Durrie Parks SMiLE acetates to be auctioned, Dec. 9-10

[send me a picture and i'll tell you]

Saw this on the Hoffman board:

https://entertainment.ha.com/c/search/results.zx?dept=2182&mode=live&auction_name=7433&consignor_no=174&type=friend-consignorlive-notice

[Julia]

Breaks my heart in a way. They belong in a museum with digitized copies to source for a 60th anniversary boxset.

As a big lost/obscure media buff, the sad reality is the fans always care more about the art than the people who actually own it. Piracy is a necessary "evil" to ensure preservation in a world where film companies don't put most of their libraries on streaming, where videogame companies lose the original source code of their classic games and where music companies allow priceless reels to go missing from their vaults.

*steps off soapbox*

Anyway, I hope whoever can afford to buy these takes good care of them and backs them up immediately.

[juggler]

So.... how did VDP come into possession of a 'Time to Get Alone' acetate?  Is there an untold story behind this?  Did Brian offer VDP a chance to do lyrics for the track?

[rasmus skotte]

                              The great topical SMiLE~acetates BriANADROME~meme by CenturyDeprived/PapaLaPap (2020)
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     DiD TOPDRAWER (TOP''n'REER) ACETATES; D*PARKS/ONE DURRiE=#SMiLEr~PRELIM*S~"HEiR"!  RUDE, NO ?
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[rasmus skotte]

So.... how did VDP come into possession of a 'Time to Get Alone' acetate?  Is there an untold story behind this?  Did Brian offer VDP a chance to do lyrics for the track?

Could this explain it: The original Brian~produced Redwood (Three Dog Night) version being cancelled by the other Beach Boys ?
And btw: where is the BW/VDParks' "Sunflower Maiden" in all this ?

                             The great topical SMiLE~acetates BriANADROME~meme by CenturyDeprived/PapaLaPap (2020)
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     DiD TOPDRAWER (TOP''n'REER) ACETATES; D*PARKS/ONE DURRiE=#SMiLEr~PRELIM*S~"HEiR"!  RUDE, NO ?
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                              SKRAP'd  SET  ATE  CAREER; 'n' POT (:rewardpot"?)  DiD  TOO,  W/ !««  

[harveyw]

I think these acetates are the same ones that Jeff Gold at Recordmecca auctioned some years back.
https://recordmecca.com/item-archives/beach-boys-8-original-smile-acetates-from-the-collection-of-van-dyke-parks/