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

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

NO MORE COMPILATIONS!!!!!!!

Please!

What household doesn't least have one or two "Best Of The Beach Boys" configurations.

Mike can make his own personal two CD set and go door to door and stand on corners pushing up, but please leave it's existence out of my psyche.

[lance]

Add "Cottonfields," "Rock and Roll Music" and "Come and Go With Me."  They may be covers, but they're hit singles.

My thought process was to try and actively avoid covers since I wanted to present the band's history as best I could on two discs. The lack of more than 160 minutes to play around with means the covers needed to be avoided at all costs. Then I Kissed Her is at least from their prime period and was a sizable hit outside of the United States while Barbara Ann clearly needs to be on here regardless. Bluebirds and I Can Hear Music are pretty much unknown to the general public in their original versions, so they can be on here as well.

Basically, the first cover you mentioned has been done better by some other artists, noticeably CCR, and the latter two are just god-awful covers from their later period. As you can see, I went out of my way to avoid spending much time on the post-Holland period as there's just too many classics that would be left off in favor of later, dated hits like Getcha Back.


Thinking more about it, the best Beach Boys two-disc compilation would probably end at Holland and be called "The First Ten Years" since it covers everything they recorded from 1962-1972 (with Holland being released only a week into 1973). That would free up a lot of extra space between the two discs and kind of represents their last hurrah before they became a popular oldies act (15 Big Ones), put their hands on a Brian solo album (Love You) and then put out records that are mostly pointless to the general public ever since. The only exception, of course, is the new one. However, since it just came out, it's not like tracks from it would really need to be on a compilation like this. A two disc set that ended at Holland would get universal acclaim (including a "10" from Pitchfork) and would get a lot of the younger, hipper crowd into the band without pushing the cheesier latter-day stuff onto them.

That would be cool, but I think there are definitely 2 discs worth of gems spanning 76-2012. So 2 2-disc sets.
Or just a box set. It could be called: Good Vibrations: 50 years of the Beach Boys.

[Awesoman]

Personally I hope Joe Thomas does his "other" job and records the Beach Boys live at ,say Hollywood Bowl(I know they played already!),Red Rock amphitheartre ,Wembley or...Sydney (for my own reasons..lol). And would it be too much to ask for them too shoot in 3D?? That would be awesome..I think we need more live releases!

Yeah, because seeing a bunch of old geezers in 3-D would make the whole thing that much more exciting...

But seriously, here's hoping some documentation (DVD/Blu-Ray/CD) of these concerts is forthcoming...

Sad, but if this is your opinion of the Beach boys than I can only wonder why you are here.Please no offense. Most can only hope to wish to be that active and great at 70.

I was being facetious, chief.  But thanks for playing.

They are an inspiration. 3D would only make the feeling of the concert more interactive and "real"...Besides I want something mixed properley for multi-channel and is lossless. A DTS MSTR mix would sound amazing in my opinion, and learning Joe Thomas is part of the company for the tour only makes this more likely to me.

Sorry, but putting this concert in 3-D is not a really good idea.  3-D is a tacky, gimmicky idea anyway.  It may be more suitable for a concert like Justin Bieber, but the Beach Boys?  Forget it.

[bgas]

 Say, if they do this in 3D, will I be able to use a projection TV to make it seems as if they're playing in the middle of my entertainment room?

[Heysaboda]

What household doesn't least have one or two "Best Of The Beach Boys" configurations.

Erm
I'm thinking I have around 8 or 9 compiliations NOT counting the box sets.  My wife says I'm obsessed........ 

[Ziggy Stardust]

They should release "The One & Only Amazing Compilation Huge Volume Super Greatest Of The Best Mega Ultra Collection BIG Deluxe Of The Ultimate Essential From The Top Great Of The Platinum Of The Beach Boys" imo.

[Paulos]

Add "Cottonfields," "Rock and Roll Music" and "Come and Go With Me."  They may be covers, but they're hit singles.

My thought process was to try and actively avoid covers since I wanted to present the band's history as best I could on two discs. The lack of more than 160 minutes to play around with means the covers needed to be avoided at all costs. Then I Kissed Her is at least from their prime period and was a sizable hit outside of the United States while Barbara Ann clearly needs to be on here regardless. Bluebirds and I Can Hear Music are pretty much unknown to the general public in their original versions, so they can be on here as well.

