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Ok. I started a thread for the SMiLE box when that came out, so will do the same now. Hope someone can save some $ using it.

Review / highlights of the box.

http://www.examiner.com/review/made-california-box-set-is-the-beach-boys-best-yet

Sainsburys
http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/Music/CD/The-Beach-Boys/Made-In-California/product.html?product=E11250584
£63.99


Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Made-California-The-Beach-Boys/dp/B008XZKSRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374813921&sr=8-1&keywords=made+in+california
£82.99


Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Made-California-The-Beach-Boys/dp/B008XZKSRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374813985&sr=8-1&keywords=made+in+california+box+set
$139.88


Amazon CA
http://www.amazon.ca/Made-California-CD-Box-Set/dp/B008XZKSRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374814103&sr=8-1&keywords=made+in+california
CDN$118.51


Amazon DE
http://www.amazon.de/Made-California-Limited-Edition-Beach/dp/B008XZKSRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375896926&sr=8-1&keywords=made+in+california+beach+boys+box+set
EUR 79,99


Import CDs
http://www.importcds.com/music/2617315/the-beach-boys-made-in-california
$103.49
(S'goin' up)


CD Universe
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8972116
$134.98

Spin CDs:
http://www.spincds.com/made-in-california-6cd-box
£89.99

Universal music uk store:
http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/rock/boxset-the-beach-boys-made-in-california-box-set-2013/invt/5099923234529
£79.99

Best Buy:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Made+in+California+%5B8/27%5D+-+CD/1695303.p;jsessionid=1C9B494D51F6E49CD4C888AC97B0AE55.bbolsp-app03-124?id=2731916&skuId=1695303&st=beach%20boys%20made%20in%20california&lp=1&cp=1
$136.99 (Free shipping)

Collectors Choice Music:
http://www.ccmusic.com/music/cd/2617315/the-beach-boys-made-in-california
$119.98

FYE:
http://www.fye.com/music/product-detail.jsp?id=3177919
Various prices, depending on circumstances, ranging from $91.79 to $127.98

Deeper look at "(Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again"

http://www.examiner.com/article/dennis-wilson-s-music-lives-again-new-box-set

David of the stuff on the box set, are there good examples of Brian or Dennis in-between voices so to speak?

the A Capella stuff goes a long way in that regard

What did you make of the selection of live cuts? Any standouts?

Thank you for the analysis Dave. Can I persuade you to give the two versions of California Feelin' the same treatment?

*prays*

This'd be better in one if the general MiC threads, aye, rather than a specific MiC price thread? Shame to derail…

can anyone get the Australian price?

My Amazon UK account is still saying £56.57. Whether this is because I pre-ordered it early I do not know (when I initially put the order through it was priced at over £100). Personally I would recommend pre-ordering it from Amazon UK as - from my own experience at least - once this has been done, the price seems to repeatedly decrease.

Disney Boy because you have pre-ordered it from amazon whatever it was priced at when you put the order in is the maximum you will be charged even if the price increases. However as the price then lowered, amazon will then honour the lower price even if it then rises again.

The price difference between the UK and US Amazon sites is ridiculous -- because you don't pay VAT outside the EU
its a great deal if you live in the States and the shipping is reasonable too. I've gotten some good deals on media
buying at the UK Store. Will buy again.  ;D

Will Region 2 CDs play okay in the States?


:lol

Um your joking right? CD's have no region coding like video discs.

I have a region-free DVD player so I can play DVDs from anyplace.
I bought the Brian Wilson Songwriter DVDs @ Amazon UK.

Aye, joking of course.  I have a small stack of Region 1 DVDs which I can't play as I can't find the right hack for my 5.1/HDCD/DVD player (which anyway isn't plugged in at the mo').  One day we'll be free of the curse of bootleg-encouraging Region Coding…

Yeah region coding is pretty dumb - especially when its easy to defeat. Mine is an old Lite-On brand unit known for its "secret menu" you dont need a firmware update, just punch in a code on the remote and its done. I like that old player so much I even had it refurbed with a newer and better drive it just keeps on going.

http://www.wowhd.com.au/CD/the-beach-boys-made-in-california/dp/33162859#bc=00a2

I've used this site a couple of times and they are pretty good. Bit pricey at the moment so waiting for JB hifi or the like next month may be the best plan.

Hello.. I haven't posted in a long time..Anyway,my price for MIC at this moment is $130.50..I hope it drops as I'm also ordering that new Dylan Bootleg Series #10.. 8)

Jus checked their UK site… also very high price.

Seems to be the case for unreleased product however I ordered the C50 album for 2/3 the full price and it was delivered 3 days after the release date. Worth checking on closer to the release date IMO.

Yeah I know  :)

Amazon US now sez $144.37

$128.24

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/madeincalifornia-the-beach-boys/26448747?ean=5099923234529

Wal-Mart is selling it for 199.99.

The forthcoming Bob Dylan box set just dropped by $25..Maybe the same will happen with MIC... ;D

Importcds.com is not to be trusted.  They just proved that with their Harry Nilsson debacle last month.

Alright, I'll bite...
What Nilsson debacle?
On a related note I ordered two of the 17 disc Nilsson box sets from Amazon.ca and have been informed that they won'y arrive till early Sept...

Gotta bring back that creepy smiley face to knock the price down.

http://www.amazon.com/Made-California-Beach-Boys/dp/B008XZKSRY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1375740477&sr=1-1&keywords=made+in+california+beach+boys

If you click the link  and look under product details, there's a part that you click on that says tell us about a lower price and you can include any link to any web site that has MIC at a lower price and eventually Amazon will lower their price based on this feedback.

Clicking on the above is going to cost me $90! I have just seen on the same page a link to 'Live at the Academy Of Music' set by The Band being released Sept.

Gee....Thanks! :lol

I don't think they guarantee to price-match though…

I have submitted a price report. Hope that helps get the price down a bit.

What is or was the import CDs debacle? I've ordered from them through their Amazon store and have never had a problem (including the Smile Sessions as they had it for around $100), but I've never pre-ordered from them before. Right now I have it pre-ordered there as well as Amazon and I'm not sure which one I will stick with...

I have NEVER had a problem ordering from importcds...and I've ordered plenty from them.  PopMarket, however, is a different story.  I ordered the Van Cliburn set in March and it still has not arrived.

How much does import cds charge for shipping?

$4.99 in the states.

Good to hear. I think I'm going to cancel my Amazon order and give it a whirl. Thanks!

If this is the price discussion thread, I'd like to add


ITS TOO DAMN HIGH

ImportCDs set their price for the Harry box about $70 less than every other US store.  They therefore got pre-orders a plenty.  But they didn't get enough in and people who preordered are still waiting for their sets, which are on backorder, and the set came out 9 days ago.

