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Post by Kapitan on Jul 28, 2022 18:52:46 GMT
I found in a box in storage some old mix tapes--literally tapes--I made probably around 1990 or so. I had totally forgotten them in the intervening thirty years, but the second I saw them, I remembered putting them together. Thirteen- or fourteen-year-old me was so serious about it at the time! I have other mix discs / playlists that are more familiar to me than the albums I drew from.
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Post by kds on Jul 28, 2022 18:57:20 GMT
I found in a box in storage some old mix tapes--literally tapes--I made probably around 1990 or so. I had totally forgotten them in the intervening thirty years, but the second I saw them, I remembered putting them together. Thirteen- or fourteen-year-old me was so serious about it at the time! I have other mix discs / playlists that are more familiar to me than the albums I drew from. I made a few mixtapes back in the early 90s, usually pulling from songs I liked from my father's CDs, since I didn't really have a CD collection to speak of at the time. Then, in the late 90s, when I got my first car with a cassette player, I made more tapes for the car (some were mixes, some were just transferring albums). I remember buying some Maxell "CD It" tapes that supposedly replicated CD sound quality to transfer some of my Floyd albums to tape for the car. Sadly, I'm pretty sure those are all in the landfill somewhere.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 28, 2022 22:49:40 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. We did go through an exercise with Feel Flows - and it was a lot of fun - making a fictional album out of the unreleased tracks. I got some good ideas from some of our members' mixes. It's a funny thing about Feel Flows (well, not really funny), but I haven't given it enough listens or enough in-depth listens. I kinda put it away after we made those custom albums/mixes, and haven't revisited it since. I think it's time.
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Post by B.E. on Jul 28, 2022 23:20:59 GMT
It's a funny thing about Feel Flows (well, not really funny), but I haven't given it enough listens or enough in-depth listens. I kinda put it away after we made those custom albums/mixes, and haven't revisited it since. I haven’t even listened to the entire set yet.
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Post by carllove on Jul 31, 2022 11:42:22 GMT
I still have two of the discs from Feel Flows in my car and listen to them every week, so that is some staying power. It’s been what - eleven months - since it’s release? Mine arrived the first day, too. The Dennis stuff, songs I’d never heard before, alternate takes, acapella, live versions of songs - it has it all - in a cool looking book for storage or display. What’s not to love?
I do like Sunshine Tomorrow quite a bit. I listen to the first one the most. It’s cool to hear songs develop. The whole set is enjoyable and interesting. Still - it’s not something I listen to on the regular. It’s more of an informative listen.
I was very disappointed with Wake The World. It’s great that it has Dennis’ beautiful acapella of “Little Bird” and the beginnings of what would become “Before”, but the release feels very slight, and not as revelatory as Sunshine Tomorrow. I also dislike that you can’t purchase it in a physical form. I do use digital platforms to listen to music, but I also want to own a hard copy of the music. Still - not sure I would have purchased this one. A couple of listens on Apple Music may have been enough.
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Post by B.E. on Jul 31, 2022 14:33:24 GMT
I voted for Sunshine Tomorrow. Of all these releases, this is the one I've listened to the most, and I continue to listen to it (heck, I listened to it last night!). I was excited for all the subsequent releases, but I've yet to really revisit any of them - at least, significant portions of them - after the initial release. I think I'm just much more fascinated by the group circa 1967. And, unlike many of you, apparently, I think I just prefer the music of this period more than Feel Flows (though, Sunflower is a favorite of mine, so it's close). The stereo mix of Wild Honey is a revelation (as was the 2012 stereo mix of Smiley Smile). I have zero interest in the remasters of Sunflower and Surf's Up on Feel Flows. The session highlights and alternate takes? Well, I'm always interested in 'vocals only' tracks. Always. As for backing tracks, I'd prefer them to be instrument only (i.e. no backing vocals), but that often isn't the case on these releases. Overall, though, my interest in these types of tracks depends on my interest in the project and Brian Wilson, the producer, in particular. So, I'm high on Keep An Eye Summer, The Pet Sounds Sessions, The Smile Sessions, and Sunshine Tomorrow (1 and 2). The biggest draw for me, though, is Lei'd in Hawaii. I love that and find it endlessly fascinating. And I find the live performances of this era interesting, too. But, man, closing Sunshine Tomorrow with the 1967 version of "Surf's Up" and that a cappella version of "Surfer Girl" blows my mind. I love it.
