New Beach Boys release will make you 'SMiLE'

[absinthe_boy]

This new record will never be played - it's just for looks, man, not for drags. Will be stashed in the ol' vinyl collectione......

You are everything that is wrong with people who buy vinyl.

I have to agree.

I own some pretty valuable vinyl....and it ALL gets played, albeit with care.

To do otherwise would be as bad as the people who buy vintage racing cars and keep them in hermetically sealed garages, never to be driven.

I might buy the 78's if I can get hold of them...I will, by lucky chance, be in the USA on the prescribed date. And I have a choice of machines to play them on....however being vinyl rather than shellac I do feel the wind-up grammophone is out of the question and the Garrard might be a better bet.

[Cam Mott]

I meant: do we know for sure that this new 78rpm GV/H&V release is not a joke?

[XY]

I meant: do we know for sure that this new 78rpm GV/H&V release is not a joke?

Even the not regularly updated official Capitol site thebeachboys.com mentions it, so I guess it's for real.

[Cam Mott]

I guess it's a legitimate joke.

[rab2591]

This new record will never be played - it's just for looks, man, not for drags. Will be stashed in the ol' vinyl collectione......

You are everything that is wrong with people who buy vinyl.

I have to agree.

I own some pretty valuable vinyl....and it ALL gets played, albeit with care.

To do otherwise would be as bad as the people who buy vintage racing cars and keep them in hermetically sealed garages, never to be driven.

I might buy the 78's if I can get hold of them...I will, by lucky chance, be in the USA on the prescribed date. And I have a choice of machines to play them on....however being vinyl rather than shellac I do feel the wind-up grammophone is out of the question and the Garrard might be a better bet.

A good friend of mine owns a guitar signed by members of the Allman Brothers Band. He also owns a football helmet signed by the majority of the New York Jets football team. He uses neither as they were originally intended to be used. He uses them for display. I have another friend who hangs tie-dyed sheets from his wall....never to be used to keep him warm in the winter.

It's all relative. The guy who will never take his race car out for a spin is probably the happiest man on the planet...he probably enjoys being a mechanic far more than being a driver....and he owns the car. If his endorphins go crazy at the site of a wrench and not a gas pedal, who am I to judge him?

And thus, if I want to frame this 78 behind glass on my wall, that's my prerogative. Not anyone else's.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I guess it's a legitimate joke.

It's a classic BW put on, just like when he told Alan to say Smile was being released. 

[XY]

Ok, a legitimate, classic BW put-on joke.

[sockittome]

I guess it's a legitimate joke.

It's a classic BW put on, just like when he told Alan to say Smile was being released. 

Well, as we all know the SMiLE tapes were burned!

[The Heartical Don]

I guess it's a legitimate joke.

It's a classic BW put on, just like when he told Alan to say Smile was being released.  

Well, as we all know the SMiLE tapes were burned!

No. How that rumor came into the world, I don't know. The original SMiLE tapes are firmly buried in my back yard. In a perspex box that is constantly kept at optimal temperature and humidity.

It is satisfying and soothing to know that. I never played them, never will. I am like the proverbial Japanese owner of an extremely costly French painting from long ago ('The Origin Of The World', by Courbet, look that one up!). That owner never looks at it, and it's covered by a curtain.

That, my friends, is authentic love of art.

[hypehat]

You are a true inspiration to us all, Don. Now excuse me whilst I bury the session tapes for 'Summer In Paradise'.

[The Heartical Don]

You are a true inspiration to us all, Don. Now excuse me whilst I bury the session tapes for 'Summer In Paradise'.

  we are the true Keepers Of The Flame, ain't we? 

[Ron]

This new record will never be played - it's just for looks, man, not for drags. Will be stashed in the ol' vinyl collectione......

You are everything that is wrong with people who buy vinyl.

I have to agree.

I own some pretty valuable vinyl....and it ALL gets played, albeit with care.

To do otherwise would be as bad as the people who buy vintage racing cars and keep them in hermetically sealed garages, never to be driven.

I might buy the 78's if I can get hold of them...I will, by lucky chance, be in the USA on the prescribed date. And I have a choice of machines to play them on....however being vinyl rather than shellac I do feel the wind-up grammophone is out of the question and the Garrard might be a better bet.

A good friend of mine owns a guitar signed by members of the Allman Brothers Band. He also owns a football helmet signed by the majority of the New York Jets football team. He uses neither as they were originally intended to be used. He uses them for display. I have another friend who hangs tie-dyed sheets from his wall....never to be used to keep him warm in the winter.

It's all relative. The guy who will never take his race car out for a spin is probably the happiest man on the planet...he probably enjoys being a mechanic far more than being a driver....and he owns the car. If his endorphins go crazy at the site of a wrench and not a gas pedal, who am I to judge him?

