The Smiley Smile Message Board

Please excuse me if this has already been mentioned elsewhere, but if you have a lot of money to burn, you can get several different exclusive releases of The SMiLE Sessions on the Beach Boys' official website.  You can get the switch light box set that "includes a switch inside the box lid that allows the fans to turn the store light on and off."  You can get this for only $699.99.  If that weren't cheap enough, there is another version of this that comes with an actual surfboard--that's only $5999.99 (only 10 available).  Whew!

All ten sets with surfboards are still available?

 :lol

I tried really hard to win the lottery so I could buy the box with the surfboard but unfortunately.

Are you surprised?  :lol

People who know Smile don't usually associate surfboards with it. That deal is ridiculous. I hope no one buys it.

I'd Pay 1,000,000 Dollars if It Came With A Sandbox.

When I win the lottery I'm going to have 9 of them shipped to you. I'll commission them to make dozens more. Which will also be addressed to you.

And you can hold me to that. Like ifbi dont i will give u lottery winnings

Let Mike Love have them to sell at concerts.

The surfboard offer is terrible and it really bothers me. It's a perfect example of what is wrong with general perception of The Beach Boys, and hey, look at that, the offer is coming directly from beachboys.com, imagine that. It's such a slap in the face to this music/album. It's a marketing decision that insults the audience/fans by assuming that people are incapable of disassociating the band from the cliche California beach image that ultimately does nothing but bog them down. Here is the group's biggest departure, a wildly sophisticated album that was to be at the forefront of musical advancement, truly the avant garde in its time, the follow-up album to what is regarded as one of the very best of all time, a musical statement that has zero to do with the group's beginnings and market image...and so there is an offer to couple the box set of this music with...a SURFBOARD? Tee hee, cute. FUUUCK YOU. And it doesn't matter that this is an extremely limited offer with an exorbitant price tag that 99% of the population cannot afford--it's about how those in power absolutely refuse to stop milking the way the Beach Boys are branded and sold, even with something like Smile. Yeah, yeah, Capitalism. The most unfortunate thing is that, of course, this hokey, insulting, anti-art image that refuses to be put to rest by those who have the power to cease perpetuating it, inevitably influences the way the media covers the band, which in turn trickles down to general public perception, so it's just a totally f***ed ouroboros. I, too, hope that not a single person in the entire world buys this tacky, embarrassing offer. It would send out a good message. Surf's up!

Oh P.S.  Evidenced by some of the comments on the official Facebook page and elsewhere, there are quite a few people who are under the impression that the special, expensive offers on beachboys.com are the ONLY way to get the Smile release.

If this is indeed true, there are quite a few people who are dumber than posts.

Speaking of which, there's a new photo on facebook of Brian signing one of those light-up boxes:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150349307369140&set=a.397026689139.172152.8216394139&type=3&theater

That 3D effect looks pretty cool. I'd like to see the new art side by side with the original

I'd go for a Nike Air Mag set if I had the cash. Good cause.

I ordered the miniature sandbox version with Gerry Anderson puppets of Brian and Van Dyke   8)

This is true, i don't understand how people don't poke around on the internet for 2 seconds to get information. However, keep in mind that the official Smile Facebook page directs people to order it from thebeachboys.com so the casual fan who might have only heard about this release via the Facebook page (imagine that) who is not so inclined to research on their own, is likely to think this. Their loss, of course, but it is pretty bad marketing. But then, we've already established that above, huh.

With real dog sh*t?

I would pay any amount for a time machine to travel back in time to help Brian finish the album and warn him of the future of MIU and KTSA . Almost forgot GIOMH ;D

Those exclusives are so stupid and overpriced

Very nicely put.

As Mark Linett says in the interview though, it took a lot of explaining  to the execs to get them to realise just how unique SMiLE is. They don't get it. It's a business isn't it? Luckily for us though, the team who put it together do understand SMiLE. The production department and the design department have done us proud. Just a shame the marketing department are cretins.

Well said.  We are so fortunate to have guys like Alan and Mark at the helm - the scary alternative would be a Smile box set that was put together by a team on par with the geniuses who came up with the surfboard idea, i.e. no clue what this music is or why it's so important.  Thankfully the worst they did was a cheesy surfboard promo that the general public will never have any clue about.

Although what you're saying is likely true (re: utterly clueless execs) i think what Mark was referring to in the interview when he said that it took a lot of explaining how unique Smile is, was the nature of the sessions in comparison to, not only the straightforward nature of, the Pet Sounds ones, but a pop album in general, and that because of this uniqueness (modular recording, Brian's constant re-recording), it would require a different approach (than that of PS) to properly archive it, and more discs to truly represent the vast amount of sessions. I don't think he was alluding to the style of music or the thematic content of the album.

But what if you did so and Brian wouldn't let you help?

Pretty much all of the exclusive version are absurd. The Surfboard set goes without saying. Even the light up set. Sure it's autographed, but if I'm gonna pay $700 for a box set. It should be autographed by Brian, Van Dyke, Mike, Al, Bruce, every member of The Wrecking Crew, and anyone who had anything to do with SMiLE It's obviously a big cash grab on Capitols part. A cash grab that will fail miserably judging from the responses on FB. No one in their right mind is going to pay $6,000 for the surfboard set. That truly is an insult to our intelligence. The album has nothing to with surfing, 99% of SMiLE fans have no need for a surfboard. I mean I live in Atlanta, what am I gonna do with a surfboard? It is pretty ridiculous. 

Can someone explain to me how a surfboard and signature cost, at best, $5850? Seriously?

Also, yes, the surfboard is extremely ill-fitting/borderline offensive when it comes to being released with, of all things, this.

Still get the box here in 2011, so its all good. I would at least get 1966 Brian to put some polish on the rough tracks from "love you" and finish all sorts of sweet songs like "can't wait too long" and "sherry she needs me"

I'm putting together my own special set with a mini sand box, mini colorful indoor tent and a facsimile six month supply of desbutol.  :lol

You could go surfing at Lake Lanier.  Or Six Flags White Water.   :lol