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When did Van Dyke Parks's first album release?

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Van Dyke Parks's first album Song Cycle released in December 1967.


A prolific composer and arranger who has collaborated with people as diverse as Brian Wilson and Skrillex. VDP’s psychedelic Tin-Pan alley songs are the Bioshock of music, tooling around in the vast hulk of the post-apocalyptic retro future. 
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