The Beach Boys: With Love And Good Vibes part 1
Keith Altham, NME, 10 June 1972
THE BEACH BOYS are the most successful and oldest working rock and roll band on the road today and this is a crucial year in their evolution. There are important new influences and new personnel in the band who are bringing about a major musical face lift although they are not forsaking their early surfing glories rather re-evaluating them.
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