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Post by B.E. on Jul 31, 2022 15:37:03 GMT
I voted for Sunshine Tomorrow. The biggest draw for me, though, is Lei'd in Hawaii. I love that and find it endlessly fascinating. Meanwhile, the Feel Flows counterpart - the previously unreleased Dennis Wilson material - is just too unfinished and short of vocals to compete. "Behold the Night" is a highlight of the entire set, but most of the rest of that section isn't something that I'll listen to often. I'm a big Dennis fan, but not so much that I'm fascinated by even his unfinished work ( Bambu being sufficiently finished to more fully appreciate, in my estimation). That doesn't mean I'm not grateful for it finally being released and heard. But having just revisited that entire section - and am letting the music play - boy, I'm glad to hear those beautiful voices again on the demo of "Back Home". And that's the thing about Sunshine Tomorrow / Lei'd in Hawaii - the vocals are sublime. As I look at the entire tracklist of Feels Flows, I realize it's just a lot to process. I really ought to create like a 1-2 disc version of just the stuff that I'm interested in listening to on a semi-regular basis. But I'm not in a rush to do so. It's a daunting proposition. I think I might actually start with Wake the World and I Can Hear Music.
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Post by B.E. on Jul 31, 2022 20:03:47 GMT
I gave a fresh listen to Wake The World this afternoon and as I did I created a playlist of what I consider the highlights (i.e. the tracks I enjoy the most). Of course, I left out some cool things, such as, lyrics to "Passing By" and alternate lyrics to "When A Man Needs A Woman", and some nice previously unheard backing tracks, but I'm happy with this playlist. I think I'm more likely to give this a listen at 14 tracks - 34 minutes as opposed to 32 tracks - 68 minutes. And I think the flow will work nicely as it alternates between vocal only tracks, tracks with vocals, and tracks without. I didn't think I'd include "Passing By" because it's so similar to the released version, but I love how the backing track fades out at the end leaving the vocals isolated - so cool!
So, here ya go - B.E.'s Wake The World Highlights:
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Post by B.E. on Aug 2, 2022 0:56:03 GMT
I'm back with another. I cut it down from 40 tracks - 99 minutes to 18 tracks - 43 minutes. Had to put more thought into the sequence, but I aced it of course.
It's really been a joy to revisit these two releases. A lot of cool little details that I had forgotten about!
Here's B.E.'s I Can Hear Music Highlights:
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 2, 2022 0:58:52 GMT
Those are two releases I need to revisit, myself. The lack of physical release and previously unreleased (but basically fully realized) songs kept me from getting all that excited about them, so I really only listened a couple times on Spotify.
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Post by B.E. on Aug 2, 2022 1:18:52 GMT
Those are two releases I need to revisit, myself. The lack of physical release and previously unreleased (but basically fully realized) songs kept me from getting all that excited about them, so I really only listened a couple times on Spotify. Same. I eventually added both to my iPod but hadn't listened to either again until now. I'm really loving these playlists, though. I've already given repeated listens to many of these tracks. Heck, I can't stop listening! I'm binging big time right now. I really think isolating your favorite tracks does wonders, and I almost feel is necessary with these types of releases. Especially with digital releases, I think the rule for the compilers should be to just release it all and let the fans listen to what they like. There's a lot of stuff on these sets that I'm not interested in listening to regularly. Some of it gets a little redundant. And, frankly, there's some downright WIERD stuff on I Can Hear Music (e.g. "Gong" and "Oh Yeah").
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Post by lonelysummer on Aug 14, 2022 2:38:08 GMT
I still have two of the discs from Feel Flows in my car and listen to them every week, so that is some staying power. It’s been what - eleven months - since it’s release? Mine arrived the first day, too. The Dennis stuff, songs I’d never heard before, alternate takes, acapella, live versions of songs - it has it all - in a cool looking book for storage or display. What’s not to love? I do like Sunshine Tomorrow quite a bit. I listen to the first one the most. It’s cool to hear songs develop. The whole set is enjoyable and interesting. Still - it’s not something I listen to on the regular. It’s more of an informative listen. I was very disappointed with Wake The World. It’s great that it has Dennis’ beautiful acapella of “Little Bird” and the beginnings of what would become “Before”, but the release feels very slight, and not as revelatory as Sunshine Tomorrow. I also dislike that you can’t purchase it in a physical form. I do use digital platforms to listen to music, but I also want to own a hard copy of the music. Still - not sure I would have purchased this one. A couple of listens on Apple Music may have been enough. I can't say i NEVER listen to music online. But that's just browsing, curiosity. If it's something I really want, I want to have the vinyl, cassette, cd. I guess what I should do with the online only releases is burn them to cd, and create my own artwork. My own liner notes, too.
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Post by lonelysummer on Aug 14, 2022 2:39:20 GMT
I found in a box in storage some old mix tapes--literally tapes--I made probably around 1990 or so. I had totally forgotten them in the intervening thirty years, but the second I saw them, I remembered putting them together. Thirteen- or fourteen-year-old me was so serious about it at the time! I have other mix discs / playlists that are more familiar to me than the albums I drew from. I am burning some of my oldest tapes to CDR now, before the tapes become unplayable.
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Post by jk on Aug 14, 2022 9:15:53 GMT
I voted for The Big Beat 1963, as the first in the series and because it includes "Thank Him". The rest are lost on me. I bought Sunshine Tomorrow and played it once (excluding the "Lei'd" stuff, which I didn't play at all). I've said it before but it bears repeating that I think what Joshilyn is doing is infinitely more relevant. To each their own, of course.
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