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ENCOMIUM IN MEMORIAM VOL. 1
Jan Berry of Jan & Dean
Cinecam Music Productions presents . . .
An eclectic taste of California, from Surf to the Psychedelic era and beyond, based on the original arrangements . . .
An album featuring 30 tracks and more than 20 artists . . .
In the summer of 1958, America's first satellites were in orbit, the country was in its worst recession since World War II, Hula-Hoops were a household item, Elvis Presley was in the army, and Buddy Holly was still alive.
This is the era that spawned Jan Berry and Jan & Dean, as the West Coast music scene began to come to life.
As a singer-songwriter, Jan Berry had his first national Top 10 hit with "Jennie Lee" (as Jan & Arnie) in June 1958 — six months before Phil Spector hit #1 (as a writer-producer) with the Teddy Bears. Spector's Teddy Bears hit ("To Know Him Is To Love Him") was released on Doré Records — the same label that launched Jan & Dean into the Top 10 with "Baby Talk" in 1959.
Taking the reins from Lou Adler, Jan Berry signed songwriting and producing contracts with Nevins-Kirshner (1961) and Screen Gems (1963). It was this foundation — along with Jan's connection with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys — that propelled Jan & Dean into the forefront of the California explosion of the early 1960s.
Jan & Dean — as part-time musicians attending college — scored 26 national chart records over the brief eight-year period between 1958 and 1966, including sixteen Top 40 hits on the Billboard and Cash Box charts (seven of which were Top 10).
The ride was cut short in April 1966, when Jan suffered brain damage in an automobile accident. But Jan got back on the horse, and returned to the studio in April 1967. The new ride was slow and painful. But it led to new music, a hit national television film about Jan & Dean (1978), and a touring reunion with Dean Torrence that lasted until Jan's untimely death in March 2004.
This album pays homage to Jan's original arrangements — for Jan & Dean, and for artists for which Jan arranged and produced outside the realm of his own act.
The music presented here is based on Jan's personal archive of music charts and scores. The parts were always prepared ahead of time by Jan and his team, and these original documents — used by the Wrecking Crew to record the original tracks in the '60s — provide the foundation for this album.
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PRODUCED BY:
Cameron Michael Parkes
and
Mark A. Moore
. . . with 20 pages of liner notes, photos, and illustrations
MASTERED BY:
Earle Mankey
TRACK LIST:
1. The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association
2. It’s As Easy As 1, 2, 3
3. Dead Man’s Curve
4. Ace of Hearts
5. She’s My Summer Girl
6. “B” Gas Rickshaw (Quasimoto)
7. When It’s Over
8. I Found A Girl
9. Filet of Droll (Part 1)
10. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
11. Bat No. 4
12. Filet of Droll (Part 2)
13. Bat No. 1
14. Carnival of Sound
15. Blowin’ My Mind
16. Fan Tan
17. Love & Hate
18. I Know My Mind
19. Mulholland
20. Laurel & Hardy
21. Flight No. 9 (Cheyenne)
22. California Sunshine (On My Mind)
23. Continuous Eternal (A Prose Poem)
BONUS TRACKS:
24. Anaheim, Azusa — “A Cappella” Excerpt
25. Fan Tan — “A Cappella” Excerpt
26. Audio Montage #1 — KJAN
27. Audio Montage #2 — Jan & Arnie
28. Audio Montage #3 — Jan & Dean — (Warning: Strong Language)
29. Audio Montage #4 — Jan Berry
30. Surf City — Garage Version
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ARTISTS:
P. F. Sloan - (harmonica)
Eve of Destruction, Secret Agent Man, Fantastic Baggys
Background singer for Jan & Dean, 1964-66
Vic Diaz - (vocals)
Matadors, Gents, Sinners, "Tony, Vic, & Manuel"
Background singer for Jan & Dean, 1963
Jill Gibson - (vocals, album cover portrait artist)
Jan Berry's former girlfriend and songwriting partner
Brief member of the Mamas and the Papas
Photographer, Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
Tom Bahler - (vocals)
Love Generation, Partridge Family, Monkees, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra
Vocalist on Jan & Dean's unreleased album, "Carnival of Sound" (Warner Bros. 1968)
Mike Deasy - (guitar)
Former member of the Wrecking Crew
Guitarist on Jan & Dean's unreleased album, "Carnival of Sound" (Warner Bros. 1968)
David Marks - (guitar)
Beach Boys (original member), Dave & the Marksmen, The Moon, Solo Artist
Don Grady - (vocals)
The Yellow Balloon, Windupwatchband, "Robbie Douglas" on the sitcom "My Three Sons"
Paul Johnson - (guitar)
Belairs, Surfaris, Duo-Tones
Writer of Mr. Moto
Stephen Kalinich - (poetry)
Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, P. F. Sloan, Diana Ross
Probyn Gregory - (trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn, trombone)
Brian Wilson's Band, Wondermints, The Now People
Lisa Mychols - (vocals)
Masticators, Sweet Sinsations, Nobody's Girl, Nushu
Michael Carey Schneider - (vocals)
Sneaker, More than Just the Two of Us
Robbin Thompson - (vocals, guitar)
Tasmanians, Steel Mill with Bruce Springsteen, Robbin Thompson Band, Solo Artist
Tripsitter - (vocals)
California Son, Billy Hinsche, Al Jardine
Alan Boyd - (vocals, associate producer)
Filmmaker, Beach Boys archivist, Endless Harmony, Channel Surfin'
Billy Berry - (piano, vocals)
Jan Berry's younger brother
Laurie Biagini - (vocals)
Solo Artist
Charles Pett - (vocals)
Box o' Clox
Woolly Bandits and Special Guests - (vocals, guitar, bass, drums)
Say Hello To My Little Friend
David Beard - (vocals, design, art direction)
Beach Boys Scholar /Jan & Dean Photo Archivist & Scholar
Journalist, Designer, and Editor & Publisher of Endless Summer Quarterly
Cameron Michael Parkes - (vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion)
Box o' Clox, A Tribute to Brian Wilson
Mark A. Moore - (vocals, guitar, percussion)
Jan Berry / Jan & Dean Scholar
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