THE BEACH BOYS 1964 KEEP AN EYE ON SUMMER (follow up to The Big Beat 1963)

[Emdeeh]

 

[Mikie]

Egohanger, I'm pretty certain these are all fresh transfers. New stereo mixes for pretty much every track and everything sounds a thousand times better than SOT boots.

Well..................I dunno about that.

[tansen]

Mp3s... Where's the vinyl or CD? Or at the very least FLACs? I'm not sure they know what demographics they are selling this to.

[37!ws]

Apple doesn't use MP3s; they're Apple's own compression scheme. Haven't gotten KAEOS yet, but at least their Beatles release last year was compressed and still sounded better than any boot I've ever heard.

[Smilin Ed H]

I can't even download bliddy itunes!

[Wirestone]

Mp3s... Where's the vinyl or CD? Or at the very least FLACs? I'm not sure they know what demographics they are selling this to.

They're not trying to sell it to anyone. It's a copyright extension scheme, pure and simple. Kudos to Mark and Alan for going above and beyond, but the corporate interests involved are simply interested in preserving intellectual property rights.

[37!ws]

Yeah, Dylan fans only get it on vinyl -- and only 100 copies released.

[tansen]

Apple doesn't use MP3s; they're Apple's own compression scheme. Haven't gotten KAEOS yet, but at least their Beatles release last year was compressed and still sounded better than any boot I've ever heard.

You're right Dauber, but that wasn't the point. They're of course using AAC, 256kbps. My point is that any serious music fan would want some sort of lossless format.

[HeyJude]

Mp3s... Where's the vinyl or CD? Or at the very least FLACs? I'm not sure they know what demographics they are selling this to.

They're not trying to sell it to anyone. It's a copyright extension scheme, pure and simple. Kudos to Mark and Alan for going above and beyond, but the corporate interests involved are simply interested in preserving intellectual property rights.

Very true. Another tidbit of info that tells you how much Capitol wanted to invest in this project beyond the mixing/mastering stage is the fact that the "cover art" for all of these releases, while certainly harmless, kind of looks like a late 90's fan-made photoshop cover.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I broke my computer uninstalling iTunes so Im hesitsnt to mess with them again. Hope these show up on Amazon. ...

[Rob Dean]

Well I've done the download from itunes , and it missed/skipped download of 3 tracks - Christ it's like having bad sex 

[Rob Dean]

Also interesting to note on UK ITunes that release date is ,

 'Released: 01 January 2014
℗ 2014 Capitol Records, LLC'       

[Ebb and Flow]

Just have to repeat that besides the quality of the music/selection of tracks, the sound quality on this is amazing.  Just a straight, unadulterated presentation of what's there on the tapes.  Very similar to the SOT releases in that regard, though with even better SQ.

If they made a hundred more releases like this one I'd buy every single one.

[job]

My Sacramento Live Set seems to be missing a few tracks.

[job]

My Sacramento Live Set seems to be missing a few tracks.

Actually just realized iTunes held back those tracks and I had to pay an additional 1.49 each to get them.

[Mikie]

So 37!ws is Dauber??  I didn't know that!  Hi Dauber!

[Mikie]

Well I've done the download from itunes , and it missed/skipped download of 3 tracks - Christ it's like having bad sex 

Ah, jeez, bad sex really sucks!

[job]

Well I've done the download from itunes , and it missed/skipped download of 3 tracks - Christ it's like having bad sex 

Ah, jeez, bad sex really sucks!

Nah...sex is like pizza: even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.

[Mikie]

Apple doesn't use MP3s; they're Apple's own compression scheme. Haven't gotten KAEOS yet, but at least their Beatles release last year was compressed and still sounded better than any boot I've ever heard.

Would you please refresh my memory on the Beatles release last year? Are you talking about the BBC Sessions?   And what is "KAEOS"?

Thanks. I've been outta the Beatles loop for a little while.

[ontor pertawst]

Loving the live tracks at the end of this... so how much an improvement is the live collection over the boot? Should I pull the trigger on that?

[job]

For some reason the liner notes are gone from bb.com.

[alf wiedersehen]

Well I've done the download from itunes , and it missed/skipped download of 3 tracks - Christ it's like having bad sex 

Ah, jeez, bad sex really sucks!

Nah...sex is like pizza: even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.

You've obviously never eaten at Little Ceasars.

[ontor pertawst]

So true. Crazy Bread can f*** right off.

[37!ws]

Apple doesn't use MP3s; they're Apple's own compression scheme. Haven't gotten KAEOS yet, but at least their Beatles release last year was compressed and still sounded better than any boot I've ever heard.

Would you please refresh my memory on the Beatles release last year? Are you talking about the BBC Sessions?   And what is "KAEOS"?

KAEOS = Keep An Eye On Summer.

The Beatles...well, the mention of the BBC stuff opens a small can of worms in terms of keeping track...

In 2013, the original Live at the BBC was re-mastered and re-issued (and for the most part, the crossfades between some unrelated tracks were taken out, thank God) on CD, vinyl, and iTunes, and a second volume was released concurrently. In fact, the two were also released as a reduced-price CD box set that of course I pounced on.

In December 2013, there was an iTunes-only release that was for copyright extension, called The Beatles Bootleg Collection 1963. (Man, that day was stressful - on the release day it first came out in Europe but in some countries it was taken down hours later, others minutes later, and even others seconds later -- fans were worried that they were only going to be up long enough to legally meet the new copyright extension law, but they came back online later in the day and are still there now.) The release consisted about 50% of studio recording sessions in absolutely stunning quality, and the other 50% was more BBC recordings in varying quality. (It actually had two instances of the same performance of "She Loves You," btw, apparently because the same performance aired on two different BBC shows, but nobody actually LISTENED to the recording and realized it was exactly the same!) I don't believe there were any liner notes for this release.

And what kills me, again, is that people were complaining about the $39.99 price -- including those who twenty years earlier paid between $50 and $60 for pretty much the same material in the "imports" section of their favorite indy record stores without complaining!

And of course, the Beach Boys/BW release last year was Big Beat 1963...which is seriously the most odd (in a good way) Beach Boys compilation I've ever seen!

[Emdeeh]

Is there any album artwork for the new BB releases?