Brian Wilson/Beach Boys fans

[Diver Down NJ]

This album kicks ass!

That is all.

[bueno bob]

Well, no shit!

After, oh, 35 odd years of waiting for it???

Just too bad that Dennis and Carl aren't around, and that Mike Love is a fucking lunatic...otherwise, they could have recorded this together and made probably the biggest comeback in history.

[lucky wilbury]

anyone see the special on showtime about the recording of the album? my guess it'll be released on dvd one of these days.

[thepunisher]

I agree its a very good album. AND I'm not a huge Beach Boys fan.

[lucky wilbury]

click th link for air times

http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product_page.do?episodeid=122799&seriesid=0

SYNOPSIS:
Feature-length documentary chronicling the most famous unreleased album in music history, "Smile," the legendary work of Beach Boys co-founder and composer, arranger and producer Brian Wilson, who is shown bringing the long-lost masterpiece to fruition decades after he halted its recording sessions.

[bueno bob]

"Smile" is, without a doubt, the most talked-about unreleased album ever. Glad to actually have some sort of official track listing to put on it, rather than bootleggers second best guesses...

[Rikk]

I had my own tracklist for my own "version" of it. It's amazing that Brian pulled it off and made an album that sounded very close to the original...both in the original album's spirit and the recording sound. It's simply breathtaking and possibly the best album I've ever heard. Well, it's definitely up there along with 1984 and a small handful of other albums.

[diamond den™]

Re: Brian Wilson/Beach Boys fans

Originally posted by Diver Down NJ


This album kicks ass!

That is all.

It very close to the what it was intended to sound like back Brian was recording it in the Studio in 1966.

Brian is the best living Musician.

To call Brian Wilson a Genius is an understatement, IMO.

[FORD]

Now is this the ORIGINAL Smile album, finally being released, or did Brian re-record the whole thing recently?

[diamond den™]

Originally posted by FORD
Now is this the ORIGINAL Smile album, finally being released, or did Brian re-record the whole thing recently?

Brian used most of the original mastertapes from The "Smile" recording sessions. He has re-recorded the vocals for it and slightly rearranged some of the songs from "Smile" slightly.

[diamond den™]

Originally posted by FORD
Now is this the ORIGINAL Smile album, finally being released, or did Brian re-record the whole thing recently?

You have to hear this album, man.

It is quite possibly the greatest album of all time.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by FORD
Now is this the ORIGINAL Smile album, finally being released, or did Brian re-record the whole thing recently?

See above. Very little fuckerooing has been done with it...this is about as close as it's gonna get...

[Warham]

Nobody needs to get my opinion on Brian Wilson, the greatest American pop songwriter of the 20th century.

SMiLE 2004 was completely re-recorded. None of the 1966-67 tapes were used. Brian was backed by the Wondermints and several other players.

A definate 5-star album, and one of the ten greatest albums ever in my opinion.

[diamond den™]

Originally posted by Warham
Nobody needs to get my opinion on Brian Wilson, the greatest American pop songwriter of the 20th century.

SMiLE 2004 was completely re-recorded. None of the 1966-67 tapes were used. Brian was backed by the Wondermints and several other players.

A definate 5-star album, and one of the ten greatest albums ever in my opinion.

I have got the original "Smile" demos(On CD) and I am 100% sure that most of the mastertapes were used(of course cleaned up big time). It sounds "EXACTLY" like the "Smile" 2, 3 and 4 track tapes.

The vocals were redone though.........

I am pissed off with the "new" version of "Good Vibrations", Brian should redone it like he did on the demo version of "Good Vibrations", that was released on the "Smiley Smile/Wild Honey" two fer.

[Warham]

They weren't used Denny. They sound almost EXACTLY like the old sessions, but they aren't the same.

If you want more information, there's a whole website and message board full of hard-core Smile-o-philes at http://www.thesmileshop.net.

Great community over there.