Beach Boys: America's Band Hardcover – Illustrated, 22 Oct. 2015

I thought this was just going to be another paperback about the history of The Beach Boys. It's so much more! Beautiful large hardback full of information and pictures on each single and album release worthy of any self-respecting surfer's coffee table.

Brilliant book, about time the Boys career gets a pretty complete review and comment.Plenty of information and images I have not seen before.Personally would like the paper to be of better quality, flattens many of the images.Really good attempt, love it.

Interesting book, nice pictures, well laid out.

This is a beautifully produced, and very informative account of the band. A must for any serious Beach Boy fan.

very good service from this seller the book was quite heavy and large so it was well packed

really good read I have enjoyed it

Very good product and fast delivery,item excellent for purpose,many thanks,Camm.

Very welcome birthday present.

Mooi naslagwerk mbt de albums van 1962 tot 2012. Mooie aanvulling voor de beach boys fan. Mooi groot formaat in hardcover.

thanks!

Bought this as a gift for my dad, who of course loves the Beach Boys. He read it all and really enjoyed it. It's full of great photographs and did a good job telling their story.

This is a beautifully-illustrated book that any Beach Boys fan will enjoy. More of a coffee-table book than an in-depth biography, the author nicely sets out the band's history against a backdrop of photographs. It is a great reference source that details each album and song list. The text is a pleasant summary of the band's career, compiled mainly from sources familiar to fans such as the 1971 Tom Nolan article in Rolling Stone and the excellent 2006 Peter Carlin biography of Brian Wilson, Catch a Wave. The photographs are clear and plentiful; I particularly got a laugh out of a tour poster advertising the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with the Beach Boys as a side act. (Gotta love the 60s.)The reason it gets four stars from me rather than five is that I was hoping for some new anecdotes, some story about Dennis, Brian or Carl that I had not already read. So if you are looking for that, or more a traditional biography that goes below the surface, you may be disappointed. But that should not detract from what is a well-designed, informative book well worth every cent of the price.

Excellent book!xoxo The Clarences