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May 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 554
The Beach Boys, Carl & The Passions – “So Tough” (1972) On a bit of a Beach Boys kick again, and seeking out the lesser known albums and the ones that aren’t completely obvious – I owned them all on CD, all those reissues with the bonus tracks, many of them 2for1 with a couple […]Archive
April 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 559
The Beach Boys, M.I.U. Album (1978) One of the things I really love about The Beach Boys these days – or I mean, listening to the Beach Boys these days – is imagining the mindset. Particularly in the “Brian Is Back” era of the mid-to-late 70s….weird little “comeback” albums that kinda tanked but offered this […]Archive
March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 729
Murry Wilson, The Many Moods of Murry Wilson (1967) Any Beach Boys book or doco will tell you there was really only one mood for Murry Wilson – angry. Well, there were shades I guess: bitterness, jealousy, envy…he was a nasty piece of knitting. He claimed to be some sort of musician and therefore the […]Archive
November 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 793
The Beach Boys, Surf’s Up (1971) The Surf’s Up album is one of my favourites by The Beach Boys – one of a half-dozen (or a dozen) favourites. I had everything the band released on an iPod. A lot of the albums I never wanted to hear again and some – like this – I […]Archive
November 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman