The Beach Boys’ sixth LP is unquestionably one of their best. It’s a transitional one, too, which is why this record stands as the perfect signpost at which to conclude “Catch A Wave: 1961-1964.” This two-part Season One Finale is an intense investigation of the heady days that built up to the explosion of creativity that still stands unequalled in the annals of music history. Beach Boys author Jon Stebbins is back, and he explains why his favorite Beach Boys record preceded what’s normally considered Brian’s most celebrated era.
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Here’s just a few of the many things that Jon discusses with Discograffiti in this Season 1 finale podcast:
- Brian Wilson’s curious signature move of placing random coughing and muttered background conversations in his otherwise perfect tracks;
- The importance of drive-in theaters in the culture at the time, and how best to sneak people in;
- Brian’s insistence that his best, most important song was a track on this very album;
- An in-depth breakdown of Side 2 of the All Summer Long LP;
- The wild build-up of landmark events in Brian’s life as 1964 drew to a close which comparatively makes the last scene in GoodFellas feel about as intense as a an afternoon at a retirement community;
- And the most important nervous breakdown in music history.
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