So it has finally happened here in NA...Best Buy is cheaper then Amazon:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Made+in+California+%5B8/27%5D+-+CD/1695303.p?id=2731916&skuId=1695303&st=Made%20in%20California&lp=1&cp=1

Wake up Amazon.

2 weeks before the release date MIC finally showed up on Amazon Germany. I was getting kind of Phil Cohenish, I must say! It's 80 Euros, that's US$106.89 at the moment.

Delivery date: August 23 ;D

(For that grin I'll probably be punished with a heavy delivery delay! :-D)

So, when do prices tend to drop on Amazon -- a week before, etc.?

My habit is to go to best buy actual retail outlet on release days.  Prices have ranged from very good to fair on new releases IMO.

did I read there were 6 discs in the set?  And how many cuts?

Maybe somebody else can clarify, but the way I think importCDs works is sort of like a speculator - their apparent deep discounts on pre-order stuff like this is contingent on them getting a certain number of pre-orders, being able to negotiate a certain price with the distributor, or the expectation of wholesale prices being cut closer to to the sale date.  In other words there is no guarantee they will actually fulfill any orders and they aren't selling product that is actually in hand - they're trying to leverage advance sales into future wholesale orders, or something.  I don't know what the specific situation was with the Nilsson box set but I'm guessing they had a crazy price on it, and then nobody ended up getting anything from them.  They're using prices on things like this primarily to entice people into ordering other stuff that they do actually have.

I'd be really surprised if the Amazon price didn't come down.

I decided to order this through amazon.ge today for $99 shipped. I reckon I can enjoy torrent downloads of this while I wait for it to arrive. $50 savings is too good to pass up.  :smokin

75 quid to buy it in-store at Fopp, though the price isn't fixed so may yet change.

"amazon.ge"?

Typo. DEutschland as opposed to GErmany. I meant amazon.de  :lol

How do you get to the 99$ price? For me in Germany it's 79.99 Euros which is about 106$.

?????

Price must have gone up.

Found the answer on the other thread. People living abroad do not hav to pay VAT. At least if you're in Germany, the shipping is free. I wonder if you have to pay customs duty?

Nope. No Customs duty in the US. Thankfully. It seems a great discouragement to me.

I read your comment and checked my account and the same applies to me! Yay!

Discouragement? In what way?

It would discourage me from purchasing as much as I do.

Amazon is finally under $140 in NA. $139.88

Ah! The way you phrased it made me think you meant the no customs duty would discourage you, which of course made no sense to me.

Still not available for preorder on Amazon France...  ::)

Price alert - on deepdiscount.com, they are having a one day sale 15% off.  With the 15%, the price of the box is $110.49.  Free shipping.  Some may think it's still too expensive but I suspect this is the lowest the price will get pre-release - after release all bets are off.

Is there a code to enter for the 15% off?

Code is SUMMER15.

Not exactly.

I've been keeping track of a bunch of prices on the the first page of the thread and there are three that are cheaper and have been for a while:
Sainsubry's has it for £63.99 ($99.01)
ImportCDs has it for $99.69
Amazon.de has it for EUR 79.99 ($106.47)

You forgot Amazon.de which has it for EUR 79.99. (roughly $105. Though my quote before the price went up has me at $99.29 shipped.. we'll see). :)

In the US it's the lowest next to import CDs.  Import cd's is not very reliable in shipping promptly and not infrequently never ship, saying they are out of stock.  Google import CDs reviews.  They apparently are reliable when you buy from them through amazon sellers, but they aren't selling presale through amazon - must be a deal not to undercut amazon's price.  Does import CDs price include free shipping?  I didn't want to take the risk of ordering from importcds.  The foreign sellers will all be more expensive than deep discount once you count in shipping to the US.

I think that Amazon UK still beats any other price for US residents
it sure kicks the snot out of the inflated Amazon US price!

Item(s) Subtotal:    £55.08
Postage & Packing:    £3.08
     -----
Total Before VAT:    £58.16
VAT:    £0.00
     -----
Total:    £58.16
     -----
Grand Total:    £58.16

58.16 GBP    =    89.8997 USD

But amazon UK currently has the price at £82.99 or $128.40

No way I can wait that long  :P

By the way, Best Buy has lowered their price again to $136.99

Is that with the VAT added - I dont know how much the VAT is alone.

I'll um...suffer a week or two avoid paying $140.00 - I may have to
stay away from smiley smile during the wait  ;D

Yeah um, suffer. That's what I'll do while I wait too.  ;D

Just a heads up for anyone who may be interested.  MIC on amazon.ca has just gone down over $20 and the preorder price is now $118.51.  I locked in the first day in went on preorder and have a guaranteed price of $110.84 (or less if it goes down again) but it was only that cheap for a few days.  Still beats Amazon.com at $139.88 anyway...
Not long now.  Can't wait to listen...

MIC is now listed at $130.10 on Amazon.

Its' got to go a lot lower if they want me to keep my order.  :3d

My fellow Australians - JB HiFi have finally listed MIC @ $160 ($147 US or 94 quid) with a release date of 30 August for those who don't want to go the Amazon route.

I'll be chatting with a few local (melbourne) indie stores - will post the goods accordingly.

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/made-in-california/690231 (http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/made-in-california/690231)

Don't order from deepdiscount if there's a chance you will cancel your pre-order. There's a good chance they will charge you and ship it regardless. Furthermore deepdiscount has the worst customer service known to man. Funnily enough importCDs is excellent though, even though they have the same owners.

I'm really on the fence one whether or not to cancel my Amazon order or the Imports one. Do I pay a little more knowing the customer service might be better? Like $30 more? Sigh.

I've not used them before, but I ordered from Bullmoose ... looks like a small indie chain.

$115 + free shipping, no tax + has a clear ship date (8/26) ... I think that's about as good as it's gonna get!

http://www.bullmoose.com/p/14944329/the-beach-boys-made-in-california

I wonder what kind of shipping they use.. did they give you an estimated time of delivery?

have not, but I don't think they're allowed to say they will ship before one day prior.

Their FAQ says, "We ship First Class to New England addresses so local orders often will arrive in a day or two. We ship via UPS Mail Innovations outside New England. They will deliver your order to your post office and the USPS will bring it to your house probably within 5-7 days."

I was hoping for otherwise, but looks like I won't be able to afford the boxed set at all. 

Thanks for sharing that info. Since amazon.de is shipping august 22 with an anticipated delivery between August 31 and September 5, that is almost an identical ETD... Hmmm... I have some thinking to do...

Hey, man. It's okay. You and me, some day, we'll get our boxed set, and more than that, too. And it will be good.

By the way, if you think MIC is expensive, try the new Small Faces box set: £125 - yes, pounds.

I received this e-mail form ImportCDs today:

ImportCDs,

This is an automated email to let you know that the following item has come back in stock at Import CDs.

