Just bought the UK download - and the f*cking thing won't play !  

I bought it last night of iTunes (uk) and the track "Drivin" skips to the next track after 45 seconds - with approx 2:30 of the track left to play :-(

Have emailed iTunes to report the problem.

Teeter Totter Love is a chant, not unlike You're Welcome, with the vocal being pretty much unlistenable. Jasper played it for me a few times back in the day. It has the chimes in it that You're Welcome has.

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Do you think, now that this song is available, that whoever thought up the faux "Remember The Zoo?" tracklist regrets including it? :-P

Damn... if that album did exist, side 2 would've been NUTS.  "Tones", a 1966 version of "He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move", "Teeter Totter Love", a Tomorrow Never Knows-type track with animal noises over it.... and people questioned Smile?!

LOL funniest post of the year!

3118 tracks, and I've listened to them all..

What about "Ball and Mitt"? Never heard of this one before and its not on psychedelic sounds - if you look at the picture of tape boxes in the hardback book, "Ball and Mitt" is written on the side of one of the boxes.

Will have to listen to all 5 discs to locate these parts again but 3 things I noticed (or can remember this time in the morning!) are..

1, Briain saying "Do you like worms?" during a session, although I don't think it was during a worms session - Maybe the first time this song title is mentioned.

2, During the Bag of Tricks session, Dennis? mentions a Police Officer and that you could play a tune on a Police Siren - then someone (Carl, Al or Bruce maybe) mentions that you can play a tune on a Touch-Tone phone! Didn't even know they existed back then?!? Maybe could have been used with the Reconected telephone direct dialing line from Cabin..

3, One of the guys mentions a sound effect they are attempting sounds like someone crunching Vegetables, again not at a Vegetables session, maybe Brian got the idea from here?

Sorry I can't be more specific with track numbers! I was listening on headphones at work.

Before and after..

1 Pet Sounds
2 Friends
3 20/20
4 Today!
5 Wild Honey

Just been to HMV in Liverpool, I got the Box and 2 disc this morning from Amazon but also bought the 1 dsc (crazy I know) in-store. It was £9.99, they had the 2 disc for £15.99 - didn't see the box set anywhere.

Now I have all 3 versions..

I have ripped all 5 discs to iTunes at 320kbps, and made safety copies and will spend the next few hours hopefuly managing a complete run through of the whole set. Had a quick scan through and there seems to be tons of new stuff that has not been heard before, even having heard 95% of the "shady stuff"

 

Just got my Box set and 2 disc edition delivered from Amazon.co.uk!!!! I ordered the day it became available and only used super saver delivery.

I'm amazed that it is in one piece though as the box set was just loose inside a larger amazon box with only a tiny amount of paper to stop it moving about, and the 2 disc edition was underneath the box set, but somehow avoided being crushed!! Phew!

Here goes, I'm tearing of the wrapping now!!!

 

The good news is Amazon.co.uk have dispatched my boxset to arrive tomorrow instead of Tuesday

The bad news is I have taken Tuesday off work so I have to sit at work knowing it's on my doorstep ( I live in a very trusting part of the world!)

Hmmm-I feel the onset of man flu approaching!!

Well I booked Monday off and mine is supposed to be coming Tuesday! Fancy a job swap for the day?!

Just checked my status on Amazon.co.uk (again) and the Box and 2cd set have despatched!!

 

Mine hasn't! I'll kill you, Amazon.

I shall not kill Amazon, as they just told me it's been dispatched, and will get here on monday! A day early!  

What state do you live in?

A state of super excitedness!

Just checked my status on Amazon.co.uk (again) and the Box and 2cd set have despatched!!

 

Just got up early to check my Amazon.co.uk order status and its changed to despatching soon! 

I booked the day of work on the 31st as soon as I found out the UK release date, but it doesn't look like it will getting delivered in time.

That sucks - big time.. Hope they do something about it, even if it means Brian having to sign extra litho's.

Reminds me of the BWPS SMiLE limited edition box with the 3d art fiasco.

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*sighz* hate to do this, but i'm desperate and won't actually have this for a couple of weeks.

So if anyone who has the box set could me some photographed manginas, I'd surely prematurely manjaculate from excitement and thanl you heartily and love you long time imo

Me too!! Come on Amazon!!

Ok, just got home to find that Amazon.co.uk have delivered a hardback book that I was waiting for, however, nobody was in to take the delivery so the parcel was just dumped by the front door of the house!

Luckily it was still there and it had not rained! I'm now getting worried that the same will happen to my Sessions box - it had better be in absolutely mint condition when it arrives next week.

Does anyone know if Best Buy will be selling this in-store in the UK and if so, how much will it be? I may cancel the Amazon order and buy it instore so I can see the condition of the box. I know HMV will have it in-store but will no doubt add a £50 mark up.

Thanks

PS a PM would be nice, although I should have the box and 2cd set soon , the suspense is killing me!

Ok, just got home to find that Amazon.co.uk have delivered a hardback book that I was waiting for, however, nobody was in to take the delivery so the parcel was just dumped by the front door of the house!

Luckily it was still there and it had not rained! I'm now getting worried that the same will happen to my Sessions box - it had better be in absolutely mint condition when it arrives next week.

Does anyone know if Best Buy will be selling this in-store in the UK and if so, how much will it be? I may cancel the Amazon order and buy it instore so I can see the condition of the box. I know HMV will have it in-store but will no doubt add a £50 mark up.

Thanks

Can anyone who has the box please check to see if there is a download code for the digital version, thanks..

No download code as far as I can see. Sorry.
A note for completists (ie us): the cover for the stand-alone 2LP version posted earlier in the thread (which has the titles in 4 columns) is different from the cover for the 2LP version included in the box set (which has the standard two columns....and -thankfully- no barcode).
Still...forcing...myself...to...wait...til...tomorrow...to...listen.....argh.....

Thanks for checking, can't wait for my box. COME ON AMAZON.CO.UK... pull your finger out and get them in the mail!

Can anyone who has the box please check to see if there is a download code for the digital version, thanks..

Has anyone who has ordered the box from Amazon.co.uk had their order status change to despatched yet? I keep checking, come on Amazon, just change it to despatching soon Gosh Darn it!

RIght clicking and "saving as" produces interesting results...

Longer samples of the 2-cd version (1 minute long), but worse quality, available here http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/438651-01.htm
That new Child vocal  
And Barnshine is great!

Longer samples of the 2-cd version (1 minute long), but worse quality, available here http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/438651-01.htm
That new Child vocal  
And Barnshine is great!

And the session snippet for Vegetables Fade, anyone? The little glockenspiel counterpoint melody - Only BW can create music this bewitching.

I love that piece! You almost couldn't hear that little melody in the old bootlegs. Now it's clear as a bell!

I have the samples playing in sequence on the HMV site. Wow, the Dada sessions alone are worth the price of the box!!

104 Second Day: I never noticed that jewellery sound that corresponds with the bird sounds. Was that on the boots?

May have been burried in all of the murk of Secret SMiLE, off subject but I LOVE the beggining of track 55 (H&V Fade), that sounds unlike any take I have ever heard. I love Teeter too, anything with a slide whistle is great in my book!

No sign of "Crack the Whip" or "When I get mad, I just play my drums" though...

Brian signing the limited edition light-up boxed sets!!

That 3D cover looks AWESOME!

I love the way the "open" sign is floating in the glass of the shop door, that looks awesome!