Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" to be released, or re-released, as a single album. A Warner/Reprise catalogue number, MS 2090, had been assigned to this single disc release, but nothing came of it. The album was released as a standalone album in Europe on Reprise Records. Carl and the Passions was Brian Wilson and Mike Love's high school band. This was the first album released under a new deal with Warner Bros. that allowed the company to distribute all future Beach Boys product in foreign as well as domestic markets. In 1971, Carl Wilson, who served as the group's de facto musical director at this
Passions the first and only soap opera to ever have a live talk show in U.S. history. "Passions Live" continued to air on Thursday nights after the series moved to DirecTV, until October 2007. The live show was also streaming live on the official "Passions" website at NBC.com. "Passions" ended its NBC run on September 7, 2007, and new episodes began airing on The 101 on September 17, 2007, making "Passions" both the first soap opera broadcast on a direct broadcast satellite service and the first series to make such a transition from broadcast television. The series ran Monday to Thursday