SMiLE Sessions box set!

[Jay]

Grin grin grin (and if anyone here can spot me that reference, I'll be staggered)

[/quote]Sorry if I royally screwed this up, but quoting multiple quotes is not my strong suit. I'd have to go with Monty Python(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfLYTdxECGY), but that's rather obvious.

[Dunderhead]

I guess we'll find out when the October date is announced in September. Ugh. I don't look forward to that wait.

[juggler]

Dave Curtis' October 4 date is consistent with the October 3 date shown by the European retailers cited above, so that's where we stand.   Not too bad, in the scheme of things, as it's less than three months away.  The date is also consistent with Brian being back in the U.S. the last week in September... and presumably able to participate in release festivities and promotion.

It's unfortunate if the September 30th Grammy cutoff is just barely missed, but I suppose that such considerations aren't terribly important to the powers that be.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear that things seem to be moving along.  It's interesting that so much work is still being done on the art/packaging/photos.  One might have thought that most of the artwork would have been finished months ago, but apparently that's not the case.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Take it with a grain of salt, but a few of the European retailers that had previously listed August release dates are now showing October 3...

Good... logical... if the European release is a week after the US street date.  

Won, won-won-wonderful -- Andrew, you've finally given us some hard news! September 27th it is!! Thank you sir!!!  

Note I said "if"... 

[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, anybody ready for some actual NEWS? This is not a joke...

Last week I emailed Dave Curtis, the guy who runs www.directcurrentmusic.com -- the website that first listed the July 12th release, and then changed it to August 9th. I got a response tonight, with a new release date and some (slight) information about the different configurations. Here it is, in full:

Hi Sean --

Here's the latest, fresh from the Capitol/EMI release schedule:

OLD DATE   NEW DATE
08/23/11      10/04/11      BEACH BOYS, THE   SMILE SESSIONS, THE (2 CD)
08/23/11      10/04/11      BEACH BOYS, THE   SMILE SESSIONS, THE (BOX SET)
08/23/11      10/04/11      BEACH BOYS, THE   SMILE SESSIONS, THE (VINYL)

Thanks for the note -- and reminding me that the old date was, well, old.

Dave

Hey, it's SOMETHING .....

Yeah... it's the fourth different quasi-official date in four months.  

7/12... 8/9... 8/23... 10/4...

[Andrew G. Doe]

Grin grin grin (and if anyone here can spot me that reference, I'll be staggered)

Sorry if I royally screwed this up, but quoting multiple quotes is not my strong suit. I'd have to go with Monty Python(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfLYTdxECGY), but that's rather obvious.
[/quote]

Close enough for me to be seriously impressed. ISIRTA.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Dave Curtis' October 4 date is consistent with the October 3 date shown by the European retailers cited above, so that's where we stand.   Not too bad, in the scheme of things, as it's less than three months away.  The date is also consistent with Brian being back in the U.S. the last week in September... and presumably able to participate in release festivities and promotion.

It's unfortunate if the September 30th Grammy cutoff is just barely missed, but I suppose that such considerations aren't terribly important to the powers that be.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear that things seem to be moving along.  It's interesting that so much work is still being done on the art/packaging/photos.  One might have thought that most of the artwork would have been finished months ago, but apparently that's not the case.

The difference between that and the Grammy cut-off is just a week, which can easily be absorbed over the course of three months. Late September is still my bet, as it has been since February. I'd be very surprised if a Grammy nomination wasn't always part of the gameplan.

[The Heartical Don]

Is there anything known about the number of copies of the box that will form the limited edition? I mean: s'pose there will be 1750 copies available?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Is there anything known about the number of copies of the box that will form the limited edition? I mean: s'pose there will be 1750 copies available?

Probably 2,580. 

[The Heartical Don]

Is there anything known about the number of copies of the box that will form the limited edition? I mean: s'pose there will be 1750 copies available?

Probably 2,580. 

So that leaves 793 for all the rest of the world, then. I predict it will be collectible from day 1 on.

[The Shift]

From The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound website,  at www.sassas.org/listeningparty :


YOU ARE INVITED. . .
to attend a Listening Party to benefit SASSAS and the sound. concert series.
July 31, 2011
DOUG HARVEY, TOM RECCHION & MARNIE WEBER
At the La Crecenta / Flintridge Hacienda of Roy Dowell & Lari Pittman
Watch for upcoming Listening Party in September, 2011
Information. . .
Includes dinner and drinks from 4pm - 8pm
in an intimate setting with sound and music shared
by well known and emerging artists
for your listening pleasure
1 party: $125 per person - minimum donation
Join us for 2 soundatastic parties for $225
Additional contributions greatly appreciated.
Seating is very limited for these special events / Address will be provided upon ticket purchase


I doubt it's anything to do with SMiLE at all, whatsoever, but I think someone with pots of money ought to go check it out and report back.

