|
1973
| |
| January |
initially rejected by Warners, Holland (accompanied by a 'bonus' EP containing Brian's major contribution "Mt. Vernon & Fairway: A Fairytale") is released and will chart at #36 to general critical approval. Brian, Sandler and Spring record four songs in a Fort Dodge, IA studio. Mike & Tamara's daughter, Summer Deva, is born on the 31st. |
| February | "Sail On, Sailor/Only With You" 45 is released and peaks at #79. |
| April |
two songs from the Iowa sessions, "Shyin' Away/Fallin' In Love" are released on Columbia by American Spring (renamed because there is a band in the UK also called Spring). |
| May |
On the 1st, the deadline for the delivery of the Smile tapes, a condition of the Warners' contract, passes and the band are penalised $50,000. Remixed final section of the "California Saga" suite, subtitled (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a") is released, backed by "Funky Pretty", and charts at an unexceptional #84. |
| June |
Murry Wilson dies of a heart attack on the 4th. He was just under a month short of his 56th birthday. Brian flees to NYC with Diane. Neither Brian nor Dennis attend the funeral. |
| summer | Brother Studio is opened in Santa Monica. |
| fall |
The band dismiss Jack Rieley as manager. Mike's brother Steve takes over his personal management responsibilities |
| November |
The Beach Boys In Concert (a double album originally rejected as a single disc) is released, and will peak at #25, easily the best performance by a Warner's release thus far. |
| December |
Blondie Chaplin leaves the band, allegedly following a backstage fist fight with Steve Love after the gig at Madison Square Garden on the 19th . His replacement is James William Guercio of Chicago, who soon becomes the band's manager. |