Beach Boys - Made in California
Qty: 83 (orders allocated on first come, first serve basis)
UPC: 5099923234529

  Yeah, me too. So I broke down and ordered it, not having seen it advertised less anywhere. Total with shipping came to $108.48

Of course if the rumoured Best Buy deal comes thru( with the bonus Live CD) then I'll be forced to own two copies right from the start....

Hmm..  they are already saying they are 'in stock.'  I wonder if they will be shipping out early like the Nilsson box.
83 copies..  wonder how many are left.

Best idea is to wait around until you're fairly certain there aren't any left before you try to order it

I have an order in at Amazon UK for what was $86US, it's now $91US since our dollar keeps sinking in value.

I'd order from importcds.com in hopes of getting it earlier, but while they shipped out Nilsson boxes early,
they were then on backorder for a long time and those people had a long wait after the initial few got theirs
(in this case, about 83).

Anyone heard anything about the "rumoured Best Buy deal"?

Or you could totally get it for free!

http://www.avclub.com/articles/win-a-copy-of-the-beach-boys-careerspanning-box-se,101839/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=Default:1:Default

Amen. I am very intrigued and I'd definitely buy it from there for a little higher price if that happened.

Things seem quite tight lipped when it comes to this set, but if best buy were offering an exclusive, it usually would be listed on their website by now, one week out from release date. For most of their exclusives, their website usually had listings for both the regular sku and the sku for their exclusive version. I only see one listing currently on their website, and it doesn't detail any exclusive aspect.

I decided I'm gonna kick it old school and walk into a Best Buy after work Tuesday and see what price they have it and IF they even have a copy. As Best Buy gets swallowed hole by online retailers I rarely find what I want and if I do it's rarely the price I want but since MiC has me as excited as a school kid I'll do what I did when I was a school kid and hope that I walk into Best Buy and get "the goods." I'm giving me a 25% chance of success/happiness here but I don't like to order box sets by mail (too much risk of damaged disks in shipment).

Afraid that if (and I suspect Bgas might be winding us up!) that happened I'd never buy Beach Boys product again. I've spent a lifetime tracking down the Beach Boys' work, buying every release and re-release and remix and remaster and, frankly, I can barely afford either the money or energy any more. Brian Wilson came tooooooo close to losing my support with all the exclusive Best Buy/Amazon/iTunes versions of his recent albums… this would one piss-take too far.

That said, I hope Bgas is taking the mickey and that the band will play right by their fans and enjoy my continued support.  :D

Can't say for sure, just heard the other night that Best Buy might be offering a special disc with the set.

But where did you hear it?  Source is important.

Nice find Hypehat. Entered. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for posting that...might be my only chance to get it!!!

Of course it is. But I'm just not the one that gives them up

C'mon, AGD would never be so cryptic… oh hang on, 'course he would :lol

Yawn

If best buy ends up having an exclusive, it will have not served its purpose of hyping the release and pulling sales into their stores, because seven says before release they haven't publicized one word about it.

I might be winning the lottery this week as well.

Sorry bgas. Some more facts needed.

got no more facts to share.
I'm not counting on a Best Buy  special, but I hope it happens.

Hope you do!

Tell you what, since my girlfriend is buying the boxset for me, I won't enter this contest so you have one less fan in your way! ;D

I would love it if Best Buy had a bonus CD.  They have exclusive deals all the time.  Sometimes they'd give you a shirt, a poster, or a bonus disc.  I'll gladly take a live CD.

Got an email from Deep Discount a couple of hours agro saying that they shipped MIC to me.  I'm a little dubious though.  Has anyone else been told it shipped?

I just got an email from ImportCDs.com that my box shipped.

 :3d

Awesome guys. What's the delivery time for you?

Mine says it will be shipped Friday, which means I'll have it Saturday (if all goes well!)

Dutch retailer btw.

Price?

99 euros. That's about the cheapest I could find here in The Netherlands.

Says 3-10 days, so hard to know.  I'm in Hawaii, so could be weeks.  I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's used Deep Discount as to how fast shipping has been.

yeah, got the same mail ( tho I'm hoping the tracking numbers are different)

Dunno if anyone has mentioned this, but Amazon (USA at least)  has a credit card you can sign up for which gives you an instant $50 back...  

Which would effectively lower the price of this set to $80 dollars...

If you don't already have an amazon credit card, that is... and don't mind having another credit card in your life... (which you technically never have to use again, I guess...)

Yeah, about the same here in Norway, but no shipment yet. Hoping for friday too!

Mine also shipped today from deep discount!

Once they ship it comes around at the normal speed that items would come from say Amazon. Incidentally, I once ordered a CD from a seller in Hawaii on Ebay and received it in 2 business days. I couldn't believe it!

Amazon.de has charged me for my box set. That means its in stock ready to ship.  :-D

My copy shipped from BlowItOutaHere today as well. Gift from the girlfriend.  :)

Me also!!!

You say you got what from the girlfriend?

Box set!

BlowItOutaHere is an online music store  :lol

Ahhhhhhhhhh, OK.  Just checkin'.

What can I say...Kelly's got excellent taste when it comes to music purchases and gifts. And online stores with funny names!



(Though, as she pointed out, it should really be BlowItOuttaHere [two t's] for grammar's sake!)

Ugh, I'm not too sure now. The website says 5-10 business days. I really hope my copy will ship in time. I didn't pre-order to receive it that much later >:(

What grammar rule is that? "out of" has only one "t" too. Me no native English speaker...

The Straight Outta Compton "grammar rule." Supersedes all other grammar rules.  :P

BTW, for anyone who's interested, and although it may not be the absolute lowest price out there, BlowItOutAHere has the box for $114.99 (US) + shipping. Last time I checked, they still ship from Kentucky (which is why I usually use them, due to my proximity). I've never had a problem with them.

http://www.blowitoutahere.com/beach-boys-made-in-california/5099923234529

NWA as the final arbiter on spelling and grammar! I LOVE it!   ;)

Seriously, I don't know of any grammar rule that requires it, I think it's just more of a spelling thing. To a native English speaker, if you put the word 'outa' in front of them divorced of any context that might allow you to guess how it was supposed to be pronounced, some people might think it was supposed to be spoken as 'ooota'. Almost like the French 'où est ta mère?' with the second and fourth words deleted, and the first and third glued together as one word.

But 'outta' - there's only one way that word could ever be pronounced in English. Like "outer" in outer space.

Oder, um Michas willen: "Au" wie in "WetterAU", "ta" wie in "Tamberg". Aber natuerlich ohne "mberg" am Ende...

Unter "Meine Bestellungen" bei Amazon.de habe ich uebrigens gelesen, das MiC "in Kuerze" versandt wird. Was das auch zur Bedeutung haben sollte, weiss ich leider nicht, nur dass es gestern anders war ("noch nicht versandt", glaube ich). Klingt jedoch gut...

Er... what I was trying to say above there was that my Amazon.de order now says MiC 'will be shipping soon'. What they mean by 'soon', is unclear... however, yesterday it just said 'not yet shipped', so SOMETHING'S happening...

