The Beach Boys - Friends (Capitol 1968) 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

Friends is easily the band's most tranquil album, a missive of peaceful good tidings fatefully issued amidst the assassinations and street riots of 1968. And if Brian was absent from many of the group's photos during the troubled era, he was still involved behind the scenes, as the vocal harmonies of the title track, "Be Here in the Mornin'," and others attest; his instrumental arrangements may be low-key, though ever inventive, as "Diamond Head" also confirms. Still, the blunt, confessional message of Wilson's "Busy Doin' Nothin'" is equally hard to miss. Amazon

Track listing:

A1. Meant For You
A2. Friends
A3. Wake The World
A4. Be Here In The Mornin’
A5. When A Man Needs A Woman
A6. Passing By

B1. Anna Lee, The Healer
B2. Little Bird
B3. Be Still
B4. Busy Doin’ Nothin’
B5. Diamond Head
B6. Transcendental Meditation

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