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101  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Sessions box set! on: September 12, 2011, 03:15:35 PM
Do you think anybody will scan high res images of the artwork and photos from the release? I've been waiting for years for good quality photos from the booklet.
102  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Thank You, SMiLE Internet Community! on: September 09, 2011, 04:36:01 PM
I just want to give a big "THANK YOU" to everybody, everywhere, who has kept the SMiLE fire burning online! If it wasn't for all of you -- all of us -- we'd never be getting official releases like this. Big "ups" to Jon Hunt and John Lane from The Smile Shop from back in the old days. That was where I got my early introduction. Also Bill Tobleman's website. Anne Wallace. Keepers of this message board! Love ya'll. I am so excited! Give thanks guys!
103  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Sessions Price Thread. on: September 09, 2011, 04:37:12 AM
Wow. I just paid for SMiLE. It must be a dream...  Cry
104  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Wilson is dead... (not really) on: September 08, 2011, 04:40:21 PM
Frian Wilson

 LOL

Classic.
105  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Box tracklist!!!!!!!! on: September 08, 2011, 04:33:39 AM
5. Cabin Essence (Vocal Sessions)
This one surprised me the most! Were are the sessions for this?

Some of the doyng-doyng backing vox, and other backing vox I believe, were booted a loong time ago.


Yeah. I have all the old boots. But I want it in good quality. I am afraid that the sessions we are going to get with TSS are just track sessions.
106  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Stereo Mix on: September 08, 2011, 04:30:44 AM
In 1966, the album would have been a single disc, 35 minutes, 40 tops. Fact. (source, VDP, private email sometime last century)

Yeah, all my mixes are single-LP length. I've never done stereo either -- because there just wasn't enough material to do so. But now... !!  3D
107  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Sessions box set! on: September 07, 2011, 07:00:13 AM

Yes-don't the BB's/record company have a history of sending the wrong masters or even tracks for pressing?

Yes, Capitol sent out Summer in Paradise.
LOL
108  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The Specific Beach Boys Musical Moment That Is Kicking Your Ass Right Now on: September 07, 2011, 06:10:10 AM
The early version of "Big Sur"
109  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Stereo Mix on: September 06, 2011, 11:09:57 AM
So, as of right now, I am assuming that all the session tracks on The Smile Sessions will be in stereo. I know that a lot of us SMiLE fans are pretty versed in music editing and I look forward to having a go at making a stereo mix. What foreseeable problems, aside from "Good Vibrations", do you think will hinder trying to make a full stereo SMiLE?

I am thinking "Barnyard" will be the trouble track.

Not all - some were cut to mono ("Humble Harv" session, for one)
Oh yeah. Forgot about that one.

Oh man! I just got excited thinking that the "Surf's Up" demo version might be in stereo!!
110  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / SMiLE Stereo Mix on: September 06, 2011, 10:40:29 AM
So, as of right now, I am assuming that all the session tracks on The Smile Sessions will be in stereo. I know that a lot of us SMiLE fans are pretty versed in music editing and I look forward to having a go at making a stereo mix. What foreseeable problems, aside from "Good Vibrations", do you think will hinder trying to make a full stereo SMiLE?

I am thinking "Barnyard" will be the trouble track.
111  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Monkees Reunion Tour canceled on: September 06, 2011, 10:23:02 AM
I hope this doesn't effect Rhino's wonderful deluxe CD re-issues. I am waiting for Instant Replay!!
112  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Fantasy Albums on: September 06, 2011, 10:04:25 AM
113  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Fantasy Albums on: September 06, 2011, 09:23:54 AM
(Ooh! I like this! Gonna give my own Monterey live album list!)

The Beach Boys - Live At The Monterey Pop Festival

Side 1:
- Our Prayer
- Good Vibrations
- Wouldn't It Be Nice
- Help Me, Rhonda
- Barbara Ann
- Fun, Fun, Fun
- God Only Knows

Side 2:
- Surfer Girl
- Heroes and Villains
- California Girls
- Sloop John B
- I Get Around
- Surf's Up (Brian solo)
114  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Smile newbie/BWPS debut question on: September 06, 2011, 08:38:19 AM
It is my greatest regret ever that I didn't have my act together enough in '04 to go see the show. I was 22 years old but my only job was playing in a band so I didn't really have the cash to make the trip.  Undecided
115  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Box tracklist!!!!!!!! on: September 05, 2011, 09:36:57 AM
Another thing: "Psyco"delic Sounds instead of Psychedelic Sounds? What is that about?
116  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE Box tracklist!!!!!!!! on: September 05, 2011, 08:11:43 AM
I thought I'd continue this thread by asking are there any "essential" tracks that are still missing??

