Hey all,

Things have been going well for us so far.  We've been getting some press here in the Twin Cities as well as some radio airplay.  We just put together a brand new music video for our song "Fourth Street", a good friend of ours played all of the wonderful cello parts on this song.  Enjoy!

Coastal Cabins - "Fourth Street"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTTbR49KK_c

Well friends, the time has finally come. We are very proud to present to you our debut EP "Coastal Cabins". Please give it a listen, we hope you enjoy what we've been up to the past few months. Thank you so much for your support! Please share our EP if you like what you hear! We have hard copies available on CD as well.

Coastal Cabins - Coastal Cabins (2014)

1. Beach
2. In A Glass Dream
3. Fourth Street
4. North Country
5. We Were Young

You can download the entire EP for free here (with full artwork and lyrics) -

MP3 at 320kbps format here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nlj73rezuijqyn9/Coastal%20Cabins%20-%20Coastal%20Cabins%20%282014%29%20%5BMP3%20320%5D.zip

Or in lossless FLAC format here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i783vab3ns64yh6/Coastal%20Cabins%20-%20Coastal%20Cabins%20%282014%29%20%5BFLAC%5D.zip

Stream the entire EP here:

https://soundcloud.com/coastal-cabins/sets/coastal-cabins-2014

Thanks for the comments guys!  Glad you dig it.  And nice to hear from some people familiar with Luther.  The Dorian music festival is always lovely, but man there's too many people on campus that weekend!  Decorah's a cool place, I love it there!  (And Gabo, don't worry about us going Christian haha)

The EP comes out tomorrow!  Citypages (Minneapolis newspaper) featured our video and did a little write up on us here:

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2014/08/top_10_must_see_minnesota_music_videos_this_week_8_07_14.php

Nice to get some press!  

Just two more days until the release of Coastal Cabins's debut EP! Please check out our music video for our debut single "We Were Young" if you haven't already (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf24SOHuy_M), and like and share our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/coastalcabinsmusic) and/or video if ya dig. It would be a tremendous help to us!

Over the past couple years, my friend and I have been writing music together somewhat aimlessly and sporadically. We finally decided that the time was right to try and make something of our music and thus, since this past April through July we had been in the process of recording our debut EP. It was mainly recorded at home, but significant portions were also recorded in our dorm rooms as well as Jenson-Noble Hall of Music at Luther College (where we go to school). We are very excited to announce the release of our self-titled debut EP on August 8th in both digital formats for download and CD – both free of charge.
With all that being said, here’s the music video for the first single “We Were Young” off of the EP. Our friend from school played tenor saxophone on this song. Robert did the lead vocals, I did all of the harmony vocals and played all the instruments (besides saxophone). We hope you enjoy what we’ve been cooking up, and please stay tuned for the release of our debut EP on August 8th – there’s plenty more to come

Coastal Cabins - "We Were Young"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf24SOHuy_M

Here's a link to our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/coastalcabinsmusic

You can also stream and download at https://soundcloud.com/coastal-cabins/we-were-young

Thanks so much for listening!  Give our Facebook page a like if you dig what you hear!  

I think the Brian Wilson influence definitely comes through with that saxophone part in the song  

Why don't someone ban Phil Cohen?
It's just ridiculous enter here to read intelligent and informative posts about the great 2012 releases (and what a WONDERFUL year to be a BBs fan), and ended up reading so much downer posts from him, repeating the infamous "WALL OF SECRECY", "WALL OF SECRECY", "CAPITOL'S...WALL OF SECRECY".
This is a lunatic, extremely-paranoid "fan" who didn't understand and know nothing about recording companies/music industry politics (and he think he knows everything), and who don't want to be happy with everything that will be released: simply he wants more and more or something different (maybe he think he probably could do better everytime).

We got The Smile Sessions in various configurations (the box is a masterpiece), we got a new album and single, an Al Jardine's solo album physically released with bonus tracks, great books, a astounding reunion tour, cool official videos, new PBS special, and now these 2012 remasters and for who wants 2 greatest-hits package. And he doesn't get satisfied! Come on!
I'm really happy with everything, I would be with 1/3 of this list, and I'm just so proud to be a Beach Boys fan.

In response to your attack against me, I should note that Mr.Linett & Mr.Boyd stopped participating in this forum BEFORE I joined the forum, so don't blame me for their exit!

And where exactly did he blame you for their exit? 

Do It Again sounds absolutely STUNNING!!!!!!

http://www.creativeman.co.jp/artist/2012/08beach/news.html

Mono and Stereo Reissues (Japan)

http://www.creativeman.co.jp/artist/...each/news.html

Jul. 25th 2012 release in Japan
Remasterd by Mark Linett, Alan Boyd and Dennis Wolf.

