New Beach Boys release will make you 'SMiLE'

[superunison]

What a bombshell that would be, but I'm with Ebb and Flow here - if true, I can't imagine that such news wouldn't be conveyed by someone like Alan Boyd, or that we wouldn't hear a thing about it for several years after it actually occurred.

Then again no one (until Al) had spilled the beans about this whole summer Capitol Smile album until now, so you never know..... But I have a feeling that this isn't the case.

Also, I thought that there was a possibility that the film was possibly found with Directors notes, but that the audio was most likely gone, making the found film statement correct but a whole lot less exciting.

[guitarfool2002]

Reading that thread on the Hoffman board was like drinking a Bud Light after sipping cognac.

[Dunderhead]

Nah, I think we're more like drinking diet coke vs regular coke.

[guitarfool2002]

I actually had to check the date on some of those posts to see if they were recent or dated 2004. Interesting to see some old names from the past, too.

Duvel vs. Natty Light

[Jim V.]

Since we are talking about other sites, I have to say, some of those dudes in "The Record Room" think they are like the cool kids in school, concerning The Beach Boys and this board. Like the people who post here are dumbasses or something, and that they are like sooooo past that stupid SMiLE album, man.

[guitarfool2002]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the vocal sessions from Good Vibrations were in that same archive in Germany.

[Dunderhead]

I didn't know there were any other websites besides this one, but I'm glad this is the one I found because jeeze that record room one is depressing.

[guitarfool2002]

Maybe that poster was talking about the actual cut of the film that was broadcast, giving the benefit of the doubt. Otherwise it's mixing in what seems to be several different parts of the Inside Pop outtake saga into one story, including one part that most likely hasn't happened. Unless it was a better print of the original broadcast being described.

[Dunderhead]

I wonder if I should have oatmeal or eggs......

[guitarfool2002]

Regular milk or skim milk?

[SG7]

Beatles or Beach Boys



oops wrong thread!

[Dunderhead]

Oh Beatles definitely man, they did that sgt. peppers thing, that was real groovy of them.

[Jay]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the vocal sessions from Good Vibrations were in that same archive in Germany.

Road trip, anybody? 

[The Shift]

Someone posted this at the Steve Hoffman forum. It's new to me. Can anyone confirm?

Also, the raw footage for the Leonard Bernstein TV special was located several years ago. The film elements for all the footage shot for the Leonard Bernstein Special, ended up in a film library in (of all places) Germany, complete with directors logs. That was found about 5 years back, requests to copy: granted, and passed onto Capitol.

Why copy for Capitol ?  Doesn't make sense - CBS, yes.  I'm getting a funny feeling this is a Chinese whispers version of the searching 'we' did a while back. Could be wrong, but it's odd that it's not surfaced until now. Is this a recent post on Hoffman ?

Someone posted this at the Steve Hoffman forum. It's new to me. Can anyone confirm?

Also, the raw footage for the Leonard Bernstein TV special was located several years ago. The film elements for all the footage shot for the Leonard Bernstein Special, ended up in a film library in (of all places) Germany, complete with directors logs. That was found about 5 years back, requests to copy: granted, and passed onto Capitol.

Why copy for Capitol ?  Doesn't make sense - CBS, yes.  I'm getting a funny feeling this is a Chinese whispers version of the searching 'we' did a while back. Could be wrong, but it's odd that it's not surfaced until now. Is this a recent post on Hoffman ?

Why Capitol indeed? The BBs weren't the only artists featured in that documentary; in fact BW's SU perf was only a small fraction of it. Presumably the outtakes featured many others bands' intimate moments (ie, rows) too. Unless the raw footage was located specifically for the purpose of a BBs release/product/project, there'd be plenty of other labels lusting after them... or not.

Why only copy them for Capitol? As others have speculated, it's probably several rumours being combined into another.

[Mooger Fooger]

Well, as I am resident in Germany, I will offer my time to physically go to the archive/library in question and request a preview copy. I will use the backing of one of Germany's largest TV networks to do so. I propose the poster of the thread put up or shut-up with regards to the CBS film outtakes.

[pobbard]

Don't give up hope... "lost" stuff turns up all the time. Just think about how many times ever-more complete copies of "Metropolis" have turned up, all over the world, in the last few decades.

Me, I'm still holding out for "Terri She Needs Me" from the BW sessions. 

[punkinhead]

Well, even if the footage from the documentary is silent, that doesn't mean someone won't release it:

http://www.amazon.com/Beach-Boys-London-1966/dp/B000EQ5SFC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297431412&sr=8-1

[sparkydog1725]

Reading that thread on the Hoffman board was like drinking a Bud Light after sipping cognac.

Nahh - they drink Kool-Aid over there... 

[?]

Reading that thread on the Hoffman board was like drinking a Bud Light after sipping cognac.

Nahh - they drink Kool-Aid over there... 

Ha! 

[Shady]

I had a dream this was released last night 

[c-man]

I had a dream this was released last night 

Back in 1978, I had a dream SMiLE was released.
Truthfully!

[donald]

Since we are talking about other sites, I have to say, some of those dudes in "The Record Room" think they are like the cool kids in school, concerning The Beach Boys and this board. Like the people who post here are dumbasses or something, and that they are like sooooo past that stupid SMiLE album, man.

I miss Ian.

[punkinhead]

Don't give up hope... "lost" stuff turns up all the time. Just think about how many times ever-more complete copies of "Metropolis" have turned up, all over the world, in the last few decades.

Me, I'm still holding out for "Terri She Needs Me" from the BW sessions. 

Yeah, isn't the new/lost cut coming out this year? with stuff that hasn't been seen since the original premiere?

[Roger Ryan]

Don't give up hope... "lost" stuff turns up all the time. Just think about how many times ever-more complete copies of "Metropolis" have turned up, all over the world, in the last few decades.

Yeah, isn't the new/lost cut coming out this year? with stuff that hasn't been seen since the original premiere?

You missed it! It was last year.

It played the arthouse cinema circuit, Turner Classic Movies and now it's here:
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Metropolis-Blu-ray-Brigitte-Helm/dp/B0040QYROK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297616771&sr=8-1

Heck, we even discussed it on this board. Despite the ragged quality of the lost 25 minutes, the additional footage really helps to make the film more coherent and enjoyable.

In regards to the INSIDE POP footage: the disadvantage of finding it is that it was never intended for release. Once the program was edited together and shown in April '67, the material not used would have been viewed as having little value. Once a film actually gets released, there is a much higher probability that it will survive somewhere which is why the METROPOLIS footage was found. The excised INSIDE POP footage did not see a release, so the chances of survival drop considerably.

[Runaways]

not sure this will work, but somebody just posted the Fire music video with the band on brian's facebook.  has this been around openly??

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=590333984303&oid=34250497240