Nice piece, Mark. On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 11:51 AM, 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 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail contains information for the purpose of tracking abuse. > If you believe this email is offensive or may be considered spam, > please visit the website http://abuse.townnews.com and create an > incident report. From this site you can also block messages like > this from sending to your email address. Please retain this Mail-ID > [f918e21a5fafcf3d34b4693efe2b7fba], it's needed to view information > associated with this message. Click the link below to view the incident. > http://abuse.townnews.com/?MailID=f918e21a5fafcf3d34b4693efe2b7fba > > > Read the acceptable use policy: http://support.townnews.com/docs/aup > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >