Special Walmart Exclusive Product for C50

[bgas]

Broke down/ went to Walmart this morning to get the Zinepak.
No one in the store had a clue to what I was referrring. "come back later, maybe those people that bring in the music will have it" 
That instills confidence, for sure.

[Vega-Table Man]

Yeah, I was going to stop on my way to work, but I was guessing I'd run into the same thing. Maybe I'll try this evening... at the earliest.

EDIT: I caved and did pop into my nearest Walmart (Bethlehem, PA) at lunch, and they had it on display in the music section. There were about five copies in a mount at the end of their tiny CD aisle. I walked right by them at first; I was surprised by how small they are (smaller than a Blu-ray case). Glad to have picked one up, though.

[Ron]

Ron is a capitalist. Those who make more money than us obviously work harder than us. He loves Amurricuh. And he and Bruce Johnston are down at the country club complaining how that socialist Obama wants to tax their capital gains.

/end political rant.

/continue political rant.

Yes, I'm a capitalist.  Yes, those who make more money than us work harder than us (in general).  I love America.  I don't complain about socialist Obama; frankly, I don't care what the f*ck the president does, because I kick ass and takes names every f*cking day to make my money. 


Then again; you wouldn't know that, since you misunderstand capitalism.  Get a clue.  The person who makes me successful is me.  Not laws.  Not Wal Mart, or the absense of Wal Mart.  Not whatever clown is in the white house.  Me. 

Ron, you are an impressive man, and an island unto yourself. Keep kicking ass and taking names, buddy, it sounds like you're making tons of money - thanks for letting us know!

Cabinessenceking, will you gay-marry me so I can benefit from Norway's welfare state? I rarely kick ass and take very few names, and as such, I am not half the successful capitalist that Ron is. Hopefully he will use some of his ass kickin' and name takin' fortune to buy me some bootstraps - I could sure use 'em!

Buy them yourself, Boots.  I never said I was making tons of money.  I said I was successful.  I am.   Some of us have to work so that the others don't.  I'm one of the ones who choses to work. 

[southbay]

Anyway, back to the actual zinepak...picked mine up this morning on my way to work. Had to ask them to unpack it out of the box. Listened to Do it Again in the car on the way to work, sounds like the video, of course.  Nice to have that for the collection.  The intro has been edited.  Thumbed through the book quickly but haven't read it yet.  Looks to be nice.  Worth the price.

[bgas]

Ahh, you have a sstore where the workers have brains; that seems to be lacking here. The second store I visited today, evidently the department person didn't want to be bothered, as, when she didn't see it, she told me she doesn't "DO" CDs and the person that does was working in the book department.
Of course there wasn't anyone working in the book department.....

[b00ts]

Ron is a capitalist. Those who make more money than us obviously work harder than us. He loves Amurricuh. And he and Bruce Johnston are down at the country club complaining how that socialist Obama wants to tax their capital gains.

/end political rant.

/continue political rant.

Yes, I'm a capitalist.  Yes, those who make more money than us work harder than us (in general).  I love America.  I don't complain about socialist Obama; frankly, I don't care what the f*ck the president does, because I kick ass and takes names every f*cking day to make my money.  


Then again; you wouldn't know that, since you misunderstand capitalism.  Get a clue.  The person who makes me successful is me.  Not laws.  Not Wal Mart, or the absense of Wal Mart.  Not whatever clown is in the white house.  Me.  

Ron, you are an impressive man, and an island unto yourself. Keep kicking ass and taking names, buddy, it sounds like you're making tons of money - thanks for letting us know!

Cabinessenceking, will you gay-marry me so I can benefit from Norway's welfare state? I rarely kick ass and take very few names, and as such, I am not half the successful capitalist that Ron is. Hopefully he will use some of his ass kickin' and name takin' fortune to buy me some bootstraps - I could sure use 'em!

Buy them yourself, Boots.  I never said I was making tons of money.  I said I was successful.  I am.   Some of us have to work so that the others don't.  I'm one of the ones who choses to work.  

Oh of course, all of a sudden when I ask you to purchase b00tstraps for me, you are not making tons of money. Bootstraps can't cost more than a few bucks, Ron. Help a brother out, my b00ts are falling down.

I'm chuffed to hear that you choose to work instead of taking hand-outs like most people. Do you choose to kick ass and take names also, or is that just incidental to your success?

As for the actual zinepak - I haven't been able to grab a couple yet, what happened with the intro for DIA? They cut it short? Does the track sound like it has been remixed since the promo version we heard? I am looking forward to hearing it in uncompressed CD quality.

