken from an album called 'Journals - Vol. 2'

PS: I downloaded this quite a while back from somewhere that I have forgotten and I couldn't find again while preparing this post.
My apologies and thanks to the original uploader. 

NB

I originally posted this at 'Pathway' last June.