New Beach Boys release will make you 'SMiLE'

[The Heartical Don]

My god... 28 pages about an archival release that is still very dubious... are we bonkers? 

Dubious ? Who's dubious ? I'm not dubious. 

  no Sir. I bow to you, you font of knowledge and wisdom... sorry for my most unbecoming joke, Sir...

[The Shift]

My god... 28 pages about an archival release that is still very dubious... are we bonkers? 

Dubious ? Who's dubious ? I'm not dubious. 

  no Sir. I bow to you, you font of knowledge and wisdom... sorry for my most unbecoming joke, Sir...

The release of Frank Sinatra's SMiLE album sessions. Now that's dubi-dubi-dubious.

[Don_Zabu]

My god... 28 pages about an archival release that is still very dubious... are we bonkers? 

Dubious ? Who's dubious ? I'm not dubious. 

  no Sir. I bow to you, you font of knowledge and wisdom... sorry for my most unbecoming joke, Sir...

The release of Frank Sinatra's SMiLE album sessions. Now that's dubi-dubi-dubious.

Did Frank Sinatra cause the collapse of SMiLE? News at 11.

[The Heartical Don]

My god... 28 pages about an archival release that is still very dubious... are we bonkers? 

Dubious ? Who's dubious ? I'm not dubious. 

  no Sir. I bow to you, you font of knowledge and wisdom... sorry for my most unbecoming joke, Sir...

The release of Frank Sinatra's SMiLE album sessions. Now that's dubi-dubi-dubious.

What's that? 1123 takes of 'I Wanna Be Around', perchance?

[RONDEMON]

Well, here's a good sign. Not sure if this has anything to do with the future Smile stuff though...

Hollywood, California – February 22, 2011 – To support Record Store Day on April 16, Capitol/EMI will release limited edition vinyl titles for The Beach Boys to be sold exclusively by participating independent music retailers across the U.S.

 
The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations”/”Heroes and Villains” will be released as a limited edition double 78RPM vinyl single set with the songs’ original single release mixes on one disc and alternate versions of both songs on the other disc.

 
 www.recordstoreday.com

 

The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations/Heroes and Villains [ltd. edition 78RPM single set]

Disc 1                                                    Disc 2

Side A    Good Vibrations                   Side A    Good Vibrations (Early Take)

Side B    Heroes and Villains            Side B    Heroes and Villains (Alternate Take)

[onkster]

The typeface is enough to convince me!

[rab2591]

Indeed. I hope one of the record shops around my residence has them!

I wonder what the pricing will be like - considering they are 'limited editions'

[guitarfool2002]

Looks like I'll have to bump Guy Lombardo and The Andrews Sisters off the playlist to make room for that 78rpm release!

[Rocker]

Well, here's a good sign. Not sure if this has anything to do with the future Smile stuff though...

Hollywood, California – February 22, 2011 – To support Record Store Day on April 16, Capitol/EMI will release limited edition vinyl titles for The Beach Boys to be sold exclusively by participating independent music retailers across the U.S.

 
The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations”/”Heroes and Villains” will be released as a limited edition double 78RPM vinyl single set with the songs’ original single release mixes on one disc and alternate versions of both songs on the other disc.

 
 www.recordstoreday.com

 

The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations/Heroes and Villains [ltd. edition 78RPM single set]

Disc 1                                                    Disc 2

Side A    Good Vibrations                   Side A    Good Vibrations (Early Take)

Side B    Heroes and Villains            Side B    Heroes and Villains (Alternate Take)

The cover indeed has that vintage Smile-comic-feeling.....

[guitarfool2002]

The cover indeed has that vintage Smile-comic-feeling.....

The cover design doesn't seem to be as much a nod to anything Smile-related, but more a retro design reflecting those Capitol 78rpm and 10-inch LP/EP album cover designs from the late 40's and early 50's, the kind which the Wilson family would be playing when Brian was a kid. Some of that cover art is really quite incredible, I'd hang it on my wall if I had a collection of any worth...

[guitarfool2002]

Did Frank Sinatra cause the collapse of SMiLE? News at 11.

[juggler]

The cover design doesn't seem to be as much a nod to anything Smile-related

Come on, folks, the lettering of "The Beach Boys" is lifted directly from the Smile cover... 