1. Barnyard (Vocal Session)
I'm bringing this one up because I am worried that the Barnyard track that is on CD1 will be edited and we won't have the full song... unless the Vocals were recorded with the Master Take. I'm not sure.

2. Water Chant

3. Little Red Book
I have always associated this song as being a possible b-side of H&V although now I've been told that it is a recording from 68. Is that right?

4. With Me Tonight
We got 2 minutes and 48 seconds of this tracks. Is that enough time for the 3 versions we know of?

5. Cabin Essence (Vocal Sessions)
This one surprised me the most! Were are the sessions for this?

Please correct me if I'm wrong. Any other thoughts?
117  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Our collective wait for SMiLE on: September 04, 2011, 08:28:59 AM
12 years for me. I found out about SMiLE my senior year of high school. And I thought 2004 was the highlight of my SMiLE life!! Thank you Brian Wilson!!

And my first "boot" was Ann Wallace's first mix from her website. I still love that one!
118  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SPOILER!!- Heroes and Villains and Good Vibrations from TSS on: September 03, 2011, 02:18:48 PM
That's the beauty of all this.  Even if they're doing something that's not exactly the way we'd do it, we're getting a treasure trove of pristine-quality Smile material with which we can do whatever we want.
Amen brotha, Amen!
119  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SPOILER!!- Heroes and Villains and Good Vibrations from TSS on: September 03, 2011, 02:14:46 PM
I sat in the front row at the first concert, so got to sit just feet away from Brian as he unveiled SMiLE for the first time. That was unreal. This box will be on a par with that.
I have never envied anyone more than now...
120  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, or Fire? on: March 04, 2010, 09:12:10 AM
Besides the fact that "Da Da" evolved into "Cool Cool Water", it has just as much connection to the water element as "Surf's Up".

And as for "Worms", since the "Bicycle Rider" chorus was transferred to "H&V" I don't see Brian "sticking" a new chorus theme in there. Maybe he would have totally reformed the track but as for those verse/bridge recordings I feel Brian just let it go... well, I guess that could be said for all of the early Smile stuff so... not much of an argument.
121  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, or Fire? on: March 04, 2010, 08:53:17 AM
I agree that "I Love To Sa Da Da" was recorded so late in the process that it's use as the "Water" section is very ify. I am one that believes that "The Elements" as a suite would have included tracks that Brian really worked hard on, my theory being...

The Elements
a. Vega-Tables (Earth)
b. Wind Chimes (Air)
c. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire)
d. Surf's Up (Water)

The problem with this is that the whole Elements section would be about 10 min in length. "Good Vibrations" I'm sure would have been the lead track to Side 2 but... what would have filled in the rest (making at least an 18 to 20 min side length)? Link tracks like "Water Chant"? Certainly not "Holidays". That track was scrapped a long time ago. Perhaps "You're Welcome"? I don' know.

Side 1 also complicates matters. I'm one that believes that "Do You Like Worms?" was scrapped. It leaves the album with much material missing to fill up the album... an unfinished album indeed.
122  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: It's time to come together Beach Boy fans. on: February 08, 2010, 07:47:06 AM
Sorry. Didn't know.
123  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / It's time to come together Beach Boy fans. on: February 08, 2010, 06:25:05 AM
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me
124  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Thought this was kinda funny (Syd Barrett related) on: April 14, 2009, 12:15:20 PM
I've always been a Water/Floyd man myself. Sure I love Piper but that was a totally different Pink Floyd than the band that recorded Dark Side. I've never really liked Madcap Laughs or Barrett though "Vegetable Man" and "Scream Thy Last Scream" are always on my MP3 player "hits" playlist.

Brian and Syd were geniuses at the same time. The  music these two were making at that time wasjust mind-blowing. Piper and Smile are the truest of pop music art.
125  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: THE BEATLES REMASTERED... finally on: April 09, 2009, 09:37:40 AM
I always take the stereo 'Pet Sounds' over the mono, I don't give a monkeys about not hearing Mike on the bridge of WIBN etc etc......
I stick to the mono Pet Sounds because of the coda to "God Only Knows". The "new" one has no strength.

Getting back to the Beatles remasters. I'm really getting excited about them and can't wait to see those mini-docs included!

I also wonder if the "Red" and "Blue" albums will be re-released as well... eventually of course.
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