The Beach Boys

HEAVY (physically). I have a fairly complete collection on the Beach Boys but this one is new.Not much new ground covered, byt nice pictures !!!As you'd expect, it ain't cheap.

If I hold my ear very close to the book, I can hear something. The surf maybe? A little, yeah, but it's a harmony of angels singing of surf, sand, sunshine, sloops, happiness, good vibrations, and much more than that. This is going to be an endless summer of good reading about one of the top groups of all time. There was an interesting comment in the new Beach Boys documentary- fabulous by the way! Somebody said the Beach Boys' music takes you someplace. And that is something that can't be said about even the Beatles, their greatest rival. Yeah, rivals. But it's so silly to put bands in competition with each other. How many years have music fans argued over the Stones vs. the Beatles! They can all co-exist together. And the Beach Boys are at the top of what they did- they really did take us somewhere, and you can go on that journey every time you put on a Beach Boys song. It really is a lifetime pass to that land of effortless harmonies wrapped in a lyric.Unlike some other Amazon shoppers, my book arrived in pristine condition, not a dent or a mark anywhere. It was packed in a solid, tight box that didn't allow for any movement. So maybe I got lucky on that.You aren't a real Beach Boys fan if you don't have this book. Get it and become part of the family. But for now, I have to go, because the book is calling me again to journey through its pages. It really is true- I can hear music.

Impressive if heavy[weight not music]. Fun to read and very colourful, full of their words with press clippings ,recording and personal details.

Voor de beach boys fan die niet mag ontbreken in je collectie. Jammer dat het maar tot 1980 gaat. De jaren 70 worden meegenomen maar had wat mij betreft uitgebreider mogen zijn. Mooi groot en stevig formaat.

It's a shame that Amazon sends such a beautiful book so poorly packaged. Now I have to return it because it looks worse than second hand.