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« Reply #9475 on: December 27, 2011, 07:58:06 PM » |
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box set price on amazon now at $97.99
that is one huge price drop......
Deep Discount is selling it for an amazing $87.74! http://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/BEACH-BOYS-SMILE-SESSIONS-5099902765822I was lucky enough to have my wife get my copy from them for only 89.99 as a Christmas present. Absolutely fantastic package, even though I'll probably never play the vinyl. It's wonderful to have the LP just to hang up on the wall over my desk right next to my Pet Sounds LP. |
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« Reply #9476 on: December 28, 2011, 10:13:41 AM » |
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and now amazon has jacked the price of the box set back to $139.99
and it was selling again at the lower price.
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« Reply #9477 on: December 28, 2011, 10:23:25 AM » |
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and now amazon has jacked the price of the box set back to $139.99
and it was selling again at the lower price.
They didn't "jack" the price, they returned it to their normal price. You didn't think it was going to stay at $97.99 forever, did you? |
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« Reply #9478 on: December 29, 2011, 09:11:32 AM » |
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Finally got my box, and my vinyl sounded amazing on my turntable. The whole packaging was great along with the booklet with all the unseen SMiLE era photos.
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And production aside, I’d so much rather hear a 14 year old David Marks shred some guitar on Chug-a-lug than hear a 51 year old Mike Love sing about bangin some chick in a swimming pool.-rab2591
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« Reply #9479 on: December 31, 2011, 05:11:19 AM » |
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I also got my box for Christmas and it's fantastic. Got to get a Grammy ! Great work !
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« Reply #9480 on: January 01, 2012, 01:33:41 PM » |
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Just got an email from Amazon US telling me they've refunded my UK import fee deposit of nearly $25. Woo, and a small hoo as well !
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« Reply #9481 on: January 01, 2012, 04:18:06 PM » |
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Just got an email from Amazon US telling me they've refunded my UK import fee deposit of nearly $25. Woo, and a small hoo as well !
How did you go about getting it AGD? I got a import tax bill from DHL... |
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« Reply #9482 on: January 01, 2012, 10:47:37 PM » |
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Just got an email from Amazon US telling me they've refunded my UK import fee deposit of nearly $25. Woo, and a small hoo as well !
How did you go about getting it AGD? I got a import tax bill from DHL... Didn't - just dropped into my inbox out of the blue. |
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« Reply #9483 on: January 07, 2012, 02:27:57 PM » |
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Think the records [minus Social Security numbers] and tapebox photos will ever be available on-line or for sale for study? Gaw, I'm such a nerd.
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« Reply #9484 on: January 31, 2012, 05:32:07 PM » |
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None. You've wasted your money. It's all the group dicking about and recording pointless sections over and over again with no clear end in sight.
The End. |
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And production aside, I’d so much rather hear a 14 year old David Marks shred some guitar on Chug-a-lug than hear a 51 year old Mike Love sing about bangin some chick in a swimming pool.-rab2591
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« Reply #9485 on: January 31, 2012, 07:40:59 PM » |
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If anybody cares. I e-mailed metacritic and let them know that Mojo gave it 5 stars. They've since added it bumping the score up to 96/100 based on 22 reviews
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« Reply #9486 on: January 31, 2012, 08:02:03 PM » |
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If anybody cares. I e-mailed metacritic and let them know that Mojo gave it 5 stars. They've since added it bumping the score up to 96/100 based on 22 reviews
Good work sir! I will finally be able to get my hands on my boxset in 2 weeks time, I can't wait. |
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« Reply #9487 on: February 01, 2012, 01:06:50 AM » |
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Did Brian invent metal music with the song "Fire"?
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« Reply #9488 on: February 01, 2012, 01:57:19 AM » |
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I gotta say, one of the things I miss going from BWPS to TSS is the link track between Child and Surf's Up. That's such a beautiful piece of music.
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« Reply #9489 on: February 01, 2012, 02:14:56 AM » |
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I gotta say, one of the things I miss going from BWPS to TSS is the link track between Child and Surf's Up. That's such a beautiful piece of music.
What he said. +1. I never understood why some folks over time dismissed BWPS. Firstly, it is the template after which TSS (disk 1) was assembled. And secondly, the link tracks are truly both beautiful and functional. And thirdly, BWPS is a gorgeously performed song cycle in its own right. That is why BWPS is a historically very important release (with special emphasis on my first argument - because it is totally objective). |
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« Reply #9490 on: February 01, 2012, 09:21:35 AM » |
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Did Brian invent metal music with the song "Fire"?
No, he invented it about 2 years earlier on All Summer Long with I Get Around, Little Honda and Wendy. |
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« Reply #9491 on: February 01, 2012, 09:33:29 AM » |
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Link Wray invented heavy metal.
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« Reply #9492 on: February 01, 2012, 09:50:49 AM » |
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True, he pretty much pioneered the whole power chord thang.
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« Reply #9493 on: February 01, 2012, 10:56:41 AM » |
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True, he pretty much pioneered the whole power chord thang.
Wrong. Carol Kaye is the inventor of HM and Grunge and all that jazz. Any fule knows that. |
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« Reply #9494 on: March 28, 2012, 03:32:54 PM » |
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I am wondering... ... ... if Capitol is "done" servicing this boxset? For example, will it ever be reissued with just the 5 CDs, no LPs, and a smaller box size? Anyone?
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« Reply #9495 on: March 31, 2012, 08:59:21 AM » |
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Link Wray invented heavy metal.
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« Reply #9496 on: April 19, 2012, 07:27:27 AM » |
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I just want to say it's been almost 6 months and I still love this thing.
Anybody talk to Mark or Alan? Do they visit here? Or are they busy on future releases? Do they know that, despite our occasional nitpicking, that we all love the Smile box and think they did one hell of a job? Do they know they have provided up with years of musical entertainment to carry us through a future of uncertainty and evil? When will they sit us on their knee and tell us the tale of the "Child Is Father of the Man" acetate?
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« Reply #9497 on: April 19, 2012, 07:05:47 PM » |
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When I walk into a record store these days the first thing I check out is what they have SMiLE-wise. Do they have the box? The vinyl? The two cd set?
If they have them I dig how Frank Holmes' cover artwork trumps anything else ever made & think of how better the SMiLE music is to any of the pop offerings available since.
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