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‘All That Road Going’: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile

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‘All That Road Going’ : Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile. / Carter, Dale.

Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road. ed. / Gordon E. Slethaug. New York and London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. p. 107-127.

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Harvard

Carter, D 2017, ‘All That Road Going’: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile. in GE Slethaug (ed.), Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road. Bloomsbury Academic, New York and London , pp. 107-127.

APA

Carter, D. (2017). ‘All That Road Going’: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile. In G. E. Slethaug (Ed.), Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road (pp. 107-127). Bloomsbury Academic.

CBE

Carter D. 2017. ‘All That Road Going’: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile. Slethaug GE, editor. In Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road. New York and London : Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 107-127.

MLA

Carter, Dale "‘All That Road Going’: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile". Slethaug, Gordon E. (ed.). Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road. Chapter 7, New York and London : Bloomsbury Academic. 2017, 107-127.

Vancouver

Carter D. ‘All That Road Going’: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile. In Slethaug GE, editor, Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road. New York and London : Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. p. 107-127

Author

Carter, Dale. / ‘All That Road Going’ : Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys' Smile. Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road. editor / Gordon E. Slethaug. New York and London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. pp. 107-127

Bibtex

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