Mine too..... hope it gets here on Saturday!

I liked that vendor until every CD case I got was cracked (new CDs too). I wont use them anymore
and if Amazon sends me a crack-up it will get returned.

I think it's just luck of the draw sometimes. I've ordered many times from either BIOH, Deep Discount or Import CDs, and I think I've only had a cracked case from DD. Either that, or I'm just lucky that BIOH is one state away from me (vs. California for Imports)...lol :)

FWIW, I also ordered the Smile box from BIOH with no problems.

I have never recieved anything from Amazon that was damaged... :-D

I just got my notice from Amazon.de that my order has shipped with an estimated delivery of Monday 8/26.  ;D

I called Best Buy, store manager said his store isn't even going to carry the box and if there was going to be an exclusive with Best Buy, he didn't see anything indicating it.  Normally there would be something about it online by now.

So I just ordered mine from importcds 103.49 + shipping and tax (I live in Illinois where we pay online tax) = 115.26.  Seems to be the best deal out there. 

Best Buy is 136.99
Deep Discount is 124.99
BlowItOuttaHere is 114.99

Thanks to my girlfriend who bought it for me! :-D

I haven't actually gone through the steps of ordering, but in theory if you hold a Target Red card (debit or credit) you would save 5% off of the price and have free shipping. 5% off of the retail price (pre-tax) of $117.99 would make Target $112.09 + tax with free shipping. Worth a look:

http://www.target.com/p/made-in-california/-/A-14700924#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=made+in+california

Mine went from "shipping soon" back to "not yet shipped".....  :(

Blow it outa here is pretty close to me as well. I might give them another chance but Amazon's return policy is about the best.

I crack enough cases with no ones help...just "did-in" a perfect Friends CD yesterday in the car. Case on armrest, apply sudden elbow pressure... C  R  A  C  K! yep.  ::)

My importcds.com package is on the move.. but it's coming from California to Michigan.
So anyone who ordered from importcds.com, the closer you are the California, the
sooner you'll get it.

I canceled my cheaper AmazonUK order and went with importcds.com a couple reasons.
1) Someone posted here that they claimed the box was 'in stock' and sure enough it was.
They sent out Nilsson boxes 6 days before release date and did so again here.
2) AmazonUK has a release date a week after the US and it took 9-10 days for them
to get me my Nilsson box.  So I figured I'd pay about $17 more to get it early next week
than wait until Sept 10-11.

Placed my order with importcds exactly 3 hours ago, and I got the email that it is being shipped.

Yeah, shipped on August 27. No sooner.

Thanks for mentioning this. I think i may give them a try, as opposed to ImportCDs, since i'm on the east coast.

Oh, jeez, that's just wrong. No — *shitty* and wrong. Another reason to hate on Amazon. Why can't they treat everybody the same?

I have just had an email that says my set has shipped to me from Amazon.de. But as I'm in the UK, it certainly won't get here overnight. And we have a public holiday with no postal deliveries on Monday, so unless it makes it here by Saturday morning (unlikely, from Germany), I'll get mine on Tuesday at the earliest.

If so, I'll still be no worse off than if I'd ordered from Universal's UK-based on-line store (which is still, as I explained above, the only UK retailer I can find anywhere that is officially releasing the set this week, as opposed to Monday September 2nd).

The Amazon Germany cost worked out at 84.48 Euros including shipping and all taxes in the end (£72.22 at today's rates, or about 110-111 US dollars). Somewhat madly, this is considerably cheaper than Universal UK's price of £79.99 plus shipping (which would apparently have added 2 quid for delivery in '3-5 working days', and a scandalous six quid for '48-hour delivery').

And of course, all of this is considerably cheaper than what most people in the States are paying for this box, which is crazy considering that's where the music comes from.

None of it makes any sense to me...

yeh I actually emailed the place, and they said (yesterday):

"We probably will receive them tomorrow or Friday and will ship this weekend or Monday. We might get yours out on Friday because you live in California. The record companies are pretty serious about not having people receive stuff before street date. You will get an email when our box is packaged."

Soooo ...

I caved and cancelled it, and ordered from Import CDs, since I'm in Calif. Price ends up about the same.

Amazon germany sent me a mail today that the boxset is being shipped and will probably arrive here tomorrow :) Now that is good news. Cost me 79,99 Euro which I think is a fair price. Can't wait to exchange my first opinions with you!

Hope you folks trying importcds have better luck than I'm having. Ordered the new Buffett cd, got confirmation over the weekend it had shipped. Still not here (next door, in Arizona) on Thursday. They warned shipping could be slow, depending on where one lives. I saw why when I got a second email... in my case, they shipped via DHL. Would have been quicker just to give the package to somebody hitchhiking out on I-10.

yeah, think all the MIC's are going DHL. That's OK, they'll arrive, there's no rush

Edited for whining ;D

Yeah, I think I'll live if I have to wait a few extra days.  But in the past when I didn't want to wait, and found it locally, I'd just buy it and then return the one that came later in the mail to the local retailer!  Don't see myself doing that now, I can definitely wait.

Ok, as a Californian, this was finally enough to convince me to cancel my Amazon order and make the switch!

I'm pretty sure it's on in Ireland tomorrow.

I might just pop into Tower and see how much they're selling it for. It it's a decent price I might just buy it on the spot and cancel my amazon order. I really don't want to wait another two weeks for my copy.

When i canceled my Amazon order there was an option to select the reason for canceling and i selected "too expensive." Have those of you who canceled with Amazon been selecting this as well? I wonder how many copies of MiC have been canceled on Amazon altogether, ha. Maybe they'll take this as an initiative to lower the price...

I did the same thing when I canceled my order from Amazon.com.

*hi5*

Another chance to win a free copy of MiC:
ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=147506 (http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=147506)

Gotta hope then that all the people ordering fom Importcds get their box in a timely manner. Cuz odds are, using DHL, it will be delayed much later than it would have been buyiing it from amazon. Me, I'm happy with the price, so delivery time isn't that important. Heck, I haven't put my Smile box on yet....

I selected that reason as well when I canceled my Amazon order, and I'll be fine whenever the imports version shows up (I mean, assume it will be sometime next week, that's good enough to save $30 or so).

I selected the "found it cheaper elsewhere" option. They won't know that elsewhere was Amazon.uk. Thought the savings makes up for a delay of a couple of weeks... as long as it arrives in good shape. 

Mine was loaded into a Hermes van 2 hours ago...

Huh!  What's the next worst thing to being in the hands of DHL? That's right, you guessed it, being in the hands of the USPS: 


En Route
Tendered to USPS
 Fri, August 23, 2013 at 7:51 AM
Compton, CA, US

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From: IRVINE, CA 92614
UNITED STATES
To: SAINT LOUIS, MO 63121
UNITED STATES
Activity
 
Aug 23, 2013
7:51AM
Compton, CA, US

Tendered to USPS
Aug 22, 2013
10:33AM
Compton, CA, US

Processed
Aug 21, 2013
7:00PM
Compton, CA, US

Arrival DHL Global Mail Facility
4:00PM
Irvine, CA, US
Picked up by Shipping Partner


Lucky thing they gave me tracking ##'s, so I can watch this race across the country...

