Pleas help identify this 3LP Smile set........

[mld277]

  Hi,

  I've recently obtained a 3LP Smile on colored vinyl.  1 disc has "Brother Records Bag o'Tricks" on label and Cat.# ST=9002-C, other labels are blank.  Cover is plain white with pasted-on paper cover with original Frank Holmes drawing on front and track listings on back.

  Any info will be greatly appreciated,

  Thanks,

  Mark

[smile-holland]

Welcome on this board mld277.

I think I have this one as well. (there are not that many 3LP-SMiLE-with-coloured-vinyl releases I'd imagine...)

A good find. I think it's a late 80-ies (maybe early 90-ies) release. The packaging sounds less familiar though. Although mine als has that cover with the original Frank Holmes drawing on the front and the complete tracklist of all 3 LP's on the back, but it's not a copy on a plain white sleeve, but an original print. All 3 records should have labels on it. And on top of that my sample contains a fold-out poster of the Frank Holmes drawing + a bunch copies of several work-sheets (stapled together) of several SMiLE-songs.

So maybe yours is a rerelease of the original. Could also be an incomplete original with a “new” cover (because the original one got lost/damaged or something like that). Don’t what’s the tracklist on your copy, but if side F (b-side 3rd record) contains Brian’s SMiLE-sessionparty, then we’re talking about the same release.

For additional info, www.cabinessence.net or www.cabinessence.net/boots/9002.shtml

[MBE]

It came out in 1993 I think or 1992. It's got very good sound and is a pretty good pressing. Bootleggers copy each other all the time. It sounds like either it's a repress, or that they ran out of the original sleeve. However it could posiably be the 2 LP Smile put in with one of the 3 LP set records. Is Can't Wait Too Long on it. If so it's a combo of the 2 and three LP sets

[mld277]

  Hi,

  Thanks for all the info.  This issue does not have "Can't wait too long".  Upon first listen I discovered that two of the discs are duplicates with the same matrix #'s of sides 3 and 4.  It does have "Brians Smile Session Party" on track listing but that disc is missing.  I called the SF Amoeba where I purchased the LP and found out that they had gotten several wrong copies and thought that they had removed them all.  They are refunding my money.

  Thanks again,

  Mark

[TonyW]

Having once checked out the 3LP SMiLE set many years ago my recollection now is that it had the same song list and sequence as the legendary Vigotone boot.

[sidewinder572]

I've got the 3 lp set too. It came with a poster, session work sheets and a re-print of the booklet. From what I know it's the same track list as the Vigotone set.

[smile-holland]

...and there it is on Ebay... only 4 hours to go (in case someone's interested)

http://cgi.ebay.nl/The-Beach-Boys-Smile-triple-vinyl-LP-package_W0QQitemZ140234958950QQihZ004QQcategoryZ1593QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem