On February 29, 1972, the group held a press conference in London, where they announced the new additions in their line-up, as well as the imminent release of the album Smile, which had been shelved since 1967. Smile was never delivered; Leaf writes that the purpose of the latter announcement may have been to mislead Reprise into allowing the group more time to prepare the album that became Carl and the Passions. Bruce Johnston, who had joined the group in 1965, left the Beach Boys in April 1972 due to creative differences between him and his bandmates.
Sessions for the Beach Boys' third Reprise album lasted from December 4, 1971 to April 13, 1972, and were held largely at the band's private studio. Most of the basic tracks were recorded in December 1971, with the remainder of the album finished during the following April. The members worked in three separate factions: Carl, Fataar, and Chaplin; Love and Jardine; and Dennis with touring musician Daryl Dragon. Fataar stated, "It was just all done very piecemeal. Somebody would be cutting a track over at Village Recorders and somebody else would be recording at Sunset [...] It was an 'in between touring' kind of an album. [...] We kept changing studios all the time. Perhaps that's why it sounds so bad."
The Fataar–Chaplin team contributed two rock songs, "Here She Comes" and "Hold On Dear Brother". Biographer Mark Dillon writes, "The piano on their groovy cut 'Here She Comes' sounds like Traffic and the harmonies are in the Crosby, Stills and Nash vein. [...] Blondie sings the lead, as he does on [...] 'Hold On Dear Brother,' to which Ricky adds haunting steel guitar."
Unused tracks include "Oh Sweet Something", "Out in the Country", "Spark in the Dark", "Rooftop Harry", "Body Talk (Grease Job)" and a medley of "Gimme Some Lovin'" / "I Need Your Love", all of which were released on the 2022 compilation Sail On Sailor – 1972. "Rooftop Harry" is an instrumental that features Brian playing piano, electric bass, toy piano, and a calliope. Bruce Johnston recorded a discarded track, "Ten Years Harmony" [sic], with a re-recording by the supergroup California Music later released in 1974. The song later evolved into "Endless Harmony" from Keepin' the Summer Alive (1980). Still-unreleased material that was recorded during the album's sessions include "Funky Fever" and a cover version of Stephen Stills' "Change Partners".
Some reports, including from the Wilsons' mother, state that "Carl and the Passions" had been a high school band formed by Brian, Mike Love, Carl, and another friend. Brian said that he had named the early band "Carl and the Passions" as a way to entice his unwilling brother into the group. However, Carl himself denied that such a group ever existed.
The inner sleeve included a group portrait featuring all the members together, including Brian. However, owing to his absence during much of the album's recording, his visage had to be doctored into the photo.
From May 5 to June 3, the group toured Europe and the UK. The core members were supported onstage by guitarists Ed Carter and Billy Hinsche, keyboardists Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille, as well as a horn section and two additional percussionists. Their set list included "Here She Comes" and "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone". They appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test on May 16 and Top of the Pops on May 31 (aired June 8). Elton John and Keith Moon joined them onstage at a concert in London. At the end of the tour, the band reconvened at their new headquarters in Holland and recorded what became the Holland album.
Track notes per 2000 liner notes.
Credits from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington. Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album.
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The Flames broke up before the second album, attempted in late 1971, could be finished.[7][6]
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Sandler was under consideration to co-produce Carl and the Passions. Explaining why this never happened, Sandler commented, "There were personality things, family things, going on."[23]
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