Anne, for some reason I neglected to add your SMiLE CD to our definitive list of Smile boots. I know you didn't assign numbers or labels to your comp, but what year would you say that you finished and "released" it?  I'll add it to the definitive list that Barnyard2 compiled.

The Smile pages, and the Surf's Up mix were, I think, 1997. I then did a Beach Boys Smile remix in 2004 based upon Brian's Smile release, and included perhaps ill-judged MIDI music to fill in the new pieces.

Since then I've abandoned MIDI work and concentrate on my own music, which is at beresfordandwallace.com

Increasing ticket prices, and limited concert appearances mean that I haven't seen a Beach Boy live for ten years.

Annie

I remember getting on the internet about 1996 or 1997. There were VERY few Beach Boys message boards then. Somebody on the PSML said something about a "Green Mansions" board run by someone in the UK. It was there (after wading through all the humor) that I got wind of a SMiLE album mono mix, compiled by Anne Wallace. One of the very first SMiLE fan mixes I ever picked up if not THE first. It was pretty popular; a revelation almost, after all the Smile bootlegs up until then. Anne was like the UK version of Alice Lillie - a pioneer in Beach Boys fandom.  

When I started Web Sounds, I was just a keen fan, wanting to join in with the online community. I gradually discovered Smile through a bootleg or two and some other rare tracks. It infuriated me that this music was not out there, being appreciated... that you had to track it down.

So I created the Smile section, which was high quality downloadable MP3s of the album, remixed and assembled by me, free for download, accompanied by Dave Prokopy's original liner notes.

Of course these days, I'd have been shut down in an instant! But somehow it survived long enough to get out to a lot more people. I'm very glad it did. It served its purpose at the time.

Seeing my name mentioned in relation to my mixes is quite surprising, as I haven't thought about it for years!

Annie

Hi Annie ,
I just wanted to thank you for that SMiLE mix. That version of Surf's Up is STILL my favorite and the one I always use on my SMiLE mixes.

Royce

You're very welcome. It was all just done for fun, a long time ago. I'm amazed people still like it

Annie

And I'd even put the Anne Wallace mono mix of Smile before a couple of others (even though there's no label for it).

That mix was released via my old website back in the day.... it was never pressed by me... but it was subsequently found on other boots, funnily enough!

Think I did it in 1997.

Annie

Flatterers

I've only just found it.... how weird is that?

Annie

I'll tell you the problem with the audio technology they're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. They heard what Anne Wallace had done, and they took the next step. They didn't earn the knowledge for themselves, so they don't take any responsibility for it. They stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as they could, and before they even knew what they had they've patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it in an illuminated pizza box, and they're selling it.

These audio engineers were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.

Someone mentioned to me that people still held my old 90's mixes in high regard, which is very flattering, so I came to have a look-see
But if I was to do the same remixing today, I could make SUCH a better job of it now, given my improved studio and skills

Annie