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The Pranks were a Santa Barbara band led by Jeffrey Foskett and Randell Kirsch circa '74.

They were about to be signed by Warner but that deal never took place because the major label gave Marshall Crenshaw preference over The Pranks.

Soon Foskett was invited to tour with the Beach Boys, something he did for the next ten years or so. Foskett appears as a guitarist / vocalist / (arranger) on all of Brian Wilson's solo material including the Grammy-winning 2004 version of Smile.

Twenty five years later, the Pranks stuff is still in the vaults, only a couple of songs can be heard on official compilations.

Cover image by powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com an awesome awesome blog about rare and unique music.