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Transcript: Review: Brian Wilson's performance of music from his unreleased album, "Smile"
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ALEX CHADWICK
NPR Special
02-25-2004
Review: Brian Wilson's performance of music from his unreleased album, "Smile"
Host: ALEX CHADWICK
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM
ALEX CHADWICK, host:
At London's Royal Festival Hall this week, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson is performing songs from "Smile." That's a project he started almost 40 years ago.
(Soundbite of "Surf's Up")
Mr. BRIAN WILSON (The Beach Boys): (Singing) A diamond necklace played the pawn, hand-in-hand some drummed along, oh, to a handsome man and baton.
CHADWICK: That's "Surf's Up" from "Smile," supposedly the greatest pop album never made. It was to be band leader Brian Wilson's creative masterpiece, the follow-up to the acclaimed album ...