Well, going by that one track this album will be horrible IMO.  Not that I was expecting much else really.

They should give the album away with concert tickets like Prince did. Could be very successful that way.

The real mistake was putting Brian on he stand, he lost the case for himself.

I have to say I am floored, FLOORED by all the praise and good will people are giving Mike Love here, sorry but WTF.

It's amazing how much insight people have on what went on and what the intentions and motivations were of artists without actually being there or even born at the time.

After everything Mike has done to Brian over the years I can definitely see Van Dyke's point.  The Boys have almost never stopped touring but only when they get Brian back is it made into a big deal, they are using him. The new album will be terrible, I can't see how it will be any good at all.  I'd rather they'd let the whole thing go but that's just my opinion. I know a lot of you are excited about the 50 years and I totally understand, I just hope it doesn't hurt Brian even more.

Small problem with your premise here - Brian wasn't dragged kicking and screaming into this C50 project, he was approached and agreed to take part, and right now, he's enjoying it (don't ask how I can be so sure, just accept that if it wasn't so I wouldn't be dumb enough to post it on a public forum) and enjoying being part of a band again. The new album sessions have seemingly been agreeable and proceeded smoothly. I think the album will be nothing less than acceptable.

I don't doubt he went willingly and never said anything to the contrary but I can see what Van might think about the whole thing, he saw the drama first hand.  I hope the tour goes well, I really do. I'm not sold on the album and not sure I want to hear it but again that's me.  I can't help but think old wounds will be reopened as the tour goes on.

After everything Mike has done to Brian over the years I can definitely see Van Dyke's point.  The Boys have almost never stopped touring but only when they get Brian back is it made into a big deal, they are using him. The new album will be terrible, I can't see how it will be any good at all.  I'd rather they'd let the whole thing go but that's just my opinion. I know a lot of you are excited about the 50 years and I totally understand, I just hope it doesn't hurt Brian even more.

I really wasn't expecting them to do a Brian parody in the film and as soon as they showed him bouncing on the trampoline I cracked up. Love that film.

I remember when she would post on the Cabin Essence board (if memory serves me correct), every post of hers would include a huge list of sessions that she played on as part of her argument. Never understood why she would post it over and over again. She was quite rude to a few posters there and left when some of us called her on it.

Sounds great to me and both your efforts will be going on my Smile mix. Thank you for the hard work!

Woke up to a txt saying my box is in store. Yay!

Still no word, this is bullshit.

BWPS signed by Brian and Van Dyke.

Some guy covered God Only Knows too.

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

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Anyone get theirs from JB HiFi yet? I'm thinking of cancelling my order and just getting it express from Amazon. Sick of waiting!

Got my shipping conformation the other day, finally getting my dream t-shirt!

Wow, I'm glad people have enjoyed my Barnyard tinkering. It was just a quick pass from the weekend. I felt compelled to do it after listening to the box set a couple of times. I'll try and give it my full attention as soon as I have free time to address the remaining artifacts and also add back some depth to Brian's voice after the piano removal. I believe that pop at around :45 is from the sourced acetate. Maybe it was missed? I'll take that out too in any revised version.

I'll certainly give I'm in Great Shape a go too when time permits.

I usually use different tools for different bits whenever doing cleaning-type jobs. I think for this I used reNOVAtor, sonicWORX, iZotope RX, and a couple other standbys--a hodge podge really. Also the Altiverb Cello Studios (AKA Western) echo chamber impulse responses for some authentic Brian reverb.

Thanks!

Is there any chance you can upload a vocal only version?

Niiiiice

This sounds so fucking great. PLEASE do the same for I'm In great Shape.  The vocal on this sounds cleaner than the box version.

I was expecting the "truck driving man" isolated vocal from Cabin to be one of the bonus tracks.  I don't remember hearing it on the box or am I missing it?

Caring about using software for one instrument on BWPS and dismissing the project due to it is pretty laughable imo.

Well if you read the posts above carefully you'd see that that was only _one_ of the reasons for preferring TSS over BWPS.

Nothing to do with preferring one over the other, I just think it's a silly reason to hate on BWPS. I doubt anyone would know any better if not for it being stated.

I don't think anyone is saying they hate it. I said I don't dig like some of the sonic choices, being a modern recording it is VERY clean and I think for the material it suffers from that. The harpsichord does sound cheap to me ( I LOVE the sound of a real harpsichord) but it doesn't distract me from enjoying the album as a whole.

After hearing the cleaned up version of Smile on Disk1 I was amazed at how close to replicating the original music BWPS was. Where it still fails for me everytime is the vocals. Obviously Brian can't sound like he did 40 years ago, but his band just can't pull of the classic Beach Boy vocal blend. The most notable example is no one can do Mike. The bass vocals lack the unique timbre of his voice. I don't want this to sound like a knock at the Wondermints, it's not just them. Everytime I hear any  Beach Boys inspired song I notice no one can achieve a decent Mike.

The Explorers Club have a pretty good Mike sound.

[The Smile Sessions]

I actually got a new appreciation for Brian Wilson's version from The Smile Sessions. Its astonishing how close the instrumentals are to the originals (minus the electric keyboard instead of piano, and the organ sound used on "Good Vibrations" which drive me nuts!!! ), it really shines through how painstaking it must've been recreating them.

And though the overall sound and blend aren't the same, Brian and co. did a great job re-creating the "vocal atmosphere" of the originals.

To me, even though Brian Wilson Presents Smile is "more finished" lyrically and vocally, for sheer emotional prowess and the immense work that went into it, The Smile Sessions takes a slight lead for me.

Listening back to BWPS I think it sounds very rushed, the sound is nowhere near the original recordings and sounds far too synth based. Live and it sounded great, but the album sounds like they just went in and recorded as they would perform it. Also I think I prefer tracks like Do You Dig Worms without the vocals. BBSS has such a great vibe to it, almost eerie in parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3zbbLrm4hw

Easily downloadable!

A fake stereo mix is not a stereo mix.