Title: The Beach Boys – Smile
Year/Genre: 1966  Surf / Pshyc
Matrix #: T-2580
Condition: MINT

Cultural Facts:

1. Although Smile was never officially released in 1967, its catalog number T-2580 remains iconic among collectors as the “sleeper” LP that almost was.

2. Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks envisioned it as a “teenage symphony to God,” weaving modular fragments, sound effects, spoken interludes, and Americana imagery.

3. When released decades later as The Smile Sessions, it included hidden etchings and messages in the runout grooves—some echoing Brian Wilson’s personal notes and session jokes.