Surfin’ USA (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Surfer Girl (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Little Deuce Coupe (MONO &STEREO）2012 remaster
Shut Down Vol.2 (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
All Summer Long (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Today! (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Summer Days (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Party (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Pet Sounds (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Smiley Smile (MONO & STEREO）2012 remaster
Sunflower (STEREO）2009 remaster
Surf’s Up (STEREO) 2009 remaster

Here's a (bad) translation of the webpage text (from Japanese)

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of debut Japan tour & 8 Mon, re-released the latest series of 12 pieces of CD mastering original name! Recording such as a stereo mix of "I Get Around" In addition, the world's first sound and appearance! !

Brian Wilson as Japan tour was attended to commemorate the Japan tour can become a long-awaited first time in 33 years really, to be released on July 25, the latest series of 12 re-mastered CD title the original name of the Beach Boys is decided.

Remastering of this time, in charge of the album "Smile" was released as a board regular finally in 2011, was co-producer with Brian Wilson, Alan Boyd, Mark Lynette, Dennis Wolf, the original master was held in the United States to use.

Of the album title in all 12 re-mastered CD name is now, two version of the Stereo and Mono are recording, "Surfing · USA" (Original Release Year: 1963), "Surfer Girl Little Deuce Coupe "(1963)" Shut Down Vol.2 ", (1963)" All Summer Long ", (1964)" "My 5 (1964), Mono will be over this time is the world's first CD.

, "Today" in stereo & mono recording, "Summer Days" (1965), "Party" (1965), "Smiley Smile" (1965) of four (1967), and also this Version is a new stereo mix producer, Mark et al. Lynette, the record including age, appeared to be the world's first! Also "Good Vibrations" has been recorded, more than 40 years, "Smiley Smile" also "I Get Around" One of the songs representative of the Beach Boys have been included in "All Summer Long" after the time of, you revived as True Stereo for the first time.
In addition, "Pet Sounds" (stereo & mono, 1966), digitally remastered, "Sun Flower" latest 2012 (stereo only, 1970), "Surf's Up" (stereo only, 1971) sound re-mastering the latest in 2009 that is used.

These are currently only CD release of all Japan, the package specification and newly renovated Dejisurivu.

World Tour of the Beach Boys are currently underway in the content can be said very Best Of The Beach Boys, the parade of greatest hits of yesteryear were housed in this 12 pieces. There is no doubt that you will be so impressed on the stage of such performances from Japan, and the preparation in this remastered all means, please visit a concert!

The Beach Boys / The Beach Boys
Title 12 digitally remastered all the latest series of the original name board
(Including tax) ¥ 2,600 each released on July 25, 2012
Commentaries with bilingual lyrics, digitally remastered digital specification to Leave latest US

A. "Surfing · USA" Surfin 'USA (MONO & STEREO)
Two. "Surfer Girl" Surfer Girl (MONO & STEREO)
Three. "Little Deuce Coupe" Little Deuce Coupe (MONO & STEREO)
Four. "Shut Down Vol.2" Shut Down Vol.2 (MONO & STEREO)
Five. "All Summer Long" All Summer Long (MONO & STEREO)
6. "Today" Today! (MONO & STEREO)
Seven. "Summer Days" Summer Days (MONO & STEREO)
Eight. "Party" Party (MONO & STEREO)
Nine. "Pet Sounds" Pet Sounds (MONO & STEREO)
10. "Smiley Smile" Smiley Smile (MONO & STEREO)
11. "Sunflower" Sunflower (STEREO)
12. "Surf's Up" Surf's Up (STEREO)
* Latest digitally remastered in 2012 (latest year digitally remastered album 11,12:2009)
The world's first recorded appearance STEREO version: 6 to 8, 10 recorded the world's first MONO version on CD: 1 to 5

Mono and stereo for all albums!  Smiley Smile...in STEREO?  

Now..where's Wild Honey and Friends?  Possible later separate reissues, box set(s), or something?  Hoping for a stereo Wild Honey somewhere down the line

God, Brian looked so uncomfortable  

My God, he sounds just like Brian.  Let's get this guy to record missing SMiLE lead vocals (DYLW definately comes to mind)!

Pretty insane stuff going on in there at times  .  Very well done, however, I almost felt like there was just a little too much going on vocally in a couple spots, notably in Holidays and Dada. Still though, the stuff you've done with the vocals are pretty amazing.  The only time I felt the vocals sounded a little weird (as in noticeable manipulation) was in the "Rock rock, roll, Plymouth rock roll over" part in Holidays at the beginning.  Everything else sounded surprisingly natural to me

This is just a wild and crazy guess... but I'm thinking it was created in 1967, sometime before August. Possibly.

I figured about that much 

Does anyone have any more info on this art that was used for the sleeve of the Heroes And Villains single?  Who was it created by?  When was it created?  Any other info would be nice, I'm just curious about it...

