Beach Boys announce release details of lost album Smile

Surviving band members collaborate to issue abandoned Smile Sessions album 44 years after original studio recordingsThe Beach Boys have announced release details for their lost masterpiece, Smile. After 44 years as a secret passed between fans, three of the band's surviving members have collaborated on "an approximation of what was intended to be the completed" album, according to a press release. And if you spend enough, it comes with a surfboard.The Smile Sessions will be released by Capitol/E...

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18:31 on August 30 2011

Beach Boys' lost 'Smile' recordings to be released Nov. 1

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Beach Boys' lost 'SMiLe' album will be released 45 years later. Beach Boys masterpiece was shelved because of internal dissension over Brian Wilson's musical direction. more info

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10:29 on August 31 2011

Beach Boys announce release details of lost album Smile

Guardian Music — Surviving band members collaborate to issue abandoned Smile Sessions album 44 years after original studio recordingsThe Beach Boys have announced release details for thei... more info

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12:07 on August 31 2011