Interesting Ebay find

[metal flake paint]

A $2000.01 price reduction!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEACH-BOYS-BRIAN-WILSON-LOT-OF-74-ORIG-UNPUBLISHED-1964-COLOR-SLIDES-KODACHROME-/380893422051?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58af0461e3

[bgas]

OH MY GOD!!  AMAZING  AND AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!  ALot of Bruce Johnston  Love Letters for sale:   ( get 'em before Bruce sees them and takes 'em off the market )
Looks like their are only two for sale so far, but they're may be more to come.... Sure if you buy them your in for an amazing treat.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Bruce-Johnston-Love-Letter-Beach-Boys-/380904931985   

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Bruce-Johnston-Love-Letter-Beach-Boys-Handwritten-3-Pages-/380909035734   

[SMiLE Brian]

Are they to Mike Love?

[Pretty Funky]

He gives a surf report along with the weather. Nothings changed in 50 years!

[leggo of my ego]

Are they to Mike Love?

Nope but thats interesting loopy cursive writing like a girl, Broothie.

[bgas]

http://tinyurl.com/p3g5yfy

[alf wiedersehen]

http://tinyurl.com/p3g5yfy

Ooh, I hope that's a promo for something Omnivore has for the future.
They do good work.

[The Shift]

Is this likely to triple in value?

http://bit.ly/1hSID0a

[The Shift]

http://tinyurl.com/p3g5yfy

Ooh, I hope that's a promo for something Omnivore has for the future.
They do good work.

Assume these are likely to be the same mixes of WIBNTLA and Falling in Love that appeared on MIC? Small print is too small to read in the accompanying photo…

[bryand]

Yes they are all the released mixes. Well worth the purchase to have essentially a Dennis Wilson "best of" disc.  I picked this up about a month ago on eBay for $25.

[The Shift]

Yes they are all the released mixes. Well worth the purchase to have essentially a Dennis Wilson "best of" disc.  I picked this up about a month ago on eBay for $25.

Many thanks… sounds like you got a good price too!

[Peadar 'Big Dinner' O'Driscoll]

Seems a little strange that Omnivore would be able to procure the rights for those tracks particularly the Beach Boys recordings

[The Shift]

Seems strange that they'd even want to… unless there was some special vinyl release being planned with maybe bonus tracks

[Peadar 'Big Dinner' O'Driscoll]

I asked Omnivore about this:

"Our publishing company administers the Dennis Wilson song catalog"

"Publishing only sampler, not a commercial release"

[The Shift]

I asked Omnivore about this:

"Our publishing company administers the Dennis Wilson song catalog"

"Publishing only sampler, not a commercial release"

Many thanks for that. Much appreciated.

[bgas]

I asked Omnivore about this:

"Our publishing company administers the Dennis Wilson song catalog"

"Publishing only sampler, not a commercial release"

Did you ask if they'd send you a copy for review purposes? 

[The Shift]

http://bit.ly/V6LBEj

Odd version of Pet Sounds, test pressing: Vibes on side one, Sail on Sailor, Sloop, God Only… on side two.

No description to speak of… could these be live tracks?

[alf wiedersehen]

http://bit.ly/V6LBEj

Odd version of Pet Sounds, test pressing: Vibes on side one, Sail on Sailor, Sloop, God Only… on side two.

No description to speak of… could these be live tracks?

One of the photos shows the back cover with "MS 2223" in writing. This is what I assume is a catalog number, and which corresponds to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Vibrations_%E2%80%93_Best_of_The_Beach_Boys

If you look at that track listing, you'll see that the sides have been reversed from the test press to the legit release, but they kept the tracks in the same order. For some reason, they only seem to have included 4 of the 12 tracks.
Edit: I suppose it was still three years away from being released, so they were probably still in the process of figuring out which tracks to include on the compilation.

[LeeDempsey]

I suspect that this is simply the test pressing for the GOOD VIBRATIONS - BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS compilation LP, with annotations on the cover and label after the fact.  It's easy on a test pressing to confuse side 1 and side 2, unless you can interpret matrix numbers.  Whoever listed the LP probably guessed at 1972.

It's still rare, but probably not an alternate track listing or anything of the sort.

Lee

[The Shift]

Thanks indeed guys. It was the name "pet Sounds" and the four-tracks-only that had me scratching. Peculiar…

[acedecade75]

 Here is something you don't find every day.  This is an insanely rare autographed Summer Days LP.  It is autographed on the back by "Mark R. Wilson".

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=201119709748

[Pretty Funky]

And Gary Wilson top right?

Hey the seller just says its 'signed'. Not claiming who by.

[bgas]

I suspect that this is simply the test pressing for the GOOD VIBRATIONS - BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS compilation LP, with annotations on the cover and label after the fact.  It's easy on a test pressing to confuse side 1 and side 2, unless you can interpret matrix numbers.  Whoever listed the LP probably guessed at 1972.

It's still rare, but probably not an alternate track listing or anything of the sort.

Lee

Chiming in late ( Lovely CA BBs BBQ vacation. COOL to finally meet SmileHolland!!):  

[bringahorseinhere?]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261442316951&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Beach-Boys-Medium-Guitar-Picks-6-Pack-Made-In-USA-Pack-1-/251494711841?pt=AU_Instrument_Accessories&hash=item3a8e40c221

claim to be authentic as it says licensed from 'brother records'.....  what do you guys think?  they look kinda cool.

RickB

[bgas]

Licensed to a Canadian company. cheap, if you like picks, at $13 including the shipping. 
Entirely possible Brother would license something like this.