Better hope it gets there in one piece, Bgas.  It went through Compton, so no guarantees there.  And USPS has some Joe Montana wanna-be's on their trucks throwing stuff around, so good luck to ya that your box set has no holes, dings, dents, scratches and skuffs on it when it arrives.....

My tracking is identical to yours.  Nice to know that after being "shipped" 2 days ago, it's still in California.  :)

My order was in Germany last night. Pennsylvania this morning. Now sitting pretty in Kentucky.  :lol

Mine won't even ship  :P

Yeah, what's up with that? Didn't ago from "Shipping Soon" to "Not shipped"? I would be climbing the walls!!!!

Yep. Yesterday, it went from "shipping soon" to "not yet shipped." I checked again this morning to find the status is "shipping soon." And, it's been like that for the past four hours. It can be kind of maddening.  ;D

Bubs, you shoulda just told them you'd be over to Irvine to pick it up within the hour.  Woulda saved them shipping costs anyway. That's ridiculous.

We're all three in the same boat. Mine is now in the hands of the USPS in Bell, CA and it has to go all the way to FL. My estimated delivery date is August 30th. Oh well. As long as it gets here in good shape.

Mine arrived at the shipping facility in Compton last night.  Get on that plane to O'hare now and I'm only 30 minutes by truck from there. ;D

Ha HA!  Today my box set's 4 hour journey  of 8.4 miles from Compton CA, ended in Bell Gardens CA, at  11:07 AM ( 2.6 miles from Bell CA)   
There they put it in ( Forrest) Forrest Gump's  knapsack just before he stepped off on his journey  back towards the East Coast  ( 1,833 Miles to St Louis) 


My "scheduled" delivery day to St Louis MO?      August 29, 2013

Bless the beasts and children and the USPS too....

 

Mine is now only ten miles away from me... Where it will likely stay until Monday.  :'(

I broke down and pre-ordered from amazon.com. Yes, dot-com, mainly because 1) I want to make sure I get it as soon as humanly possible, and 2) I have the Amazon credit card, so I get triple-points on it for Amazon orders.

What's weird, though, is that the price of it in my cart is suddenly $10 LESS than the price it's actually listed at. I don't have any Amazon rewards points to apply, so it's not that....

Will receive mine in 4-8 business days...

Not what I expected from a pre-order.

As of last night, my boxset was in 'Nuneaton Stroke'.

Huh, Nuneaton is the next town over from me yet I have no idea what it means by 'Nuneaton Stroke'. My copy of MiC hasn't been dispatched yet, delivery estimate is 30.08.13

You've never done the "Nuneaton Stroke"?

Well if it involves getting somewhat intimate in a darkened corner of a Nuneaton club with a young filly, yes.

I agree.  "Shipped" Aug 21, three days later its still in California, and a delivery date of Aug 30.
6 days from now.  9 days from being "shipped."

$120 plus tax at The Exchange in Pittsburgh. Not bad. Got it!  :thewilsons :woot :beer :listening

I wonder if the importcds.com orders have left California yet.  
They were only shipped 5 days ago, so I can see why it's a question.
 :police:

Mine was just delivered!!!  ;D

Pixle, did you order from importcds.com?

Sorry if it has already been mentioned , Sainburys.co.uk have it for £ 63.99

Amazon.de

You are a wise, wise man pixletwin (as I wait here chomping at the bit for a package that hasn't left the Golden State yet)

Mine shipped today from Amazon and will be delivered tomorrow. I guess $20 off list isn't terrible, but I did expect it to drop lower than it did. Hard to believe this box lists for $149.99. That is some major bucks to buy full price.

I bought it from Amazon as well and signed up for Prime so that it would be delivered on release date.  I am surprised that the price didn't drop more as well.  These days $22/CD is very steep, even with nice packaging.  I just bought the Nilsson box at under $6/disc.

The USPS update says it's "Out For Delivery" as of this morning!!  Hopefully it'll be there for me when I get home tonight!

My copy from import CDs made it today! Hopefully the same story for the rest of you.

Do you live out west?

Tracking hasn't been updated in 3 days.

 

Interesting, that; as I posted in the other thread, my tracking was updated today at 11:43 to show it was "in town" but still wouldn't be delivered until the 30th. Thinking now I should invite my postal carrier over for some beers so I can see my copy! 

Same here! 

are you both west of the Mississippi? 

Yes. I live in LA...package came from Irvine.

I am, but not by too much - Omaha, Nebraska. So just west of the Missouri ;)

Yesterday, my delivery date was scheduled for today. This morning I check and the delivery date now says tomorrow. Delivery is by USPS. No wonder these guys have budget woes all the time. I surely have no issues getting piles of junk mail every day. ;)

A courier has just turned up with my box at my house in East Anglia, in the UK. I bought from Amazon Germany, and had it sent with Standard Shipping. Everything was well packed and is undamaged. Final price paid was 84.48 Euros — just over 113 US dollars, and equal to £74.20 on my bank statement.

So, not the cheapest, but at least it's here! And by the sound of it, none of the Amazon UK orders have shipped yet... nor even some of the Amazon US ones!

It looks great! Thanks to a busy day at work and the fact that I've already heard most of it thanks to what I shall refer to as 'the Finnish proxy leak', I won't be leaping on it to devour its contents immediately.

Tonight, however... a pair of headphones and a glass of something or another await...!

Just saw some folks selling it on Ebay; best deal I saw was $120.44 including free shipping in the USA

Incidentally, I kept my original Amazon UK order on in case there was a foul-up with my subsequent order from Amazon Germany. Now my box is here from Amazon.de, I could cancel my UK order. However, if anyone reading this would like me to redirect my Amazon UK order to their address, I will gladly do so if you'll refund me the Amazon price I paid. I got a reasonably good early lock-in deal price (£66.11 including shipping), although it's not as good as the Sainsbury's on-line price given above (£63.99 — not sure if that includes shipping or not).

The other disadvantage is that I have no idea when that UK set will ship. It's not on priority shipping and my original delivery estimate was September 5th, so if you can't wait that long, I'd advise you look elsewhere. However, if you can find an on-line leak to tide you over until then and would be happy to pay a few quid less than the current Amazon price, or any of the UK bricks-and-mortar retailers' prices, drop me a PM. First come, first served, and if there's no interest by tomorrow in the UK, I'll cancel the order. Otherwise, I may end up with *two* Beach Boys career-spanning box sets, and while one may be regarded as a misfortune, two starts to look like carelessness...!

