The Beach Boys – Smiley Smile

Very muddy. The original mono mix isn’t very good and this pressing doesn’t do it any favors

These 1st stereo H1/H1 pressings sound fantastic in my opinion. Have this pressing and heard a few others that all sounded wonderful. So good in fact that I kept this original press and ditched my analogue productions copy.

A very fine way to hear Smiley Smile. Insanely loud bass, it'll blow you away on louder speakers, and it triumphs over everything in the mix. Certainly not disappointed with the price I paid. I paid $30 for mine and it's only a tad noisy. It's constant, but very mild. If this was a louder record you wouldn't even be able to tell. Worth your time and money.

Fake stereo, quite horrible, go for a mono copy or go for Analogue Production if you want a real Stereo (Digitally assemble)

Fantastic pressing says stereo but actually not much difference to the Mono mix to my ears

Amazing sound quality. Beats the original pressing (US) in every single way. Buy now or cry later!

Smiley Smile isn’t the most hifi sounding record anyway, but this UK pressing is vastly better than the dreadful butchery EMI made of Pet Sounds. Don’t know if they had a mono tape or the post Duophonic fake stereo Capitol used folded down better, but it’s very listenable.

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

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