I have a rather extensive collection of BB/BW materials.
Dozens & dozens of rare promos, radio shows, imports, grey-area releases, etc.
Including the pre-release, promo-only version of “Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE” and a mega-rare SMiLE radio special disc.

I’m thinking it’s time to pass it on to a new home.
Any serious BB/BW collectors out there?
Looking to jump start your own collection?
Hit me up on Twitter, Instagram or e-mail (david_mittleman @ yahoo.com).
I prefer to move this as one big package.

Please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Preferably over on Twitter or Instagram, because I rarely check-in here anymore.

Images on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtBestIsKorny/status/1300579322768449537?s=20

Images on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEkwqfQJCZx/

Thank you for your interest and consideration.

David J. Mittleman (DJ M)

P.S. - I'm keeping all of my vinyl except for a rare M.I.U. white label.

P.P.S. - My 2004 SMiLE review: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/brian-wilson-6343052

My old BB/BW Blog: http://www.smileysmile.net/uncanny/index.php

*** My apologies if this post violates any Board rules. Please move if necessary. Hopefully that's not necessary 

Interesting.

https://twitter.com/AtBestIsKorny/status/1294214172075364352?s=20

Another one here I think. Sold for $30.

https://www.popsike.com/Beach-boys-1978-MIU-wlp-test-pressing-very-rare-LP/180466277456.html

Interesting.
But, I think that's different.
It's on "brother reprise #MSK-2268," and is presumably a US pressing.

The one on Discogs apparently has no "Brother" Records connection and has a different catalog # K-54102, and is a UK pressing.

Anybody know what the story is behind this?
Promo? Test press?

https://www.discogs.com/The-Beach-Boys-MIU-Album/release/3863100

Interesting, rare Dragon brothers record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KudyFW6lJlc

Thanks for posting!
I had read about this record, but never heard it.
It's insanely rare.

your upload is missing the intro..

Yeah, I have it, but edited it out.
To my ears it was boring and uninformative.
I also edited out songs that played between interview segments.
Nothing rare there.
I wanted to pare it down to just the interview.

Apparently there's 30 min. more of this interview.
Somebody on here has it; cough it up! 
The interviewer's life ended poorly, to say the least. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/30/dj-dave-herman-dies-obit-sex-charges/9777263/

I've posted a few more BW rarities on YT.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5s3geAXz5SNjq5GxNpIctA

https://youtu.be/YZAwYF2tLbU

Currently playing.

https://youtu.be/mXbqHzywkLY

Culturally insensitive lyrics aside, this is an amazing song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJPYaM79ugg

Just came across it on this odd compilation https://www.discogs.com/Various-LA-Radio/release/5656576

Mankey's credits include everyone from The Beach Boys, Dennis Wilson solo and The Cramps. https://www.discogs.com/artist/266053-Earle-Mankey?limit=500&filter_anv=0&type=Credits&page=1

Just bought the amazing 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow.
If you haven't done so already, go out and buy it; you need it if you're reading this.



Listening to it led me to pull out my mono copy of Smiley SMiLE to compare to the re-channeled pseudo-stero copy posted above.




Usually, fake stereo versions suck.
This Smiley SMiLE is the exception.
It sounds pretty good to me - it's brighter than the slightly dark sounding mono version.
My earlier excitement was mostly in reaction to the pristine state of the vinyl.
It's rare to find a (likely un-played) copy of a 1967 record by a major band in 2017.
It's like entering a time capsule and experiencing another by-gone era for a brief moment.
The original mono version does have its own pleasures and cachet.
Hard to pick a favorite; mono probably gets the edge.



Further July 4th listening material:

Find a mono version as opposed to the reprocessed stereo, and it will be even better!

True enough.
However, finding an equally clean, reasonably priced Mono copy may take awhile.

Holy fu@king sh*t!
Having multiple orgasms listening to this perfect copy of Smiley SMiLE!!

https://twitter.com/AtBestIsKorny/status/830597876585631745

"Brian Hanging with Nerds" is just a boring conversation between Brian and fans from some unknown year.

I wouldn't say that. It has some gems. Paraphrasing...

Fan: OK, Brian, talk to you later!
Brian: Do you have any cocaine?
Fan: Well, we smoke a little dope now and then.
[LOOOONG PAUSE]
Brian: Oh... Ok. Just checkin'.

Someone needs to spill the beans and let us know more about this (1981?) recording:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKT6HTm9Ms4

Apologies if this was previously posted, but it's new to me, just ran across it tonight, and is (fairly) new to YouTube

"Cease to Exist" (Charles Manson's Music Murder Motive / Beach Boys Documentary) 2008 by Ryan Oksenberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go2ym7HNoC4

The way it went down in the mid 70's. A cautionary tale.

...

You don't mess with the Doobie Brothers.

I remember that episode of What's Happening!!  Don't mess with Asia, either.  I saw something similar go down at a concert by the band Asia ca 1992 at Toad's Place in New Haven. (BTW, I'm not a fan of Asia, but the ticket was free & Steve Howe was in the band.) Some guy brought in a tape recorder slung over his shoulder, like a purse.  He had a big microphone, similar to the kind you would see a TV news reporter use on a location shot.  He was standing in the middle of the crowd.  It was open and obvious.  After a few songs, two bouncers saw him too and escorted him out of Toad's.  So, there was definitely a risk involved with taping back in the day.

