Finally listened to the whole thing today. Only disappointment was the new mix of Here She Comes. The new master on the original albums sound great.

Some things are better left where they are.

Probably Stranger Things?

I joined the other place when this board went offline. Good lord.

Anyway, love the new mixes. Looking forward to hearing the rest. Go Howie.

On a different note, I wonder what source they used for the Paley tracks. Must Be A Miracle sounds great, but there's a lot of hiss on the other tracks, it almost feels like listening to an old cassette. You can particularly tell with I'm Goin' Home at the 3:00 minute mark, when the track goes quiet, you can hear a lot of hiss using headphones. Maybe it's the same source they used for the tracks they uploaded to brianwilson.com, they sound much better than what we had available in bootlegs, but still don't sound like something that's ready for commercial release.

Having said that, I'm very happy we got a new Brian Wilson album. Keep them coming.

The Paley sessions were recorded to tape, the newer ones digital. The glory of tape hiss!

Doesn’t Carol still swear she is on the record?

The David Bennett Piano YouTube channel has done a music analysis of Good Vibrations. I was very impressed with his research and it’s def worth checking out.

https://youtu.be/wSbT0ovpr7Y

Bummer about the mix on I’m Broke. Most of the other tracks sound ok. To me it sounds like someone went to town with a hard limiter when mastering this thing.

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Has any announcement been made as to when this film might become available in Europe?

I’ve seen no info about any release outside USA, not even a “stay tuned for info”. Very disappointing.

My Solution was hands down the song I was most looking forward to.

Dear Brother

The mixing on this set is so damn good, I’m finding a new favourite with every listen.

Listening to Surfs Up and Sunflower on this set I kinda wish they had done new mixes of them. The new mixes sound a whole world better, no high end sharpness and no distortion on vocals.

Or, you know, actually ran them through Desper's matrix like they were originally intended to begin with.

Having listened to the study videos I’m not a fan of the “3D” stereo, I can appreciate what they were doing but I can see why it was passed over.

Listening to Surfs Up and Sunflower on this set I kinda wish they had done new mixes of them. The new mixes sound a whole world better, no high end sharpness and no distortion on vocals.

Sonically this thing sounds far better than my already high expectations. That bass in My Solution! Wow. I’m floored.

Is there any way to listen to Stephen’s study videos? The only link I could find is dead.

Yes, what indeed was the purpose of BW's people posting these? Definitely begs the question.

Probably for people to listen to

I'd tend to think this would be done with more fanfare and publicity as part of some sort of overarching project that would be announced, but maybe they are just dropping little goodies for people at random. Time will tell. In any case I am grateful to hear these songs.

New documentary coming out soon.

I’ve always loved I’m Broke. Nice to hear in better quality finally.

https://youtu.be/fwGgLN9PnME

Is the delay on physical only?

Is there any reason why we haven’t seen sessions from Summer Days and Today released officially?

Not every store in the world will order every release, especially box sets.

Yep, I ordered the boot sampler because of the delay, I couldn’t wait to hear the stereo mix. I remember the day it arrived vividly.

He is also in The Swan (1956) with Grace Kelly.