And thus, if I want to frame this 78 behind glass on my wall, that's my prerogative. Not anyone else's.

Good points.  To each his own, I suppose.  You've actually made SUCH good points I think I'm going to change my opinion on this matter.  I've always bitched about trailer queen race cars and classics fixed up, but you're right, they have a new purpose now. 

[B-Rex]

I'd display the Courbet over my fireplace.   That "art lover" is a bit of a prude.  It's a place from whence we've all come, literally and figuratively. 

[hypehat]

You are a true inspiration to us all, Don. Now excuse me whilst I bury the session tapes for 'Summer In Paradise'.

  we are the true Keepers Of The Flame, ain't we? 

We're keepin' the summer alive, one mastertape at a time. 

[Magic Transistor Radio]

"Pet Sounds (ranked #2 in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ in 2003), and the band’s answer to The Beatles’ Revolver,"

Umm. I believe that Pet Sounds came out before Revolver. But this isn't the first time I have seen someone state this. I think I even read another place where they said PS was the BBs answer to Sergent Pepper!

[Dunderhead]

"Pet Sounds (ranked #2 in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ in 2003), and the band’s answer to The Beatles’ Revolver,"

Umm. I believe that Pet Sounds came out before Revolver. But this isn't the first time I have seen someone state this. I think I even read another place where they said PS was the BBs answer to Sergent Pepper!

I think people in general aren't up on 60s music besides a few of the hallmark LPs. Pet Sounds gets a lot of lip service but it's rarely realized as the fantastic accomplishment that it really is. Same with lots of the Beatles LPs. People have laughed in my face when I said that I liked BB better than the Beatles. Those same people have also said things along the lines of "well I don't know all the song names, but I've heard them all pretty much" when I mentioned Tomorrow Never Knows or something.

[sockittome]

"Pet Sounds (ranked #2 in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ in 2003), and the band’s answer to The Beatles’ Revolver,"

Umm. I believe that Pet Sounds came out before Revolver. But this isn't the first time I have seen someone state this. I think I even read another place where they said PS was the BBs answer to Sergent Pepper!

I think people in general aren't up on 60s music besides a few of the hallmark LPs. Pet Sounds gets a lot of lip service but it's rarely realized as the fantastic accomplishment that it really is. Same with lots of the Beatles LPs. People have laughed in my face when I said that I liked BB better than the Beatles.

I played Pet Sounds for a musician friend of mine who is a major Beatles and Stones fan.  All he could say afterward was "I don't hear a whole lot of guitar in there".  I really wanted to put him in a headlock and tell him "Ya missed the point, buddy!  Listen to it again!"  but I didn't.

[rab2591]

"Pet Sounds (ranked #2 in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ in 2003), and the band’s answer to The Beatles’ Revolver,"

Umm. I believe that Pet Sounds came out before Revolver. But this isn't the first time I have seen someone state this. I think I even read another place where they said PS was the BBs answer to Sergent Pepper!

I think people in general aren't up on 60s music besides a few of the hallmark LPs. Pet Sounds gets a lot of lip service but it's rarely realized as the fantastic accomplishment that it really is. Same with lots of the Beatles LPs. People have laughed in my face when I said that I liked BB better than the Beatles.

I played Pet Sounds for a musician friend of mine who is a major Beatles and Stones fan.  All he could say afterward was "I don't hear a whole lot of guitar in there".  I really wanted to put him in a headlock and tell him "Ya missed the point, buddy!  Listen to it again!"  but I didn't.

I played PC SMiLE for a friend last week on his $thousand+ stereo system - He turned up 'Our Prayer' to nearly max volume in the Cathedral-ceiling room. Just the voices of Brian, Carl, Mike, Dennis, and Al reverberated into our ears. My friend, completely awed, turned to me and said, "Man, I feel like I'm stoned."

Needless to say, hearing 'Our Prayer' from that stereo system was a heavenly experience.

Some people just wont get it. Others will. I listen to songs like 'Don't Talk' or 'Let Go Away For Awhile' and I think how can people not see the genius/beauty in this!?

[Runaways]

"Pet Sounds (ranked #2 in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ in 2003), and the band’s answer to The Beatles’ Revolver,"

Umm. I believe that Pet Sounds came out before Revolver. But this isn't the first time I have seen someone state this. I think I even read another place where they said PS was the BBs answer to Sergent Pepper!

I think people in general aren't up on 60s music besides a few of the hallmark LPs. Pet Sounds gets a lot of lip service but it's rarely realized as the fantastic accomplishment that it really is. Same with lots of the Beatles LPs. People have laughed in my face when I said that I liked BB better than the Beatles.

