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Soo I was at the supermarket today, and happened to look at the magazines at the checkout line.  I was confused to see the beach boys looking back at me.  The title is "Life Story/The Beach Boys/50th Anniversary Tribute!".  Can't really tell who published it, it doesn't look like too much money/skill was put into it.  These are some of the things on the cover:

"Back At Last!  Their Triumphant Reunion Tour!"
"The Emotional Highs and Lows that Rocked the Group"
"The Secrets Behind Pet Sounds and Smile"

etc.  I'm opening it up now.

The publicity is endless!  ;D

It's pretty low grade lol.  I just kinda flipped through it.  Too much use of a certain microsoft word font for my taste ha

"Brian Smiles Again"
"Mike Love Keeps the Flame Alive"
"Al Jardine Keeps the Beach Boys: Grounded"

hehe.

I would have liked to buy this - but it was $9.99. Who prices these things?

Would have liked to buy the 'zinepack too, but it was $13.88. Dumb....the new album will cost me less than that!

Whoomp, there it is:

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Yeah, it's been showing up on Ebay, mostly for like $15, but someone had some for $8.12, but of course then you have to add in the shipping....

Is this worth buying or can I let this one go?

let it go

About how many pages is it?  And are there pics that haven't been seen before?

Flicked through this today: nothing of note. And the price! It's the sort of thing that gives a Scot palpitations!

I take it that was not in reference to a certain band discovered by Carl at Blazes.

<Is this worth buying or can I let this one go?>

I bought it today at Walmart and glad I did as I found SEVERAL pictures that I've not seen before.  It is 100 pages in length with pictures from all era's of their careers.  When was the last time you saw a magazine devoted exclusively to the Beach Boys in a major store chain?  Do you think you will ever see this again after this reunion year?  Don't count on it!  Why would one NOT want to jump all over this as I did when I learned it was out there(if someone was a big fan)?  I am collecting all I can this year while the publicity is high on the Beach Boys because this is a once in a blue moon deal!

shades of summer 1976.......  :)

I thought it was interesting that Mike admits to smoking pot in this, and says that he quit when he got into TM.  I have always seen him deny using any type of substance.

There's one picture in the SMiLE Sessions book (the BBs in Brian's tent) where everyone is very noticeably stoned, including Mike.  ;D

That's all I needed to hear. Walmart here I come!

I saw the magazine for the first time, looked through it, and bought it!

This is crazy that they made this magazine.  I think this 'reunion' is a lot bigger than I expected.  I mean, I know the BB's are one of the biggest acts ever, but this is starting to look like a Beatles caliber event. 

Wow. I just found this magazine at a Giant Eagle Supermarket in Pittsburgh, PA. I bought multiple copies! Sorry to see the negative reviews here on the board. This is a top grade magazine with '100's of Rare Archive Photos' as noted on the cover. I didn't count them but there are many, many photos. Just really a great effort in putting this together.

The Dennis and Carl tribute chapter sold me. On the inner cover is a collection of Beach Boys album covers with Pacific Ocean Blue, YoungBlood and a few of Brian's solo albums included. Nice to see them as part of the Beach Boys discography.

For a $9.99 magazine covering the 'life story' of the Beach Boys they seem to have covered a lot of ground. I haven't had time to read it in depth yet. Just flipping through. Great job.

This is a 'must have' for the 50th Anniversary collection. Check it out for yourself!

I first saw a similar type of magazine featuring 50 years of The Rolling Stones. Then I saw the Beatles 50 year tribute magazine (or some similar title). I thought to myself 'where are the Beach Boys'. There is was.

It looks like everyone is jumping on the 50 year band wagon but 2012 belongs to The Beach Boys! ;D

Got my magazine. It's quite nice, I'm glad I bought it. Lots of terrific pictures. Stamos.

picked up a copy last night. saw where they call dennis, at one point, dennis marks.

Dennis Marks what ?  His bedpost  :lol

good one.... :)

Mike's always admitted to smoking pot when pressed about it. He made jokes about grass as late as 1971 and even takes a toke on stage at the Central Park show from the same year. I assume he quit later in the seventies.

What decided me against buying it besides the price, many typos and some wrong information was the section on John Stamos. Sorry, he's not a Beach Boy honorary or what ever they called it. His own chapter.

True, but this is an unofficial magazine aimed at as wide an audience as possible. John Stamos is still some sort of cultural reference point for people in the 20's and 30's.
Besides that, there are some great photos I haven't seen elsewhere. Some mistakes as well. I like the photo where David Marks is identified as "unknown musician" when he's correctly identified in other photos. I guess this magazine was thrown together by committee and rushed out to capitalize on the tour.
As others have said, the fact that such a thing even exists at all makes it a novelty purchase.

They also claim Al Jardine was not on Full House, yet show him in two pictures from the show :)

I liked it, like others have said, when else will you be able to buy a 100-page magazine devoted to the Beach Boys?  There's some errors and so forth but such is life.  And I enjoyed the John Stamos section, they didn't really paint him as being a huge part of the band or anything- it does a good job of explaining his involvement for more casual fans.

I'm starting to think you guys are making stuff up. I've been in 42 grocery stores, 36 Targets, and 57 more Walmarts than I ever want to step foot in (okay, one Walmart), and there's no sign of this thing. And I hear tell there are photos. Shiny photos. I like shiny photos. If anyone has a Paypal address and doesn't mind the hassle I'll gladly fork over list price + shipping + tip. Just send me a prime minister. Or alternately, if anyone can report any sightings in Bawlmer City or just directly south thereof, let me know.

If it helps, I see it at Barnes&Noble, 7-11's and Pathmark grocery stores here in the northeast.

In South Dakota there used to be grocery stores named Piggly Wiggly!

I am not making this up!

 :hat

I can attest to that, since they're still all over the south.  South Carolina, Georgia I see them all the time. 

if you still are looking for a copy i can help you out. local walmart here has about 15 copies in the magazine section. i could easily pick up a copy for you and send it your way if still needed.

Thanks Steve, very kind, but I'll pass for now at least. In about 15 minutes I'm hitting the road for a beach vacation (very appropriate) so if I don't have any luck finding one down there, I'll come crying back to you.

Sorry to dredge an old-ish thread up, but I finally found that picture I was refering too.

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Bought this mag at a CVS drugstore today. Very nicely done, good photo selection.