The Smiley Smile Message Board

On the way back from dropping my daughter at nursery today, Isn't It Time rocking the car stereo, I popped into the local charity shop to rummage through the record bins. It's full of the usual fare - The Ray Conniff Singers, Nana Miskouri, No Parlez by Paul Young (this album seems to be a staple of charity shop record collections), when what should catch my eye but no other than (drum roll) ........


Little Deuce Coupe original mono!!


£4, but the shop owner told me all records were £1!!! I don't know if any other UK fans find the same thing, but I NEVER score Beach Boys original lps in charity shops, unless it's the Hawaiian Beach Boys, or 20 Golden Greats.

It is crackly as hell, but for £1, that kind of adds to the charm!

Anyone else have any recent (or not so recent) BB vinyl scores they'd care to share?

Past few weeks I've gotten Sunflower, Surf's Up (with insert), Holland (no EP) for $3 each, 15 Big Ones for $1, M.I.U for $5  and Carl & The Passions/Pet Sounds for $10.

$3 for Surf's Up & Sunflower seem especially good. Are they in good condition? I paid about £12 for my copy of Sunflower. It looks great, but is pretty crackly so will have to replace at some point. I paid far more for my copy of CATP/Pet sounds twofer so envy the 10 bucks you paid.

Sunflower is about VG+. Surf's Up is VG. CATP/PS is MINT!

I found the Holland LP with the Transistor Radio 45 in awesome shape for $7 not too long ago.

I made a couple purchases the other day in Ocean City, NJ. Found a 1988 "Words & Music" promo for Brian's eponymous solo album, a copy of BWRG, and a UK pressing of Wild Honey.

I got an original Mint US copy of Friends on ebay about two weeks ago, even with postage to the UK it was a great deal! ;D

The In Concert double-LP in VG+ shape for about 10 or 11 bucks a while back. Also a sealed (not anymore) copy of MIU for about 8 bucks off eBay, and a VG 15 Big Ones for 5 bucks.

Aside from those, I just have new reissues of Sunflower (sounds amazing), Pet Sounds, and Endless Summer.

If you guys are looking for a good vinyl score with good sound to boot, get this. I have a copy myself and it's beautiful. From the former German Democratic Republic on Amiga 8 56 144.

http://www.musicstack.com/item/6583364

I had my luck long ago - I have them all (originals) but Don't have the lyric/info inserts for Holland and KTSA. SIP is obviously missing too.

I think SIP, American Spring Plus, all the vinyl boots, and my Rachel and Revolvers 45 are the rarest I have. Have a lot of the vinyl 1994 pressings including a non duophonic Stack O Tracks, and Pet Sounds with three bonus cuts. Picked up the Materia Kali LP recently too. Only major things I need are one of the vinyl Stars and Stripes and the Epic 1991 vinyls.

As i posted last week, picked up 'Love You' in great condition for £6 from an auction rooms.
Have had much luck with charity shops in the past, picked up things like Lou Reed's 'Berlin' and 'Transformer' for £1.
Some charity shops are getting smart and realizing that some of the records are worth something though, and get a specialist in to price them (as far as i can tell oxfam and british heart foundation are the two in my charity shop filled town that do that);
So a fairly early (and quite battered) pressing of 'With The Beatles' cost me a tenner, and have seen Sunflower priced at £15 (which was beyond my budget that week).
Got a new 180 gram pressing of Wild Honey that sounds absolutely vile, i mean that album could do with a serious remaster as it is but the new (i surmise somehow-digitally pressed) vinyl does it no favours whatsoever (I did the same with Fairport Convention's "What We Did On Our Holidays" and vow never again to buy a modern pressing of an old record)

I got a UK copy of CATP for $7 last weekend. Plays very nice, only serious noise is during Cuddle Up - probably the best song on the album.

A few years ago, before Pacific Ocean Blue was re-issued, I was desperately looking for a copy of the LP and I was willing to pay around 75-80 euros for it (I believe that's what it was usually going for on eBay). One day I was at a crappy little record fair and I while I was digging through crates of worthless records I noticed that the guy standing next to me had POB in his hands. Then I noticed the price tag: 7,50. I asked him if he was going to buy it and he said he wasn't sure. I said that if he decided not to buy it, that I would really like to have it. The guy looked at me, gave me the LP and said "Quick, go buy it before I change my mind". :)

Found a copy of Surf's Up at a used book store a couple months ago. Was the only BBs title in the shop's meager vinyl selection.

Lots of cool BB vinyl around here lately; I pass up more than I buy.

Just saw something I've never seen before at Rasputin Records in Berkeley -- a 1980 Euro re-issue of 'Sunflower' on CARIBOU !  Thought that was kind of strange. No gatefold, and the individual band photos were on the back.  Passed on it because it was something like $20-$25 and I already have a Reprise copy. They also had the BW '88 LP for $10 and 'Looking Back with Love' for a few bucks.  Passed on both, though I almost bought 'em. They had the green label 1980 'All Summer Long' reissue for $8.

Got a weird comp in Portland that had one side Sunflower cuts, the other side Surf's Up cuts. Leads off w/ the 20/20 version of Cottonfields.