I played Pet Sounds for a musician friend of mine who is a major Beatles and Stones fan.  All he could say afterward was "I don't hear a whole lot of guitar in there".  I really wanted to put him in a headlock and tell him "Ya missed the point, buddy!  Listen to it again!"  but I didn't.

I played PC SMiLE for a friend last week on his $thousand+ stereo system - He turned up 'Our Prayer' to nearly max volume in the Cathedral-ceiling room. Just the voices of Brian, Carl, Mike, Dennis, and Al reverberated into our ears. My friend, completely awed, turned to me and said, "Man, I feel like I'm stoned."

Needless to say, hearing 'Our Prayer' from that stereo system was a heavenly experience.

Some people just wont get it. Others will. I listen to songs like 'Don't Talk' or 'Let Go Away For Awhile' and I think how can people not see the genius/beauty in this!?

i drool at getting those SMiLE recordings remastered.

[rab2591]

"Pet Sounds (ranked #2 in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ in 2003), and the band’s answer to The Beatles’ Revolver,"

Umm. I believe that Pet Sounds came out before Revolver. But this isn't the first time I have seen someone state this. I think I even read another place where they said PS was the BBs answer to Sergent Pepper!

I think people in general aren't up on 60s music besides a few of the hallmark LPs. Pet Sounds gets a lot of lip service but it's rarely realized as the fantastic accomplishment that it really is. Same with lots of the Beatles LPs. People have laughed in my face when I said that I liked BB better than the Beatles.

I played Pet Sounds for a musician friend of mine who is a major Beatles and Stones fan.  All he could say afterward was "I don't hear a whole lot of guitar in there".  I really wanted to put him in a headlock and tell him "Ya missed the point, buddy!  Listen to it again!"  but I didn't.

I played PC SMiLE for a friend last week on his $thousand+ stereo system - He turned up 'Our Prayer' to nearly max volume in the Cathedral-ceiling room. Just the voices of Brian, Carl, Mike, Dennis, and Al reverberated into our ears. My friend, completely awed, turned to me and said, "Man, I feel like I'm stoned."

Needless to say, hearing 'Our Prayer' from that stereo system was a heavenly experience.

Some people just wont get it. Others will. I listen to songs like 'Don't Talk' or 'Let Go Away For Awhile' and I think how can people not see the genius/beauty in this!?

i drool at getting those SMiLE recordings remastered.

I think a fellow poster said it best (when Brian's camp announced the release date for BWRG) saying "I have no reason to live for the next 3 months" - I'll be anxiously waiting for the day I finally have a remastered recording of 'Holidays', 'Look!', and 'Do You Dig Worms'.

This question has probably been asked in the previous 33 pages, but what are the chances we will get a mono mix in addition to the stereo mix in this set (like they did with Pet Sounds Sessions)?

[Andrew G. Doe]

I think a fellow poster said it best (when Brian's camp announced the release date for BWRG) saying "I have no reason to live for the next 3 months" - I'll be anxiously waiting for the day I finally have a remastered recording of 'Holidays', 'Look!', and 'Do You Dig Worms'.

This question has probably been asked in the previous 33 pages, but what are the chances we will get a mono mix in addition to the stereo mix in this set (like they did with Pet Sounds Sessions)?

I'd say 50/50 - either we will, or we won't. 

[The Shift]

I think a fellow poster said it best (when Brian's camp announced the release date for BWRG) saying "I have no reason to live for the next 3 months" - I'll be anxiously waiting for the day I finally have a remastered recording of 'Holidays', 'Look!', and 'Do You Dig Worms'.

This question has probably been asked in the previous 33 pages, but what are the chances we will get a mono mix in addition to the stereo mix in this set (like they did with Pet Sounds Sessions)?

I'd say 50/50 - either we will, or we won't. 

Even if we don't we'll probably get one or the other 

[The Heartical Don]

I'd display the Courbet over my fireplace.   That "art lover" is a bit of a prude.  It's a place from whence we've all come, literally and figuratively. 

That's a beautiful post! Cheers for that.

[B-Rex]

Thank you,  kind Don.  I certainly appreciate your eloquent posts.

[sockittome]

I think a fellow poster said it best (when Brian's camp announced the release date for BWRG) saying "I have no reason to live for the next 3 months" - I'll be anxiously waiting for the day I finally have a remastered recording of 'Holidays', 'Look!', and 'Do You Dig Worms'.

This question has probably been asked in the previous 33 pages, but what are the chances we will get a mono mix in addition to the stereo mix in this set (like they did with Pet Sounds Sessions)?

Considering what turned up on the GV box, I was going to ask what the chances are of getting a stereo mix in addition to the mono mix?