The Smiley Smile Message Board

… has been shutdown.

"Board Closed
This board has been closed for Terms of Service violations.
The Terms of Service"

I guess it violated most terms of service - I took issue myself with the available "stuff" that was up there occasionally – but what a fantastic resource it was, in terms of otherwise impossible-to-get audience recordings, OOP material and such.

Much appreciated, sadly missed.

And thanks to those legendary masked surfers who set it up and kept it fed.

What was it? I have never heard of it.

Sad day...... :'(

Never heard of it! But if it gave fans access to music that was impossible for them to get by legal means then I feel sorry for all involved.

Very  cool board,will be missed.

 :'( :'( :'( :'(

My only hope is that we will gather again on similar, wonderful place!

Very sad. I some people got some stuff on there that I they hadn't been able to find anywhere else.

huge bummer

Sad...Those folks were more than generous.

 :'( :'( :'(

I was never able to get to that site 'cause I never had an invite.

I've never even heard of this site. guess I'm not cool enough.

Sad...

Sad, Sad Summer...some might say.   ;)

 :'( great people on that board. They respected each other.

It was a great site - the walls are closing in, a little more every day...

Couldn't have said it better... no personal attacks, just generous fans....

Thanks for the info, John.  I was wondering why it was down and was hoping it was temporary.  Guess not.  It had been up for a few years and was a fantastic source for sharing files and good people too.

Careful Dutchie!   :)

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Lol, that is awesome. I had a feeling that a new group would rise from the ashes!

Lol! SWEET!  

Do you think it's a bright idea to be talking about a place such as LMS on such a public board that is known to be read by insiders and Capitol suits?

No!  Jeff has a very good point.  This thread should be deleted by a Mod.  We need LMS2 to stay alive!

If anyone could PM me when the new place is up, I'd appreciate it.

Exactly.

Why? I saw what they were posting. There was a generous amount of commercially available material, including complete box sets.  They weren't doing the artists any favors. Skeezies in denial.

Huh?  You callin' me a Skeezie, Bonilla?

Sorry, I edited my post.
But the title of this thread itself isn't a great idea either...

Not knowingly.

I didn't like the site or the vibe there.  I never went back. I did not know who was who. When I was there people had names like LMS05.

On the level they were making files available, to call it sharing is denial. And by skeezy I refer to anyone  who is lazy and greedy and feels entitled to any musical file that they can lay there hands on, as long as it's free.


 

You're right. That privilege really should be restricted to music company owners.

Okay title changed... Tho we are talking about a place that nO longer exists as "powers that be " have shut it down anyways.

Most of the files offered up I already had on vinyl or CD/DVD or Flac/Mp3's anyway. Sometimes I grabbed it just to have it conveniently available on the hard drive even if I had it already. Every once in awhile something interesting came up or stuff that was long out of print or I never bothered to pick up over the years (ie, the Sagittarius, Boettcher, Johnston, and Parks albums). Quite a bit of nice live shows were put up there and I enjoyed Djole's "Life's A Beach" series, a comp of SOT and other 60's rare tracks all in one spot.

Some of that stuff was unreleased and never will be. So why not add it to the ol' collectione? I keep it to myself, don't sell it, and nobody gets hurt. C'mon, Steve, that original 20/20 and '64 concert program I bought from you at your record store back in the 70's - you made at least triple what the Beach Boys made off of those items.  ;D

LMS03 Mike

man, this site sounds like it was amazing!

It sure does...

I'm not hardcore about it. I have acquired lots of interesting audio files from blogs and various places. My problem was that they were intentionally avoiding getting popped by hiding behind a Members Only door. I didn't want to be part of that;  it felt uncomfortable. That's all.

Someone should PM me some resources (future forums, still-running forums). Summer's Gone sounds like it rolled up SmileySmile and smoked it. And then peed on its ashes.

Thus why you said "smoked" and not "smokes." The Smiley Smile board is still here for sharing through PMs, not openly, and the other board isn't.

CAREFULLY REGARD THE LAWS OF THE LAND, NATURESHOWINSTEREO.

Never heard of it. But now feel like I've missed out.

Oh lord, first time I opened the thread thought it's about That's Why God's song Summer's Gone. ???

Wow, never even knew about this...feel like I missed out :(