Where is that %^&$@#&* MIC Box Set @#$%^&*(!!!

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Can we get this back on topic?

kthankx

[halblaineisgood]

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[The Heartical Don]

Can we get this back on topic?

kthankx

OK. Now, rumour has it that there is a box set in the making, or nearly finished, or finished, titled Made In California.

Is there any truth to this? 

[The Shift]

Can we get this back on topic?

kthankx

OK. Now, rumour has it that there is a box set in the making, or nearly finished, or finished, titled Made In California.

Is there any truth to this? 

Am beginning to wonder whether it's already been through a few permutations that we might never get to hear about…

[STE]

Experiencing The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette for the very first time as I type.

Um.

Not really happening. Somewhat sub-Jimmy Webb... trying a bit too hard. When I first heard Odessey & Oracle I was doing backflips around the room after two cuts. That's not happening here, at all.

[later] OK, so over halfway through. Getting a bit tedious now. I'll see it through to the end, but this will be the first and last listen.

It has it's moments, but overall, I agree with Andrew here -- it's no masterpiece! But their '66-'67 singles ARE I think.

For those who have not heard it, The Further Adventures of Charles Westover by Del Shannon is a stone-cold classic ... top 10 for me for sure.

Yes, we should really get back to topic...

but "The Further Adventures of Charles Westover" is mostly great, although I think the original Home and Away is much much better.
The song "Gemini" is absolutely magnificent: http://youtu.be/MuWIjwsnBhg

[alanjames]

Phil Cohen said: the box will never happen. Maybe I'll believe him

[tansen]

I'm not. Just saying that to my ears, nothing grabs me and that part of the problem is that they're trying too hard. Other parts are a well-dodgy stereo mix and some uninspired/derivative/formulaic songwriting. I'm not dismissing the Seasons entirely, just this one album that I had high hopes for based on the comments of others.

Please try to understand that just because someone likes an album, it doesn't mean everyone else has to. I listened to it, uninterrupted and cold, aside from a few comments here, and it did nothing for me. That's it, I gave it a fair shot.

I'm not saying you have to, Andrew. But fair enough.

[The Shift]

Is it possible to hive-off the 4Seasons stuff into a sep thread?  After all, it's a genuine fact that the surfers rule – you'd better believe it.

[Gertie J.]

Phil Cohen said: the box will never happen. Maybe I'll believe him

traitor!!!! 

[drbeachboy]

OldNEwJerseyDude  bought a copy of imitation Life gazette the first day it was released.

I assume you are directing it at me. No, I did not buy it back then. I think I first heard it around 71 or 72, but did not listen again until I bought it a couple years ago when it was suggested that it was the 4 Seasons' Smile over on the Hoffman Board. It isn't. I hope it is Ok by you that I don't have to like everything that you like.

[LostArt]

There was somebody that posted a story (here? Hoffman? Record Room?) about meeting Frankie Valli in an airport somewhere, and this person shook Frankie's hand and told him that The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette was his favorite 4 Seasons album, and Valli just rolled his eyes and said, "really?".

[The Shift]

Is this gonna be the 3rd box set thread to get shutdown?   

[The Heartical Don]

Is this gonna be the 3rd box set thread to get shutdown?   

I see no indication of that. Besides, it is MY thread. It will stand. Seen? 

[Cabinessenceking]

Made in California box set is complete and about to be delivered to Capitol.  Release date as yet undetermined.

Someone please tell me this is true

someone on the internet said it! I'll take that for truth any day!

[EgoHanger1966]

Is this gonna be the 3rd box set thread to get shutdown?   

In real life, conversations often take tangents and turns. So, when you talk about exceptionally talented 60s vocal groups, you might have a little aside about New Jersey's own. I think it's perfectly fine - other forums would call this "threadcrapping", it's more like "natural". However, when nice mod Billy says we should stop our tangent, it's probably time we should.

Onwards and upwards.

Now, who has the tracklisting for MiC? (Besides Andrew....)

[The Heartical Don]

Is this gonna be the 3rd box set thread to get shutdown?   

In real life, conversations often take tangents and turns. So, when you talk about exceptionally talented 60s vocal groups, you might have a little aside about New Jersey's own. I think it's perfectly fine - other forums would call this "threadcrapping", it's more like "natural". However, when nice mod Billy says we should stop our tangent, it's probably time we should.

Onwards and upwards.

Now, who has the tracklisting for MiC? (Besides Andrew....)

 

Now that's what I call a return to topic. I am afeard AGD keeps his lips sealed. Perhaps he is even listening to some sort of proof copy of the box as we speak. And then he will return, acting the blissful ignorant...

[Iron Horse-Apples]

OK, back on topic

Ralph McTell, what do we think? Very underrated IMO

[Mike's Beard]

At least nobody is talking about Oasis yet.

[The Shift]

Everybody's talking at me but I can't hear a word they're sayin', only the echoes of my mind…

I saw Ralph McTell live once. He was joined on stage for his encore by – literally – dozens of other musicians. A subsequent headcount revealed that there were more members of Fairport Convention on stage that night than there were in Fairport Convention at the time.

Sorry, I'm a hypocrite I know…

[Andrew G. Doe]

Phil Cohen said: the box will never happen. Maybe I'll believe him

Phil Cohen may never happen.

[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, back on topic

Ralph McTell, what do we think? Very underrated IMO

Recorded a creditable version of "Granny Takes A Trip". Seriously.

[The Heartical Don]

What about Wishbone Ash then?

How long did we wait again for the Smile Sessions? From Jardine's first hint (blooper?) to the date of release?

[Iron Horse-Apples]

February to November 2011 I think. Much less.

I know I'm going to come on here one day soon and see this thread has leapt forward 20 pages.

[rogerlancelot]

I started a new thread in the General Music Discussion forum concerning Genuine Imitation Life Gazette here:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,15286.0.html

[SurfRiderHawaii]

Curious what unreleased tracks people "don't want to see" on MIC, considering there will be a limited space allocated for that purpose.

Two that I'd certainly leave off are 'Battle Hymm' and any version of 'Barbara Ann'.