…is the official release date of The Beach Boys’ “The SMiLE Sessions” in various forms. This is gonna be a significant release in the history of rock music, if for no other reason that it will show just how much Brian Wilson was far, far ahead of everyone – including The Beatles – when it came to progressive pop music in the Fall 1966 / Spring 1967 period. If he hadn’t lost his nerve, the history of rock music would have been re-written in ways impossible to imagine. Think about it: who back in those pre-Sgt. Pepper days was doing anything like this:

Prayer
Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
Cabin Essence

All done, BTW, during the days before the computer and the synthesizer. Yes siree, November 1 release promises to be quite the day in rock music history. It’s all very exciting.