History Music / MerryChristmasFromTheBeachBoys

[[caption-width-right:350:Unofficial bootleg cover art (featuring Beach Boys who didn't look like their seventies selves at all).]]

Following the cancellation of their previous attempt at an album (the Broadway-flavored ''Music/AdultChild''), the band worked on two projects simultaneously, doing a lot of the recording at Maharishi International University, a meditation center located in Iowa. One was this album, which, since ''Music/TheBeachBoysChristmasAlbum'' was such a perennial favorite, they expected to be well-received, while the other one was called ''California Feelin' '' (named after a song Brian recorded in 1974). They finished the Christmas album first, but dropped some of the newly recorded material in favor of "Child of Winter", originally recorded and released as a seasonal single in 1974, plus two previously unreleased non-Christmas songs: "Seasons in the Sun" (recorded in 1973) and "Michael Row The Boat Ashore" (recorded during the sessions for ''Music/FifteenBigOnes''). But Reprise rejected it because Music/BrianWilson didn't contribute enough on it. So they finished ''California Feelin' '', which included some of this album's songs with alternate, non-Christmas-related lyrics, then renamed it ''Winds Of Change'' after Brian asked them to remove "California Feelin'", then finally released it as the ''Music/MIUAlbum'' in late 1978.

Most of the tracks from this album's session were finally released on the 1998 compilation ''Ultimate Christmas'' (which also included all of ''Music/TheBeachBoysChristmasAlbum''), while other songs can only be found on [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes bootlegs]]. "Seasons in the Sun" was released on the ''Feel Flows'' box set in 2021, but in a slightly different mix than the one that was going to be used on this album (the ''Feel Flows'' version lacks the vocal harmonies in the chorus).

* TranslatedCoverVersion: "Seasons In The Sun" is based on a french song penned by Music/JacquesBrel and Rod [=McKuen=].

* OneWordTitle: "Melekalikimaka".

Most of the tracks from this album's session were finally released on the 1998 compilation ''Ultimate Christmas'' while other songs can only be found on [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes bootlegs]]. "Seasons in the Sun" was released on the ''Feel Flows'' box set in 2021, but in a slightly different mix than the one that was going to be used on this album (the ''Feel Flows'' version lacks the vocal harmonies in the chorus).

Following the cancellation of their previous attempt at an album (the Broadway-flavored ''Music/AdultChild''), the group worked on a Christmas album containing both new and old material recorded during the seventies (from 1970 to 1977), the newer material being recorded at Maharishi International University, a meditation center located in Iowa. A few of the Christmas songs were left off the album mix that was submitted to Reprise Records, replaced with two previously unreleased non-Christmas songs: "Seasons in the Sun" (recorded in 1973) and "Michael Row The Boat Ashore" (recorded during the sessions for ''Music/FifteenBigOnes''). But Reprise rejected it because Music/BrianWilson didn't contribute enough on it. At the same time, the band worked on another project called ''California Feelin' '' (named after a song Brian recorded in 1974). The album was assembled in 1977 with some songs off the Christmas album which were rewritten without any mention of Christmas. The title track was removed on Brian's insistence and the M.I.U. Album (previously titled ''Winds Of Change'') was finally released in late 1978.

** "Melekalikimaka"[=/=]"Kona Coast" and "Bells of Christmas"[=/=]"Belles of Paris" were apparently both composed with two sets of lyrics (Christmas and non-Christmas) with both versions recorded at the sessions. After this album got rejected, "Kona Coast" and "Belles of Paris" ended up on the ''Music/MIUAlbum''.

Following the cancellation of their previous attempt at an album (the Broadway-flavored ''Music/AdultChild''), the group worked on a Christmas album containing both new and old material recorded during the seventies (from 1970 to 1977), the newer material being recorded at Maharishi International University, a meditation center located in Iowa. A few of the Christmas songs were left off the album mix that was submitted to Reprise Records, replaced with two non-Christmas outtakes: "Seasons in the Sun" (recorded in 1973) and "Michael Row The Boat Ashore" (recorded during the sessions for ''Music/FifteenBigOnes''). But Reprise rejected it because Music/BrianWilson didn't contribute enough on it. At the same time, the band worked on another project called ''California Feelin' '' (named after a song Brian recorded in 1974). The album was assembled in 1977 with some songs off the Christmas album which were rewritten without any mention of Christmas. The title track was removed on Brian's insistence and the M.I.U. Album (previously titled ''Winds Of Change'') was finally released in late 1978.

Most of the tracks from that album's session were finally released on the compilation ''Ultimate Christmas'' while other songs can only be found on [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes bootlegs]].

Following the cancellation of their previous attempt at an album (the Broadway-flavored ''Music/AdultChild''), the group worked on a Christmas album containing both new and old material recorded during the seventies (from 1970 to 1977), the newer material being recorded at Maharishi International University, a meditation center located in Iowa. However, their label Reprise Records declined it, on the reason that Music/BrianWilson didn't contribute enough on it. At the same time, the band worked on another project called ''California Feelin' '' (named after a song Brian recorded in 1974). The album was assembled in 1977 with some songs off the Christmas album which were rewritten without any mention of Christmas. The title track was removed on Brian's insistence and the M.I.U. Album (previously titled ''Winds Of Change'') was finally released in late 1978.

* GratuitousPanning: Particularly evident on "Santa's got an Airplane" (if you listen to the song in stereo, that is).

