I'm not usually a guy to buy a different copy of an album if I already own it but the other day I was listening on my headphones to C&TP straight after playing a Frank Zappa album from the same time period and the difference in sound quality was like night and day. The Beach Boys album sounded so quiet and muffled by comparison. A nicely remastered C&TP and also Holland (which is very murky in places) is something I'd very much want to own.

If you think the remastered CATP is quiet and muffled, then you ought to hear the Epic/Caribou CD release, or even worse, the original Brother/Reprise LP. It's just a bad sounding album.

I love the sound of this album. It's amazing!

Good listening for the first 9 tracks.

Just stumbled across this strange book.

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"United in Death by Drowning: Natalie Wood and Dennis Wilson"
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/United-in-Death-by-Drowning-Natalie-Wood-and-Dennis-Wilson-9781115863247-Book-/171008820653?pt=AU_Non_Fiction_Books_2&hash=item27d0eb85ad

United in Death is a series that showcase celebrities who may not have crossed paths when they were alive but unfortunately met a similar death. This book discusses the deaths of Natalie Wood and Dennis Wilson who both passed by drowning. Rediscover the careers of movie star Natalie Wood and Beach Boys' member Dennis Wilson.

Surely BB fans who like Daft Punk would also like the disco version of Here Comes The Night. If you don't - you may be lying to yourselves.

The clip at the airport and of the press conference were aired on Saturday (Jan 19) at about 9:30am here in Australia. A friend txted me to tune to ABC but I missed the good bits and only managed to catch the film clip to Getcha Back (entertaining in another way) which followed the press conference . Glad someone uploaded it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ohz0hVVaqkA

Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal) does a splendid cover of "Little Bird"!

Stephen Kalinich has commented on this video.

Thank you Kevin for recording this.It was the first song I wrote with Dennis and came out in 1968 on the FRiends album. There ar some lyrics left out for the Beach Boys version that are in my original version. I love this song. As i heard you and watched the video it brought back the day i wrote the lyric and left it on the piano for Dennis to set to music.It was afternoon on Sunset Blvd. A grand day and i love dennis and miss him in the flesh.This song was a blessing for me. stevie kalinich


I am almost 71 now and still very active and writing every day but it is not every day i get an opportunity like this.
Kindness Stevie Kalinich

Stephen Kalinich

Thank you Mr. Desper.
You are an actual legend!

Mike was great as the MC of the night. I really appreciated his presence. Plus his voice was stronger than I thought it would be from some of the stuff I've seen on youtube.
Brian sang a lot better than I expected. I am not a fan his voice of recent decades but even though he looked like he was asleep he definitely put some effort in with his singing and actually surprised me with his ability.
Bruce sang really good. I find his cheese-ball songs embarrassing but he absolutely nailed Disney Girls. Those high notes at the end were flawless.
It was so cool to hear David playing those surf solos. He played them awesomely. His guitar tone for most of the set was perfect. It seemed to get a bit cheesy toward the end of the show. Too much drive. Not enough surf.
Al sang really well too.

Great show.

Man - If only he toured to support Pacific Ocean Blue. That would've been vital in establishing himself outside of The Beach Boys.  I wish this happened and I wish I had a dvd of the tour

Beach Boys-surfs up vocals only - 1970
http://youtu.be/sc5GSsdMPuM

Sorry, but I just have to be annoying and point out that Sail On, Sailor was recorded in California.

Oh yes, right, I forgot. But you're wrong about one thing: I'm NOT annoyed.

Maybe they could just do a 12 second medley of songs from KTSA, BB85, Still Cruisin', SIP and Stars and Stripes.

Thanks! I guess the Syd Barret reference is directed at the general spookiness of it all?

So very cool to see this! I feel like this album never gets a mention anywhere (outside of places like this). #2 Coolest Summer Album. Wow!
Man I want to hear it in stereo.

yeah I always hear that as "Soulful old man shine shine, shine your light.... "
But then it maybe sounds a lil creepy.

Weird - it's playing fine for me. Cheers for listening.

It's been a while since I busted out some layered vocals. Here's some spooky harmonies for you.
http://soundcloud.com/thewhisperingwinds/smiles

edit: There is no such thing as too much reverb 

Stereo Smiley Smile is going to blow my mind!!!
I am hopeful for an eventual stereo Wild Honey. That will also blow my mind!

I'm flying solo for this one! My friends are fond of The Beach Boys but since we are all poor students, none of them could really afford to tag along to this one. Usually I struggle to get even a twenty together to see local bands, I'm only able to this show as it's my eighteenth birthday present

Off topic... but you should get 20 of your friends to go see my band Thee Gold Blooms play around Perth . We bust out early Beach Boys surf instrumental 'Stoked' (our only cover) and play general dirty 60s garage rock. 

This got me youtubing. I found some gems.

Down Under '63 - http://youtu.be/WsI1bUXc2XM
Disco Pipeline '77 - http://youtu.be/YwtZi7Tndx4

I'll be there in a group of 10 close friends and family members!

[Are these new pressings of the old twofers]

Interestingly Chaos.com (an Aussie based online store) has the Twofers available for pre-order with a release date July 6, 2012. Are these new pressings of the old twofers? Does this mean we won't get those Japanese versions here? Or does it mean nothing at all?

http://www.chaos.com/search?q=BEACH+BOYS&t=all

Why would you think these are the new pressings?  The new pressings don't have two different albums on each disc, but the stereo and mono mixes of an album.

Sorry if there was confusion. I never assumed these were the brand news 2012 remasters.... I said "are these new pressings of the old twofers". I'm assuming they've printed up a new run of the old two-fers (due to there being a pre-order date). The alternative is that these are old-stock.

Yep. So it's clearly a re-pressing (or remaining stock)  of the 2001 twofers. Like I said -  If these are getting shipped out in Australia it could mean that we won't be getting the 2012 remasters anytime soon.

...or it could mean nothing at all.

Interestingly Chaos.com (an Aussie based online store) has the Twofers available for pre-order with a release date July 6, 2012. Are these new pressings of the old twofers? Does this mean we won't get those Japanese versions here? Or does it mean nothing at all?

http://www.chaos.com/search?q=BEACH+BOYS&t=all

Jeez. Dennis was a lady-killer. ha

[Brian having a bit of a sing and talking about making another song (cant remember that it was) as big as Kokomo]

This happened last night. It was pretty a good interview. Highlights were Brian having a bit of a sing and talking about making another song (cant remember that it was) as big as Kokomo and Mike Love doing some sort of physical feat of strength at the end.
Trying to find the video of it now.

Oh?!  

I don't think there is anything to get too excited about there... he was singing what seemed like a traditional song (i think) that he said he wanted to do a version of that could be as big as Kokomo. Kinda like another Shortenin' Bread. I could be wrong. The main thing was that Brian was very present and awake for a moment there singing and clicking away. Mike joined in for a bit too.