Clinton Heylin goes into this somewhat in his book "Bootleg."  More tales from the early days of bootleg records can be found at Ken Douglas' old blog.  He talks more about producing the actual records, than how they were recorded, as far as I can recall.  Here's a sample:

http://douglasongww.blogspot.com/2010/03/it-coulda-happened-this-way-we-were.html
http://douglasongww.blogspot.com/2010/03/it-coulda-happened-this-way-big-dub-bad.html

I'm rather partial to If Only I Could Remember My Name.

I'm rather more than partial - truly amazing piece of work, and one of the very few that manages to be both resoultey of its time and timeless. In my album Top 10, no question.

A dream of an album.  For my money, the best album that came out of the late '60s early '70s SF scene.

https://twitter.com/thedavidcrosby/status/572904529273860096

Did you ever work with Mike Love?

"Have not
Would not
Not a good person"

Ha ha ha

I've been too obsessed with avant-garde jazz, experimental music, free improvisation and other outside, deviant and transgressive sounds to keep up with the saga of The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson.

However, I have decided to make a catalog on Twitter (@BeachBoysCDs) of my BB/BW collection (starting with CDs & DVDs) for shits and giggles. It's a work in progress. If you care to observe the happenings, please follow me here:

https://twitter.com/BeachBoysCDs

Thanks!

Is anyone else around here planning on attending the 1st show in Tucson?

http://www.smileysmile.net/uncanny/index.php/beach-boys-reunion-tour-kicks

The Criterion Collection's 2-DVD version is a "must buy" for any DW fan.  The movie itself has never looked better, and there is a wealth of extras, including extensive interviews w/ James Taylor and the director Monte Hellman.

http://www.criterion.com/films/847-two-lane-blacktop

BTW, Monte Hellman's first movie in a couple of decades, "Road to Nowhere," is now on limited release:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/monte_hellman_says_road_to_nowhere_was_a_group_subconscious_experience/

"How Not To File A Lawsuit, Beach Boy Style"

Here's a link to a pretty thorough review of the court's decision:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100709/01463510143.shtml

Mike Love's lawsuit against Brian Wilson & other defendants re the free CD give away in a UK newspaper ends in a loss to Mike in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Read the decision here:

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/07/08/07-56008.pdf

Mike Love lost in the district court and now the Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's decision.  The ruling was on purely procedural grounds, so if you're not a lawyer, most of the decision will be hard to decipher.

The basic gist of the decision was that Mike could not sue in a US court because nearly all of the things he complained of (e.g. the free CD give away) occurred in the UK, not the US.  The decision shows that Mike had a very weak lawsuit on nearly every front. The Court of Appeals noted that the district court judge "strongly admonished" Love for first claiming his legal residence was in Nevada and then later alleging his legal residence was in California merely because he happened to own a home in California.  (p. 6) The lower court judge also bashed Mike's attorney for trying to use a "sham" affidavit that contained "fabricated" evidence. (p. 6 & p. 16, footnote 7)  Finally, Mike had to pay the attorney's fees of several of the Defendants.  (p. 17)  In the US, the general rule is that each side has to pay its own attorney's fees, unless there a contract provision proving for such fees or such fees are authorized by statute.  The Court of Appeals found that there were both contractual and statutory provisions that allowed some of the Defendants to force Mike to pay those Defendants' attorney's fees.  So, not only did Mike lose his lawsuit, he also has to pay his opponents' attorney's fees on top of paying his own attorneys.

Mike could try to appeal to the US Supreme Court.  However, because the Supreme Court is highly selective about the cases it hears, even if he tried to get the court to hear his case he will very likely be denied.  So, this is probably the end of the story for this case.

Mike's "official" announcement is now being reported as an actual fact:

If the ever reliable "Fraudulent News" says so, it MUST be true:
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/06/21/brian-wilson-rejoin-beach-boys-th-anniversary-tour/

It's also been picked up here:
http://www.spinner.com/2010/06/21/brian-wilson-rejoining-beach-boys/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/music/Brian-Wilson-May-Rejoin-Beach-Boys-for-50th-Anniversary-Tour-96831274.html
http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2010/06/brian-wilson-to-rejoin-the-beach-boys-next-year/
http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/News/beach%2Dboys%2D0621/

All of these reports go back to the Las Vegas Sun interview w/ Mike; none has done any additional reporting, as far as I can tell.  As we all know, the LV Sun is THE source for official BB information.

Until there's an official press release/press conference, I'm not buying it.  I find it hard to believe that an "official" BB event like this would first be announced in an otherwise uneventful interview w/ the Las Vegas Sun.  I think Mike's announcement was more like a trial balloon (or Mike's wishful thinking) to get the wags talking and drum up some interest.  It appears this non-announcement announcement has done the trick.  W/ something this big there would be a carefully orchestrated announcement and press release, press conference, photo op, etc. like the 40th anniversary celebration of Pet Sounds on top of the Capital building. 

While I'm not saying that it definitely won't happen, I'm just not convinced by the facts that we have so far.

Chineese version of youtube is helpful, if you havent seen the documentary here it is:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTU2MzkxMjAw.html
 

Thank you very much for the link.