SMiLE Sessions box set!

[rab2591]

[Sam_BFC]

I don't give a sh*t about the supposed lack of new information about the Smile release while Earcandy is providing stuff like this. 

[desmondo]

Just regarding the UNCUT spot - I looked at it today and it DOESN'T appear to be a review but just the 'closest or most indepth view yet" - it says Brian And Mark L spent 30 hours going through tapes.

I would expect a large feature article rather than a review but there may some form of small review included - not the main one though

[buddhahat]

Just regarding the UNCUT spot - I looked at it today and it DOESN'T appear to be a review but just the 'closest or most indepth view yet" - it says Brian And Mark L spent 30 hours going through tapes.

I would expect a large feature article rather than a review but there may some form of small review included - not the main one though

Cue 'Smile - The Full Story' mark 2 ....  

[Mikie]

Earcandy did a helluva job with that, didn't he?     

[desmondo]

How is everyone???

[Shady]

How is everyone???

.                               

Tired of waiting lol

[Andrew G. Doe]

Just regarding the UNCUT spot - I looked at it today and it DOESN'T appear to be a review but just the 'closest or most indepth view yet" - it says Brian And Mark L spent 30 hours going through tapes.

I would expect a large feature article rather than a review but there may some form of small review included - not the main one though

Hopefully it will be better researched - and written - than the Mojo (not so)special. However, that bit about going through the tapes for 30 hours leads me to believe not. This from the 3/11/11 Billboard announcement:

"Linett says Wilson's 2004 "Smile" album has served as a blueprint for the current project, which will be mixed in mono because that's how Wilson‹who's deaf in his right ear‹intended it. But Linett adds that other selections from the 30 hours of "Smile" session recordings will more than likely be issued in stereo."

30 hours... gee, seems like I've heard that figure before. 

[juggler]

Browsing through the new issue of Uncut magazine in Tower Records Dublin today, at the end of the new music review section, beside recommendations, has a box which notes three upcoming reviews in next months edition: Beach Boys.........SMiLE sessions.

As two people have interpreted this Uncut item very differently, could someone post a scan of it?  That way, the rest of us will have a chance to misinterpret it, as well. 

[The Shift]

NEXT MONTH…

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

TINARIWEN
The 2009 Uncut Music Award winners relocate from Mali to the deserts of Algeria for the acoustic Tassilli. Wilco's Nels Cline and Tunde and Kyp of TV On The Radio guest.



These things usually seem to refer to upcoming reviews but it's a tad hard to tell without an issue-to-issue A-B.

[Lowbacca]

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

The new Beirut is awesome!

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

That new Beach Boys is also supposed to be rather good. 

[Dunderhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blebM70Y1Sg

[juggler]

NEXT MONTH…

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

TINARIWEN
The 2009 Uncut Music Award winners relocate from Mali to the deserts of Algeria for the acoustic Tassilli. Wilco's Nels Cline and Tunde and Kyp of TV On The Radio guest.



These things usually seem to refer to upcoming reviews but it's a tad hard to tell without an issue-to-issue A-B.

Okay, thank you.

They do seem to be referring to forthcoming reviews.  Beirut's "The Rip Tide" and Tinariwen's "Tassilli" are both set for release on August 30, 2011.  The implication here is that  "The Smile Sessions" set will be the "fullest glimpse yet" of Smile.  I don't think that they're claiming that their upcoming article will be the "fullest glimpse yet."

[Shady]

NEXT MONTH…

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

TINARIWEN
The 2009 Uncut Music Award winners relocate from Mali to the deserts of Algeria for the acoustic Tassilli. Wilco's Nels Cline and Tunde and Kyp of TV On The Radio guest.



These things usually seem to refer to upcoming reviews but it's a tad hard to tell without an issue-to-issue A-B.

The wait is going to be sooo worth it

[The Shift]

NEXT MONTH…

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

TINARIWEN
The 2009 Uncut Music Award winners relocate from Mali to the deserts of Algeria for the acoustic Tassilli. Wilco's Nels Cline and Tunde and Kyp of TV On The Radio guest.



These things usually seem to refer to upcoming reviews but it's a tad hard to tell without an issue-to-issue A-B.

Okay, thank you.

They do seem to be referring to forthcoming reviews.  Beirut's "The Rip Tide" and Tinariwen's "Tassilli" are both set for release on August 30, 2011.  The implication here is that  "The Smile Sessions" set will be the "fullest glimpse yet" of Smile.  I don't think that they're claiming that their upcoming article will be the "fullest glimpse yet."

I agree with that interpretation.

(Though wasn't Mojo's the fullest glimpse!?!?!?)

[Andrew G. Doe]

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

There's a man at the door called Boyd who'd like a word with however wrote that.  

Seriously, Brian's contribution to the box (OK, aside from writing, arranging, performing and producing the material in the first place  ) was always going to be fairly minimal, along the lines of "yeah... yeah... no... OK..." when he's played tapes to audition or to approve the mix/sequence. The jury's still out on the villains (although Phil Cohen's got as good a chance as anyone) but the undoubted heroes of this whole farrago are Mark Linett and Alan Boyd.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I agree with that interpretation.

(Though wasn't Mojo's the fullest glimpse!?!?!?)

No, that was "the full story" - different thing entirely. 

[desmondo]

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

There's a man at the door called Boyd who'd like a word with however wrote that.  

