Brother Records
Brother Records (Brother Records Incorporated, in short: BRI) is an American record label. It was founded in 1966 by the U.S. band "The Beach Boys". The first Chair of that record labels took over in 1966 David Anderle.
The record company was founded by the Beach Boys, as they wanted to get the full control in the artistic field and leave only perform distribution through Capitol Records. The individual members wanted to take new bands under contract and produce.
However, BRI was more than just a record company. It regulates all activities associated with the Beach Boys, from the naming rights to the publications. In addition, it was also managed successor of the Sea of Tunes, which was founded by Murry Wilson and Brian Wilson music publishing rights of the music of the Beach Boys.
They first talked a recording studio in Brian Wilson's house, after 1970 they built the Brother Studios in Santa Monica. During the recording of the album Holland in 1972 they built a barn to a studio in the Netherlands.
Ownership of the record company
At the foundation of the record label of each founding member of the Beach Boys received a share of the record company, including voting rights. The ownership changed to date only by leaving the band or deaths. After the death of Dennis Wilson Carl Wilson in 1983 and 1998, the shares were transferred to the heirs. The proportion of Dennis Wilson was by his descendants sold to Brother Records, the proportion of Carl Wilson is now at his two sons .. Bruce Johnston had in the foundation also get a share of the BRI, but this was in his band exit in 1972 again. However, he remained a member of the Beach Boys ASCAP publishing company " Wilojarston " and retained his song rights ..
Publications about the record label
1967 expelled the Beach Boys with "Heroes & Villains " their first single under their record company. In the same year followed by the single " Gettin Hungry". The remaining albums to fulfill the record deal with Capitol Records, they released, however there again.
The Redwoods, the band of Brian Wilson's friend Danny Hutton, was the first group to get a record deal on Brother Records. Brian Wilson worked with the band on some songs he had composed. There were, among others, " Darlin " and " Time to get alone" taken. The other Beach Boys were with Brian's commitment, however, disagreed and did not want that, he worked with the band. So there was no publication and the Beach Boys took these songs to himself. Bruce Johnston spoke in an interview of that Good Vibrations was intended for the Redwoods.
Since Wilson could no longer work with the redwoods, he gave them the money they would need for a disc recording. The band changed their name to Three Dog Night and had numerous hits in the United States.
The only band that signed a contract with Brother Records, was the South African band " The Flame ". Carl Wilson produced the album of the band. When the group disbanded, however, soon thereafter, he made the two band members Ricky Fataar and Blondie Chaplin the offer to become permanent members of the Beach Boys. Chaplin remained until 1973 in the band, Fataar left the group in 1974.
Steve Kalinich, who has texted with the Wilson brothers, some songs also had a contract and took place under the production of Carl Wilson song Leaves Of Grass on, which was never published.
From the 1970s, the Beach Boys sold all their publications on their own record label in collaboration with Reprise Records. This secured them a high degree of artistic freedom. Jack Rieley was ordered at this time as the new Chairman. In 1972, she opened an office in Amsterdam, which served as a European headquarters.
BRI from 1978
With the change of the record deal to Caribou Records, the publication policy changed somewhat. It was published only on Caribou, only the rights of the songs stayed with Brother Records. In 1978, Al Jardine presided over the company. In this position, he sought an action against Stan Love, the brother of Mike and former Beach Boys manager. He rode through speculation very heavy losses for the Beach Boys and the company " Beach Boys" was actually broke. The Beach Boys sold their recording studio, but had a strong disadvantage, because they had no longer a studio that they could use without restriction. Especially Dennis Wilson suffered greatly. The Beach Boys were again used the Western Studios or the Red Barn Studio, the recording studio of Al Jardine on his farm in Big Sur.
In 1983, Brian Wilson from his vote to his brother Carl Wilson, he got this but later back again. In 1986 they released a compilation under the title " 25 years of Good Vibrations" in collaboration with the beverage company Sunkist.
Only in 1992 Brother Records was reactivated as a record company again, as the band decided their new album Summer in Paradise to published. Since it sold very poorly, they also lost a lot of money by again.
From the late 1990s, the entire Beach Boys catalog on Brother Records was re-released, this was followed by numerous compilations like "The Best of the Brothers Years". In 2003, she published over their self-published the DVD and CD "Live in Knebeworth ".
Today there are only four full memberships to Brother Records Inc. Alan Jardine, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and those of Carl Wilson, who is represented by his two sons, Jonah and Justyn Wilson.