NEW "SOUNDS OF SUMMER" CD + T-SHIRT

[PongHit]

[RadBooley]

Kind of hard to work up any desire to buy another box set of anything after owning The SMiLE Sessions box.

[Freddie French-Pounce]

Part of me still says I should by this album, but considering I hardly play my CD's and i have all the Beach boys albums on vinyl, is there any need for me to get it?

[Pretty Funky]

Under $20 on ebay though. Not bad.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Kind of hard to work up any desire to buy another box set of anything after owning The SMiLE Sessions box.

That box will look good in a shelf.

[Mr. Wilson]

I already own the 1st 2 versions so ill pass but i"d buy the tshirt.!

[Justin]

A box that contains a CD I already own and an unwearable XL shirt....yeah, no thanks.

[Zach95]

I feel bad though, should I own at least ONE of their compilations?

[Andrew G. Doe]

I feel bad though, should I own at least ONE of their compilations?

Yup: the 1993 box set.

[CarlTheVoice]

Nice box, cool t shirt but I don't think I'll buy the album again. If the official websites start putting out merchandise for this year (tour/general BB/re-releases) then I'll be more than happy to buy stuff like this individually.

[Zander]

Please tell me this isn't the "new" career spanning box set...

[Lowbacca]

Please tell me this isn't the "new" career spanning box set...

Could be.  It meets the definition for 'new' as it didn't include the shirt before and it is more or less career-spanning.

Come to think of it.. would another career-spanning box-set make any sense anyway? There's the '93 box set, there's SOUNDS of SUMMER, there's all kinds of greatest hits compilations, the recent singles box etc. etc. - could be tough to market another box set to the general audience. Maybe that new box set turns out to be a thing for the fans after all, compiling largely unreleased recordings, outtakes and alternate mixes spanning their whole career. On the other hand, the rumoured live box set could also be career-spanning (classic mid-60s cuts like Sacramento, than the legendary early 70s stuff, something unreleased from the 80s and a few good cuts from the 90s era with a seasoned Carl and era-specific voices like Matt Jardine).

[ESQ Editor]

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[Mr. Wilson]

We need a release of the 93 tour..The tour with the long set advertising 93 box set. A DVD also.!! PLEASE

[Lowbacca]

We need a release of the 93 tour..The tour with the long set advertising 93 box set. A DVD also.!! PLEASE

That'd be a-w-e-s-o-m-e.

[Andrew G. Doe]

On the other hand, the rumoured live box set...

Rumored... where, exactly ? 

[Lowbacca]

On the other hand, the rumoured live box set...

Rumored... where, exactly ? 

This forum, mainly?

[hypehat]

To be fair, people here have salivating over a live boxset happens regardless.

[Les Chan]

Mr Wilson ,

I really like your idea even though you just started a rumor!   I think a lot of us would like one of those shows with a DVD too!

[Paulos]

The 1993 box set is 19 years old, Endless Harmony was 14 years ago, Hawthorne C.A. was 10 years ago - it's high time for a new career spanning boxset for a band as important as the Beach Boys. As mentioned in several other threads since the celebration announcement there is still quite a few high quality songs unreleased - WIBNTLA, Carry Me Home, California Slide/I'm Going Your Way, California Feelin', Big Sur (Original version), Back Home (Original version) etc. Plus, according to those on the board much more knowledgable than I, there are a lot of quality live recordings in the vaults, maybe even include the Smile tracks that had fly-ins, Barnyard, I'm In Great Shape etc, without the fly-ins. I also wouldn't mind if a new box set repeated tracks from GV, EH and HC as long as we got a nice selection of unreleased tracks such as those I've just mentioned.

[Heysaboda]

To be fair, people here have salivating over a live boxset happens regardless.

well, I think we're all salivating all the time ...  it's what we do   

[Iron Horse-Apples]

The 1993 box set is 19 years old, Endless Harmony was 14 years ago, Hawthorne C.A. was 10 years ago

Thanks, you've just made me feel very old. I remember my bus journey to buy the 93' boxset very clearly, after having phoned around various shops and finding one miles away that had it in. I also remember how cross my then girlfriend was because I'd spent a large chunk of our holiday money on it without a second thought.

"But it's got Love To Say Da Da on it" I cried

Justification enough for me.

And we had good music on holiday.

[Shady]

I'm getting obsessed with this box, I think I need to get it 

Why is the tee so ugly 

[donald]

Yes to a new box set with upgraded sonics, more songs,  and such.   An 8 disc set from the beginning through the 90's, including much of the material unreleased at the time of the 1st box.  It is high time and I would certainly buy it.

Also, the 93 live material, the "box set" tour would be a great companion piece.

As for T Shirts, I seldom find one I really like and will actually wear.  Something tasteful with logo only would be nice.
What would be nice; The appeal to the great spirit or the coke logo.  In a simple black or white.  No cartoonish hotrods or surfboards, no weird color combinations.  No tour dates.

[Mr. Wilson]

Hi Les.! Sorry i didnt mean to start a rumor.! Heck even Bruce has posted over the years + Alan in Goldmine that those shows are GREAT..! And Bruce said they should be released including rehearsals..Ive heard 2 of those shows + without a doubt both are keepers. BB harmonies arent quite as high as in their youth but well sung + played. I read somewhere CW wasnt as impressed.{Goldmine}..Jeez CW was really 2 hard on himself .IMHO.