Seriously, Brian's contribution to the box (OK, aside from writing, arranging, performing and producing the material in the first place  ) was always going to be fairly minimal, along the lines of "yeah... yeah... no... OK..." when he's played tapes to audition or to approve the mix/sequence. The jury's still out on the villains (although Phil Cohen's got as good a chance as anyone) but the undoubted heroes of this whole farrago are Mark Linett and Alan Boyd.

Yep absolutely

[desmondo]

NEXT MONTH…

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

TINARIWEN
The 2009 Uncut Music Award winners relocate from Mali to the deserts of Algeria for the acoustic Tassilli. Wilco's Nels Cline and Tunde and Kyp of TV On The Radio guest.



These things usually seem to refer to upcoming reviews but it's a tad hard to tell without an issue-to-issue A-B.

Okay, thank you.

They do seem to be referring to forthcoming reviews.  Beirut's "The Rip Tide" and Tinariwen's "Tassilli" are both set for release on August 30, 2011.  The implication here is that  "The Smile Sessions" set will be the "fullest glimpse yet" of Smile.  I don't think that they're claiming that their upcoming article will be the "fullest glimpse yet."

I agree with that interpretation.

(Though wasn't Mojo's the fullest glimpse!?!?!?)

I am going to respectfully disagree on the basis that it DOESN'T clearly indicate its a review of the box set and also none of the other big UK music mags have any info in their 'next month's' sections - happy to be wrong though

[The Shift]

NEXT MONTH…

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

TINARIWEN
The 2009 Uncut Music Award winners relocate from Mali to the deserts of Algeria for the acoustic Tassilli. Wilco's Nels Cline and Tunde and Kyp of TV On The Radio guest.



These things usually seem to refer to upcoming reviews but it's a tad hard to tell without an issue-to-issue A-B.

Okay, thank you.

They do seem to be referring to forthcoming reviews.  Beirut's "The Rip Tide" and Tinariwen's "Tassilli" are both set for release on August 30, 2011.  The implication here is that  "The Smile Sessions" set will be the "fullest glimpse yet" of Smile.  I don't think that they're claiming that their upcoming article will be the "fullest glimpse yet."

I agree with that interpretation.

(Though wasn't Mojo's the fullest glimpse!?!?!?)

I am going to respectfully disagree on the basis that it DOESN'T clearly indicate its a review of the box set and also none of the other big UK music mags have any info in their 'next month's' sections - happy to be wrong though

Fair comment. But on the plus-side, those words appear in the August issue,relating to the September issue. September's still favourite for the release, and the mag would want its review in the corresponding issue.

However… and this is a big "however"… Uncut is very enthusiastic about reviewing/previewing stuff, especially important stuff.  I seem to remember several occasions when it previewed-as-a-near-review Neil Young's Archives Vol 1 before the thing actually came out.

However…I'll forgive Uncut anything - it's surpassed Mojo as the best music-mag-for-old-farts in my estimation!

[buddhahat]

NEXT MONTH…

BEIRUT
It's an older, wiser Zach Condon who returns on The Rip Tide, his first full-length since 2007's The Flying Cup Club.

BEACH BOYS
Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linnett have trawled 30 hours of tapes to piece together The Smile Sessions – our fullest glimpse yet of The Beach Boys' holy grail.

TINARIWEN
The 2009 Uncut Music Award winners relocate from Mali to the deserts of Algeria for the acoustic Tassilli. Wilco's Nels Cline and Tunde and Kyp of TV On The Radio guest.



These things usually seem to refer to upcoming reviews but it's a tad hard to tell without an issue-to-issue A-B.

Okay, thank you.

They do seem to be referring to forthcoming reviews.  Beirut's "The Rip Tide" and Tinariwen's "Tassilli" are both set for release on August 30, 2011.  The implication here is that  "The Smile Sessions" set will be the "fullest glimpse yet" of Smile.  I don't think that they're claiming that their upcoming article will be the "fullest glimpse yet."

I agree with that interpretation.

(Though wasn't Mojo's the fullest glimpse!?!?!?)

I am going to respectfully disagree on the basis that it DOESN'T clearly indicate its a review of the box set and also none of the other big UK music mags have any info in their 'next month's' sections - happy to be wrong though

I'm with Desmondo on this one. I don't think Uncut know any more than we do and are just assuming it will be ready to review between now and their next publication date (Aug 28th I think).

[bsten]

I would read the foder out of that!

Brilliant, what a great read that would be

And thus begins earcandy's two-week long marathon of creating an entire Mike Love edition of a Rolling Stone magazine.

For foder's sake don't encourage him !

For foder's sake don't encourage MIKE LOVE !   

[onkster]

Guess that 4th of July big announcement was a bust, huh?

[bgas]

this has probably been discussed previously, but I can't find where, so:
 Fire;
 I've always thought of this as an instrumental. But Brian/Beach Boys, was all about vocals. So as great as the track seems without vocals, what is the thought that Brian was planning to layer it with vocals? Or would it have been "finished"( maybe it is?) as an instrumental ? 

[pixletwin]

this has probably been discussed previously, but I can't find where, so:
 Fire;
 I've always thought of this as an instrumental. But Brian/Beach Boys, was all about vocals. So as great as the track seems without vocals, what is the thought that Brian was planning to layer it with vocals? Or would it have been "finished"( maybe it is?) as an instrumental ? 

It's not as if Brian was a stranger to instrumentals. Seems like almost every Beach Boys album from Safari to Pet Sounds had an instrumental or two. So to say Brian was "all about vocals" isn't exactly true.