Your fantasy archival release ...

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I've said it before; as long as it contained WITBTLA and CF (1974) it could contain 4 discs full of Kokomo session outtakes and I would buy it.

Hear! Hear!

[doinnothin]

#1 Stereo Remix of Smiley Smile/Wild Honey (maybe with a few new extras from the era thrown in like Little Red Book and some Heider cuts).
#2 A BB rarities set of material from the Bellagio home studio with outtakes, alternates, demos (thinking some of the Love You demos) and sessions, plus liner notes detailing that era of their history complete with lots of photos and stuff (this seems to be one the less documented eras of the Beach Boys important periods)
#3 A Dennis Rarities disc/double disc with all the release worthy cuts they have in the vaults
#4 A less focused rarities set with odds and ends that wouldn't fit into the previous packages maybe have that be part of a larger career-spanning Good Vibrations: 50th Anniversary type package, including new stack-o-tracks/vocals and such.

[catlag]

I know this thread has been dead for a while, but I didn't want to start a new one, just to say that my fantasy archival release would be one "to look at". Of course what's more important is the music and I love everything I can hear from them, both released and unreleased, but what I'd find most amazing would be a book (or digital archive) of photos of the band, its members and related musicians, lyricists and all. I just can't get enough of those and I'd love to have them reunited in one place, like an online museum or something.

Another would be a DVD compilation of all TV/film performances available.

[KDS]

I know I've been harping on this for a while. 

But, a complete show from the C50 Tour, preferably the Royal Albert Hall show. 

I'd even settle for one of the 45-48 song US shows.  Anything's better than that slap dash DVD that was released in 2013.

[SamMcK]

For me, i'd personally like a a massive box set containing deluxe editions for EVERY Beach Boys album, and every major Live album and outtakes, demos, backing tracks, A Cappella versions etc. The tracks would implement the best stereo sources whenever possible. and i'd like to imagine a Mono Box Set of the earlier years as a counterpart. Pet Sounds and SMiLE would be 2-CD versions containing material from their respective box sets. The Party album would be the album + the original mixes and the best versions of the other tracks as featured on the newest release.

Having the backing tracks for the different albums as bonus tracks would also mean that Stack 'O' Tracks doesn't need to be in the set. Still Cruisin' would be the only release to have its original track-listing rendered, with the 60s songs removed and era appropriate tunes like Rock N' Roll To The Rescue, Happy Endings, Problem Child etc. amended to it.

This is something of a pet project of mine, but for example for Surfer Girl, Sunflower & Holland I would have:

Surfer Girl (Deluxe Edition)

1. Surfer Girl
2. Catch a Wave
3. The Surfer Moon
4. South Bay Surfer
5. The Rocking Surfer
6. Little Deuce Coupe
7. In My Room
8. Hawaii
9. Surfer's Rule
10. Our Car Club
11. Your Summer Dream
12. Boogie Woodie
==Bonus Tracks==
13. Back Home ('63)
14. Little Deuce Coupe (Demo)
15. In My Room (Demo)
16. Ballad of Ole' Betsy (Demo)
17. Mother May I
18. I Do (Demo)
19. Surfer Girl (Backing Track)
20. Catch A Wave (Backing Track)
21. In My Room (Backing Track)

Sunflower (Deluxe Edition)

1. Slip On Through
2. This Whole World
3. Add Some Music To Your Day
4. Got To Know The Woman
5. Deirdre
6. It's About Time
7. Tears In The Morning
8. All I Wanna Do
9. Forever
10. Our Sweet Love
11. At My Window
12. Cool, Cool Water
==Bonus Tracks==
13. California Slide (I'm Going Your Way)
14. Where Is She? (Demo)
15. Soulful Old Man Sunshine (writing session excerpt)
16. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
17. Walkin' (Demo)
18. Games Two Can Play
19. Back Home (1970 Version)
20. Sound Of Free (Mono Single Version)
21. Fallin' In Love (Lady)
22. Add Some Music (Alternate Lyrics)
23. Tears In The Morning (Alternate Version)
24. Our Sweet Love (Vocals With Strings)
25. This Whole World (A Cappella)
26. Slip On Through (A Cappella)
27. Forever (A Cappella Mix)

Holland (Deluxe Edition)

1. Sail On Sailor
2. Steamboat
3. California Saga: Big Sur
4. California Saga: The Beaks Of Eagles
5. California Saga: California
6. The Trader
7. Leaving This Town
8. Only With You
9. Funky Pretty
10. Mt. Vernon and Fairway Theme
11. I'm the Pied Piper [Instrumental]
12. Better Get Back in Bed
13. Magic Transistor Radio
14. I'm the Pied Piper
15. Radio King Dom
==Bonus Tracks==
16. We Got Love
17. Carry Me Home (Outtake)
18. Hard Times (Outtake)
19. Daddy Dear/Susie Cincinatti (Demo)
20. Sail On Sailor (Backing Track)

I would also fill in the gaps by having a disc highlighting the 1961-1962 sessions, a version of Landlocked to fit in between Sunflower and Surf's Up as well as the 70s Christmas Album, Adult/Child, Lei'd In Hawai as well as a CD of their last concert at Wembley Arena. (*hint* 'cause I was at that show )

P.S I'd also like to thank Andrew for his wonderful website, as I wouldn't even be able to do this without it!

