Shame with the delay as the group's music is usually more popular in summertime. Hopefully won't affect sales too much!

I wonder how much effect the summer theme would have on a set like this anyway, considering the target audiences who would buy the deluxe editions of the set are more invested and longer-term fans than those who don't know the band's background history. The music they were making in 1970-71 had nothing to do with their earlier "fun in the sun" vibes, in fact they were trying to reinvent themselves and be more progressive in their music and live shows more than trying to connect with the summertime vibe crowd. It would be nice to get as many new listeners, but you have to wonder how many fans who may own one or two of the greatest hits comps and that's it are going to go all out for the deluxe editions of this or any other set.

When all this was announced I thought it would be a holiday season release around November to get the gift-buying and "Prime Day" type of crowds into it too, but I guess the summer vibe does carry over into those decisions based on the band's name alone.

The summer vibe only goes so far for the rest of the planet ... down here it's bloody freezing today.

I can't believe we've got to page 4 and nobody's nominated Nick River's "Skeet Surfin'" ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9N7UhTMA8

Its possible to put together a “Deluxe” In Concert using available soundboard recording (well mostly soundboard). Here’s my Deluxe In Concert with the source/comments in parenthesise. It’s a great listen and pretty reflective of many of the set lists from the time – Ladies and gentlemen for your listening pleasure:

1.   Sail On Sailor (In Concert ‘73)
2.   Sloop John B (In Concert ‘73
3.   The Trader (In Concert ’73)
4.   You Still Believe In Me (In Concert ’73)
5.   California Girls (In Concert ’73)
6.   Darlin’ (In Concert ’73)
7.   Marcella (In Concert ’73)
8.   Caroline No (In Concert ’73)
9.   Leaving This Town (In Concert ’73)
10.   Heroes & Villains (Endless Harmony Soundtrack / From rejected ’72 album)
11.   Funky Pretty (In Concert ’73)
12.   Long Promised Road (Endless Harmony Soundtrack / Carnegie Hall ’72)
13.   Surf’s Up (You Tube rip from Dutch radio broadcast ’72? / Slightly low sound quality but pretty good – does not spoil the audio flow)
14.   God Only Knows (Carnegie Hall ’72)
15.   California (Carnegie Hall ’72)
16.   Only With You (Carnegie Hall ’72)
17.   Let The Wind Blow (In Concert ’73)
18.   Help Me Rhonda (Made In California / New Jersey ’72- finally get Dennis on In Concert!)
19.   Surfer Girl (In Concert ’73)
20.   Wouldn’t It Be Nice (In Concert ’73)
21.   We Got Love (In Concert ’73)
22.   It’s About Time (Made In California / Chicago ’73)
23.   Wonderful/Don’t Worry Bill (Endless Harmony Soundtrack / Carnegie Hall ’72)
24.   Don’t Worry Baby (In Concert ’73)
25.   Surfin’ USA (In Concert ’73)
26.   Wild Honey (Made In California / New Jersey ’72)
27.   Good Vibrations (In Concert ’73)
28.   Fun Fun Fun (In Concert ’73)
29.   Bonus: I’ve Got A Friend (Dutch Radio Broadcast / Low Sound Quality)

Obviously after Feel Flow release an upgraded and official Surf’s Up will be welcome addition.

Here's a thought: The Carnegie Hall show from 1972 exists in full in the BB archive (as per Howie Edelson http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?topic=7795.20 ) as such unless they do something with this show before the end of 2022 the "half a show" in wide bootleg circulation will fall into the hands of the grey market/bootleggers - of course "do something" could include a 10 or 15 second snippet of each tracks done as a teaser for something substantial in 2023.

I believe it was this (I stand to be corrected)

Side A:
1. Wouldn't it Be Nice
2. Leaving This Town
3. Heroes and Villains
4. Marcella
5. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone

Side B:
1. Let the Wind Blow
2. Do it Again
3. Wild Honey
4. Fun, Fun, Fun
5. Jumpin' Jack Flash

Its possible that Marcella, Let The Wind Blow, Wouldn't It Be Nice and Don't Worry Baby could be the same recordings as the 73 In Concert release as it used 72 recordings of those tracks.

It will be interesting to see how the In Concert album is treated over the next 2 years. The album used a mix of tracks recorded in 72 & 73. I'd like to think we see a 72 copyright extension using the rejected single album disk plus other tracks recorded at the 72 shows then something more substantial in 2023 with the full In Concert covered - or maybe next year we get a couple of full shows, then a respectful In Concert release in 2023 - it will be interesting.