I got a message saying it was delivered 30 mins ago. Strange, but YAY!!!! anyway. :)

I really thought I'd be able to pick up the set at Best Buy, or maybe Target or even my local Indie store.....no such luck.....no one has it in stock, and all said they wouldn't be getting it. Sort of surprised, I just ordered my copy from Amazon for Friday delivery. The way of the world now I suppose.

Even the indie stores where I live that had The Smile Sessions in stock on day 1 said "we didn't order any, but we can order one for you."

I'm on the east coast and placed my order with ImportCDs on Saturday, and it's showing as still in Compton, "ready for transport to USPS" (which seems odd that it would be handed off so early). It didn't move from Compton all of yesterday  :'(

Also, i called a Newbury Comics in town just out of curiosity and they said they had one copy in but already sold it. As a comparison, they had about 4 or 5 copies of TSS on release day.

Envy…  But well done on the circuitous route to ownership!  :lol

Steve Martin called; THE NEW PHONE BOOK IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 should I open it?

Help!

Don't really know where to post this, so this will have to do.

I am not a completist, or a collector. I just want the music I don't have. So I was going to cherry pick off of iTunes, but many of the alternate/a capella tracks I so desperately want are listed as "Purchased" in the iTunes store, despite the tags like "alternate version" or "stereo" after the song titles. The biggest problem being the stereo "Country Air," which I am unable to purchase a la carte (or at all, perhaps).

Somebody brought this up in another thread before the release date, but I haven't read anything else since (that discussion came to an end when Disney Boy decided that only people who buy physical CD product are allowed to be real fans).

Any suggestions? I wish I had just bought the mp3 version from Amazon, but I've already purchased all the tracks I could get off of iTunes and don't want to buy them twice. Although now I might have to...

Buy the tracks you can't get on iTunes off Amazon. You can cherry pick there without having to buy the entire thing.

Link for Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Made-In-California-digital-booklet/dp/B00EONYSZW/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_mus?ie=UTF8&qid=1377626072&sr=8-1&keywords=made+in+california

Just buy the singular tracks (each for $1.29.)

Haha that was easy. Guess I didn't need to freak out lying awake in bed last night. Thanks!

I hear ya. I was lucky in that I found an FYE about an hour away from me that carried it (they had one copy). When I went to my local FYE they told me they wouldn't be carrying it at all (same for Barnes & Noble and Best Buy, Target, etc.) They called another store for me who said they had it but couldn't find it. After some chatting over the phone, the clerk did manage to locate it. Because the box is vinyl size they stuck it in with the vinyl (Doh!). I wonder if anyone else had this problem?

I'm shocked about the Indie stores in my area. When I called I was told "We can special order it but it'll take a few weeks". When I expressed surprise that tracking down the box set in stores was so difficult the owner told me "The Beach Boys don't sell here" which I guess is true but....aren't the hipsters supposed to be into the Beach Boys?

So after I cancelled my Amazon order, I posted on the Facebook wall of one of the indie record stores in town asking if they were going to have it in stock. They said no, because if they did they'd have to charge $144.99 for it. (!!!)

Not a box set like this. MiC is the epitome of square and geeky (and not in the ironic and cool way) -- i mean, look at the thing, it comes packaged as a yearbook and it covers their entire career. And for those who don't know any better, it's kind of being promoted with the likes of Goin' to the Beach.

I ordered mine from importcds last Thursday at noon.  Got an email an hour ago saying it was in Forest Park, IL (about 40 minutes from me).  Getting closer!

I'm fine waiting because another package I ordered DID come today.  I got the Beach Boys In Concert book and it looks great.  That plus I finally ordered some of the 2012 remasters, so technically I do have some new mixes to listen to until MIC comes.

I've got $17.  Anyone see it for $17


No?  Hmmm...

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Okay, so after I cancelled my order, I went to Collectors Choice Music and added MIC to my cart, then created an account.

While I was doing that, the Mrs. told me to hold off because she was trying something to guarantee we'd get it by today. (We did; she just texted me to confirm she got it at her workplace.) So i closed out the browser.

Then i got an e-mail from Collectors Choice Music saying something like "We noticed you abandoned our site without finishing your order. We hope we didn't upset you. So here's a coupon code for $5 off a purchase of $25 or more." Which means I could have gotten it for $5 LESS than their already-lower-than-a-lot-of-dealers' prices.

For those in Canada not wanting to order/wait for shipping, HMV has it for $115.99.

You should tell them that you're REAAALLLY P*SSED!



Maybe...they'll send you a 10 dollar coupon...lol?

Hipsters are into Pet Sounds.

Hate to say it, but I'm not shocked at all. These guys have just been misrepresented and under-promoted to the extent that I'm worried as to how well something like this will sell, especially for such a steep price. I hope it does well, but yeah. :(

Out of curiousity, I looked and it's not even on the s00per fancy invite-only torrenting site I use, which usually has stuff up in lossless at least a few days prior to release, if not a week or two. The same was true of the Smile box (which had much more public interest) and the mono/stereo remasters last year - they didn't appear until weeks or even months after the fact.

Hate to say it, but the people really interested in recordings like "My Love Lives On" or "Where Is She?" or whatever might only number in the thousands. :(

The comments above, really show how the marketing of this box (and frankly, the band) is just plain awful.  It's really starting to piss me off.  Piss me right off!!

The look of the box -- the orange -- makes it LOOK like it's another retread of Sounds Of Summer.  Like a deluxe, over-priced version of that set.  Which, it kind of is... but with a lot of cool bonus stuff.  Stuff that a Sounds Of Summer buyer -- DOESN'T WANT.

This box wasn't for the casual fcking fan!!  It was for us.  We're the target.. the hardcore.  The hipsters, if you will.  It should have had something a little more artsy on the cover -- I don't know.  Maybe some original artwork?  Similar to Smiley Smile or something?

I've never really minded -- even defended -- them relying on their "surf" image.  But it's kind of wearing thin on me.  Pet Sounds is cool.  SMiLE is cool.  This SH-T IS COOL NOW!!!!!!!!!

For crying out loud!!  I think the people are ready to see the Beach Boys in a different light, I think they can handle it.  My God, they crave it!!!  They want to see something different!!!  Lord almighty, can I get a witness?!!

 :wall(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/SOSBBCover.jpg/220px-SOSBBCover.jpg):wall(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ytd1KqxNv-o/UbcvFFi-QcI/AAAAAAAAqho/I8afJxhfVk8/s200/Beach+Boys+Made+in+California.jpg)

Think about it, if it was for us, there is no way that they would put an embossed wave on the box. Mowing the lawn and washing the car is what we want. Oh, wait... that was on Hawthorne,CA. ;) Actually, I would have loved an embossed Appeal To The Great Spirit. :)

This.

Someone with the photoshop skills needs to make this happen. I would LOVE to see that.

THAT would have been perfect!!!!

