The Beach Boys
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A lovely little late-period number with a Jeff Lynne-style production, and one interesting backstory. Read more
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A fun song from Pet Sounds, and an even more enjoyable promotional film that was made for it! Read more
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Here is a rare treat for those of you in warmer climes…one of the rarer singles from the Beach Boys, a 1974 Christmas confection that nobody heard. Read more
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A rare jewel of a song taken from the last you’d expect to find it, one of brother Carl’s nicest later-era performances. Read more
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When mainstream culture takes on psychedelia, the results are interesting., and here’s a fine example. Dig that crazy solo, too! Read more
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A fine–if not oddly foreshadowing–song about seeking escape from the world in the confines of one’s room. Read more
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Brian Wilson’s debut solo album came twenty-seven years into his career, at the time a feat no one expected from the forty-five year old drug casualty. It’s a flawed record but not without its charm. Read more
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Brian Wilson’s debut solo album came twenty-seven years into his career, at the time a feat no one expected from the forty-five year old drug casualty. It’s a flawed record but not without its charm. Read more
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And now for something completely different…a defense of Mike Love that’s impassioned, important, and interesting. And I agree with the author 100%. Read more
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This unreleased version of a Mike Love composition would later be re-recorded as a Beach Boys number, but this version is the finer of the two. Read more
The Recoup 