[Mooger Fooger]

Is there anything known about the number of copies of the box that will form the limited edition? I mean: s'pose there will be 1750 copies available?

Probably 2,580. 

Yeah but if they release a stop-gap-bunt-instead-of-a-grandslam product with a few Smile songs on it in the meantrime, then decide afterwards to release the Smile Sessions minus those few songs that appeared on the interim material, then I'd say there would be a limited run of 9002.

 

[desmondo]

Is there anything known about the number of copies of the box that will form the limited edition? I mean: s'pose there will be 1750 copies available?

Probably 2,580. 

Funny boy

Just checked with my people in Cheltenham, UK - no info on release date yet

[The Shift]

Is there anything known about the number of copies of the box that will form the limited edition? I mean: s'pose there will be 1750 copies available?

Probably 2,580. 

Yeah but if they release a stop-gap-bunt-instead-of-a-grandslam product with a few Smile songs on it in the meantrime, then decide afterwards to release the Smile Sessions minus those few songs that appeared on the interim material, then I'd say there would be a limited run of 9002.

 

Hang on, I'm trying to get my head around that… could everyone please hold off on fresh posts until I say "carry on"?

[The Heartical Don]

Is there anything known about the number of copies of the box that will form the limited edition? I mean: s'pose there will be 1750 copies available?

Probably 2,580. 

Yeah but if they release a stop-gap-bunt-instead-of-a-grandslam product with a few Smile songs on it in the meantrime, then decide afterwards to release the Smile Sessions minus those few songs that appeared on the interim material, then I'd say there would be a limited run of 9002.

 

Hang on, I'm trying to get my head around that… could everyone please hold off on fresh posts until I say "carry on"?

Hey Manning -

I used the number of SSnet members as a guiding line, and went from there on. AGD, however, used not 2458, but 2580. Geddit?

[hypehat]

Smile's getting released!

HIGH FIVES ALL ROUND! 

 

[Andrew G. Doe]

Smile's getting released!

HIGH FIVES ALL ROUND! 

 

Somewhere, the world's smallest Phil Cohen is playing the world's tiniest violin... 

[hypehat]

All I'm thinking is that Al must have literally confirmed it, then walked out of the Capitol boardroom and told that interviewer it's happening. It was barely off the starting block in March, wasn't it?

[bsten]

Interesting, just found this

Jessie Webster, photographer just posted this on her twitter

Photoshoppin' away. This time I'm working on the release of The Beach Boys "Smile." Feels pretty cool working on a part of history!

http://twitter.com/#!/SweetThingBlog/status/90870580953366528

Wonder if she got a deadline or if they said to her: "Take you time"....  

/B

[seanmurd]

Take it with a grain of salt, but a few of the European retailers that had previously listed August release dates are now showing October 3...

Good... logical... if the European release is a week after the US street date.  

Won, won-won-wonderful -- Andrew, you've finally given us some hard news! September 27th it is!! Thank you sir!!!  

Note I said "if"... 

Don't roll your eyes at ME, mister! Your "if" referred to the October 3rd date, implying that the "known" date was the US date -- which you put at one week before the speculated European date -- thereby confirming September 27th! So there! 

[The Heartical Don]

Haha, in-house fighting about a release date that none of us knows... bring on the carrots and beer...

[hypehat]

The Heartical Don, yesterday

[Andrew G. Doe]

Take it with a grain of salt, but a few of the European retailers that had previously listed August release dates are now showing October 3...

Good... logical... if the European release is a week after the US street date.  

Won, won-won-wonderful -- Andrew, you've finally given us some hard news! September 27th it is!! Thank you sir!!!  

Note I said "if"... 

Don't roll your eyes at ME, mister! Your "if" referred to the October 3rd date, implying that the "known" date was the US date -- which you put at one week before the speculated European date -- thereby confirming September 27th! So there! 

While it's flattering to be accorded such omniscience, I feel you're reading more into my simple statement than there actually is. You been hangin' with Bill T. lately ? 

[ESQ Editor]

October 4 is the date.

[The Shift]

Take it with a grain of salt, but a few of the European retailers that had previously listed August release dates are now showing October 3...

Good... logical... if the European release is a week after the US street date. 

Won, won-won-wonderful -- Andrew, you've finally given us some hard news! September 27th it is!! Thank you sir!!! 

Note I said "if"... 

Don't roll your eyes at ME, mister! Your "if" referred to the October 3rd date, implying that the "known" date was the US date -- which you put at one week before the speculated European date -- thereby confirming September 27th! So there! 

That was my reading of it to … ah, where would we be without ambiguity.

And now David wades in with a solid fact. But what about the UK/European date David?  I'm still hanging out for Sept 26!