What "commemorative releases" should we expect for the 50th anniversary?

[runnersdialzero]

y'know what i want on the next release?  an official release of the original "big sur".  i'd love that.

How this and "Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again?" have eluded the huge number of releases containing rarities baffles me.

[Ziggy Stardust]

imo they REALLY need to re-release all their albums in vinyl replica and re-remastered, but like releasing them like normal cds, not two albums in one cd/box ... i, i just can't stand that concept, really, it ain't that hard is it..

[runnersdialzero]

imo they REALLY need to re-release all their albums in vinyl replica and re-remastered, but like releasing them like normal cds, not two albums in one cd/box ... i, i just can't stand that concept, really, it ain't that hard is it..

You're right. Paying 25-30 dollars for two different albums is much better than paying 10 dollars for two albums.

[drbeachboy]

imo they REALLY need to re-release all their albums in vinyl replica and re-remastered, but like releasing them like normal cds, not two albums in one cd/box ... i, i just can't stand that concept, really, it ain't that hard is it..

For those of us that ain't made of money, the 2-fers are a great deal. Most places you can buy them for the same price or just a bit more than a 12 track CD. I wonder if something is up though, because tonight Amazon had very few copies left of the original albums with no "more on the way" comment. So, maybe they do have new re-releases coming later this year.

[donald]

I really need a new and improved and expanded box.  And a career spanning Live Box to include Early, Primo Ricky and Blondie, Nassau and Paramount, Beachago, (and this new tour?)

[Awesoman]

I'm hoping for an updated box set.  Hope it has some nice rarities, new mixes (maybe that stereo mix of "Wild Honey" will show up!) and some good unreleased stuff.  Perhaps they can salvage a Beach Boys version of "Soul Searchin'"!

[obscurereference]

For those of us that ain't made of money, the 2-fers are a great deal. Most places you can buy them for the same price or just a bit more than a 12 track CD. I wonder if something is up though, because tonight Amazon had very few copies left of the original albums with no "more on the way" comment. So, maybe they do have new re-releases coming later this year.

I have to admit that when I first started getting into the Beach Boys as a student it was great that I was able to buy two albums + bonus tracks for £5. However now I'm an even bigger fan I'd love to see each album have it's own release with a second disc of bonus tracks. It doesn't seem right that an album as great as say, Sunflower doesn't have it's own deluxe edition - especially as the two-fer release teases all these unreleased songs in the booklet but doesn't contain a single bonus track!

A box set of rarities would be amazing, but I get the feeling they'll release another career spanning box set with a sprinkling of unreleased tracks. It seems to be what was hinted at in the press releases.

[The Shift]

For those of us that ain't made of money, the 2-fers are a great deal. Most places you can buy them for the same price or just a bit more than a 12 track CD. I wonder if something is up though, because tonight Amazon had very few copies left of the original albums with no "more on the way" comment. So, maybe they do have new re-releases coming later this year.

… It doesn't seem right that an album as great as say, Sunflower doesn't have it's own deluxe edition - especially as the two-fer release teases all these unreleased songs in the booklet but doesn't contain a single bonus track!

I've had a feeling for several months that a deluxe Sunflower might be on the cards this year.


(awaits AGD's thwarting of said-feeling…!) 

[Craig Boyd]

For those of us that ain't made of money, the 2-fers are a great deal. Most places you can buy them for the same price or just a bit more than a 12 track CD. I wonder if something is up though, because tonight Amazon had very few copies left of the original albums with no "more on the way" comment. So, maybe they do have new re-releases coming later this year.

I have to admit that when I first started getting into the Beach Boys as a student it was great that I was able to buy two albums + bonus tracks for £5. However now I'm an even bigger fan I'd love to see each album have it's own release with a second disc of bonus tracks. It doesn't seem right that an album as great as say, Sunflower doesn't have it's own deluxe edition - especially as the two-fer release teases all these unreleased songs in the booklet but doesn't contain a single bonus track!

A box set of rarities would be amazing, but I get the feeling they'll release another career spanning box set with a sprinkling of unreleased tracks. It seems to be what was hinted at in the press releases.

I'm with you, the twofers were great for me as I was just a kid when I got into the BB's so being able to buy two (usually) great albums for a fiver was handy. Now however I want to see each album stand on its own with a quality vinyl replica sleeve (none of this jewel case nonsense), new liner notes and additional bonus tracks and sessions. Albums like Sunflower, Surf's Up and Holland deserve this treatment.

[Ziggy Stardust]

imo they REALLY need to re-release all their albums in vinyl replica and re-remastered, but like releasing them like normal cds, not two albums in one cd/box ... i, i just can't stand that concept, really, it ain't that hard is it..

You're right. Paying 25-30 dollars for two different albums is much better than paying 10 dollars for two albums.

