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Postman's Specials and CD Collections * MP3: full albums      click text link below      click player start button for MP3 (non stop) The Beach Boys | years active: 1961-present            genres: pop, rock & roll, psychedelic pop, doo-wop, traditional pop, surf, country rock, americana

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Wordt vervolgd, to be continued....

biography:

The Beach Boys were the idea of three Wilson brothers, Brian, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love and school friend Al Jardine
Their first popular song Surfin' was released by the locallabel
It was welcomed so nicely, that, thanks to this track, the band entered the Billboard charts
Shortly after, Capitol Records managers took notice of the young men and offered them a contract
In 1962, they started cooperation
Within the following year and a half, The Beach Boys released as many as four albums
Ten songs from them became national bestsellers, and yet the hard work took its toll on the health of the main creative figure on the band –
Brian Wilson, who was also working for Jan and Dean
In 1963, the young group's fame reached the shores of the UK, whose local music heroes were pushed aside by the single Surfin' USA
However, The Beach Boys surrendered their throne to the British invaders of the USA
The band did it best to resist the intervention and recorded three more albums in 1964, all in vain
The Beatles and their followers made The Beach Boys share their pie of glory
Brian alone wrote the whole material for the new CD Pet Sounds (1966)
This record ruined the expectations of the local music lovers, who waited to hear the trademark music of The Beach Boys and bought up the album
in a blink of an eye
Eventually, the new album was a commercial failure in the States while having critical acclaim across the Atlantic
 

Brian's strong nervous tension aggravated his health troubles and put an end to his performing with the band
It caused the first substitutions in The Beach Boys lineup
Overcoming the hardships, the band released an undisputable masterpiece, Good Vibrations (1966)
This song topped many prestigious charts, including the American Billboard
Meanwhile, the members of The Beach Boys experienced growing conflicts on musical basis
Some wanted to continue the pop line, and the others strived to experiment and innovate
Moreover, Brian's condition was constantly getting worse on the background of his drug addiction
All these factors influenced the next albums Smiley Smile, and Wild Honey (both 1967), which did not succeed
This coincided with Brian's taking to his bed seriously ill
In 1969, The Beach Boys parted with Capitol Records
Their following release Sunflower (1970) repeated the lot of the band's last works, which forced them to go on a large tour across the States to
bring back the lost positions
However, the idea of these concerts together with the double The Beach Boys in Concert (1972) proved to be a disaster
Such failures made it surprising that the Endless Summer (1974) compilation remained one of the American chart-toppers for 149 weeks
 

In 1976, having passed the rehabilitating courses, Brian became the full-time member of The Beach Boys again, but the other brothers had their own
troubles with drugs
In 1983, the band suffered a tragedy – Dennis Wilson, the drummer, drowned after a dive from his friend's boat
In 1985, The Beach Boys recorded the album of the same name and seemed to make progress again
However, it was only a short-period tendency
Still, their studio activity was extremely poor
They managed to record only two albums in 90's - Summer In Paradise (1992) and Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1 (1996)
It was the session for the latter, when Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson and Al Jardine reunited for the last time
After Carl Wilson's death of lung cancer in 1998, the band practically collapsed
Time and again, the musicians attempted to bring back the good old days
However, for the last two decades, they caused sensations rather by participating in court battles claiming their copyrights and unpaid royalties,
than by playing and making music
All these years The Beach Boys have been drawing attention only thanks to their glorious past
 

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