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Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast

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About the show

**Made in California: A Beach Boys Podcast** Harry Williams and Andy Wrintmore take a chronological journey through the incredible, bonkers, heartbreaking and wonderfully bizarre story of The Beach Boys. Drawing from the books, documentaries, interviews and recordings that tell their story, we explore the songs, albums, sessions and personalities, with track-by-track reviews, multitrack breakdowns, rare recordings and six decades of physical media. Come for the harmonies. Stay for the increasingly inexplicable decisions.