Brother Records
Brother Records (Brother Records Incorporated, BRI for short) is an American record label . It was founded in 1966 by the US band " The Beach Boys ". The first chairman of this record label took over in 1966 David Anderle .
The record company was founded by the Beach Boys because they wanted to get complete control in the artistic field and only want to have the distribution carried out through Capitol Records . The individual members also wanted to sign new bands and produce them.
BRI was more than just a record company, however. It regulates all activities related to the Beach Boys, from naming rights to publications. She also succeeded the Sea of Tunes, the music publisher founded by Murry Wilson and Brian Wilson , which managed the music rights of the Beach Boys.
They initially had a recording studio in Brian Wilson's house, and from 1970 they built Brother Studios in Santa Monica. During the recordings for the album "Holland" in 1972, they converted a barn into a studio in the Netherlands.
Ownership of the record company
When the record label was founded, each founding member of the Beach Boys received a share in the record company, including voting rights. The ownership structure has changed so far only through leaving the band or death. After the deaths of Dennis Wilson in 1983 and Carl Wilson in 1998, the shares were transferred to their heirs. Dennis Wilson's stake was sold to Brother Records by his descendants, Carl Wilson's stake now rests with his two sons. Bruce Johnston had also got a share in the BRI when it was founded, but gave it up again when he left the band in 1972. However, he remained a member of the Beach Boys ASCAP Publishing company "Wilojarston" and retained his song rights.
Publications about the record company
In 1967 the Beach Boys distributed their first single under their record company, "Heroes & Villains". The single "Gettin Hungry" followed in the same year. The remaining albums to fulfill the record deal with Capitol Records , however, they released again there.
The Redwoods , the band of Brian Wilson's friend Danny Hutton, were the first group to get a record deal from Brother Records. Brian Wilson worked with the band on some of the songs he had composed. Among other things, “Darlin” and “Time to get alone” were recorded. The other Beach Boys, however, didn't approve of Brian's engagement and didn't want him to work with the band. So there was no release and the Beach Boys recorded these songs themselves. Bruce Johnston said in an interview that Good Vibrations was also planned for the Redwoods.
Since Wilson could no longer work with the Redwoods, he gave them the money they would need to make a record. The band called themselves Three Dog Night and had numerous hits in the US.
The only band that got a contract with Brother Records was the South African band " The Flame ". Carl Wilson produced the band's album. When the group broke up soon afterwards, however, he made the two band members Ricky Fataar and Blondie Chaplin the offer to become permanent members of the Beach Boys. Chaplin stayed in the band until 1973, Fataar left the group in 1974.
Steve Kalinich , who wrote some songs with the Wilson brothers, also had a contract and recorded the song Leaves Of Grass under the production of Carl Wilson , which was never released.
From the 1970s onwards, the Beach Boys distributed all of their releases through their own record company in collaboration with Reprise Records . This ensured them a high degree of artistic freedom. Jack Rieley was appointed as the new chairman at this point. In 1972 they opened an office in Amsterdam that served as European headquarters.
BRI from 1978
With the change of the record contract to Caribou Records , the release policy changed somewhat. It was only released through Caribou, only the rights to the songs remained with Brother Records. In 1978, Al Jardine took over the chairmanship of the company. In this position he filed a lawsuit against Stan Love, Mike's brother and then Beach Boys manager. This had brought in very high losses for the Beach Boys through speculation and the company "Beach Boys" was de facto bankrupt.
The Beach Boys sold their recording studio, but that had a major disadvantage because they no longer had a studio that they could use without restrictions. Dennis Wilson in particular suffered greatly from this. The Beach Boys used Western Studios again or the Red Barn Studio, Al Jardine's recording studio on his farm in Big Sur.
In 1983 Brian Wilson gave his right to vote to his brother Carl Wilson, but was later given it back. In 1986 they released a compilation entitled "25 Years of Good Vibrations" in collaboration with the beverage company Sunkist .
It wasn't until 1992 that Brother Records was reactivated as a record company when the band decided to release their new album Summer in Paradise . Since it was selling very badly, they lost a lot of money again.
From the end of the 1990s, the entire Beach Boys catalog was re-released via Brother Records, followed by numerous compilations such as "The Best of the Brothers Years". In 2003 they published the DVD and CD "Live in Knebeworth" through their own publishing house.
Today there are only four full memberships left to Brother Records Inc. Alan Jardine , Brian Wilson , Mike Love and that of Carl Wilson , who is represented by his two sons Jonah and Justyn Wilson.
Further information
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Doggett: Smile. The Big Lost Album in Kingsley Abbott (eds.): The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson , ISBN 978-3-85445-160-0 , Hanibal, Koch Publishing Group
- ^ Kingsley Abbott, The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, ISBN 978-3-85445-160-0 , Hanibal, Koch Publishing Group
- ^ Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band On Stage and In the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-818-4
- ^ Brother Records discography
- ↑ Kingsley Abbot (ed.): Working with the Wilsons in: The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson , Hannibal-Verlag, St. Andrä-Wierter 1998, ISBN 3-85445-160-1
- ^ Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys, ISBN 0-306-80647-9 , Publisher: Da Capo Press; Edition: Reprint (September 1995), page 297
- ↑ http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1151413
literature
- Kingsley Abbott, The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, ISBN 978-3-85445-160-0 , Hanibal, Koch Publishing Group
- Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys, ISBN 0-306-80647-9 , Publisher: Da Capo Press; Edition: Reprint (September 1995),
- Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band On Stage and In the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-818-4