MIC itself is great. But I think the problem is the lack of fans. They're simply not nearly as many fans as there are with other classic rock bands.
Once again, it's their long-suffering image problem.
The front cover didn't help either. There should have been a much better cover, instead of a gold/orange cover with a wave which did little more than make people say stuff like "oh the horror", or "No more bubblegum crap" or "Surfin' Bullshit".
It's a shame, as it's a fucking great box set
It's not a "lack of fans", the beach boys still sell very well. Also they still put asses in Seats on tour.
The problem is no advertising, bad timing, no promotion from the band and the fact it was way too expensive.
Look how well smile did, that's because it got a average advertising campaign. MIC got simply no promotion, it just got randomly released
MiC also didn't get a single mention by anyone at the BW-JB show in Houston, which is inexplicable to me. I am not a big Mike Love fan, but I must admit he plugged the heck out of TWGMTR during the C50 show, and all copies at the venue were sold out.
Since Brian, Al, and David are not allowed to use the Beach Boys' name, does that also mean that they would not be allowed to sell copies of
MiC at their shows? I assume that they could still plug the box, but plugging is less effective when they don't have physical copies of the box with them to sell. Even so, for the life of me I don't understand why they wouldn't be encouraging people at their shows to buy it. Even if one or more of them has a grudge against one or more people currently playing under the name of "The Beach Boys," poor sales for this boxed set hurts everyone.
TWGMTR was for sale at the merch booth for the BW-JB show (but not cheap - $20), so apparently they aren't prohibited from selling BB product. Maybe MiC was too expensive for them to buy copies to take on tour.
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