Transcript: Profile: Brian Wilson returns to the studio to prepare to release "Smile," an album he had begun planning in 1966

MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
04-13-2004
Profile: Brian Wilson returns to the studio to prepare to release "Smile," an album he had begun planning in 1966

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

It's one of the great musical legends of the 1960s: the lost Beach Boys album "Smile." It's an experimental song cycle that Brian Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks started working on in 1966. Recently Wilson has been performing tunes from "Smile" before audiences in Europe.

(Soundbite of music)

Mr. BRIAN WILSON (Recording Artist): He wasn't bitter, can't see what you've done.

BLOCK: This week Wilson has gone into a studio to record a CD of the project, ...

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