Am I the only one to think that this song is simply fantastic. And a special middle finger to the ........ers able only to bitch about autotune etc, even in such a circumstance (not here, bless this forum).
And I know the (great) original version. This new one is my favourite. Not being perfect can be a plus, and here it is. So emotional, in the best sense.

I love it! Perfect song choice for Brian.

David Leafs eulogy from Tuesday March 5th is towards the bottom of the page here https://www.brianwilson.com/melinda

It may have been set to no longer access sites that use http instead of https (which costs extra for websites, and some of us site owners can't afford to pay extra). There may be a setting in the browser you can change to let you access "unsecured" http sites.

So that's the reason why the board doesn't use https?  I never knew that upgrading would cost extra.  Theoretically (Emdeeh, I know you aren't responsible for the board, but as a site owner), would it be possible to upgrade to https if many of us contributed a one-time donation or once-per-year donation?  I'm asking just because everything I've read/heard is that https websites are safer/more protected than HTTP websites.  Thanks!!

Most hosts offer free SSL. There are options like Lets Encrypt that also offer free SSL but with a need to update every 3 months. Cloudflare has a free option as well.

I'd imagaine there would be issues with how old the software this board uses when it comes to making all pages secure. The software is now 9 years out of date.

Shots fired  - It takes good timin...

Anyone heard this https://www.discogs.com/release/27729141-The-Pranks-The-Warner-Demos-Collection

The Pranks were a band Jeff was in with Randall Hirsch among others. John Cowsill sometimes I think. Maybe there was a plan to try officially release some of this stuff?

Such sad news. Jeff was such an amazing part of those wonderful touring years with BW. Must have seen him 10 times or more.

Re: the RS article https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jeffrey-foskett-beach-boy-brian-wilson-dead-obituary-1234924498/amp/ - I hadn't heard this part before "Foskett reached out to his buddies Darian Sahanaja and Nick Walusko in the L.A.-based band the Wondermints, lifelong Beach Boys fanatics who Foskett knew would be perfect for the job." - Thought it was Brian and Melinda who saw them at a BW/BB tribute show?

Fullpage is the greatest Beach Boys poster of all time #bringherhome mods

A lot of these songs make me think of Kids American TV shows from the 80s, 90s....California Dreams/Saved by the Bell style. Clumsy lyrics with bad production values.

Not sure about CD but it's getting a regular black vinyl release this month

It's Fairy Tale off GIOMH

Hope it's day filled with great steaks, burgers, ice cream and of course oldies but goodies 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldR6_S8v6K4

Opened my 5LP + 7" set about an hour ago. Listened to CATP and about half way through Holland. Really impressed with the pressing quality so far. Proper anti static sleeves too not paper as I've seen mentioned on discogs.

A complete concert from Hollywood 1973 appeared on Spotify, but the tracks are not clickable. What is this?

It was working yesterday but sadly not today. I listened to half of it and it sounded great. Probably another copyright protection move.

Finally a BIG PRICE DROP on this for UK/Europe for the 5 LP + 7" Set

£84.10 on Amazon UK https://amzn.to/3UWUvmY
€89.03 on Amazon DE https://amzn.to/41JljJh

Probably be back to normal price again by the time anyone sees this 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yj8Yc9A7u8

A "sort of" cover of I've got a Friend. A bit karaoke I suppose but seeing as no studio vocal exists (and the live audio is so low quality) I thought it might be interesting to try put something together.

I took the track off the Feel Flows set and edited so it would fit all the lyrics from the live version.

I then added my own vocal taking the lyrics from here - reddit.com/r/thebeachboys/comments/vregct/lyrics_for_ive_got_a_friend

[Big Star playing #1 Record in the studio for Carl Wilson and Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys]

Speaking of the Box Tops, anybody heard about this?


Big Star playing #1 Record in the studio for Carl Wilson and Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjsPl9A4Tiw

Wow! that's news to me. Thanks for sharing.

Who is that in the pic at 1.43? Guy with guitar looks like Alex Chilton.

For some reason there's not a lot going on here about "Carry me home" so I would just like to express again how much I appreciate this "new" version. Much more than I ever liked listening to the bootlegged version (for obvious reasons). Listening to this release blew my mind. Blondie and Dennis sharing the lead is very effective and it shoows (as does the In Concert album) how well Blondie's voice fit in with the Beach Boys blend. Man, if only Blondie and Ricky would've stayed with the band.
Thanks Alan, Mark, Howie, Beach Boys and everyone else who made sure we can enjoy this beautiful recording.

Agree, it sounds fantastic. What a song to be left unreleased for 50 years or so. I heard the leaked Brother Rarities one but this version blows it away.

That quote is horrendous....vacation in a can....get away from it all.....fire the marketing team. I don't think anyone is allowed advertise an alcohol brand like that? not in Europe anyway.

And finally we get the studio recording of "We got Love". I really like that one, especially that pedal steel intro! As you certainly know, an early pressing of "Holland" featuring that song was released in Germany, yet the recording was never used again on any sets afaik.

I think Analogue Productions used it on a vinyl release. Found it here https://www.discogs.com/release/8957660-The-Beach-Boys-Holland

I wasn't aware of that. Thank you! But I guess they didn't get to use the master tapes but worked with the "bootlegged" version, did they?

Unfortunately I've never come across an affordable copy so haven't heard it. I'd imagine it's the official version sanctioned by Brother as AP are a legit company but not 100%.

It's on the SACD too https://www.discogs.com/release/8864074-The-Beach-Boys-Holland

Thread here http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,19211.0.html

And finally we get the studio recording of "We got Love". I really like that one, especially that pedal steel intro! As you certainly know, an early pressing of "Holland" featuring that song was released in Germany, yet the recording was never used again on any sets afaik.

I think Analogue Productions used it on a vinyl release. Found it here https://www.discogs.com/release/8957660-The-Beach-Boys-Holland

Carry me home on disc 2 and 6 is interesting. Wonder what the difference is?

--If anyone here REALLY thinks that OSD is secretly "working for Mike," they've clearly had more than one too many "big dinners"! 

Was just kidding around Don however Smile Brian definitely works for Mike. That Melinda ruse was clever though I must admit 

A handful of posters on this board have created more Mike Love apologists in the past few years than probably the previous twenty. 

Reverse psychology?

Perhaps this was Mike Love's plan all along.

Is OSD secretly working for Mike Love?

If true, this would be confirmation that there is no depth to which Mike Love will not sink.

  I was kinda thinking the same  - It's a "genius" plan.....Is........Mike......a.........genius....too?

A handful of posters on this board have created more Mike Love apologists in the past few years than probably the previous twenty.