[guitarfool2002]

I don't care too much about the CD or the greatest hits it contains, but was wondering before I buy a copy this week whether there are any "new" or interesting photos in the book. If anyone could give a preview I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

[Craig Boyd]

Is there any way I can get a hold of one of these in the UK without resorting to paying some ridiculous price on ebay? Apparently ASDA can't get them in from Walmart 

[Heysaboda]

Ahh, you have a store where the workers have brains; that seems to be lacking here. The second store I visited today, evidently the department person didn't want to be bothered, as, when she didn't see it, she told me she doesn't "DO" CDs and the person that does was working in the book department.
Of course there wasn't anyone working in the book department.....

no... wait... WalMart has a BOOK department?!?!?  Who knew?  LOL

 

[Mikie]

Yeah, I was in Walmart around Christmas looking for presents.   The book department consists of kids books.

[bgas]

Is there any way I can get a hold of one of these in the UK without resorting to paying some ridiculous price on ebay? Apparently ASDA can't get them in from Walmart 

I was back by the first store:  it turns out that Walmart was betting on a huge sale for these, so I bought the only two copies they ordered for this store.
With tax that was $15.19 each. 
For those non-US that can't get it, I can mail it 1st Class package for $7.75. so $23 total. If you want it, send me a message and it can be yours. ( presuming I can find enough here to buy; I'll wait a few days to see if there's any response before I buy them)

However, if you're buyinig it for only for the rare photos, wait until there's a package that has some. 

[Awesoman]

I picked mine up today.  Walmart did not yet have them out on the shelves but gave me a copy when I asked for it.  The "Do It Again" remake is exactly as it was in the video.  Doesn't look like it will appear on the new album after all so you'll probably want to try and order it from Walmart if you want it.  The rest of the tracks are a hodgepodge of hits--not sure if any of them have been newly remastered for this CD but I tend to doubt it.

[Heysaboda]

I have to hand it to you americans. Your system is rubbish, people live in poverty and can only survive by going to the 1 Big American Patriotic Store - Walmart.

Get yourselves a welfare state. I live in Norway and it is truly the way to go, Northern Europe is all welfare states, and few if any are poor, an everyone is free.

Hooray for Norway!  It's actually my dream to retire to Spitsbergen, and no, I am not kidding!  It seems like a lovely place.  And, no Walmarts!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitsbergen

[SonoraDick]

From the 'ZinePak, page 42, concerning the new album...

Q- When did you start working on songs for the new album?

Brian- "I've been writing since 1998, so some of the songs on the album will come from arrangements and melodies I have been toying with over the years. I really like the song on the record called "Shelter", or at least that's the working title for the song as of now!"

(Guess it made the cut!)

[ArchStanton]

Yeah, I was in Walmart around Christmas looking for presents.   The book department consists of kids books.

You forgot about the giant section of evangelical stuff.

I ran into the same problems everyone else did- nothing on the shelf and a clueless staff.  I just went and bought it online- it's worth the $2 extra in shipping to not have to deal with the store. 

[Eric Aniversario]

I went in around 1pm, and couldn't find it in the CD section.  I asked a lady in the electronics section who looked at me funny and said that all the new releases were at the end of the aisle.  We walked over, and it wasn't there.  She asked a lady stocking books about it, and said, "Yeah, it's there, under the Beach Boys", and gave me a look like "IT'S THERE, DUMMY! (Are you really gonna make me walk over there to show you?)"  We walked over and I showed her that it wasn't there, and then she moved the 2 copies they had from the Bo Bice section to the Beach Boys section, and promptly walked away.  I bought 1 copy, and let my buddy Josh (who posts here too) know that there was 1 left, and he came by and scooped up the 2nd copy soon after.

So Beach Boys isn't the same as Bo Bice?  

[Heysaboda]

The Horror.

I wended my way through the (Westminster, CA) Walmart parking lot filled with older gas guzzling American cars and bashed up trucks.  Inside, the enfeebled pasty-faced customers plodded around: dazed-looking, most of them obese or even morbidly obese.  People with horrible tattoos or wearing clothes several sizes too SMALL, or several decades out of date.  Have you ever looked into the eyes of a Walmart shopper?  Horrifying!  People buying junk food and drinking sugary drinks.

Anyway, there were a total of 2 “zinepaks” (WTF?) filed in the Beatles CD section, and I bought one.

I paid cash and escaped the store without further incident.

BTW, my sister works at a Walmart, and it’s been the one stable job in her adulthood.

