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Author Topic: Authorised Biography circa 1978, Byron Preiss  (Read 6134 times)
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« on: June 24, 2009, 01:35:59 AM »
Thought i'd share a scan for this book I got off ebay recently. It's an official biography written around 1977-1978. I was surprised with the SMiLE content so i've scanned the relevent pages & uploaded it as a pdf file.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/glwfwwm4mni/The Beach Boys Biography - Byron Preiss.pdf

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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2009, 03:37:16 AM »
Actually I really like this book as he fully gets that Brian didn't go into 1975 mode right after Smile, and also the others are recognised for their talents. It's light weight in some respects, but some things are pretty on the spot. It's a very nice book picture wise as well.
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2009, 07:42:30 AM »
Quote from: MBE on June 24, 2009, 03:37:16 AM
Actually I really like this book as he fully gets that Brian didn't go into 1975 mode right after Smile, and also the others are recognised for their talents. It's light weight in some respects, but some things are pretty on the spot. It's a very nice book picture wise as well.

Except for the front cover, that is. This must've been the time when The Beach Boys looked their downright worst as a group.
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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2009, 09:12:50 AM »
Not their best I agree but try the 1982 group shots or even worse the ones from Al's pony tail era.
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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2009, 10:01:58 AM »
I just looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove those illustrations... but having so many interview/article clips scattered throught the text with no attribution or dating whatsoever is close to criminal.
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2009, 10:10:44 AM »
Are there any rare pictures? Anyone care to post some of them? I guess to ask for all would be too much...  Wink
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2009, 09:00:18 AM »
It is a decent book, I really enjoyed it. Definitely a must for any fans bookshelf.

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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2009, 12:13:52 PM »
I didn't include any of the illustrations when I did the scans. Feel bad about that now, haha.
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