BB Books Posted on 10/30/2004 at 08:50:51 by AGD
I'd have to say that, because of their relative rarity, just about any book on the BB is a must buy, although, of course, some are more essential than others. Here's a list, most likely incomplete, what I'd consider to be essential has a *:
1976 The Beach Boys/Ken Barnes
1976 Southern California Pastoral/Bruce Golden
1977 The Beach Boys/John Tobler
1979 The Beach Boys/ Byron Preiss
*1979 The Beach Boys & The Southern California Myth/David Leaf (reissued and updated as The Beach Boys 1985)
*1982 Surf's Up! The Beach Boys On Record 1961-1981/Brad Elliot
*1985 The Beach Boys Silver Anniversary/John Milward
*1986 Heroes & Villains/Steve Gaines
*1988 Dumb Angel Gazette #2 - Look ! Listen ! Vibrate ! Smile !/comp. Domenic Priore
1991 Denny Remembered/Ed Wincensten
1991 Wouldn't It Be Nice/Brian Wilson with Todd Gold
*1992 The Wilson Project/Stephen J. McParland
*1992 Tape #10/Stephen J. McParland
1994 The Smile File/Dwight Cavanagh
*1994 The Beach Boys In Their Own Words/ed. Nick Wise
*1994 The Nearest Faraway Place/Timothy White
1995 The Rainbow Files - The Beach Boys On CD/Rene Hulz & Hans Christian Skotte
1995 The Dark Stuff/Nick Kent
*1997 The Complete Guide To The Music Of The Beach Boys/Andrew Doe & John Tobler (reissued and updated 2004)
*1997 How Deep Is The Ocean/Paul Williams
*1997 Back To The Beach/ed. Kingsley Abbott
1999 SMiLE, Sun, Sand & Pet Sounds/comp Stephen J. McParland, 1999
1999 Add Some Music To Your Day: Analyzing and Enjoying the Music of The Beach Boys/ed. Don Cunningham & Jeff Bleiel
*2000 Dennis Wilson - The Real Beach Boy /John Stebbins
*2000 In The Studio with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys: Our Favorite Recording Sessions/Stephen J. McParland
2001 Dumb Angel/Adam Webb
*2001 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds - The Greatest Album Of The 20th Cetury/Kingsley Abbott
*2003 Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of Pet Sounds/Charles A. Granta
*2004 The Beach Boys on CD (illustrated guide)/Joe Thomas
*2004 This Whole World: The Complete Beach Boys Single And EP Cover Collection/Manfred Schmidt & Christian Haschke
2004 Brian Wilson Solo: The Complete Guide To The Solo Works of Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas and Kie Miskelly
2004 The Japanese CD Releases of The Beach Boys & Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas
*2004 The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary Of America's Greatest Band on Stage And In The Studio/Keith Badman
(Addition by Ralph: )
some more:
The Beach Boys by Dean Anthony (1985)
A couple of related interesting books are:
"The Wrecking Crew" by Hal Blaine (1990)
Surf City / Drag City by Rob Burt (1986)
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