Basically, the first cover you mentioned has been done better by some other artists, noticeably CCR, and the latter two are just god-awful covers from their later period. As you can see, I went out of my way to avoid spending much time on the post-Holland period as there's just too many classics that would be left off in favor of later, dated hits like Getcha Back.


Thinking more about it, the best Beach Boys two-disc compilation would probably end at Holland and be called "The First Ten Years" since it covers everything they recorded from 1962-1972 (with Holland being released only a week into 1973). That would free up a lot of extra space between the two discs and kind of represents their last hurrah before they became a popular oldies act (15 Big Ones), put their hands on a Brian solo album (Love You) and then put out records that are mostly pointless to the general public ever since. The only exception, of course, is the new one. However, since it just came out, it's not like tracks from it would really need to be on a compilation like this. A two disc set that ended at Holland would get universal acclaim (including a "10" from Pitchfork) and would get a lot of the younger, hipper crowd into the band without pushing the cheesier latter-day stuff onto them.

That would be cool, but I think there are definitely 2 discs worth of gems spanning 76-2012. So 2 2-disc sets.
Or just a box set. It could be called: Good Vibrations: 50 years of the Beach Boys.

If they were smart they would call the box set 'Celebration: 50 Years of The Beach Boys'.

[The Shift]

What household doesn't least have one or two "Best Of The Beach Boys" configurations.

Erm
I'm thinking I have around 8 or 9 compiliations NOT counting the box sets.  My wife says I'm obsessed........ 

Tell her from me you're a lightweight. And that's from a comparatively lightweight lightweight, ya lightweight.  Yours, lightweight.

[punkinhead]

Every reunion on dvd and cd. 

[pixletwin]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

[joshferrell]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

a greatest hits cd with the sun on the cover..lol...

[pixletwin]

I was kind of hoping he was alluding to a live DVD. 

[The Shift]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

"Shiny" eh? Glow Crescent Grow springs to mind...

[Andrew G. Doe]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

Perchance he omitted the word "new" ?

[Wirestone]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

"Shiny" eh? Glow Crescent Grow springs to mind...

It's a band that Scott is in. Nothing to do with the BBs.

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[The Shift]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

"Shiny" eh? Glow Crescent Grow springs to mind...

It's a band that Scott is in. Nothing to do with the BBs.

:blush

[pixletwin]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

Perchance he omitted the word "new" ?

indubitably, my good sir!

[buddhahat]

Scott Bennett told me on facebook last night to "Look for Shiny album in a month." Any one have a clue what he may have been alluding to?

"Shiny" eh? Glow Crescent Grow springs to mind...

It's a band that Scott is in. Nothing to do with the BBs.

Now I'm lost. Is this a joke or was Bennett plugging his own band's new album? Or should we be excited for new BB product?!

[pixletwin]

Pretty sure he was plugging his band at this point. 

[buddhahat]

Pretty sure he was plugging his band at this point. 

How dare he.

[GoogaMooga]

I don't know whether I should buy the 50th anniv comp for that one rerecording of Do it Again. How vital is it?

[pixletwin]

Pretty sure he was plugging his band at this point. 

How dare he.

Yes truly. Has he no shame? 

[The Shift]

I don't know whether I should buy the 50th anniv comp for that one rerecording of Do it Again. How vital is it?

I got it on the zinepak comp in a trade recently (many thanks !!!) but I prefer the version in the YouTube vid for the chatter at the end where someone says something along the lines of "No we DON'T got it…" Feels more of a rock n roll ending, and nicely substitutes for the  original LP version's Workshop ending.

But hey, I regard anything by this band as essential (except the Spotify Playlist) so I'm perhaps not the most objective person to be answering.

[rab2591]

I don't know whether I should buy the 50th anniv comp for that one rerecording of Do it Again. How vital is it?

I came SO close to buying the Zinepack at my local Wal Mart the other day. But in the end, I realized I was paying $14 for 1 song. Personally I don't think it's vital at all.