I was just scanning some Pop/Rock stuff I'm putting on e-bay and I scrutinized a great record by a group called Celebration called "Almost Summer". It's essentially the Beach Boys but under a different name whilst they were in between contracts or something. It's a Wilson/Love/Jardine song and quite obviously the Beach Boys at their best. And it's a Motown production, presumably because Motown financed the film. It's the only white film they ever made, it flopped and the Motown soundtrack was issued on MCA. Interesting ay? I never though the Beach Boys and Motown would link up in a million years.

Ian D

 

 

 

 

 

 

another link as in the group celebration recorded for mowest in 1972, no connection to the group above tho.....is there?

 

Different groups.  The first is Mike Love (Beach Boys lead singer) with support (no other Beach Boys in the line-up).

The Mowest one is middle of road soul group.  Included Shirley/Sherlie Matthews of Mirwood fame, and Chuck Bedford who had record on Bell.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Summer

Almost Summer is a 1978 film directed by Martin Davidson, and produced by Motown Productions for Universal Pictures. It is the only Motown theatrical feature not to center on African-American characters. Though not successful at the box office, the film has since acquired a certain degree of historical importance because many observers consider it to be the first of a series of distinctive "youth-genre" films of which other, more prominent examples include Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Breakfast Club.^[