Here's my honest opinion.  The mix was kind of 'meh'...not really exciting, but not bad either.  I guess I've just grown so used to the Cantina mix that that structure IS H&V to me and anything different just seems weird.  HOWEVER, what you did with the Prelude To Fade...was hands down pretty fucking awesome.

I stopped bothering at the word "definitive", for obvious reasons.

Well, all I said was this mix was definitive for me, probably not for everyone else 

This sort of thing is very dear to my heart, because I've been thinking a lot about making something like this, and you have a tracklist very close to what I'm thinking...  I'm hesitant to make one though because I love my own mix so much, I don't really want an "update" to it...  I left in anachronistic elements because I thought it sounded great, what I would sorely miss without them.  So I am glad you've done this.  

So some thoughts...
- I like how Our Prayers and H&V are one track.
- I didn't really like your H&V, wouldn't it be the Cantina version, if we're talking about authenticity?  
- Interesting I'm In Great Shape...  I like the inclusion of Swedish Frog, and I love how Barnyard goes so smoothly into H&F Fade remake.  VERY impressed!  I would still have IWBA/Workshop somehow, but that's just me...  
- Great Vege-Tables, I think it's very similar to the one I did.  
- Excellent Wind Chimes, without the reprised "heavy part"
-No Fire Intro...  Interesting because I was actually just going to make a thread about that (maybe I still should).  I know that it began life as a random H&V intro, but how did it end up being considered a Fire intro instead?  Was that a misappropriation that everyone (myself included, as well as Darian and eventually Linnett/Boyd) kept following?  Or was it in fact relocated by BW at some point?
- Interesting choice to put Child so at the end... is that to musically and thematically link it to Surf's Up coda?  
- WHAT NO SURF"S UP CODA?!?!!  

Sorry so much criticism, it's just that this was something dear to my heart, as I had said, but I just couldn't compel myself to do... 

Thanks for your thoughts.  Heroes And Villains I edited together to model it after the Cantina version, but I used the verses and 'Children Were Raised' portions from the Smiley Smile/Single version because they sounded a lot better then the Cantina version.  Consistency in sound quality was one of my main goals in this mix.  The only thing that I changed from making an exact model of the Cantina version is that instead of finishing it with 'False Barnyard', I finished it with the 'Prelude To Fade', because 1. False Barnyard was already being used in The Old Master Painter, and 2. 'Prelude To Fade' is my favorite piece of SMiLE music...I just had to put it in there.  And I see what you mean regarding using the Cantina version itself for authenticity, but at the same time...look how much Brian worked on Heroes And Villains AFTER the Cantina version was made.  It's clear he wasn't done. 

Thank you for your compliment on I'm In Great Shape, that was one piece of this mix I was most proud of.  The Swedish Frog portion in the beginning always reminded me of moaning and groaning waking up sounds (partially inspired by Mok's Smile mix), so I felt it deserved a place there.

The Fire intro was never definitively part of Fire itself - it was tacked on to the beginning of Fire in the mid-80's I believe by Linnett for his 1988 SMiLE compilation (correct me if I'm wrong) simply because it sounded good...there's no historical evidence supporting that it was supposed to be part of Fire.  The main reason I took it off was because I wanted to cut the time down as much as I could...to be honest, the intro isn't completely necessary in my opinion.

I put Child Is Father Of The Man close together with Surf's Up for the reason you described - musically and thematically linked.  However, the reason there's no Surf's Up coda...it was recorded in 1971.  It just crosses the line a little too far with me over being inauthentic because it's such a big portion to use post-1967.  I know, I'm wired a little weird 

[Side One (17:28)]

Imagine that SMiLE was released on Tuesday, June 27th, 1967 by Capitol Records and Brother Records...it may have gone a little something like this...


Side One (17:28)

Heroes And Villains (4:18)

I’m In Great Shape (2:09)

Do You Like Worms (3:31)

The Old Master Painter (1:56)

Wonderful (2:05)

Cabin Essence (3:30)


Side Two (19:42)

Good Vibrations (3:44)

Vega-Tables (3:31)

Wind Chimes (2:33)

The Elements (3:48)

Child Is Father Of The Man (2:23)

Surf’s Up (3:44)


