SMiLE Sessions box set!

[bgas]

And now for some news on the other favorite subject of Andrew's: German football (soccer).

Trust me, to a Man U fan, right now German soccer seems like a fine option. 

But I want to hear more about your butler

[homeontherange]

Note the item on the shelf saying "The Beach Boys" in SMiLE font. Anybody here who knows what that might be?

Umm. Good Vibrations/H&V 78rpm single from Record store day. How did you miss that?

[Andrew G. Doe]

And now for some news on the other favorite subject of Andrew's: German football (soccer).

Trust me, to a Man U fan, right now German soccer seems like a fine option. 

But I want to hear more about your butler

Hoddle is a treasure. I'd be lost without him. Always to hand with a hot water bottle.

[tansen]

Now to a more important issue: Which headphones do I use with the first 'Smile Sessions' listen? ;

My Grado SR-60s, my in-ear AKG Q350's, or in fact my good old studio AKG K240 closed-back's?

[Micha]

Note the item on the shelf saying "The Beach Boys" in SMiLE font. Anybody here who knows what that might be?

That's from National Record Day. It had the first official hint about SMiLE in it (a card saying coming soon).

That's a 78 rpm cover? I didn't look out for the cover art. Boy, this guy IS a SMiLE fan!

[Micha]

And now for some news on the other favorite subject of Andrew's: German football (soccer).

Trust me, to a Man U fan, right now German soccer seems like a fine option.  

Yesterday Hannover scored twice against the goalkeeper Man U tried to get last summer. Is that a consolation?

[Heysaboda]

And now for some news on the other favorite subject of Andrew's: German football (soccer).

Trust me, to a Man U fan, right now German soccer seems like a fine option. 

But I want to hear more about your butler

Hoddle is a treasure. I'd be lost without him. Always to hand with a hot water bottle.

AGD, what ever became of your Fern?  Did it receive an early copy of the Smile set?

[Andrew G. Doe]

And now for some news on the other favorite subject of Andrew's: German football (soccer).

Trust me, to a Man U fan, right now German soccer seems like a fine option. 

But I want to hear more about your butler

Hoddle is a treasure. I'd be lost without him. Always to hand with a hot water bottle.

AGD, what ever became of your Fern?  Did it receive an early copy of the Smile set?

Yeah, but it wouldn't let me near it. 

[hypehat]

Now to a more important issue: Which headphones do I use with the first 'Smile Sessions' listen? ;

My Grado SR-60s, my in-ear AKG Q350's, or in fact my good old studio AKG K240 closed-back's?

Studio ones fo sure 

[desmondo]

Now to a more important issue: Which headphones do I use with the first 'Smile Sessions' listen? ;

My Grado SR-60s, my in-ear AKG Q350's, or in fact my good old studio AKG K240 closed-back's?

Studio ones fo sure 

Dr Dre's Beats - the big mothers

[Andrew G. Doe]

Hardened old cynic and curmudgeon that I am, when the box arrives I will spend maybe half an hour just sitting with it in my hands, unopened, looking at it... running my fingertips over it... hugging it to my chest now and then as I rock back and forth gently smiling, eyes closed. I will very probably weep a little with pure joy.

Because this is a day I never expected to see.  

Ronnie strikes again. 

[SMiLE Brian]

Hardened old cynic and curmudgeon that I am, when the box arrives I will spend maybe half an hour just sitting with it in my hands, unopened, looking at it... running my fingertips over it... hugging it to my chest now and then as I rock back and forth gently smiling, eyes closed. I will very probably weep a little with pure joy.

Because this is a day I never expected to see.  

Ronnie strikes again. 

He should start an art gallery of your portraits.

[pixletwin]

Holy crap that is awesome. 

[37!ws]

So, is there any chance of orders going out early?  This is the first time I've dealt with Amazon, so I'm not sure how their shipments generally work.  Do shipments ever go out and arrive before the release date?  I can wait until Nov. 1, but I certainly wouldn't complain if the box arrived earlier!

Dunno about Amazon...I'm guessing if you specifically ordered it to arrive on the day of the release, it IS possible...chances are they're approximating the ship-by date.

However, I ordered The Beatles In Mono through Best Buy, also with the "arrive on release day" option. The release date: September 9, 2009. When I returned to my desk after my lunch break the DAY BEFORE, it was on my desk!

Fingers crossed....

[Andrew G. Doe]

Actually... those robes do look good on me...

[Mikie]

Damn, Ronnie - you're really good, man! I have all your 'artwork' in a little folder on my desktop. The one with the SMiLE album in the fire gets me! And the advertizing billboard with all the SMiLE release dates up until now - Ha Ha!  

[Andrew G. Doe]

Holy crap that is awesome. 

In all seriousness, Ronnie is a Photoshop genius.

[SMiLE Brian]

I almost want him to photoshop me in a picture now because all his pictures are so well made.

[Shady]

Hardened old cynic and curmudgeon that I am, when the box arrives I will spend maybe half an hour just sitting with it in my hands, unopened, looking at it... running my fingertips over it... hugging it to my chest now and then as I rock back and forth gently smiling, eyes closed. I will very probably weep a little with pure joy.

Because this is a day I never expected to see.  

Ronnie strikes again. 

 

[tansen]

Now to a more important issue: Which headphones do I use with the first 'Smile Sessions' listen? ;

My Grado SR-60s, my in-ear AKG Q350's, or in fact my good old studio AKG K240 closed-back's?

Studio ones fo sure 

Yeah, I think I agree

[atroxi]

Question for those with a better ear than mine (and the ability to turn the volume up) - are the samples in the MP3 player embedded on this page http://www.beachboys-smile.de from the box set?  I'd imagine they were (and they sound new to these ears,) but I can't really give them a good listen @ work.

[hypehat]

I'm not listening to more than a second, but some board members might go nuts in 4...3...2...1.....

[bgas]

Holy crap that is awesome. 

In all seriousness, Ronnie is a Photoshop genius.

If Brian's people had used Ronnie for the control board shot, there wouldn't be any questioning going on about the subject.

[Ebb and Flow]

Question for those with a better ear than mine (and the ability to turn the volume up) - are the samples in the MP3 player embedded on this page http://www.beachboys-smile.de from the box set?  I'd imagine they were (and they sound new to these ears,) but I can't really give them a good listen @ work.

"Child" vocals on Look.  Sounds legit to me.

[drbeachboy]

Hardened old cynic and curmudgeon that I am, when the box arrives I will spend maybe half an hour just sitting with it in my hands, unopened, looking at it... running my fingertips over it... hugging it to my chest now and then as I rock back and forth gently smiling, eyes closed. I will very probably weep a little with pure joy.

Because this is a day I never expected to see.  

Ronnie strikes again.  

AGD, our patron saint of all things SMiLE!