To take our own obsessions and to project them on to Brian ... what would be the ultimate present? It's now available (if it hadn't been available earlier) ... The Be My Baby Sessions bootleg

https://www.giginjapan.com/phil-spector-ronettes-be-my-baby-sessions/

You can add Five Summer Stories a MacGillivary Freeman production from 1972. A surfing movie (arguably one of the greatest of all time) which had major cinema release in the USA and Australia and played through to 1975. Use of the Beach Boys tracks were given free of charge by the band and it went a long way to giving the band credibility in the 70s:

Feel Flows
Surfin Safari
Surfin
California Girls
Do It Again
Good Vibrations
Surfs Up
California
Sail On Sailor
The Trader
Long Promised Road

Wasn't he bass on the 1967 Thanksgiving tour ... as documented on the A Vocal Element boot?

This set is rubbish - its just an ad hoc collection of booted material - the Big Sur set includes the dodgied up mix of soundboard and audience recordings. I have copies of this show in much better quality than these recordings. No way that this a Brother authorised set.

Also, you can have some success by plugging the videos' URLs into one of those online YouTube-to-audio converters. (The one I used failed, but upon repeated attempts I got it to work.)

Or, you can use a VPN.

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Tried bot VPN set for LA and MP3 convert and neither worked. Based in Australia.

... UPDATE ... derrrrrrr ... reset VPN to Belgium ... listening now

BTW, one workaround to be able to play the tracks: use one of those online YouTube-to-MP3/MP4 converters.

Tried ... didn't work for me.

Given how no form of release has happened for any live recordings made in 1970, am I right in understanding that as of 00:01 tonight, these recordings become public domain within the EU? Or does the fact the the original recordings have the Copyright extension, mean the live versions do as well?

Wouldn't It Be Nice from Big Sur 70 has been available in legal form for many years.

with Reddi-Wip

For those of you longing for more live shows to be in the FF set we're pretty much 100% to get the Monterey Big Sur music festival show from 1970 but what are the other possibilities? 1971 there was the Good Vibrations from Central Park show from which the footage and isolated vocal of Dennis sing Forever which was used during the C50 tour plus the set includes Okie which was one of the copyright tracks flagged on You Tube so we might get that set. Also there is the Beach Boys set with the Grateful Dead. What else is out there suitable for release?

The live Riot In Cell Block #9 sounds like the '70 Big Sur Folk Festival version (Mike's intro is the same) but in far superior sound quality than circulating recordings ... fingers crossed for the full show without audio drop outs.

... rip ... that's going straight to the pool room ...

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While we wait ... a little less impatiently ... enjoy ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCGyYJjW5Fo

I waited 40 plus years for Smile so I can wait a few extra months for the box set without getting my knickers in an emotional knot.

Music was Beach Boys, Honk and a few others. The officially released soundtrack was Honk only. I've owned the video/DVD for 20 plus years and the beach boys are definitely in it.

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

The movie also included (from memory) Surf's Up, Feel Flows, Cool Water, Surfin Safari ...

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

I don't think that it has been resolved. It is very strange. I am wondering if we have a bit of the Mandela Effect going on here...

Interesting thought on the Mandella Effect. There does exist at least one review and personal perspective from the opening night written by Eve Babitz - in it she talks to Greg MacGillavary about the Beach Boys involvement but no mention is made of the Holland tracks in question: https://www.surfer.com/blogs/eos/eve-does-five-summer-stories/

The surf movie Five Summer Stories, close to 50 years since its release, still stands as arguably the best “surf movie” of its genre (I’d argue Morning of The Earth is better). The movie featured several Beach Boys tracks including Sail On Sailor, The Trader and California from the Holland album. One of the two producers of the movie, Greg MacGillivray, has stated that Brian Wilson gave open access to the Beach Boys catalogue to use in the production. The conundrum is that Holland was released in January 1973 but Five Summer Stories was first released in April 1972 when the band were still working on Carl and The Passions. On this or previous message boards I recall discussions about this from some notable BB historians who recall seeing the movie upon release and noted unreleased songs on the soundtrack and didn’t realise what they were until Holland was released. And so to the “conundrum”: has this disparity in release dates or the timing of the Holland tracks inclusion into the movie soundtrack ever been resolved by the historians?

... and how the hell did Narrabeen make that list?

Tim Buckley went there too in 1973 on his song Stone In Love