[bossaroo]

i found mine in the Beatles section too.

comes with 3 somewhat lame postcards apparently "designed by the guys" ...not sure if that includes the clearly-photoshopped wave crashing behind them.

still, it's a cool little collector's item! the CD marks the entry of 'Kokomo" into my music collection.

[Custom Machine]

Got mine at a WalMart that was probably very close to the one Eric got his copy at, but this WalMart had 7 copies (at 2 PM) all in the New Releases end rack.  (It's even possible that more were in the regular CD section, filed under Beach Boys, or more likely Bo Bice, but I didn't check there!)

I found the greatest hits song selection to be disappointing, in that with the exception of Kokomo and the new recording of 1968's Do It Again, the other tracks are all from 63-66, even though above the track list it says "Limited Edition Career Retrospective."  Personally, I wish they would have dropped Be True to Your School and included a couple of deeper more esoteric tracks.  But the 'ZinePak itself is very nicely done, with 72 pages of photos, articles, and interviews.  Definitely a great way to market physical copies of music in this era of increasing download popularity.

In another thread someone mentioned that Summer in Paradise has been omitted from the album listing in the current Beach Boys 50 Tour Program, but it is included here.  I didn't see any photos or mention of Blondie or Ricky.

Also contains the news (if it's been mentioned elsewhere, I missed it) that the June 10 reunion concert at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee will be broadcast on a special YouTube channel, Bonnaroo 365.

Overall a very nicely done package, and easily worth $13.88.

[Steve Mayo]

just got back from my wallymart. yuck. but they did have 3 copies in the music value
 section. none under beach boys. bought them all.
the collection begins.... 

[Runaways]

i'll pick one up in the morning.  I went by around noon today, looked around, didn't see it, nobody around to ask, didn't see Rufus Wainwright's new album, left.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Rather than drive all over town I called first.

Store #1: Black dude puts me on hold for 15 minutes, then comes back and says they don't have it.

Store #2: Indian lady puts me on hold for 10 minutes, then comes back and says something I don't understand but it sounds negative.

Store #3: Ah, a person who speaks plain english. She puts me on hold for 5 minutes, but returns with an affirmative answer. The store is out of my way but I make the trek anyway just to get this nonsense over with.

Since I'm running late for my night job, I reckon I'll just grab dinner inside the Walmart at the Subway. I enter and wait to be served. Middle Eastern woman with brainded hair down to the floor is in back room rummaging around (I reckon I'll find a few of those long hairs in whatever sandwich she ends up preparing for me). She sticks head out and yells something I can't decipher but I think she was saying she'd be right with me.

Three minutes pass. Finally she appears and trots down to the cash register. Oh good, she's going to take my order now. She grabs something, turns, and trots back into the store room. I wait another minute. She does not return. I leave.

Anyway, listening to the CD now. Very pleasant. Book looks fun and informative. Worth the hassle of going to Walmart.

[Emdeeh]

I went looking tonight, but they don't have it in yet -- humph!

[Ron]

Ahh, you have a store where the workers have brains; that seems to be lacking here. The second store I visited today, evidently the department person didn't want to be bothered, as, when she didn't see it, she told me she doesn't "DO" CDs and the person that does was working in the book department.
Of course there wasn't anyone working in the book department.....

no... wait... WalMart has a BOOK department?!?!?  Who knew?  LOL

 

They're all gun magazines, bibles, and video game stuff. 

[Wild-Honey]

Rather than drive all over town I called first.

Store #1: Black dude puts me on hold for 15 minutes, then comes back and says they don't have it.

Store #2: Indian lady puts me on hold for 10 minutes, then comes back and says something I don't understand but it sounds negative.

Store #3: Ah, a person who speaks plain english. She puts me on hold for 5 minutes, but returns with an affirmative answer. The store is out of my way but I make the trek anyway just to get this nonsense over with.

Since I'm running late for my night job, I reckon I'll just grab dinner inside the Walmart at the Subway. I enter and wait to be served. Middle Eastern woman with brainded hair down to the floor is in back room rummaging around (I reckon I'll find a few of those long hairs in whatever sandwich she ends up preparing for me). She sticks head out and yells something I can't decipher but I think she was saying she'd be right with me.

Three minutes pass. Finally she appears and trots down to the cash register. Oh good, she's going to take my order now. She grabs something, turns, and trots back into the store room. I wait another minute. She does not return. I leave.

Anyway, listening to the CD now. Very pleasant. Book looks fun and informative. Worth the hassle of going to Walmart.

Not sure why you had to describe the ethnicity of everyone you came into contact with.  If you don't want hair in your sandwiches I suggest you make your own.