▁to ▁him ▁about ▁demo ▁t apes ▁recorded ▁during ▁the ▁sessions ▁for ▁Wilson ' s ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁solo ▁album ▁Im ag ination ▁which ▁Thomas ▁co - produ ced : ▁" He ▁called ▁up ▁and ▁said ▁I ' ve ▁got ▁some ▁ideas ▁for ▁some ▁new ▁Beach ▁Boys ▁songs , ▁and ▁I ▁said , ▁That ’ s ▁great , ▁and ▁I ▁pointed ▁out ▁to ▁him ▁that ▁when ▁we ▁worked ▁together ▁several ▁years ▁ago ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁gen esis ▁of ▁some ▁other ▁Beach ▁Boy ▁songs ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁really ▁wanted ▁to ▁put ▁on ▁any ▁of ▁his ▁solo ▁records . ▁That ▁he ▁had ▁isolated ▁specifically ▁for ▁the ▁Beach ▁Boys . ▁So ▁he ▁asked ▁me ▁to ▁compile ▁those ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁few ." ▁The ▁two ▁proceeded ▁to ▁meet ▁with ▁Mike ▁Love ▁in ▁Pal m ▁Spr ings , ▁who ▁then ▁agreed ▁to ▁a ▁collaboration . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁reports ▁began ▁to ▁circul ate ▁that ▁the ▁surv iving ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Beach ▁Boys ▁would ▁reun ite ▁for ▁a ▁ 5 0 th ▁An ni versary ▁tour ▁and ▁album . ▁Despite ▁some ▁uncertainty ▁and ▁initial ▁den ial s , ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Brian ▁Wilson , ▁Mike ▁Love , ▁Al ▁J ard ine , ▁Bruce ▁John ston ▁and ▁David ▁Mark s ▁would ▁reun ite ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁album ▁and ▁The ▁Beach ▁Boys ▁ 5 0 th ▁An ni versary ▁Re union ▁Tour . ▁The ▁studio ▁re