The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile - 200g LP

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The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile - 200g LP
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AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Analogue Productions - AAPP 068 - 200 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue

AAA 100% Analogue - Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Limited Edition -  Pressed at QRP Quality Record Pressings - ST 9001 Capitol

Sound Quality = 92% - Ken Kessler, HiFi News, "Years Best" Yearbook 2017
 
"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
 
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 between 2005 and 2012 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
 
Stereo mixes produced by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd / Mixed by Mark Linett
 
mono mixes created under Brian Wilson's supervision
 
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 
 
Lacquer plating by Gary Salstrom and 200-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."
 
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 all 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.)," 

 

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."
 
1.   Heroes And Villains
2.   Vegetables
3.   Fall Breaks Back To Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)
4.   She’s Goin’ Bald
5.   Little Pad
6.   Good Vibrations
7.   With Me Tonight
8.   Wind Chimes
9.   Getting’ Hungry
10.   Wonderful
11.   Whistle In

 

ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES
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