The Beach Boys: Re-issues
Andy Gill, Q, August 1990
AFTER LEAVING THE Beach Boys mid-tour in 1964 thanks to a nervous breakdown, Brian Wilson passed most of his time in the studio, one of the few places he felt secure.
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