The Beach Boys — The “Help Me Rhonda” Sessions

Taskmaster and nightmare show-biz father, Murry Wilson is heard here with The Beach Boys (Brian, Carl, Dennis, Mike Love, Al Jardine) in the studio as the band was recording “Help Me Rhonda”. Apparently Murry showed up to the sessions a little inebriated and took over the session. This is a very interesting relic from 1965 and captures Brian and Murry at an apparent crossroad. The Beach Boys would eventually install a fake console for Murry to helm to pacify him and make him feel he was in control. The Beach Boys would get the definitive take a couple of weeks later.