Bambu (album)

Bambu is an unfinished studio album by American songwriter-musician Dennis Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, intended as the follow-up to his debut Pacific Ocean Blue. In 2008, recordings from the album were compiled as bonus tracks for the first CD issue of Pacific Ocean Blue. In 2017, the same track selection was given a dedicated release, titled Bambu (The Caribou Sessions).

Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)
Compilation album by
Dennis Wilson
ReleasedApril 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)
Recorded1977–1979[1]
StudioBrother Studios, Santa Monica, CA
GenreRock, pop
Length52:21
LabelCaribou
ProducerDennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson
Dennis Wilson chronology
Pacific Ocean Blue
(1977)		 Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)
(2017)

Background

Bambu began production in 1978 at Brother Studios in Santa Monica with the collaboration of then Beach Boys keyboardist and Dennis Wilson's close friend Carli Muñoz as songwriter and producer. The first four songs that were officially recorded for Bambu were Muñoz's compositions: "It's Not Too Late", "Constant Companion", "All Alone", and "Under the Moonlight". The project was initially scuttled by lack of financing and the distractions of simultaneous Beach Boys projects. Bambu was released in 2008 along with the Pacific Ocean Blue reissue. Two songs from the Bambu sessions, "Love Surrounds Me" and "Baby Blue", were lifted for the Beach Boys' 1979 L.A. (Light Album). “Baby Blue” was not included on either the 2008 or 2018 releases of Bambu because most of the song features lead vocals by Carl Wilson.

Track listing

The following pertains to the 2017 vinyl issue, which duplicates a track sequence that first appeared as disc two of Pacific Ocean Blue (30th Anniversary Edition).

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under the Moonlight"Carli Muñoz3:55
2."It's Not Too Late"Muñoz4:22
3."School Girl"Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson2:22
4."Love Remember Me"Wilson, Jakobson, Stephen Kalinich4:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Surrounds Me"Wilson, Geoffrey Cushing-Murray3:34
2."Wild Situation"Wilson, Jakobson3:24
3."Common"Wilson3:30
4."Are You Real"Wilson, Jakobson3:39
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."He's a Bum"Wilson, Jakobson2:43
2."Cocktails"Wilson, Jakobson, John Hanlon3:00
3."I Love You"Wilson, Jakobson2:02
4."Constant Companion"Muñoz, Rags Baker3:17
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Time for Bed"Wilson, Jakobson3:04
2."Album Tag Song"Wilson3:41
3."All Alone"Muñoz3:41
4."Piano Variations on Thoughts of You"Wilson2:52

Cover versions

In 2023, Los Angeles shoegaze band Modern Time Machines released a cover version of "Cocktails" featuring Wayne Everett of the band Lassie Foundation on backing vocals, and Kaitlin Wolfberg of Wild Honey Orchestra on violin. [2][3]

References
  1. "Dennis Wilson - Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)". Beachboysarchives.com. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. Time Machines, Modern (August 4, 2023). ""Modern Time Machines "COCKTAILS" Dennis Wilson Beach Boys cover music video". YouTube.
  3. Wong, Grant (August 22, 2023). "MODERN TIME MACHINES TRAVEL BACK TO THE BEACH BOYS". PopMatters.
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