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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brother Re-Issues: Proposed Bonus Tracks
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on: July 08, 2014, 11:27:43 AM
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(Please forgive my bad English) There's been a lot of stuff released officially, including some great songs from the archives - the latest being Made in California. Unfortunately the BB (etc) are holding on to the rest of the stuff. However, I am pretty sure many of the songs mentioned here will be released officially, but how many more fans will have to die before they release the stuff? Am I being selfish? Because I enjoy everything BB/Brian? "Give the people what the people want" (?)
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Post Release MIC Track Discussion
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on: September 20, 2013, 04:58:38 PM
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Does "Why" remind anyone else of TWGMTR (the song) ? I can't help feeling there's a similarity.
Oh yeah, I DEFINATELY see a similarity.…i also hear it on Live Let Live on TLOS The best!! It's so good, the chords are so good, my stomach hurts... I mean it!! Not many songs do that... Why???
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Beach Boys in current Rock Cellar magazine
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on: September 11, 2013, 03:01:18 PM
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ANYWAY, this struck me as pretty interesting, and would love to hear what he had intended the KTSA song to sound like
I agree!! Is there an early ("Bruce-ier") version of KTSA in the vaults?? It's really amazing when you think about it, we've had the PS and the Smile sessions!! That's really awesome!! But what about the rest, will we ever get to hear sessions, outtakes etc before we die?? Work in progress - fun, educational and inspiring!
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Beach Boys in current Rock Cellar magazine
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on: September 08, 2013, 10:49:52 PM
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WIMPY (OR NOT) - VOL 1: Tears in the morning Lookin' at tomorrow When girls get together Disney girls Busy doin' nothin' Matchpoint of our love Hold on dear brother I don't wanna know The surfer moon The nearest faraway place Let's go away for a while She's goin' bald Everyone's in love with you I'm so lonely She believes in love again Make it good Ballad of ole Betsy
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: You've Lost 'You've Lost That Loving Feelin's's Loving Feelin'
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on: September 03, 2013, 01:47:40 AM
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Ehhrm, could we please go back to the original subject of this thread... W, Thank you... One big question is how the BB could go from grand releases and productions in the early 70's - Sunflower, Surfs up, CatP, Holland, Concert - to mediocre/lousy productions just a few years later. Just once in my life and Yltlf really deserved/-s better. Imagine the Wrecking Crew playing on those tracks... Why did the BB choose/allow that "low budget" production???
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Post Release MIC Track Discussion
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on: September 01, 2013, 11:40:29 AM
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Considering Sound of Free was released not as a BB song, but by Dennis Wilson & Rumbo, it's a miracle it (and a few others) made it to the box... Now, I wonder if Almost summer will ever make it to a BB box.. Actually, I like it - should have been a BB song. And the day someone says there IS a BB recorded version, I will, I will, I....'m gonna cry... Now, where's We got love? ?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: MIC Absentees
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on: September 01, 2013, 03:13:40 AM
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1. WE GOT LOVE - their biggest mistake not putting that song on the Holland album. BTW, I'd love Neil Young to do that song... 2. CUDDLE UP - One of Dennis's best moments - so romantic. 3. LONG PROMISED ROAD - Carl at his best. 4. COOL COOL WATER - any version... 5a. YOU NEED A MESS OF HELP TO STAND ALONE - a nice rocker, quite unusual and complex, yet simple. Listen to the harmonies at the end of the song... 5b. MATCHPOINT OF OUR LOVE - I know many people hate this, and yes, the lyrics are quite, errr, well, but it's a nice tune, with an unusual oriental feel. If you like this one, I can also recommend Incense and peppermints/Strawberry Alarm Clock, Colours of darkness/Young Idea, Reflections from the looking glass /1910 Fruitgum Co., Dragonfly/Fleetwood Mac. And also for the next "Rarities, odds and ends" box... Here comes the night 1979 instrumental...
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Post Release MIC Track Discussion
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on: September 01, 2013, 02:03:19 AM
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On first listen the Transcendental Meditation backing track doesn't really add anything to the album version.
Slip on Through sounds very unnatural to me.
Lots of good stuff too though.
TM must be the worst BB song ever... But that's MO... I recall reading - many many years ago - that either (memory doesn't serve me well) it was based on, or a re-write of, or inspired by some 50's jazz tune. Not strange at all, since most of the Wrecking Crew members were jazz musicians. Does anyone else recall reading this?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Post Release MIC Track Discussion
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on: September 01, 2013, 01:48:41 AM
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And there's way too much darn treble!