Total Time: 37:10

Mixed in mono, as Brian Wilson and Chuck Britz would’ve done themselves
No cross-fading was used in any of the edits in this mix either (except in unavoidable one spot...hardly noticiable though), only hard edits
“SMiLE: June ‘67” was made by myself, with some assistance from other fan mixes, notably “Smile A.D. 2.0”, “Purple Chick Presents: The Beach Boys Smile”, and Bruiteur’s mix of ‘Barnyard’
Absolutely nothing from BWPS was used in this mix.  The only post-June 27th, 1967 material that was used in this mix were the lead vocals and 'Truck Drivin' Man" portion from Cabin Essence, 'Fall Breaks And Back To Winter' vocals for the Fire portion of The Elements, and the 'Bygone, bygone' lines from Surf's Up (eventually I'll make an upgraded mix of this song without those lines)
For me, this is the definitive SMiLE mix.  I'm done making SMiLE mixes after this one (I think)
Many of the edits and mixes in this mix are quite unique, and the sound quality has been upgraded in quite a few places.  I'm especially proud of what I've done with Heroes And Villains, I'm In Great Shape, and The Elements.  There's quite a few cool surprises as well, but I'll let you unwrap them by listening to the mix
Also included is upgraded back cover art, with Capitol Records' monophonic recording disclaimer at the bottom

Look, Listen, Vibrate, and Smile!  (and tell me what you think of this mix too)

DOWNLOAD LINKS

MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.filesonic.com/file/Gj0AhwX/SMiLE-June_'67_(MP3).zip

WAV: http://www.filesonic.com/file/BXmOnnC/SMiLE-June_'67_(WAV).zip

I know the backing vocals you put over Fire came from Fall Breaks And Back To Winter, but where did the backing vocals you put over I Wanna Be Around come from?

What you did with Fire/I Wanna Be Around-Friday Night was pretty f*cking cool, not gonna lie

And what was this historical evidence you discovered?  Sounds intriguing to say the least, especially if it had something to do with the song sequence

Also, the bonus track file was deleted for copyright infringement apparently  , didn't get a chance to see what was included in it

You found it!

Isolating the vocals for Fire was one of the last things I did when putting together SMiLE A.D. v2.0. While I was inserting the vocals into the mix, of course I had to link it with I Wanna Be Around, which was the next track. At some point I put two and two together and figured out that the last chord of the Fire vocals matched up perfectly with the first chord of I Wanna Get Around. Of course it's just speculative, but I'm just wondering if that was planned out by Brian at some point. I was PUMPED when I first heard it, haha.

Try downloading the Bonus Pack file again. I just checked it out, and it seems to be up and running.

Bonus Pack is all good now, thanks 

What you did with Fire/I Wanna Be Around-Friday Night was pretty f*cking cool, not gonna lie

And what was this historical evidence you discovered?  Sounds intriguing to say the least, especially if it had something to do with the song sequence

Also, the bonus track file was deleted for copyright infringement apparently  , didn't get a chance to see what was included in it

Hey,

Check out my mix of 'The Elements'.  I made it to sound like how it might've been in 1967.  Of course, no one knows though.  All hard-edits and mixed in mono like Brian Wilson and Chuck Britz would've done (only non hard-edit is the end of Love To Say Da-Da - you'll understand).  I tried to make it short, performing necessary edits here and there to bring the track length down (I don't think it would've been a 6min+ song).  Here's the run-down of what's included:

1.  H&V Intro from TSS [FIRE]
2.  Hard edit into an edited-down-a-couple-bars version of Fire from Unsurpassed Masters (TSS version is too long) [FIRE]
3.  Hard edit into Friday Night/Workshop from TSS (rebuilding after the fire - I've always been a firm believer that this was part of The Elements.  Friday Night just sounds so earthy and bluesy to me) [EARTH]
4.  Hard edit into Air portion (I think you'll like what this is   ) [AIR]
5.  Hard edit into an edited-down-a-couple-bars version of Love To Say Da-Da from TSS (I love how I ended it all, but at the same time I don't, because it goes against the historical factor by using a few seconds of BWPS...but it makes a unique ending to the song that's different from BWPS as well) [WATER]

No water chant either, now knowing that it was recorded during the Wild Honey sessions.  My cut off date for material to use was summer/early fall 1967 -  Fire does have flown-in vocals from Fall Breaks And Back To Winter.  However, ironically, as noted above, Love To Say Da-Da is finished off with a few seconds of BWPS...how do I live with myself  

Alright, well here it is.  Check it out, download it, let me know your thoughts!

"The Elements"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/w54zck

Has anyone on the board ever tried to isolate the vocals of Good Vibrations?  Obviously, I know the vocal multitracks are missing, but I'm wondering if anyone on the board has an audio file of (attempted) isolated vocals for GV.  Please PM me or reply here if you can help me out,

Jack

What happened to the download links? 

Nevermind - all is working fine now

What happened to the download links? 

As you may or may not know, Lei'd in Hawaii was given a catalogue number (Brother Records 9002), and apparently cover art was also prepared.  Has anyone ever seen this cover art?  Does anyone have a pic of it?  Or has anyone ever created their own fantasy cover art for Lei'd In Hawaii?  Thanks, any info would be much appreciated!