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In a 1976 interview, Brian said: "We have a song called 'My
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One of the most unusual visits was when Brian came to my home to borrow a tape of one of his unreleased songs. He wanted to work on a new arrangement of the still-unreleased 'My
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experiment. ... It's about a guy who found his solution. It's a very odd, Boris
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over a descending chord progression and test-tube sound effects. The recording was officially released on the 2021 compilation
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