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Artist: | The Beach Boys |
Title: | Beach Boys Smiley Smile Analogue Productions STEREO 180gm vinyl LP |
Label: | |
Released: | 2016 |
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Format: | 180GM VINYL LP STEREO |
Country | US |
Barcode: | 0753088006814 |
Catalogue number: | AAPP068S |
Store location: | AUDIOPHILE |
SKU: | R53817 |
Condition: | BRAND NEW & SEALED |
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Genre: | Rock , Pop Rock , Surf , Pop , Pop |
Categories: | label Analogue Productions , Analogue Productions , Essential Vinyl at Great Prices , Recommendations , Vinyl / Box Sets Ship in 24-48 Hours , Stock March 2024 |
The ultimate pressings of the Beach Boys discography from Analogue Productions!
Stereo edition of Smiley Smile, released on vinyl for the first time!
Smiley Smile stereo mix created using the original 1967 session multitracks. The album, having been recorded to analog tape, was then transferred to high resolution digital and then mixed from high resolution digital assembled masters (88.2 kHz/24 bit) and printed to 1/4" analog tape at 15 ips CCIR.
Stereo mixes produced by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd / Mixed by Mark Linett
Original mono mix of "Good Vibrations" produced by Brian Wilson
One of 10 titles featuring 33 1/3 mono and stereo remastered editions: Surfin' USA, Surfer Girl, Little Deuce Coupe, Shut Down Vol. 2, All Summer Long, Today!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), Beach Boys Party!, Pet Sounds and Smiley Smile
Audio production — Mark Linett
For Brother Records — Elliott Lott
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, most from the original master tapes or best sources available
Lacquer plating by Gary Salstrom and 180-gram vinyl pressing by Quality Record Pressings!
"These are the best sounding and best-looking versions of the Beach Boys records that have ever been produced. We want everything about these to be better than the original." — Chad Kassem, owner and CEO, Acoustic Sounds
"What I can say is that Kevin Gray has been able to extract every last bit of information from whatever tape is in the box, and present it in a way that is pleasing and natural to the ear. ... in my opinion, the Analogue Productions pressings are now THE definitive issue of each Beach Boys album, and will be my reference copies until if and when something better comes along — which may be never." — Lee Dempsey, Endless Summer Quarterly, Summer 2015 Edition
A musical legacy that began in Hawthorne, California and went on to conquer the world. Analogue Productions presents the ultimate pressings of 14 essential Beach Boys albums! Mastered by Kevin Gray, most from the original master tapes, and plated and pressed by Quality Record Pressings, the finest LP pressing facility in the world, these are awesome recordings to experience. And the look of each album befits its sonic superiority! Presented in "old school" Stoughton tip-on jackets, these time honored favorites shine brighter than the originals!
First mixed and released in stereo for the first time in 2012. These stereo mixes were created using the first generation basic tracking session multitracks, synced with the overdubs that were later added on second and third generation masters, to create the first true stereo mixes. The exception is "Good Vibrations," which is a computer-generated stereo mix by Derry Fitzgerald. A remix in stereo wasn't possible because the original multi-track tape has never been located. The stereo mixes for Today!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), Beach Boys' Party! and Smiley Smile were produced and mixed by Mark Linett, and co-produced by Alan Boyd.
All of the newer stereo mixes on these remastered albums (The Beach Boys Today!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), The Beach Boys' Party, Pet Sounds and Smiley Smile) were done by Mark Linett on behalf of the Beach Boys.
"After the much-discussed, uncompleted Smile project — which was supposed to take the innovations of Pet Sounds to even grander heights — collapsed, the Beach Boys released Smiley Smile in its place. (To clarify much confusion: Smiley Smile is an entirely different piece of work than Smile would have been, although some material that ended up on Smiley Smile would have most likely been used on Smile. Also, much of Smiley Smile was in fact recorded after the Smile sessions had ceased.)," writes AllMusic.com
For fans expecting something along the lines of Sgt. Pepper (and there were many of them), Smiley Smile was a major disappointment, replacing psychedelic experimentation with spare, eccentric miniatures. Heard now, outside of such unrealistic expectations, it's a rather nifty, if rather slight, effort that's avant garde in the extreme. "'Wind Chimes,' 'Wonderful,' 'Vegetables,' and much of the rest is low-key psychedelic quirkiness, with abundant fine harmonies and unusual arrangements. The standouts, nonetheless, were two recent hit singles in which Brian Wilson's ambitions were still intact: The inscrutable mini-opera 'Heroes and Villains,' and the number one hit 'Good Vibrations,' one of the few occasions where the group managed to be recklessly experimental and massively commercial at the same time." — AllMusic.com
A1 | Heroes And Villains Written-By - Brian Wilson Written-By - Van Dyke Parks |
3:36 |
A2 | Vegetables Written-By - Brian Wilson Written-By - Van Dyke Parks |
2:05 |
A3 | Fall Breaks Back To Winter (W.Woodpecker Symphony) Written-By - Brian Wilson |
2:14 |
A4 | She's Goin' Bald Written-By - Brian Wilson Written-By - Mike Love Written-By - Van Dyke Parks |
2:12 |
A5 | Little Pad Written-By - Brian Wilson |
2:30 |
B1 | Good Vibrations Written-By - Brian Wilson Written-By - Mike Love |
3:35 |
B2 | With Me Tonight Written-By - Brian Wilson |
2:13 |
B3 | Wind Chimes Written-By - Brian Wilson |
2:36 |
B4 | Gettin' Hungry Written-By - Brian Wilson Written-By - Mike Love |
2:27 |
B5 | Wonderful Written-By - Brian Wilson |
2:20 |
B6 | Whistle In Written-By - Brian Wilson |
1:02 |
dispatched in | 24 hours |
format | vinyl |
year of release | 2016 |
condition | new |
genre | Rock |
artist | The Beach Boys |
label | Analogue Productions |
Country | US |
Recently In Stock | No |
Forthcoming | No |
If only for “ Good Vibrations”.
By: James Fraser on 17 July 2020Though not their best album, it contains their greatest ever record “Good Vibrations”. Three months in the making, this song remains one of the greatest songs of all-time. Oh, and BTW, it sounds simply sensational on this release.
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