Just got The Capitol Years 7-LP UK box for $45.  seems like a deal to me -- has a lot of weirdo mono mixes and stuff (including 20/20 mono cuts -- probably fold-downs -- and the 'incorrect' Bluebirds 45 Euro mix), as well as the BW Productions LP.

I've got about all that I want though, but I still like to look for strange things. I have Adult Child, California Feeling, and two copies of the alternate MIU, mono copies of most '60 LPs, etc. Holland w/ Mt. Vernon & Fairway EP signed by BW when he was at Amoeba in San Francisco last year. I think I actually got this Holland w/ EP for $2 in Austin, TX a couple years back at a record shop that was rumored to be a front for a drug operation !

My latest "cheap" purchase is a Dutch pressing of the Flame album for only € 10,-, I found on a local and small record fair last month.

O, and a James Last LP with a cover of Heroes & Villains for €1... but (a) I'm affraid that's at least one Euro too much and (b) I don't think I will ever play the dang thing...  ;D

My fave score is a VG copy of Stack-o-Tracks, including the booklet, for $10.  This was in the late 90s, when copies were going for much higher on ebay. 
And then there's a pristine 45 of Caroline, No that I got at a record show.  I forget what it was marked, but I was charged only $2 for it.  A few weeks later, I got Brian's autograph on it at the meet-n-greet at Tower Records in NYC (July '98).  It's framed and hanging on my living room wall.

Not vinyl, but still:  one day I opened the mail to find some craazy guy had sent me a whole box of Polish bootleg BBs cassettes!!!

I was in a shop that caters to collectors a few weeks ago, the prices are a little high, so I don't go in there too often. I picked up and mint copy of the CATP/Pet Sounds set, I paid a little more than the $7 someone paid above, but it looked like it had never been played, so it was worth it. I also got Holland with the colored EP sleeve. To top it off, the owner took me to the back and gave me a Capital promo poster for the Caroline, No and Sloop John B singles. It may be a reproduction (probably is), but it's still pretty cool.

Can you post a pic of the poster? 

Here's a link: http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg605/hart325/2012-06-08131738.jpg

Sorry it's not great quality, I snapped it with my cell. It's 10.5"x15", printed on a glossy paperboard and plain on the back.

That's a Billboard Trade Ad.

Probably rubbish  ;D  ;D

But I assume you've played them all, just to make sure?

I've spent far too much money on Beach Boys vinyl over the years, but one of the few bargains I've chanced upon was (in the mid-90s) a UK test pressing of Holland with "We Got Love" for £5.

Nice!

nice find. better deal than i got. i paid $300 for a us test pressing of holland with we got love back in the '80's. it also came with the coupling sheet for that version of the lp.

It's been the opposite for me, I've been selling Beach Boys vinyl.  I sold my DCC Pet Sounds and I'm selling the major boots.  It's a drag but I need the money more than I need the records I guess.

I'm a sucker for coloured vinyl, so I was pleasantly surprised when I scored a French copy of "Beach Boys 66/69" on blue vinyl for $5.50.

Anyone know where I could get the cover to Shut Down Vol. 2? Oddly enough, I only have the vinyl (a friend gave it to me) but I don't have a cover for it.

Beach Boys 62/65 is out there also, on clear vinyl. The easy way to spot them in the racks: the colored/clear vinyls have an SPC catalog prefix, while the regular LPs have 2C.184
All numbers are in the upper left corner.

Yeah, it took me over 22 years to track that one down after first reading about it in Brad Elliot's Surf's Up in 1989. All copies I saw throughout my search were of the 2C.184... variety, until late last year.

Any idea what the ratio of black to coloured vinyl is for these comps?

Don't have a clue.  I bought  both the colored versions when they were released in 1978

I just scored a VG++ stock copy of "He's A Doll" by the Honeys for a song and a dance this weekend.  I was very shocked to see that one.  It will replace my VG copy I paid dearly for on ebay years ago.

Good for you!  That's one I'm still searching, your find  means there's hope!

Not a big deal, I know, but I won the Mojo Cabinessence vinyl from eBay yesterday. The SS box doesn't feel complete to me without it.

I got a duophonic original Wild Honey not too long ago.

I was expecting it to be crap but I can't find anything to really complain about.

Recent ones for me are:

Surf's Up on Stateside with the lyric sheet for £1.99 in Oxfam. Amongst some Rod Stewart and Richard Clayderman LPs at £6-8 each
Blondie Chaplin solo LP for £1 at a record fair in Reading (also there was Jimmy Page, probably looking for Zep boots!)
BWPS on double vinyl for £2 and Made in the USA 2LP for 50p at a local record stall
Smile Vigotone 2LP test pressing for £10 (see Smile bootleg thread for photos etc)

Re: eBay-my best buys were the Paul Stanley and Peter Criss solo LPs from '78(?). £3 each. When they arrived, the seller had sent me the signed copies he had sold for £30each!

My Best of the Beach Boys from '66 came in today! Bought it for the sole purpose of Kiss Me, Baby.