Seriously... something, anything, to show you that this set goes deeper.  But not like this...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/SummerParadiseCover.jpg)

 :lol

Ah, but hang on Mr Bag.

I hate the cheesy surf image as well, and think it, along with that furshenliggen mid-70s 'wave' logo for the band that we're now stuck with on MiC as well, does the band something of a disservice... but apart from that, I think the wave cover and the orange colour for MiC is really cool. When you hold the real thing in your hand, it looks great. The faux-leather and the orange colour suggest... well, a REAL orange, the fruit, which has strong historical links to California, and the typography and design inside (may the Almighty Flying Spaghetti Monster himself bless Mark London) is terrific. It's a seriously cool package.

There's also the small but significant fact that MiC is a large hardbacked-book-sized thing, and Sounds Of Summer is a small CD-case-sized thing. There's no way the two can get confused. That's not clear from comparing two JPEGs, as you did here. I guess if you buy it as a download, that could happen, as JPEGs might be all you get to go on... but not when you shell for the real deal.

Oh, and one more thing — whatever you think of the design for MiC, consider how much worse we had it with the GV box. Those furshenliggen CD booklet graphics were so bad I had to turn them around, so mine have images of the Boys from the four different eras on the front. I mean... my eyyyyeeezzzzzz!!!! A condensation-covered orange inexplicably flying in space with the sea inside it!!!! A blonde surfer girl surrounded by blue sperm!!! A winged motorcycle headlight in the shape of a heart (what WERE they thinking here?) with flames behind it! And all done in that friggin' awful airbrushed mid-70s prog rock cartoon style! WHHHHHHHHHYYYY...?????

 :lol  Yeah, those CD inserts for the GV box were questionable!

I hear you about the quality of the physical product, once in your hands, being much nicer -- and not confuse-able with the Sounds of Summer CD.  But, I think MiC is clearly "on brand" (a little marketing lingo) with the SoS release.  Orange.  Simple.  Beachy.  It wasn't an accident, or artistic choice.  It's marketing, branding 101.  And since this set isn't really being sold in stores (?!?!?!) and almost exclusively online, the distinction between the two, isn't really all that distinct.

By the way... not being in stores, like Best Buy... is very strange.  I'm shocked.  Shocked!  Especially after being lectured by many that this set is not just for us... but rather, John Q. Pubic.

I mean Public.

I got my SMiLE Sessions box at Best Buy.  Strange, huh?  I don't know what to think.  Was this grossly over-priced and largely redundant box for the fleecing of the hardcore fans?  Well, yes... but why the camouflage of a greatest hits "career retrospective?"  Why not capitol-ize on the success and interest of the SMiLE box, and go artsy-fartsy?  Resurrect the Beach Boys as the overlooked artistic institution that they are.  Que es un dealios? (what is the deal?)

In the end, who cares.  I just find the whole thing a strange, wasted opportunity.  More the byproduct of a mechanical marketing team running on auto-pilot, rather than a brilliant, dedicated public relations and image revival effort.

It's a microcosm of the new economic reality. Most CDs/Books I want to purchase these days aren't carried by Best Buy/B& N/Target, I have to order the item online. Stores like Best Buy & Barnes and Noble exist only to have us "kick the tires" on some products (especially major purchases like appliances) and maybe get an idea of something we wanted that we didn't know we wanted....then when we find it we order the item for a much cheaper price online and wait for it to arrive from our favorite online retailer who doesn't have to worry about overhead costs like retail space rental, customer service employees, etc.

Interesting points, Mr Bag. I initially thought I too might be cheesed off at having to wade through all the tracks I know to get to the unreleased stuff. This was never going to annoy me to the point where I didn't shell for the set, mind, but it was something I thought might bother me.

However, playing the whole shebang through earlier (as I did today) was a really involving and joyous musical experience, and I think that must have been at least in part one of the aims of the compilation process. Sure, there must have been some marketing wazz in all this (what new record release *doesn't* have that these days?), but it didn't annoy me.

I know there are already complaints about the track selection, mixes, and mastering — but speaking personally, none of that bothered me as I waded through the six discs. I thought it sounded terrific. I listened, I was impressed at the vast body of excellent music the Boys have created over the last 50 years, and I even found myself thrilled anew at hearing some of these (in some cases, all-TOO-familiar) tracks. For someone who has heard this stuff as much as I have over the last 18 years, that's an achievement on the part of this set.

I am, in short, a satisfied customer. And I've decided the whole thing is going on my iPod, whereas at first I was just going to cherry-pick the new tracks and remixes I don't already have. But now, I think MiC is a good enough listen through as a whole to justify being ripped in its entirety. Again, points to the set's compilers in that respect. To return to topic, the price I paid wasn't excessive in the end, IMHO, for a great set of music like this. I paid £74.40 (84.48 Euros and just over US$113) for six CDs of great-sounding stuff in a terrific-looking, nicely designed package. For all the griping and moaning that there was about the price of MiC when it was first announced, I can absolutely live with that.

I still hate Barbara furshenliggen Ann though. That track is getting replaced with the Live in London version with the horns, godammit.

I would agree, in general.  Different market, different times.  But the SMiLE box was in Best Buys.  That was a 5 CD, two lp, 130 dollar multi-deluxe set spanning just ONE unreleased album (albeit the most famous reindeer of all).

But MiC screams greatest hits... yet its MORE expensive than the SMiLE box and NOT in stores.

 ???

 :lol

It does look like they made an effort to keep the redundant stuff, fresh.  So I can understand it being a nice listening experience.  I'm stuck having to wait for a more earthly price, which may never come.   :'(

Not trying to be flip Bean but the economic landscape HAS changed that much since November 2011 IMHO.

I give Best Buy only a few more years and it'll be gone. Barnes & Noble survives thanks to The Nook but for how long? It is a depressing reality. I may have been able to special order MiC from my favorite local used record/cd store but it would have been $150, no doubt. As it stands I spent $108 tax included but am stuck waiting for a package that has been sitting in a box 3,000 miles away from me for 7 days. I hate what has happened to this economy and I wonder if people outside America have this same issue. It sounds like most of the UK posters do have the same issues we have with finding MiC in stores so I suppose so.

Good point.  You could be right about the peril that awaits our brick n' retailers retailers... things may have gotten worse since 2011.  We did, after all, chose to stay the course of economic cancer in 2012.  Despite what we're told... there is no economic recovery.  It's just the opposite.

I haven't seen this set in ANY STORE. ANYWHERE. And its not because it's a stong seller. They aren't stocking it.

These are horrible times we live in.

I remember when there was a long line to wait for one of 6-8 Best Buy lanes ready to take your cash. Now its in-and-out and they have 1 or 2 people ready to take your cash. The newer Best Buys only have 2 or 3 registers now, the older ones had numbered registers that went up to 10 and are largely sitting unused collecting dust. I used to love a trip to Best Buy where I would invariably buy something I didn't know I *needed*. Now I go there seeking something I desperately want and leave disappointed. Brick-and-mortars can't compete with their finite resources (manpower, space) against the amazon's of the world. Sad but true.

