Something unimaginable happened in 2004: The Beach Boys legendary, unreleased "Smile" album was released--in a new version recorded by the music's creator Brian Wilson. And it's an incredible listening experience.
Fans of the band thought we'd never hear this stuff outside of bootlegs. Back the 60s, Wilson scrapped the album in the midst of drug and psychological problems and rattled by the release of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper," an album that did what he'd wanted "Smile" to do: Elevate pop music to art.
But years later, and doing much better, Wilson finally decided to finish the project.
"Smile's" entire, troubled and ultimately triumphant history is traced in "Brian Wilson Presents Smile," a new tw0-disk DVD set out May 24 from Rhino Records. It oughtta be good.
According to Billboard:
Disc one of the set encompasses the Showtime documentary "Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile," plus four interviews with Wilson, one of which was conducted by "Smile" lyricist Van Dyke Parks.
The second disc sports a full performance of the album mixed in 5.1 Surrround Sound, outtakes from the documentary, footage from the recording of the album and Wilson performing five songs at his piano both solo and in collaboration with band members.
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