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Wake The World: The Beach Boys 1967-'73

Jamie Atkins, Record Collector, July 2018

THERE ARE FEW things music fans like more than a good "what if". And the Beach Boys' career gifts enthusiasts plenty of fantasy scenarios: what if Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks had finished SMiLE? What if Brian had avoided hearing damage and been able to record in stereo?

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