This board's old friend Phil A. Cohen enlightened me: Amazon is now concentrating their efforts on having warehouses close to every major metropolitan area with the goal of having next day shipping standard and same day delivery an upgrade. In exchange for this effort and great expense to build these warehouses they are no longer concerned with being the lowest price on items they sell. It's a good strategy, I never thought to look around for cheaper prices online because for years amazon.com WAS the cheaper price. The MiC buying experience, together with Phil (yes Phil) have opened my eyes and I will look around next time I buy something online.

All that said I love buying stuff used off of Amazon marketplace--great deals can be had there on everything except shipping costs, but they have mortgages to pay too I suppose.

I am really hoping for a hefty price drop during the holidays. I want this box pretty bad.

Sorry for the cross-posting, but this really shouldn't be missed by anyone who hasn't seen it already... MiC for under eight UK pounds! Yes, EIGHT. That's, like, less than twelve dollars fifty...

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,16169.msg396941.html#msg396941

Price is down to $125.15 at Amazon USA.....still waiting.....

My local independent store, Zia Records, DOES have MIC on the shelf.
Full retail price.

Down to US $117 at Amazon

I think Phil is mistaken. There is a giant Amazon warehouse about 15 miles from us. The orders we get come from other States sometimes 1000's of miles away. This leads me to believe that every distribution warehouse carries only particular goods. I havent spoken with anyone who is employeed there though so I could be wrong but if the local bldg has the whole product line why do our goods come from elsewhere?

I don't think it would even be possible for one distribution center to carry the entirety of Amazon's products.

Back up to $133 lol.

Ugh. You know the economy is bad here right Amazon?  :P

At fye.com through 9/2/13: $127.98, minus 25% off $40 order with code "SLABORDAY", free standard shipping, = $95.98. Sales tax may be applicable.

http://www.fye.com/s/product/3177919/The-Beach-Boys-Made-in-California-Box#.UiNMxT-wW9I

Beautiful! Just ordered mine.

Even in NY, only a little over $100 with sales tax

I couldn't resist either, Wrightfan. I know it'll be cheaper eventually but after listening on Spotify I had to get it.

Oh no doubt.

SCORE!!!




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Phil Cohen mistaken? What whacky weed are you smokin Bro?  :hat

 :lol

You should buy another copy of the box with your savings, to celebrate!

And I'm glad I went for it - listening now. Fast shipping for a holiday weekend. Yay.  :tm

That's the thing - Smile has/had a huge reputation built up over the years. It finally being released was somewhat of a big deal.

MIC, on the other hand, is probably kind of seen as just another hits package to the casual fan. I don't think many people want to drop 130 bucks for a sort of "best of" over the cheap ten/fifteen dollar version when their interest in the band is limited.

With all that in mind, Made In California is much more for the hardcore fan than The Smile Sessions was. I know many hardcore fans will say they already have maybe 75% of this stuff and this is why I'm kind of worried as to how well this will end up selling. Hopefully when and if this sees a drastic price drop, sales will go up.

My thought exactly. Why pay any more when you already have Fun, Fun, Fun, Little Deuce Coupe, Surfin Safari and Surfer Girl on 5 other greatest hits comps.

I haven't seen this updated posted, if a repeat, my apologies.  For those still waiting, Amazon is down to $108.24:

http://www.amazon.com/Made-California-The-Beach-Boys/dp/B008XZKSRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385522304&sr=8-1&keywords=beach+boys+made+in+california

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For anyone who doesn't already have a copy of MiC (or anyone that wants an extra copy, I suppose), Amazon will be featuring it as part of their Lightning Deals today at 4:00 pm est. The sale price hasn't been announced yet, but I would assume it will be heavily discounted. A rough guess would be 20 to 40 percent off. These deals tend to end pretty quickly, so if you're interested I would try to be there at or near the start. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=bf2013_ln_music?ie=UTF8&node=4989003011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-2&pf_rd_r=063H1DEMC799SKVSCPRS&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1680025222&pf_rd_i=384082011


UPDATE: Sale price is $80.49.

Thanks for the tip.  I just ordered the box on Amazon for $80.  Good deal.

I was a CHUMP for paying $125 for this set on its release date!

 :angry

I'm chump #2.

I can’t disagree w/ anything that Bean Bag said.  But I wish the BB’s would start up a legacy series similar to what Dylan’s people do with his Bootleg Series: focus on certain periods in the BB’s history and release theme based legacy sets: Live ’71, etc.  Lotsa stuff there to appeal to casual fan and maniac alike.

I got mine at $80.49...:)

According to Amazon only 9 % were claimed...

Monty...

Well, yeah, ya know all of these have the mastering error on disc 3....

Paid less than $90 on Amazon UK on release date but thats a good deal for you that held out this long!  ;)

It's been under 60-something quid on Amazon UK for about a month now... No moaning about the price now folks, that's a perfectly reasonable price for a 6-CD boxset in deluxe packaging.

I might have bought the box sooner if I hadn't been able to listen to WIBNTLA on the net at about the same time the box set was released.  Being able to listen to a few select cuts on the net made it so I didn't feel like I had to rush out and buy it, but the cuts I heard made me want to buy the box even more.  So thanks Amazon for the price cut.

Cynical as it may seem, that's probably why they put it up for sale - they're hoping to get rid of their problematic stock.

I agree.  This is their best way out.  They have the fixed disc ready to ship, no reason to open up stock to change a disc, and $80 is about what we were all hoping the "fair" price would be.  Don't regret paying what I did though - you get so many new mixes, new tracks, ect., can't wait to get more details from the experts.  Any up-dates on that?  Last I heard was "by Christmas."  Some bitchin' from others, but I am happy with everything.  I do not collect too many boots, many of the tracks I'm hearing for the first time.  So don't have anything much to compare them to.  Every Beach Boys fan should get this.  Mark and Alan, and all involved did such a great, great job.  Their work with fine tuning these tracks, (and fixing stuff on last year's mono/stereo discs) and for what's to come...Well, they just deserve a BIG THANKS from us.  I still want more...my wallet's ready for Adult/Child, Wild Honey (I want all the tracks on one disc - even if it's a mixture of mono/stereo), and Friends and CATP-ST, (I got, and was pleased with what they did with SU and Sunflower last year), and and...

I got MIC from a local library - best price ever. My tax dollars hard at work!

I've had the box (yearbook) for one day and it's awesome.  I wonder why some of these songs were not released years earlier, but better later than never.

If anyone still hasn't purchased this wonderful box set it is on sale at Amazon.ca for the cheapest it has ever been $71.92.  Free shipping in Canada.  You are welcome!  :-)
 

A must have at any price.  I don't regret buying it at initial release price.