Where did i said it wasn't a good deal? it just the idea of putting two albums on one cd that i think is kinda dumb and really bothers me (and plus, in only one package/box).

imo they REALLY need to re-release all their albums in vinyl replica and re-remastered, but like releasing them like normal cds, not two albums in one cd/box ... i, i just can't stand that concept, really, it ain't that hard is it..

For those of us that ain't made of money, the 2-fers are a great deal. Most places you can buy them for the same price or just a bit more than a 12 track CD. I wonder if something is up though, because tonight Amazon had very few copies left of the original albums with no "more on the way" comment. So, maybe they do have new re-releases coming later this year.

As others have already mentioned, a boxset would be indeed quite nice! didn't thought about it at first but why not, many bands are doing it these days.

[punkinhead]

I was wondering the last time an archival release contained anything past the Holland era....You could say Ultimate Christmas and Live at Knebworth, but really, that's been forever. You think it's the guys tellin em not to put out anything from 73-88? and even more so than that?

[Andrew G. Doe]

I was wondering the last time an archival release contained anything past the Holland era....You could say Ultimate Christmas and Live at Knebworth, but really, that's been forever. You think it's the guys tellin em not to put out anything from 73-88? and even more so than that?

The 1993 box has a whole disc of post-Surf's Up material. The Warmth Of the Sun (2007) has five songs (from twenty-eight) post-Surf's Up.

[Heysaboda]

For those of us that ain't made of money, the 2-fers are a great deal. Most places you can buy them for the same price or just a bit more than a 12 track CD. I wonder if something is up though, because tonight Amazon had very few copies left of the original albums with no "more on the way" comment. So, maybe they do have new re-releases coming later this year.

… It doesn't seem right that an album as great as say, Sunflower doesn't have it's own deluxe edition - especially as the two-fer release teases all these unreleased songs in the booklet but doesn't contain a single bonus track!

I've had a feeling for several months that a deluxe Sunflower might be on the cards this year.

THIS would be very cool!

[punkinhead]

I was wondering the last time an archival release contained anything past the Holland era....You could say Ultimate Christmas and Live at Knebworth, but really, that's been forever. You think it's the guys tellin em not to put out anything from 73-88? and even more so than that?

The 1993 box has a whole disc of post-Surf's Up material. The Warmth Of the Sun (2007) has five songs (from twenty-eight) post-Surf's Up.

Right, but 93 isn't too recent, and in my opinion, the 4th disc gave us the least amount of unreleased songs of the 5 (or 6, if you live in UK) discs (that is the GV box set)....really, I meant archival/unreleased material from post Holland, not already released music, nobody wants songs they already own 5 times.

[Ziggy Stardust]

something like The Beatles/Pink Floyd boxset would be nice.

[Mark H]

I want the complete box set of their entire catalog in mini-LP reproduction packaging. 

This was my dream also but I've just accepted that it's probably never going to happen and have since got all the albums on Japanese Mini LP (wasn't cheap!) over the course of a year or so.

This obsession started in the Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo where I got Pet Sounds through Holland and was just hooked, Holland even comes with a little Mt Vernon cover inside!

Whenever there are 'mini lp' box sets released in the west they aren't of the same reproduction quality just a naff sleeve.

Who knows maybe Japan will do a 'complete collection' of reissues.

[SamMcK]

Never mind Vinyl replicas I want to see actual 180g Vinyl records being made with deluxe bonus content, liner notes and audiophile sound!

[punkinhead]

I want a commemorative 50th Anniversary book! Not just that one from the Wal-Mart special one, I want one like the Beatles Anthology book or at least something half as thick as that, that is updated...each BB has their own section and the interviewer asked the same basic questions that we hardcore fans wanna hear...like what's your favorite early album? favorite album after Smile? favorite Brother Years album? Favorite single? make comments about each and every album...I'd love to hear what Brian says now about SIP or MIU...We could take archived  interviews for Denny and Carl to add in their opinions. Have each Beach Boy discuss different time eras...I'd love  abook like this...whatcha think?

[Andrew G. Doe]

I'd love to hear what Brian says now about SIP or MIU...

Given that he had precisely nothing to do with the former, so would I. 

[punkinhead]

I'd love to hear what Brian says now about SIP or MIU...

Given that he had precisely nothing to do with the former, so would I. 

EXACTLY! Besides hot topics that I'd wanna discuss, much of the latter half of their career, I'd like to ask about.

[punkinhead]

I'd love to hear what Brian says now about SIP or MIU...

Given that he had precisely nothing to do with the former, so would I. 

EXACTLY! Besides hot topics that I'd wanna discuss, much of the latter half of their career, I'd like to ask about.

At least ask him about every song he wrote for which album. For SIP, ask him how many stars he'd give it? What he thinks of the remake of Surfin'....does he like any of it? Was he jealous that he wasn't asked to do it or does he give a crap

[Andrew G. Doe]

I'd love to hear what Brian says now about SIP or MIU...

