tahitijack
Joined: Nov 03, 2006
Posts: 693
San Clemente, CA
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Posted on May 15 2007 06:20 PM
Yikes!!! I just looked at the presale (release date is May 22) for the latest Beach Boys best of/anthology/collection/hits/compilation cd on amazon.com. They make this seem like one very important albumn with all the remaining BBs gathering at Brians home to sort out and personally select the turnes for the ump-teenth best of cd. The interview clips are interesting and include Brian, Al, Bruce and Mike done seperately. Ok so I take a look at th track list of the "difinative" best of Warmth Of The Sun and was less than excited. While the list includes some remixed versions and good songs that get little airplay several of their signature songs were left off the list. It would be impossible to satisfy even the most casual BB fan with a well rounded collection, but there are plent of them already on the market which would be a better choice. Endless Summer is my personl choice.
Sorry for the rant...I'm in the mood to write today....
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JoshHeartless
Joined: Jun 17, 2006
Posts: 1010
Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on May 15 2007 06:41 PM
i dont exactly remember which songs are on that, but it didnt really catch my eye. endless summer is very good, but ill stick to surfer girl/shut down vol. II any day.
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tenderfoot
Joined: Feb 01, 2007
Posts: 308
Ellicott City, Maryland
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Posted on May 15 2007 07:42 PM
I'm a BB fan, and I will stick to the ORIGINAL songs and albums....yeah
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25568
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 15 2007 08:48 PM
I am not a huge Beach Boys fan, but I admit to them being very Important in rock and roll and somewhat in the Surf genre.
I only have the X-mas cd, the Pet sounds box set, and maybe 1 2fer cd.
but cant recall which 2 at this moment.
I've always toyed with the Idea of getting the Beach Boys Box set 5 cds I think.
is this a good collection to get?
what are the down points of it?
is it still in print?
if so where is the cheapest place to find it?
thanks,
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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Klas
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 2293
Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on May 16 2007 01:23 AM
tenderfoot
I'm a BB fan, and I will stick to the ORIGINAL songs and albums....yeah
Yeah, me too!
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JoshHeartless
Joined: Jun 17, 2006
Posts: 1010
Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on May 17 2007 10:28 AM
Klas
tenderfoot
I'm a BB fan, and I will stick to the ORIGINAL songs and albums....yeah
Yeah, me too!
yes, i love me some good beach boys albums as well, but i do most of my music listening while in my car, so cd's are usually the most used for me.
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1491
Redlands, CA
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Posted on May 17 2007 12:05 PM
I have always been a Beach Boy fan. In fact I had never heard of surfing until I heard one of their songs.
So I just checked the New album out, and it has a couple of songs I have never heard before on it. I thought I had all the beach boys tunes. But I have to say, that the ones on this new album that I have never heard, I wish I still had never heard them.
I say that all the good songs they made has already been presented. duh...It's like bringing out a new Elvis album. If the song was good in the first place it would have been releashed at the time of recording.
So this is just another album to try and gather in more money on the pretense of it's importance. An effort to keep the band alive, (if you will allow that idea).
just my humble opinion.
Joel
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2683
Ventura, CA
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Posted on May 17 2007 12:37 PM
Huge Beach Boys fan here but I would never consider this one, I have all of them I want anyway. I bought SMILE and was disappointed with all of the new material. There was a reason that some of that music was not released earlier. I don't blame them for trying though. Mike Love has become quite litigious in recent years, hope I don't get sued for defamation.
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on May 17 2007 12:57 PM
Klas
tenderfoot
I'm a BB fan, and I will stick to the ORIGINAL songs and albums....yeah
Yeah, me too!
Me three
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Klas
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 2293
Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on May 17 2007 01:08 PM
JoshHeartless
Klas
tenderfoot
I'm a BB fan, and I will stick to the ORIGINAL songs and albums....yeah
Yeah, me too!
yes, i love me some good beach boys albums as well, but i do most of my music listening while in my car, so cd's are usually the most used for me.
 All of my Beach Boys albums are CD editions with the exception of "Surfin' U.S.A.", "Concert" and "All Summer Long" (...which are vinyl LPs).
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NoisyDad
Joined: Mar 04, 2006
Posts: 215
West Hartford, CT
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Posted on May 17 2007 01:37 PM
Klas
tenderfoot
I'm a BB fan, and I will stick to the ORIGINAL songs and albums....yeah
Yeah, me too!
Count me in on this comment, too (does this make it a movement?).
I have most of their vinyl through the mid-70's - LPs and 45s.
I do like my recent CD of Pet Sounds, though, with both mono and stereo of each song. And Brian's own release of Smile was long-awaited and came out fantastic.
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WaimeaBay
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 969
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Posted on May 18 2007 06:19 PM
Jeff, I believe you refer to Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys. The 5 disk set is the best bang for your buck for BB anthologies. It is worth getting, even for the casual fan. There are so many good tracks on it and it really represents their career well. You can probably score it for around 20-30 bucks on the Amazon market place.
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Vibrations-Thirty-Years-Beach/dp/B000002UR4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_7/103-5845067-9926217?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1179530057&sr=8-7
Ny uncle collected almost every album from the Boys, and this is what he listens to most.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25568
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 18 2007 07:15 PM
thank you sir.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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