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Brian Wilson's SMiLE To Be Released On Vinyl

After more than three-and-a-half decades, one of the most anticipated albums in modern pop history is finally being released in the format for which it was originally intended: vinyl. Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson's SMiLE was originally scheduled to arrive in stores in January 1967. In fact, more than 400,000 record jackets were printed and ads were taken out in various magazines to prepare for the concept album, which was to have been the follow-up to The Beach Boys' iconic breakthrough Pet Sounds. Now, after years of waiting, people can hear the newly completed work. The 21-track vinyl version of...  read more

Brian Wilson Remembers How To Smile

What would have happened if, as planned, The Beach Boys had released the Smile album in the summer of 1967? For starters, people would have been less impressed with The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper...  read more

Brian Wilson

So much has been written over the years about SmiLE that it seemed nigh impossible for the album to live up to the hype...  read more