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Brian Wilson

articles/2016/11/09/brian-wilson-how-i-finished-smile/161108-brian-wilson-smile-tease_kdjhcn
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Brian Wilson: How I Finished ‘Smile’

In his new memoir, “I Am Brian Wilson,” the Beach Boys leader describes how he resurrected the legendary “Smile” album, aborted in 1967, and finally finished it.

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