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) | ||||
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| Released | April 22, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1983 | |||
| Studio | Brother Studios, Santa Monica, CA | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 52:21 | |||
| Label | Caribou | |||
| Producer | Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson | |||
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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).
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).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Under the Moonlight" | Carli Muñoz | 3:55 |
| 2. | "It's Not Too Late" | Muñoz | 4:22 |
| 3. | "School Girl" | Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson | 2:22 |
| 4. | "Love Remember Me" | Wilson, Jakobson, Stephen Kalinich | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love Surrounds Me" | Wilson, Geoffrey Cushing-Murray | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Wild Situation" | Wilson, Jakobson | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Common" | Wilson | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Are You Real" | Wilson, Jakobson | 3:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "He's a Bum" | Wilson, Jakobson | 2:43 |
| 2. | "Cocktails" | Wilson, Jakobson, John Hanlon | 3:00 |
| 3. | "I Love You" | Wilson, Jakobson | 2:02 |
| 4. | "Constant Companion" | Muñoz, Rags Baker | 3:17 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Time for Bed" | Wilson, Jakobson | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Album Tag Song" | Wilson | 3:41 |
| 3. | "All Alone" | Muñoz | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Piano Variations on Thoughts of You" | Wilson | 2:52 |