''Bambu'' is an unfinished

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by American songwriter-musician

Dennis Wilson Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their drummer and as the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. ...

, co-founder of

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, 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)''.

Background

''Bambu'' began production in 1978 at Brother Studios in Santa Monica with the collaboration of then Beach Boys keyboardist and

's close friend

Carli Muñoz Carli Muñoz, better known as Carli Munoz (full name: Carlos C. Muñoz; born October 16, 1948), is a self-taught Puerto Rican jazz and rock pianist, best known for touring with the Beach Boys in the 1970s. Biography Although born and raised in Sa ...

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 Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in ...

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)''.

References

External links

Official Site
(2008 reissue)
Uncut's ReviewRecord Store Day article 2017
{{Authority control Dennis Wilson albums 2017 albums Caribou Records albums Albums produced by Dennis Wilson Albums produced by Gregg Jakobson Albums published posthumously Unfinished albums