[guitarfool2002]

The cover design doesn't seem to be as much a nod to anything Smile-related

Come on, folks, the lettering of "The Beach Boys" is lifted directly from the Smile cover... 

Lettering schmettering. I doubt anyone seeing that cover would think "Holy sh*t, that looks like Smile!!!"

[buddhahat]

It is the smile font isn't it? Seems quite deliberate to me

[guitarfool2002]

It is the smile font isn't it?

Again, do you think of Smile when you see that cover no matter what the lettering is?

[buddhahat]

It is the smile font isn't it?

Again, do you think of Smile when you see that cover no matter what the lettering is?

which cover are we talking about - the 78? That instantly said smile to me but then I hav the smile artwrk hanging in my kids' room so I'm familiar with the font. It's surely alogical choice of font for two smile era singles.

[guitarfool2002]

It is the smile font isn't it?

Again, do you think of Smile when you see that cover no matter what the lettering is?

which cover are we talking about - the 78? That instantly said smile to me but then I hav the smile artwrk hanging in my kids' room so I'm familiar with the font. It's surely alogical choice of font for two smile era singles.

Are you talking just the font or the full cover of that 78? The cover struck me as Capitol Records in the 40's and 50's, same vibe, same design. The kind of artwork that would have been released with a 78 back in that era. The font didn't stand out to me as much, but if you're tuned in to lettering maybe that would be the focal point, where I looked at the overall design and saw no Smile.

[Mike's Beard]

Did Frank Sinatra cause the collapse of SMiLE? News at 11.

'Ol Blue Eyes sent Brian a telegram telling him to scrap Smile immediately or he'd 'send the boys round'!

[Wirestone]

It's the first time that font -- the one used on the Frank Holmes Smile cover -- has been used on a Capitol release.

Mighty significant, I'd say.

[Myk Luhv]

Totally nerdy question: Does that font have an equivalent digital typeface to use on the computer? I'm not actually a super typography nerd but it'd be sort of neat to have and play around with...

(Maybe this would be better suited to the insignificant questions thread!)

[guitarfool2002]

Totally nerdy question: Does that font have an equivalent digital typeface to use on the computer? I'm not actually a super typography nerd but it'd be sort of neat to have and play around with...

(Maybe this would be better suited to the insignificant questions thread!)

I understand there is no standard font for that lettering like Pet Sounds is Cooper Black, it was either Frank Holmes or Capitol artists who drew it up for the cover. Maybe a graphic artist can chime in here.

I'll concede the point, YES the "Beach Boys" lettering is the style of the Smile cover, no doubt it is. But I didn't connect the style of the cover itself to Smile at all, but that's just me.

[Mahalo]

My god... 28 pages about an archival release that is still very dubious... 

See this Capitol???

[Andrew G. Doe]

Totally nerdy question: Does that font have an equivalent digital typeface to use on the computer? I'm not actually a super typography nerd but it'd be sort of neat to have and play around with...

(Maybe this would be better suited to the insignificant questions thread!)

I understand there is no standard font for that lettering like Pet Sounds is Cooper Black, it was either Frank Holmes or Capitol artists who drew it up for the cover. Maybe a graphic artist can chime in here.

No graphic artist, just a guy with an enquiring turn of mind: long ago there was a debate raging as to the significance of the lower case "i" on the Smile, it being invested with all manner of arcane significance concerning Brian's intention in using same. That is until someone - think it was Cam - did what he does best and discovered that the font was done by the Capitol art department, and totally independent of Brian. The lower case "i" was like that purely because someone thought it looked nice. That's all.

[Cam Mott]

Thanks ol' pal, assuming there was a compliment in there.

That was indeed the memory of the SMiLE album art director after having a copy of the art snail-mailed to him.

He also remembered he was at first cool to the smile shop graphic, just as Frank Holmes sensed, but it wasn't for the reason Frank thought. George thought a photo of the group or something showing the group would be better.

[Chris Brown]

The lettering on that single cover is indeed the Smile font, as it appeared on the Smile cover, verbatim - look at how the "A" is superscript, and the small "O" next to the slightly slanted "Y".  It's an exact replica.  Seems like more than just a coincidence (especially given that the tracks being released on the single would have been on Smile), but that's just me.  Granted, the rest of the cover doesn't suggest Smile in any way - even so, I don't think we should easily dismiss the potential significance of the cover.