The Beach Boys‘ Brian Wilson re-teamed with his Smile collaborator Van Dyke Parks for the 1995 album Orange Crate Art. The album, which primarily features Brian singing Parks’ songs, is getting a 25th ...

When Van Dyke Parks began conspiring the idea for his second avant pop classic with Brian Wilson, Orange Crate Art, he knew it was to be his last studio recording for longtime label Warner Bros.

CD 1: Orange Crate Art; Sail Away; My Hobo Heart; Wings Of A Dove; Palm Tree And Moon; Summer In Monterey; San Francisco; Hold Back Time; My Jeanine; Movies Is Magic' This Town Goes Down At Sunset; ...

Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks have unearthed their previously unreleased cover of the jazz standard, “What a Wonderful World.” The track is one of several rarities that will appear on the upcoming ...

Happy together: Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson in 1995Mark Hanauer The 25th-anniversay reissue of Orange Crate Art confirms the nature of their third alliance. Parks invited Wilson to sing on an ...

The post Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks Announce 25th Anniversary Reissue of Orange Crate Art appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Due out June 19th through Omnivore Recordings, the reissue ...

`Orange Crate Art,” a recent exhibition in Boston of 600 labels from 1900 to the 1930s that decorated the ends of wood crates filled with oranges, apples and yams, revealed a period when advertising ...

Happy together: Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson in 1995Mark Hanauer The 25th-anniversay reissue of Orange Crate Art confirms the nature of their third alliance. Parks invited Wilson to sing on an ...

Personal estrangement, lawsuits and terminal illness permeated the The Beach Boys' world when Orange Crate Art was originally released in 1995. It is thus little wonder it was greeted with more than a ...

Is there a more criminally underrated songwriting partnership in rock & roll’s illustrious history than that of Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks? It seems like everything the pair work on is destined ...