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Post by B.E. on Jul 24, 2022 19:35:08 GMT
Please cast your vote, but also feel free to discuss anything you'd like regarding any of these releases.
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Post by kds on Jul 25, 2022 1:08:30 GMT
I'd have to think before I cast my vote, but I'm leaning toward Feel Flows. There are a lot of goodies on that set.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 25, 2022 11:26:35 GMT
I only own some of them though I've heard parts of all of them. I like 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow because it was very enlightening, however, it's (Smiley Smile and Wild Honey) not among my favorite BB material. So, I guess I'll go with Feel Flows. It just feels better. I prefer that production/sound and I'm a fan of Dennis Wilson's songwriting.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 25, 2022 11:34:28 GMT
I'm struggling between Sunshine Tomorrow and Feel Flows. Those two stand head and shoulders above the others, as far as I'm concerned, but deciding between them is really tough.
I prefer the music of 1970-71, I think; but the Sunshine Tomorrow mixes were more revelatory for me.
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Post by kds on Jul 25, 2022 12:30:05 GMT
I've decided to cast my vote for Feel Flows, as I'm just a bigger fan of that era than the music The Beach Boys released in 1967.
FF is also the set that I've spent the most time with, the others having listened to once (streaming in most cases, but I do have the tangible Party and Sunshine Tomorrow releases).
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 25, 2022 12:56:21 GMT
I decided to go with Feel Flows, because it is the one with the music I love best. But as I said, I feel like Sunshine Tomorrow taught me more, if that makes sense. That was the one where I heard more of the arrangements or performances that had felt buried or neutered or muffled in the versions of the album I'd had before.
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Post by lonelysummer on Jul 27, 2022 4:05:51 GMT
I only own Sunshine Tomorrow and Feel Flows. It was nice to finally heard Wild Honey in stereo; but after that, the set is kind of all over the place. Feel Flows flows nicely from start to finish.
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Post by kds on Jul 27, 2022 12:18:56 GMT
My favorite part of the ST comp is actually the legit release of Lei'd in Hawaii.
I own that, along with the 2 CD version of FF, and the Party release. Party is hardly my favorite BB release, but it is nice to get to a hear a full version on the album without the Party sound effects.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 27, 2022 12:54:26 GMT
Feel Flows flows nicely from start to finish. That aspect doesn't really even factor into the equation for me, since I don't listen to these kinds of releases as albums, but as collections. (Especially once we're into multi-disc territory.) So my opinions have more to do with what I think of the newly released music, whether I like the remixes, etc. Flow isn't as big a deal, though it's a HUGE factor for me with "real" albums.
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Post by lonelysummer on Jul 28, 2022 18:20:54 GMT
Feel Flows flows nicely from start to finish. That aspect doesn't really even factor into the equation for me, since I don't listen to these kinds of releases as albums, but as collections. (Especially once we're into multi-disc territory.) So my opinions have more to do with what I think of the newly released music, whether I like the remixes, etc. Flow isn't as big a deal, though it's a HUGE factor for me with "real" albums. I keep thinking I need to make some mix tapes (CDR's?) from these releases. There's some great stuff on both that kind of get buried in the "end of disc one" cemetary!
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Post by kds on Jul 28, 2022 18:33:35 GMT
That aspect doesn't really even factor into the equation for me, since I don't listen to these kinds of releases as albums, but as collections. (Especially once we're into multi-disc territory.) So my opinions have more to do with what I think of the newly released music, whether I like the remixes, etc. Flow isn't as big a deal, though it's a HUGE factor for me with "real" albums. I keep thinking I need to make some mix tapes (CDR's?) from these releases. There's some great stuff on both that kind of get buried in the "end of disc one" cemetary! I was actually considering doing that same thing at one time with the various tracks from Good Vibrations, Endless Harmony, MiC (and now even Feel Flows) just to have all the non album tracks I really enjoy in one collection. But, unfortunately, I think my laptop which has my CDR burning software on it is on its last legs. Last time I tried to use it, I couldn't get the thing to power up. I might be able to replace the power chord.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 28, 2022 18:34:39 GMT
That aspect doesn't really even factor into the equation for me, since I don't listen to these kinds of releases as albums, but as collections. (Especially once we're into multi-disc territory.) So my opinions have more to do with what I think of the newly released music, whether I like the remixes, etc. Flow isn't as big a deal, though it's a HUGE factor for me with "real" albums. I keep thinking I need to make some mix tapes (CDR's?) from these releases. There's some great stuff on both that kind of get buried in the "end of disc one" cemetary! I love doing that, though in the past decade or so they're mostly iTunes playlists. (I do still burn CDs on occasion, since my car has a CD player--probably the last car that had them, really, a 2012. I don't drive much, and I don't care about cars, so I still drive that old thing that I bought new back then, and I don't even think I've hit 50k miles on it!)
Making your own albums, or mix tapes as we did when I was a kid and teenager, or mix discs, or whatever, is so much fun. I know Sheriff John Stone is a great custom-album creator, too. I often make games of it, like trying to improve an album by substituting one song, or that kind of thing. And the Beach Boys had so much good and great stuff they left unreleased over the years, there is a ton of raw material for that.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 28, 2022 18:36:26 GMT
But, unfortunately, I think my laptop which has my CDR burning software on it is on its last legs. Last time I tried to use it, I couldn't get the thing to power up. I might be able to replace the power chord. I was able to find a device at Target that can burn, rip, or play CDs and DVDs and connects with a USB. It's been great, since MacBooks stopped including a CD drive back in the mid-10s.
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Post by kds on Jul 28, 2022 18:40:19 GMT
But, unfortunately, I think my laptop which has my CDR burning software on it is on its last legs. Last time I tried to use it, I couldn't get the thing to power up. I might be able to replace the power chord. I was able to find a device at Target that can burn, rip, or play CDs and DVDs and connects with a USB. It's been great, since MacBooks stopped including a CD drive back in the mid-10s. I'll probably have to look into something like that. Even if most laptops today had a CD drive, I really have no use in my home life for a laptop computer. Anything I need to do via the internet, I can do on my phone. And, my job provided me with a laptop for when remote work is necessary. As as added bonus, my work laptop was not manufactured when TLOS was new.
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Post by kds on Jul 28, 2022 18:43:34 GMT
I keep thinking I need to make some mix tapes (CDR's?) from these releases. There's some great stuff on both that kind of get buried in the "end of disc one" cemetary! I love doing that, though in the past decade or so they're mostly iTunes playlists. (I do still burn CDs on occasion, since my car has a CD player--probably the last car that had them, really, a 2012. I don't drive much, and I don't care about cars, so I still drive that old thing that I bought new back then, and I don't even think I've hit 50k miles on it!)
Making your own albums, or mix tapes as we did when I was a kid and teenager, or mix discs, or whatever, is so much fun. I know Sheriff John Stone is a great custom-album creator, too. I often make games of it, like trying to improve an album by substituting one song, or that kind of thing. And the Beach Boys had so much good and great stuff they left unreleased over the years, there is a ton of raw material for that. I said this before, but making mixes lead me to becoming a BB Fan. Back in 2005, I made two CDRs of more laid back music to play in the summertime, that way I didn't have to go through stacks of CDs to hear to several songs that stuck my fancy. The following year, I wanted to expand those to four CDRs to include The Beach Boys. I think the last CDR comp I made was around 2014 or 2015 when I made my own third best of BB disc to go along with Sounds of Summer and The Warmth of the Sun.
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