» Read the Full Blog				Random thoughts from Dave Haber inspired by today's news and whatever else may be happening in his little corner of the internet. Numerically perfect day creates Good Vibrations [Posted by Dave Haber on Sunday, 10/10/10 10:10 am] [Full Blog] [Tweet This] It's another numerically perfect day, 10/10/10. Many interesting things happened today in history on October 10, but one stands out for me, personally. On October 10, 1966, The Beach Boys released the 45 single of Good Vibrations, which has always been one of my favorite Beach Boys tracks. The instrumental track for the first version of Good Vibrations was recorded on February 17, 1966, during the sessions for Brian Wilson's masterpiece album Pet Sounds, which was released on Capitol Records on May 16, 1966. But although the other Beach Boys expected Good Vibrations to be on the album, Brian held it back because wanted to spend more time on it. Al Jardine said, "At the time, we all had assumed that Good Vibrations was going to be on the album, but Brian decided to hold it out. It was a judgment call on his part; we felt otherwise but left the ultimate decision up to him." The production of the song is reported to have spanned seventeen recording sessions at four different recording studios, and used over 90 hours of magnetic recording tape, with an eventual budget of $50,000. According to Brian Wilson, the electro-theremin work itself cost $15,000. Good Vibrations, and the Pet Sounds album, changed rock n' roll by showing musicians they could be innovative in the studio, and was a major influence on the Beatles in the creation of their Sgt. Pepper's album. The single sold over 230,000 copies in the first four days of its release. » Click here to read all the blog posts

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