'The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,' to be released on June 8!

I'd rather see a 'Stars and Stripes' Vol 2.

 

I just bought this last week and apart from reminding people "Kokomo" exists, I thought this was an interesting variation on their songs, especially the ones where the strings just made the songs sound more like Spector.

 

Haven't tried this yet...

Mixer | The Beach Boys

 

Were members of the Orchestra properly forced to camp out up in a room with a tent and a sandbox for days shortly before recording?

But seriously, I am looking forward to what must be the next phase of the touring Beach Boys - you know - with the holographic avatars.

 

Kidding aside, I was mighty impressed by the efforts of Foskett, Cowsill and the rest of the Mike/Bruce band last time I saw them. Whenever Mike, Bruce, Brian and Al finally hang up their Pendletons for good, I would happily pay to see the remainder of the Mike/Bruce band in concert, especially if they joined forces with Brian's touring band.

 

Can't get it to work here on 'normal' google or firefox.
I'm not too bothered.
Now, how about an upload multitrack mix of a song from 'Sunflower'.
That would really brighten my day.

 

It seems to work on Chrome. That said, it's a 30 second clip and you get to mix 3 channels. It's not super exciting. If this could be expanded to include full-length tracks, more channels and so on, it'd be a blast. I also would probably cease to be able to function in any other aspect of my life, because I'd just sit there mixing Beach Boys tracks all day. "I gotta skip dinner tonight 'cos I'm mixing the 'yeah's out of 'It's OK'. Or maybe I should just crank them right up? Go all in?"

 

Well....while we are on this topic....lets see how the current Beach Boys and a symphony orchestra sound live.

 

Interestingly, Brian, Mike, Al, David and Bruce are getting together to plug the album, moderated by Rob Reiner.

The Beach Boys to give rare Q&A, moderated by Rob Reiner for SiriusXM

 

So, according to Wiki there were multiple versions of Sloop John B that were recorded. Which version was used for the orchestral arrangement? It doesn't sound like the one on my "Made in U.S.A" cd.

Sloop John B - Wikipedia

 

Got the standard black vinyl today. Nobody else?

*crickets*

Cover art looks nice all big like, though Brian still looks like Jamie Lee Curtis. I haven't played it. Not sure I need to. Maybe best to keep it as a souvenir of 2018.

 

Is that a new backing track on "Darlin'"?
Yes it's highly compressed, but it sounds fantastic. The vocals too.

Wish I could have it without the orchestra!

 

I personally think it is awful. The lows labels will go to keep the mechanical royalties coming in is pretty remarkable.

 

I’m with you 100%

 

Listening to this release now. I'm honestly enjoying it. Granted I only paid $11 for the 2LP version on popmarket a few weeks ago, perhaps if I had paid $35-$40 for it I might not be as jazzed. But, I'm enjoying the sound and packaging. It's pretty much an "is what it is" kind of release. Fun enough but hardly what I'd call essential.

 

I got the vinyl for Christmas from my brother when it came out and I never got around to playing it until recently. Something I've never encountered before - the hole in one of the records wasn't cut wide enough, so it doesn't spin in time! It's like listening to an extremely warped record.

 

Another reminder of why CD’s are better...