Title: Look elsewhere for the story of SMiLE
Product review: Having enjoyed DP's "Dumb Angel Gazette" story of SMiLE and seeing that Brian Wilson and VD Parks wrote forwards to it, I thought that this might be THE book on this topic. I was so wrong.The author flies off on innumerable tangents, spends too much time with tangential tie-ins about 2nd, 3rd and 4th tier LA groups, etc and spends too little time on the story of SMiLE. I agree Whole-heartedly with the critiques of the other reviewers here. Also, you'd hardly know from this book that Mr. Wilson experienced some significant, disastrous mental health problems beginning in this period. Wilson discusses it openly; why doesn't Priore?If you want to know the story of SMiLE, get the "Beautiful Dreamer" DVD or read "The Beach Boys and the California Myth" by David Leaf or "The Nearest Faraway Place" by Timothy White.
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