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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Al Jardine Postcards From California FAKE Vinyl?!
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on: January 02, 2019, 06:55:39 PM
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It's very possible that your copy isn't bootleg, but someone just took the postcard from it and shrink-wrapped it again. My official copy (with the postcard) has blurry artwork. Pretty sure it's just due to the original image edits being in a low resolution made only for CD. They scaled it up fairly well, but I get the feeling that they were working with a low res image to begin with.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Al Jardine \
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on: November 30, 2018, 04:37:05 PM
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I don't mind the sound of vinyl even if it can't match the fidelity that modern technology possesses. I have my share of vinyl if the album doesn't have too many tracks I would skip. What I don't understand is why cassette tapes are making a comeback...
Pretty simple: not every band has $4000 and 6 months to self-press their own album. CDs don't sell at concerts anymore, but a cassette for around $6? It's an easy impulse buy and they cost less than $2 each to manufacture and you don't have to make more than 100.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Wilson - 2018 Tour Thread
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on: November 10, 2018, 08:17:30 AM
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Just got home from Atlanta. Brian threw us a curveball tonight and took a show that was advertised as a GH show and threw in the entire PS album. I was surprised. Nice to finally hear "Feel Flows" from this tour.
Interesting. The show I purchased tickets to coming up in a couple weeks was advertised as Greatest Hits, but now says Pet Sounds on the venue website and Brian's website. I'm guessing they didn't have time to rehearse both sets before the tour, but that's kind of a bummer. I'm glad I didn't go to the Atlanta show after seeing the setlist. I love pet sounds, but I had a good enough experience with it in 2016 that I don't want to taint the memory of it.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike Love/touring group Christmas album
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on: October 25, 2018, 10:04:11 PM
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Huh. I'm not a fan, but I just skimmed through and it's not exactly what I was expecting. "Celestial Celebration" feels very much like 15 big ones era beach boys.
I'm avoiding listening to the whole thing until about Thanksgiving, but it's a pretty interesting track sequencing that mirrors the Beach Boys Christmas Album. As expected, the vocals are overly processed, but actually listenable this time. The processing on "celestial celebration" actually works. The last 5 tracks of the album do nothing for me, but I can't be angry at Mike for wanting to do some tracks with his family at this point in his career. Edit: I listened another time and aside from brickwalled compression, I'm kind of wishing that more of TWGMTR's vocals were produced like that one track.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike Love/touring group Christmas album
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on: October 08, 2018, 05:35:35 PM
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I'm not feeling "reason for the season" at all, but I kind of knew I wouldn't going in with a title like that. With that being said, I wasn't expecting shortenin' bread version 6 or so in the band's discography. Production is miles better than Mike's last album, so I still have a little hope that I'll enjoy a couple of tracks off of it.
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on: July 24, 2018, 09:47:46 PM
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So THIS is why there's a press conference? In all seriousness, though, it looks like he had a discussion with Jimmy Buffett. I can't say I'm a fan of this, or even the target demographic, but at least Mike's version of Margaritaville will have more vegetarian/vegan options for me to eat if I ever end up at one.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Beach Boys 2018 Tour Thread
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on: July 04, 2018, 08:14:40 PM
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You can definitely tell that there's something going on with mike's vocal, but I'm not sure what it is anymore. If you listen to the first line of "fun, fun, fun" you can hear two mike love vocals simultaneously on the first word "well" before it cuts out like it was a mistake.
It really doesn't matter in a situation like that, though. Mike's vocal has been live and fairly strong the two times I've seen him in concert.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Beach Boys 2018 Tour Thread
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on: July 04, 2018, 08:03:23 PM
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I've been fooled before, but it sounded live to me. Not saying there wasn't anything extra--certainly could have been. Much improved compared to years past with the pre-recorded vocals/tracks.
Pretty sure it's lipsynced or at least pitch corrected a bit, but it's much better than last year. I feel like scott totten's opening riff for "fun, fun, fun" had a tiny slightly muted string mistake in it, so that leads me to believe that it wasn't live for the broadcast, it was at least just a recent live performance's audio.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: In my room /w Tammy Wynette and other unfinished Stars&Stripes songs
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on: June 26, 2018, 07:29:13 PM
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I was wonderin' if "In my room" off of the Stars&Stripes sessions was actually ever finished? We have a recording on the DVD ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGntEUmk3dE ) and a version released on "Tammy Wynette Remembered" with only Brian's vocals ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6B0hGjSgzA ). Now, I don't know if the DVD version is a finished master but it definitely sounds like it wasn't mixed like a master. This performance actually was one of the highlights from the project. First Tammy's fantastic reading of the song stands out. But also it sounds more country than much of the released songs. And am I right that of "Sail on sailor" only the rehearsal performance on the DVD exists and no studio recording? Also, Merle Haggard for whom Al recorded the "California saga"-demo AFAIK never actually got around to work on it? Will we ever get a release of a finished "In my room" with Tammy and the Beach Boys? Am I missing something? The first half of the song seems to be her vocals on the link you posted for "Tammy Wynette Remembered."
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