Sundazed's stunning three-LP edition of this unheralded landmark comes in a lavishly illustrated triple-gatefold sleeve housing a newly mastered version of the original album along with two additional LPs containing Dennis Wilson's absolute finest unreleased solo work, including the fascinating material he recorded for Pacific Ocean Blue's intended follow-up, Bambu--all pressed on gorgeous, high-definition, "Pacific Ocean" blue vinyl. A cult classic that's truly worthy of this sumptuous and magnificent-sounding package, this is one wave no Beach Boys fan will want to miss.

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Review: 2009-05-11

Nice Vinyl
This is great vinyl. Nice pressing, heavy, and great packaging. If you are an avid collector and listener you will like this.

I have never heard this material on CD and do not care to. The sound and production is great here. You also get a lot of extra material to listen to and reads about. Cool.

I'm not going to delve into an album review, but since it's part of the "product" I'll throw in my two cents. The songs are sort of a window into the mind of a west coast beach guy (or boy if you want to get technical). Some are a little slow, but the music itself is still great. The song structures are free and uninhibited which makes for an element of unpredictability.

Buy this before it's too late. It rocks.


Review: 2008-08-03

pacific ocean blue
I have been a beach boys fan for ten years, I know their catalog quite
well from the greatest hits to the most obscure tracks. I also knew dennis beach boys work well, i thought he wrote some great songs on the sunflower album and I liked love surrounds me from the miu album a lot.
i thought dennis was a good song writer and argubably the second best
songwriter in the beach boys behind brian. after listening to pacific ocean blue and bambu, i learned dennis was a great songwriter.
His solo work far surpasses anything he did with the beach boys.
Dennis had a style all of his own. i liked every song on pacific ocean blue and bambu the caribou sessions had a lot of brillance as well.
some of my favorite tracks on pacific ocean blue are river song, moonshine, dreamer, thoughts of you, you and I and the title track.
on the bambu disc, he's a bum, love remember me and cocktails to mention a few.
dennis was a very underrated artist, a true diamond in the rough.
i am happy to see the album reissued. it is also great to hear the bambu tracks. This two disc set really represents the man and the artist dennis wilson was.



Review: 2008-07-15

A hidden gem in the world of music....
Released in 1977 and long out of print, Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue is back in grand fashion. This record isn't just for Beach Boys collectors as there are no similarities in sound here. Dennis Wilson was his own artist and it shows on this beautiful ocean blue vinyl release.


Review: 2008-07-07

Decent, but not great.
Based on the accolades surrounding the re-release of Pacific Ocean Blue, I didn't hesitate to throw down for the nicely-packaged 2-disc set, expecting an undiscovered (by me) 70's rock gem. As it turns out, the album is better than you might expect from "the drummer of the Beach Boys" - IF you'd never heard the hype - but not nearly as incredible as many of the reviewers here would have you believe.
While some may say that his lyrics were profound and "spiritual", to me they come across as simplistic and...well, stoned. In addition, Dennis Wilson's voice is problematic for me; he sounds as if he's got partial laryngitis when he opens up or goes for a high note. His vocal rasp sounds more like damage than soul.
The melodies are the strong suite here, starting with the beautiful kick-off track, "River Song", which benefits greatly from brother Carl's harmonies, which I would have liked to heard more of. The production is also top-notch, with some really inspired session playing. All in all, a solid solo effort from the least-likely Beach Boy, but not the classic I was expecting.

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