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Post by John Manning on Apr 11, 2024 3:31:23 GMT -5
Bloody hell, that is hideous! Yeah, that poster is not great. The band wasn't always the hippest looking group around, but it seems like more often than not the dorkiest pictures are chosen for promotional items. They coulda found some images that make them look a little cooler. The Sail On Sailor boxed set cover artwork was great, in that it gave the impression of a progressive, cool rock band. They could have followed that theme. Instead, there's a kind of country/gentle/dad, yacht rock vibe to those documentary "poster" portraits. Brian's portrait is too sweetened: even he was looking weathered in that era, and the sketch doesn't do that justice, doesn't convey his experiences… in fact, it looks like long hair and a beard have been drawn on to a 1964/65 era portrait.
But I'm gonna judge the doc on the doc's content.
Even more grateful now that our kid wanted a Disney+ sub just so he could watch Percy Jackson films and Star Wars – now I get Dr Who and The Beach Boys thrown in!
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Post by celticsurfer on Apr 11, 2024 4:36:12 GMT -5
That Brian 70s looking makes me think of that picture from 74 in dont touch that dial weekly article in the NME. I had still in mind the better pics of him on Surfs up and Holland covers. It was à shock...the other shock was his 76-77 voice.
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Post by Awesoman on Apr 11, 2024 8:26:21 GMT -5
Sure, there was definitely an attempt to mainstream the band's lesser-known material. But they've actually re-released these albums multiple times since 2000 and have made a much better effort to include post-"Good Vibrations" material in everything they've released since then. This was the first time they went for expansive box sets filled with unreleased content that most of the public would likely be unfamiliar with and be geared more towards the diehards. And who do you think would be more likely to invest $100+ on a box set of lesser-known material, the casual public or the diehards? Hardly "multiple times": all twice, except CATP, once. Fair enough but when you factor in the two-fers from the early 2000's, the 2009(?) re-releases of each album first in Japan then later on for the West, followed by Analogue Productions issuing new pressings of a handful of their albums both in SACD and vinyl format, and don't forget the 24-bit "HD" digital releases, I don't think stating these albums have been revisited "multiple times" in the last few decades is inaccurate terminology. My main point is that the band's later catalog has received pretty decent attention after being out of print and almost completely ignored during most of the 90's. And most of their music has remained officially accessible in some format ever since.
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Post by gerry on Apr 11, 2024 10:30:49 GMT -5
that shot of Brian on the poster looks to be his face from the 15BO's album cover and the beard from 1978-'79. I know , nobody cares.
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Post by AGD on Apr 11, 2024 10:36:51 GMT -5
Hardly "multiple times": all twice, except CATP, once. Fair enough but when you factor in the two-fers from the early 2000's, the 2009(?) re-releases of each album first in Japan then later on for the West, followed by Analogue Productions issuing new pressings of a handful of their albums both in SACD and vinyl format, and don't forget the 24-bit "HD" digital releases, I don't think stating these albums have been revisited "multiple times" in the last few decades is inaccurate terminology. My main point is that the band's later catalog has received pretty decent attention after being out of print and almost completely ignored during most of the 90's. And most of their music has remained officially accessible in some format ever since. You said "since 2000", so I excluded the Brother 2fers.
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Post by petejack on Apr 11, 2024 11:09:36 GMT -5
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Post by mikedonn on Apr 11, 2024 13:05:48 GMT -5
Hardly "multiple times": all twice, except CATP, once. Fair enough but when you factor in the two-fers from the early 2000's, the 2009(?) re-releases of each album first in Japan then later on for the West, followed by Analogue Productions issuing new pressings of a handful of their albums both in SACD and vinyl format, and don't forget the 24-bit "HD" digital releases, I don't think stating these albums have been revisited "multiple times" in the last few decades is inaccurate terminology. My main point is that the band's later catalog has received pretty decent attention after being out of print and almost completely ignored during most of the 90's. And most of their music has remained officially accessible in some format ever since. Don't forget the 2015 vinyl reissues too! Sunflower and Surf's Up were also released in 2012 as part of the CD mono/stereo reissues.
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Post by bessieboporbach on Apr 11, 2024 14:04:16 GMT -5
The Hawthorne CD is about the last thing made for the discerning long term fan. Everything else has been made for John Q Public. Iconic and Capitol have pretty much made it clear that we are not and never have been the target audience for their projects. Sunshine Tomorrow? The Party 2CD set?
