Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast

by LBB Productions

**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.

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#5 If Everybody Had An Ocean (Surfin USA Pt. 2)

We covered the title track in the previous episode, so this time we drop the needle on the rest of Surfin’ U.S.A. Brian’s falsetto steps properly into the foreground on “

Sep 21
42 min

#4 Surf City, Here We Come (Surfin USA Pt. 1)

We’re into 1963, and this is where things start getting serious. First, a little housekeeping from Surfin’ Safari. What happened to Gary Usher? Was Ten Little Indians a

Sep 14
56 min

#3 Surfin Safari

At last, we have an actual Beach Boys album. This week we arrive at Surfin’ Safari, the band’s 1962 Capitol debut, and hear a group growing up almost in real time. Denni

Sep 7
1 h 08 min

#2 The Birth of The Beach Boys

How exactly did The Beach Boys become The Beach Boys? In this episode, we dig into the band’s origin story — the early rehearsals, first songs, first recordings and the

Aug 31
1 h 04 min

#1 Early Influences

Before The Beach Boys had their own sound, they were absorbing everything around them. In this episode, we look at the music Brian, Dennis, Carl, Mike, David and Al grew

Aug 31
36 min

Welcome To Made In California

Made in California: A Beach Boys Podcast. The Beach Boys made some of the greatest pop music ever recorded. They also have one of the strangest, funniest and most chaoti

Aug 25
30 min