This is exactly what I was posting about in "all of MIC" thread. What I don't understand is, weren't Endless Harmony and Hawthorne CA compiled by the same people as the 2012 remasters and MIC? Why the compression and treble on the latter? Should we not be seeing the sound quality improve over the years? My depressing theory is that it's yet another example of "designed for earbuds" contemporary mastering. Take "Marcella' for example. Sounded really bright, glassy and and piercing to me when I first sampled it, so I pulled out my 2000 Sandoval-Hersch version to compare. While both may or may not be dynamically compromised, the earlier one just has a richer, better overall balance than the "whiter and brighter," 2013 Linett version (though, one might argue that even *that* earlier one is a bit over-EQed). The new Linett version also seems to have a bit of a channel imbalance -- with a louder right channel -- if one listens or looks at the waveform. Odd. I don't know what anyone else's preference is, but personally again, and while perhaps not perfect, I'll still stick with that aforementioned Sandoval-Hersch 2000 version for this particular track. (Note: I didn't pull out "Classics" to compare that mastering, but the earlier, '93 box set version, mastered by Larry Walsh and ML almost sounds like it's from an inferior tape source and with some possible NR on it. I also didn't dig out the original Gastwirt, CATP version. But, I seem to recall that one as being pretty uninspired, tape source-wise, as well.) The SH version has a much richer, fuller sound, no doubt about it. Please enlighten me - what album/release/version/year?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: WIBNTLA Reviews
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on: August 26, 2013, 11:03:49 AM
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For those who are interested in, the MIC version is different from mine. Both are identical until 3.36 but the "jam section" is totally different and, to be honest, better in the MIC version (in particular, there is no flute on my version). My version looks like definely a demo.
Thanks for the comparison notes! I was going to post, and was curious as to whether or not the two versions were the same, and if not, what exact differences might exist? Very interesting! "My version"?? To my knowledge it has never ever been booted...(?) What boot is the "demo" on??
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: MIC Absentees
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on: August 21, 2013, 01:52:05 AM
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1. WE GOT LOVE - their biggest mistake not putting that song on the Holland album. BTW, I'd love Neil Young to do that song... 2. CUDDLE UP - One of Dennis's best moments - so romantic. 3. LONG PROMISED ROAD - Carl at his best. 4. COOL COOL WATER - any version... 5a. YOU NEED A MESS OF HELP TO STAND ALONE - a nice rocker, quite unusual and complex, yet simple. Listen to the harmonies at the end of the song... 5b. MATCHPOINT OF OUR LOVE - I know many people hate this, and yes, the lyrics are quite, errr, well, but it's a nice tune, with an unusual oriental feel. If you like this one, I can also recommend Incense and peppermints/Strawberry Alarm Clock, Colours of darkness/Young Idea, Reflections from the looking glass /1910 Fruitgum Co., Dragonfly/Fleetwood Mac.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: MIC Absentees
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on: August 21, 2013, 01:24:51 AM
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If you're not happy with it, why not just go read another thread? The user who opened this thread does. So be polite & don't spam. Sorry, I can't think of a polite way to say 'this is a stupid idea for a thread' ps, I'm trolling, not spamming.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Great shopping experience
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on: July 19, 2013, 01:10:57 PM
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I was passing by a clothing store today (mostly young people' s clothes). They had a speaker outside and out of it came........... You're so good to me!! It's a busy street in the mid of my home town, Halmstad (on the sunny side of Sweden, we call it California of Sweden... ), lots of shops and restaurants, and lots of passers by... I went into the store and on came........ Wild honey!!! It was almost a religious experience... It felt like the 60's again. Then came....... Darlin'!!! Wow... But unfortunately I had to move on. Certainly not your everyday shopping experience... It wasn't until I got home I realized it was from 50 Big Ones. So if they played the whole cd people must have heard All this is that, Friends, Heroes, I just wasn't and more goodies... /Bengt
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Smiley Smile Stuff / Ask The Honored Guests / Re: The Stephen Desper Thread
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on: June 23, 2013, 02:35:54 PM
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Hi Stephen: First of all thanks a million for what you did for the BB's!!! And thanks a lot for the links on your own pages, great great stuff!! Made my day!! Especially CCW!! Perhaps we could have had the tracks as mp3's or wav's, but your insightful explanation of every part makes it, don't know what to say, thrilling!! All the where's and why's... Thank you thank you thank you!!! The Beach Boys for connoisseurs...!!! I love to hear the different versions and breakdowns. I am hoping for a double/triple cd series of vocals only + instrumentals only of all BB albums... Now, Sunflower has been my favorite album (next to PS), because of the excellent mixing and production. I remember the BB always using the latest techniques back then, with astounding results. Visiting my aunt when Sunflower was released - purchased the album, put it on my aunt's record player, and they had a huge room, sooooo wonderful, I couldn't stop playing, played it all day!!! Especially "CCW" and "Our sweet love"!!! I was so sad I wasn't able to listen to the quad version... I've also waited 40+ years to learn how the drip drop sounds were made - a big secret back then!!! There's another thread on here, "Cool Cool Water Live 1971 on Mike Douglas", where you mention you taped rehearsals (or practice performances) of "CCW" - now that would be something...!!! Cheers from Sweden Bengt Stenstrom
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