** "Christmas Time is here Again" would go back to its original form as a straight-up cover of Music/BuddyHolly's "Peggy Sue" on the ''Music/MIUAlbum''.

** "Melekalikimaka" and "Bells of Christmas" would be reworked into a non-Christmas version and get released respectively as "Kona Coast" and "Belles of Paris" on the ''Music/MIUAlbum''.

** "Seasons In The Sun", an English version of the Music/JacquesBrel song "Le Moribond", which Rod [=McKuen=] (who also wrote the adapted lyrics) first recorded in 1961. Terry Jacks of the Canadian group The Poppy Family convinced The Beach Boys to try an arrangement he concocted for it, with Jacks producing. When they decided not to release it, Jacks took the arrangement and recorded his own solo version, which became a massive hit. Jacks' version has a rewritten final verse, but the Beach Boys stuck to [=McKuen=]'s lyrics, which follow Brel's outline but softens his tone.

** "Seasons In The Sun", an English version of the Music/JacquesBrel song "Le Moribond", first recorded by Rod [=McKuen=] (who also wrote the adapted lyrics), which was introduced to the band by Terry Jacks of the Canadian group The Poppy Family. When they didn't release it, Jacks took the arrangement and recorded his own solo version, which became a massive hit. Jacks' version has a rewritten final verse, but the Beach Boys stuck to [=McKuen=]'s lyrics, which follow Brel's outline but softens his tone.

** "Seasons In The Sun", an English version of the Music/JacquesBrel song "Le Moribond", with lyrics by Rod [=McKuen=], which was introduced to the band by Terry Jacks of the Canadian group The Poppy Family. When they didn't release it, Jacks took the arrangement and recorded his own solo version, which became a massive hit.

** "Seasons In The Sun", an English version of of the Music/JacquesBrel song "Le Moribond", with lyrics by Rod [=McKuen=], which was introduced to the band by Terry Jacks of the Canadian group The Poppy Family. When they didn't release it, Jacks took the arrangement and recorded his own solo version, which became a massive hit.

''Merry Christmas From The Beach Boys'' is a cancelled album by American rock band Music/TheBeachBoys. Its conception started before the recording of their ''Music/MIUAlbum'' and ended during the recording of that same album. It would have been their second christmas album after ''Music/TheBeachBoysChristmasAlbum'' from 1964.

Following the cancellation of their previous attempt at an album (the broadway-flavored ''Music/AdultChild''), the group worked on a christmas album containing both new and old material recorded during the seventies (from 1970 to 1977), the newer material being recorded at Maharishi International University, a meditation center located in Iowa. However, their label Reprise Records declined it, on the reason that Music/BrianWilson didn't contribute enough on it. At the same time, the band worked on another project called ''California Feelin' '' (named after a song Brian recorded in 1974). The album was assembled in 1977 with some songs off the christmas album which were rewritten without any mention of christmas. The title track was removed on Brian's insistance and the M.I.U. Album (previously titled ''Winds Of Change'') was finally released in late 1978.

** Back when "Seasons In The Sun" was recorded in 1970, the Terry Jacks hit song wasn't released yet, and it was only an english adaptation of the Music/JacquesBrel song "Le Moribond".

Following the cancellation of their previous attempt at an album (the broadway-flavored ''Music/AdultChild''), the group worked on a christmas album containing both new and old material recorded during the seventies (from 1970 to 1977), the newer material being recorded at Maharishi International University, a meditation center located in Wyoming. However, their label Reprise Records declined it, on the reason that Music/BrianWilson didn't contribute enough on it. At the same time, the band worked on another project called ''California Feelin' '' (named after a song Brian recorded in 1974). The album was assembled in 1977 with some songs off the christmas album which were rewritten without any mention of christmas. The title track was removed on Brian's insistance and the M.I.U. Album (previously titled ''Winds Of Change'') was finally released in late 1978.

* HulaAndLuaus: "Melekalikimaka".
--> ''The suntanned beauties are everywhere''
--> ''If you're comin' to the islands then you might stare''
--> ''And find a girl waiting for you there in Hawaii''

* ChristmasSongs : Eight songs on the album are christmas-related ("Winter Symphony" is season-related while the rest of the tracklist doesn't mention christmas at all).

** "Michael Row The Boat Ashore" is a slavery liberation song.

* TruckDriversGearChange: "Seasons In The Sun".

* LimitedLyricsSong: "MorningChristmas"

[[caption-width-right:350:Unofficial bootleg cover art (featuring Beach Boys who didn't look like their seventies selves at all.]]

* PrecociousCrush: "Christmas Time Is Here Again"
--> ''She's so pretty but I'm so young''
--> ''When I'm sixteen I'm gonna have some fun''

* ChristmasSongs : Seven songs on the album are christmas-related ("Winter Symphony" is season-related while the rest of the tracklist doesn't mention christmas at all).

* ACappella: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa" and "Xmas Carol Medley", given their christmas carol nature.

* RecycledScript: "(I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" has its instrumental taken from the song "Hey There Momma" which was initially recorded for ''Music/TheBeachBoysLoveYou''.
** "Santa's Got An Airplane" is a christmas version of the song "Loop De Loop" which was intially recorded for ''{{Music/Sunflower}}'' (and is the reworked version of a previous track called "Sail Plane Song")
** The outro of "Morning Christmas" is an instrumental track named "Common" which was originally recorded for the cancelled Dennis Wilson album ''Bambu''.