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Episode 142: “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Beach Boy's Party

Beach boy's party was released in november 19 65, before bryan ever heard rubber sol which came out later. The group were meant to deliver three albums that year, and they didn't have three albums worth of material. So instead, they made a live in the studio album with the conceit that it was recorded at a party the group were holding. Everything was played on acoustic guitars, plus some bungos provided by wrecking food froma hal blaine,. Some harmonica from billy hinshey of the boy band dino desi, and billy, whose sister karl wilson, was shortly to marry. It included jokes and false starts, and

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