[Smilin Ed H]

If there really is a Sail on Sailor with Carl lead, I'll have that. Beyond that... any of the DW stuff that was said to have release potential when POB/Bambu was released, Lookin' Down the Coastline, the original Santa Ana Winds, stuff off Adult Child, more 1969-74 stuff - especially Carry Me Home and the original Big Sur, live material from the early 70s, live material from 1993, Come to the Sunshine (should it actually exist), First Love, Stevie, the alt. My Diane, Oh Lord (see Come to the Sunshine). That'll do to start with - oh, and release the second Celebration album - worth it for Mike singing Country Pie.

[KDS]

If there really is a Sail on Sailor with Carl lead, I'll have that. Beyond that... any of the DW stuff that was said to have release potential when POB/Bambu was released, Lookin' Down the Coastline, the original Santa Ana Winds, stuff off Adult Child, more 1969-74 stuff - especially Carry Me Home and the original Big Sur, live material from the early 70s, live material from 1993, Come to the Sunshine (should it actually exist), First Love, Stevie, the alt. My Diane, Oh Lord (see Come to the Sunshine). That'll do to start with - oh, and release the second Celebration album - worth it for Mike singing Country Pie.

There's a live version of Sail On Sailor from the 1990s with Carl on lead on the MIC box. 

[Lonely Summer]

We've had the PS Sessions box, Smile sessions box, so the next is obviously a Smiley sessions box. I'd love to hear the tracking session for Vegetables; accapella mixes of Little Pad,  and With Me Tonight.

[Lee Marshall]

'Water Builds Up'...All clean and not hissssssssssssssssssssssssssy.  GREAT song.  And left lying on some dusty shelf?  Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

As for other 'materials'  Mark and Alan seem to be able to pump out something meaningful every few years or so.  So...keep up THAT great work.  I TOO will buy it.

[sockittome]

Disc 1: Wild Honey mono/stereo (using the available stereo remixes and creating extracted stereo for the remaining 4 songs).

Disc 2: Alternate takes and edits (such as the extended I Was Made to Love Her)
           Unreleased tracks, bits and pieces (The Letter, etc.)
           Every single section, bit, piece known to exist for Can't Wait Too Long (even ones done earlier and later than the
           WH sessions)

This would make me verrrrrrrrrry happy! 

[Lonely Summer]

Disc 1: Wild Honey mono/stereo (using the available stereo remixes and creating extracted stereo for the remaining 4 songs).

Disc 2: Alternate takes and edits (such as the extended I Was Made to Love Her)
           Unreleased tracks, bits and pieces (The Letter, etc.)
           Every single section, bit, piece known to exist for Can't Wait Too Long (even ones done earlier and later than the
           WH sessions)

This would make me verrrrrrrrrry happy! 

I'd buy that - and make all my coworkers listen to it every morning!

[The Heartical Don]

Good Vibrations: 50th Anniversary Box Set

- 6 Discs
- Updated mastering by Mark Linett, Alan Boyd and Dennis Wolfe
- Disc 1 (Nearly Identical Track listing to GB30 but with "Kiss Me Baby") *
- Disc 2 (Nearly Identical Track listing to GB30 with a couple of SMiLE goodies) *
- Disc 3 (Nearly Identical Track listing to GB30 with some LANDLOCKED songs; also "Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again")
- Disc 4 (Nearly Identical Track listing to GB30 with some additional ADULT CHILD songs)
- Disc 5 Sessions Disc 1 (Various Sessions and Outtakes)
- Disc 6 Sessions Disc 2 (Various Sessions and Outtakes)

 * All tracks mono single mixes (where applicable)

I'll have what he's having and this is not a male version of the restaurant scene in When Harry Met Sally.

[JK]

Disc 1: Wild Honey mono/stereo (using the available stereo remixes and creating extracted stereo for the remaining 4 songs).

Disc 2: Alternate takes and edits (such as the extended I Was Made to Love Her)
           Unreleased tracks, bits and pieces (The Letter, etc.)
           Every single section, bit, piece known to exist for Can't Wait Too Long (even ones done earlier and later than the
           WH sessions)

This would make me verrrrrrrrrry happy! 

My sentiments entirely. Wow!

[jiggy22]

I don't know what the next box set could possibly be (if there ever is another one!), but if they included remastered versions of Big Sur 4/4 and Short Skirts I would die happy.