Given that he had precisely nothing to do with the former, so would I. 

EXACTLY! Besides hot topics that I'd wanna discuss, much of the latter half of their career, I'd like to ask about.

At least ask him about every song he wrote for which album. For SIP, ask him how many stars he'd give it? What he thinks of the remake of Surfin'....does he like any of it? Was he jealous that he wasn't asked to do it or does he give a crap

I'd wager a tidy sum he's never even heard it.

[Justin]

I want the complete box set of their entire catalog in mini-LP reproduction packaging. 

This was my dream also but I've just accepted that it's probably never going to happen and have since got all the albums on Japanese Mini LP (wasn't cheap!) over the course of a year or so.

This obsession started in the Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo where I got Pet Sounds through Holland and was just hooked, Holland even comes with a little Mt Vernon cover inside!

Whenever there are 'mini lp' box sets released in the west they aren't of the same reproduction quality just a naff sleeve.

Who knows maybe Japan will do a 'complete collection' of reissues.

something like The Beatles/Pink Floyd boxset would be nice.

I've brought up the complete studio box set earlier in the thread and was surprised to see people raise issue with the expected cost of such a box set.  Um...what?  The two-fers may be a good deal but I completely hate that their catalog is cheapened by this method of slapping two albums together like that.  What exactly are we saying by doing this?  Beach Boys fans have less money than Beatles fans or Elvis fans?  I mean, two albums..on one CD?  Terrible message.  Each album should get its own release individually, at the very least. 

The Beach Boys simply deserve it--period.  This 50th anniversary is a great time to reintroduce the catalog to the public.  With all the obscure cuts they're adding in the setlist on tour from Sunlfower and even So Tough---it could get people to go back and revisit these albums.  They even put the picture of the album artwork on the screen when they play these songs--they did it with "This Whole World" by putting up the Sunflower album.  So having a box set available would be great timing. 

A complete studio box set ala The Beatles/Pink Floyd should be done--among other things.  But this career-spanning box set is on top of my priorities.

It's been done with some great results with Miles Davis' complete Columbia recordings (totaling 52 albums in 70cd's + 1dvd + booklet)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Columbia-Album-Collection/dp/B00305GXWG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334599998&sr=8-1
YouTube video of the unboxing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LydJ8nHg4I

[Mark H]

I want the complete box set of their entire catalog in mini-LP reproduction packaging. 

This was my dream also but I've just accepted that it's probably never going to happen and have since got all the albums on Japanese Mini LP (wasn't cheap!) over the course of a year or so.

This obsession started in the Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo where I got Pet Sounds through Holland and was just hooked, Holland even comes with a little Mt Vernon cover inside!

Whenever there are 'mini lp' box sets released in the west they aren't of the same reproduction quality just a naff sleeve.

Who knows maybe Japan will do a 'complete collection' of reissues.

something like The Beatles/Pink Floyd boxset would be nice.

I've brought up the complete studio box set earlier in the thread and was surprised to see people raise issue with the expected cost of such a box set.  Um...what?  The two-fers may be a good deal but I completely hate that their catalog is cheapened by this method of slapping two albums together like that.  What exactly are we saying by doing this?  Beach Boys fans have less money than Beatles fans or Elvis fans?  I mean, two albums..on one CD?  Terrible message.  Each album should get its own release individually, at the very least. 

The Beach Boys simply deserve it--period.  This 50th anniversary is a great time to reintroduce the catalog to the public.  With all the obscure cuts they're adding in the setlist on tour from Sunlfower and even So Tough---it could get people to go back and revisit these albums.  They even put the picture of the album artwork on the screen when they play these songs--they did it with "This Whole World" by putting up the Sunflower album.  So having a box set available would be great timing. 

A complete studio box set ala The Beatles/Pink Floyd should be done--among other things.  But this career-spanning box set is on top of my priorities.

It's been done with some great results with Miles Davis' complete Columbia recordings (totaling 52 albums in 70cd's + 1dvd + booklet)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Columbia-Album-Collection/dp/B00305GXWG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334599998&sr=8-1
YouTube video of the unboxing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LydJ8nHg4I

Agreed, even though I've spent through the nose getting all the Japanese mini lps I would pay again for a 'complete' box set if it was done well.

To make me buy a new set I would like bonus cuts on each album, especially the 70's albums.

[Aegir]

I'd love to hear what Brian says now about SIP or MIU...

Given that he had precisely nothing to do with the former, so would I. 

EXACTLY! Besides hot topics that I'd wanna discuss, much of the latter half of their career, I'd like to ask about.

At least ask him about every song he wrote for which album. For SIP, ask him how many stars he'd give it? What he thinks of the remake of Surfin'....does he like any of it? Was he jealous that he wasn't asked to do it or does he give a crap

I'd wager a tidy sum he's never even heard it.

I'm sure he's heard it but would claim not to have heard it.