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Post by Matt H on Apr 11, 2024 14:04:43 GMT -5
Anyone know what the length is of the documentary (not the length of Brian's beard on the poster)?
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Post by AGD on Apr 11, 2024 15:15:12 GMT -5
Not a clue, but I'm thinking no more than 90 minutes (and I sincerely hope to be proven wrong). That said, if it was more than one part, that would have been trailered.
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Post by felipe on Apr 15, 2024 1:36:10 GMT -5
I was watching 1985's American Band and something called my attention: a lot of the songs were remixed, including the first stereo attempt at Pet Sounds... years later the DVD version remixes them again, and to my taste these Pet Sounds mixes sound better than the official 1996 one. I don't know who produced the DVD but I can tell they had access to the multitrack master tapes.
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Post by Micha on Apr 15, 2024 7:28:53 GMT -5
The poster looks as if they had fed images randomly to an AI. Which has its pros and cons.
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Post by Vale on Apr 17, 2024 5:35:35 GMT -5
Hi, after a little research, I tried to find out source images used in the upcoming new doc's cover art. Al, Mike and Carl, exactly. (this should be Knebworth 1980) Brian has the same jacket of the picture above, but his face is apparently from another photo (very close to this one, 1976) Bruce is very close to this photo session Dennis is definitely from this photo session (but not this one)
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Post by Mikie on Apr 17, 2024 10:35:34 GMT -5
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Post by west on Apr 17, 2024 15:04:36 GMT -5
The Brian head shot is pulled from that photo of him standing with Landy taken back around '75 or '76.
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Post by Mikie on Apr 17, 2024 15:22:45 GMT -5
The Brian head shot is pulled from that photo of him standing with Landy taken back around '75 or '76. This one, West?
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Post by newbbfan on Apr 17, 2024 19:39:55 GMT -5
Yes it doesn't bode well that they would get a Landy era and in fact a Landy adjacent photo as the model for Brian on the poster. I just hope they don't mess up all the details about Brian going to Dental school.
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Post by jasonkt on Apr 17, 2024 20:30:37 GMT -5
Hi, after a little research, I tried to find out source images used in the upcoming new doc's cover art. Al, Mike and Carl, exactly. (this should be Knebworth 1980) Brian has the same jacket of the picture above, but his face is apparently from another photo (very close to this one, 1976) Bruce is very close to this photo session Dennis is definitely from this photo session (but not this one) Nice work. I can see why they didn't use the pic of Dennis from the group photo. He looks like an inebriated wolf.
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Post by west on Apr 17, 2024 21:27:21 GMT -5
The Brian head shot is pulled from that photo of him standing with Landy taken back around '75 or '76. This one, West? View AttachmentThat would be the one! They could've done much worse I suppose. I'm assuming those are cigarettes in Brian's hand there. Which is puzzling because one would think Landy wouldn't let Brian anywhere near those!
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 17, 2024 23:19:17 GMT -5
The cartoon pic idea is not new either, it was done decades ago!
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Post by AGD on Apr 18, 2024 0:17:18 GMT -5
Yes it doesn't bode well that they would get a Landy era and in fact a Landy adjacent photo as the model for Brian on the poster. I just hope they don't mess up all the details about Brian going to Dental school. That would be... unthinkable!
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Post by Micha on Apr 18, 2024 1:33:25 GMT -5
Yes it doesn't bode well that they would get a Landy era and in fact a Landy adjacent photo as the model for Brian on the poster. I just hope they don't mess up all the details about Brian going to Dental school. That would be... unthinkable! I never knew it was Dental school where Brian broke Al's leg!
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Post by Vale on Apr 18, 2024 9:36:18 GMT -5
Here is a closer look
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Post by Paul JB on Apr 18, 2024 17:04:26 GMT -5
Here is a closer look If there was a woman alive that was turned on by either of those two belly’s at the time she must have been one in a million…..button up your shirts for crying out loud! More to the point… this is one of the freaking oddest artistic creations yet… the poster that is… and that’s saying something when it comes to The Beach Boys. What kind of drugs are these people on making these decisions. I made crap like that when I was 12. Nice work by Vale tying the sources together. That’s the only positive thing about this.
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Post by petsite on Apr 20, 2024 17:53:47 GMT -5
Ok, while not the BEST, why not go with the second image posted here instead of the first one? The second image is Disney's website image for the doc. The first one is the poster Disney did for ads for the doc. The second one, while not some top notch artwork, is 1000 times better than what was used.
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