Shut Down Vol.2 - Limited Blue And White Vinyl Edition 60th

Can't believe they didn't time this for RSD, either. Looks a nice product but Rick's right – it's overpriced (like so much BBs product at the moment) and has redundancy built in, for fans who already have this, at least.

LOL at the price. I'm guessing they're going to do the same for the 60th anniversaries of the (checks notes) six further albums the band released over 1964 and 1965. Practically a steal at $315+shipping!

It seems $46 is a tad too much to pay for something that degrades a little with every listen. While I have bought a couple of vinyl LPs in the last 10 years (stereo Wild Honey & a Sinatra album), they have sat in an album rack since being digitized shortly after purchase. Plus, I have completely lost faith in the team preparing The Beach Boys music for release. I learned my lesson after the last two boxsets; I will not purchase sight unheard.

The figure that half of all new vinyl sold is never played, that it's being bought by people without turntables, is real -- but I don't think it applies to this kind of thing. For many younger artists (let's broadly say the under-40 cohort) vinyl sales are a type of collectible "merch," similar to Funko Pops or other such display toys. Funnily enough, in K-Pop, CDs fulfill this function; I have many students who are into K-Pop groups like Blackpink that collect CDs even though they have no way of playing them. But generally the many "limited edition" colored vinyl pressings of Taylor Swift albums should be understood as keepsakes in this way rather than as music media.

For younger indie artists, they're something that fans can do that, in theory, supports the artist more substantially than streaming revenues, even if (again) the discs themselves are more keepsakes than music media.

But for an act like the Beach Boys? Whose fans are mostly over 50? I'm guessing most people who buy such things are buying them to listen to. And, to be frank, I can't fathom paying $46 for a listening copy of Shut Down Vol. 2. And I say that as someone who absolutely cherishes "In the Parkin' Lot."

(I did buy the "Back to Black" vinyl edition of Surfer Girl about 5 years ago, which likely has a digital source. But that cost me $15, not $46. And it's Surfer Girl! And I bought it to play.)

Another trite regurgitation from the music industry's moth-eaten bag of Plan B gimmicks.

Yeah no thanks to that price. And most if not all the songs I like on here are already featured on their massive 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 compilation (which I already own on vinyl).

That would make a little more sense if it's an Acoustic Productions 180G vinyl piece. They normally go for around $40.00, so an additional $6.00 would be for the blue vinyl. BUT! I don't see any Beach Boys colored vinyl available on the AP website, so you may be right, Mike.

They just did this for the Christmas album with red and green vinyl and Pet Sounds in a few color variations, but they were cheaper because they weren't AP. Did I read somewhere that Acoustic Productions is not pressing anymore Beach Boys 180G LP's or is that wrong? I see their 45's are through the roof!!

The boss of AP, Chad Kassem, was quoted a couple of years ago detailing how the BB series didn't sell as well as expected (except for, yep, Pet Sounds and AP have run subsequent re-pressings of said item (collectors will note the additional runs have a variant QP sticker on the protective sleeve when shipped)), so what you see on the AP site is the remaining old stuff.

Now, while your Joe Average BB fan, or the vinyl deniers at this forum, might not give a shit whether a pressing is from a quality house like AP; getting a limited exclusive pressing via AP, and maybe sourced from analogue and maybe with nice tip-on style sleeves is something I would promote - that team BB.com haven't offered this information makes me think this is a bog standard generic pressing (from Rainbow or a Euro based vinyl crank-out house) and the promo-bot has incorrectly picked up an AP cover for the ad.

All a big guess on my minuscule behalf, hopefully more information on the provenance is moments away!

It's hit or miss depending on how it was mastered. I have a few Paul McCartney and Rolling Stones albums that were recently "half-speed" remastered and they sound quite good; producing a very thick and full, warm sound. And it's not always a bad thing when vinyl pulls from a digital source. I have several Bruno Mars and Outkast records that sound fine on the analog format.

I totally agree. Whether that source is an analog or a digital, how it is mastered is important.
I was so impressed with the sound of Carly Simon's record, These are good old days compilation , mastered from the digital source.

That may be true, but I have many vinyl records I bought back in the 80's that still sound excellent. Some don't; poor quality vinyl used in the pressing.

At the end of the day, a company can charge whatever they want to charge.  It is up to you whether you think it is worth that or not.  To me this baby is not worth $46.00.  I mean you think it was Pet Sounds or something