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From | Benjamin Lukoff <lukoff@gmail.com> |
Subject | Re: E-mail-A-Friend: The SMiLE Sessions by The Beach Boys: The final |
Date | Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:04:10 -0800 |
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Nice piece, by the way, Mark finally got around to reading it.
Listening to the 5-disc set on Rdio is exhausting. I can only imagine what
it must have been like for Carl, Dennis, Al, Mike, and Bruce themselves,
singing under Brian's direction!
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 8:51 AM, <tunemark@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Comment:
> Gene,
>
> I reviewed Smile Sessions for the Oakland Press.
>
> Mark C.
>
> ---
>
> Story:
> The SMiLE Sessions by The Beach Boys: The final chapter in a fascinating
> story about the most famous unreleased album in rock history
>
> For those who are not yet Acolytes in the Church of Brian Wilson, a little
> Wilsonia 101 is in order.
>
> By 1966, riding a wave of gorgeously crafted hit singles like "California
> Girls," "Help Me Rhonda" and the sublime two-sided Number 1 "I Get
> Around/Don't Worry Baby" Beach Boy leader/producer/bassist/falsetto singer
> and all-around driving force Brian Wilson set his sights on competing with
> the Beatles by crafting an album every bit as good as Rubber Soul.
>
> For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
>
>
> http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/11/09/entertainment/doc4ebad3f390a39126715731.txt
>
>
>
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