The Beach Boys – Smiley Smile

sounds great, hard to tell the original mix considering the 50+ years of wear, but the sound is very soft and bassy. if you can get past the fake phono this is a stellar listen, even with all the surface noise of a record this old

The 180 gram version is listed here: Smiley Smile. AP announced the 200 to 180 gram weight reduction in late 2020.

How are these Canadian green label pressings? Words words eh

Spectacular !!! Never thought that strange album could sound so good - there is so much presence and depth it sounds as if you were in the studio with the band - superb

Brilliant sounding vinyl cut by Wally Traugott in mono. Very well balanced sound.

Incredible pressing. I already owned the AP mono cut—which is stunning in its lo-fi glory—and this stereo mix is really revealing. Sure, there is a digital element in the chain, but you get to hear some things that make it well worth it. These are two different albums on mono and stereo in my opinion and each has its merits. Get a copy (or both) if you can!

Stupid album and a Sad attempt to compete with the Beatles’ psychedelic stuff. Only good songs here are Good Vibrations and Heroes and Villains. The rest are drug induced BS. Super annoying stuff here. I Literally Only got this for the best sounding Stereo vinyl version of Good Vibrations. For that, it succeeds Big Time. But with WAY Overbloated Bass! And Far too much surface noise for an Analogue Productions “Audiophile” release And mine came warped. Even Acoustic Sounds is slacking on QC nowadays. Figures. Anyway, this is nowhere near as impressive as the AP pressings of their early stuff

My copy has the lime green club labels, same matrix runout.

Anybody got some experience with the Capitol Records ‎– 5C 038-80437 (Stereo, Holland) pressing?
I got this for 29 euro's.

Analogue heaven - the bass is ten feet high on this master. Boom 💥