Pet Sounds (50th Anniversary Edition) will be available in several configurations, including a 4CD/Blu-ray Audio collectors edition presented in a hardbound book, featuring the remastered original album in stereo and mono, plus hi res stereo, mono, instrumental, and 5.1 surround mixes, session outtakes, alternate mixes, and previously unreleased live recordings a 2CD and digital deluxe edition pairing the remastered album in stereo and mono with highlights from the collectors edition’s additional tracks and remastered, 180-gram LP editions of the album in mono and stereo with faithfully replicated original artwork. This is the kind of record that makes life worth living, reaffirming the notion that pop music is the most admired art form in the world.Īll editions of the 50th anniversary Pet Sounds will be released on 10 June and we have an exclusive offer in our store for the 4CD Super Deluxe Edition that includes a Beach Ball and Beach Bag, as well as an exclusive slip mat with the stereo and mono vinyl editions of the album. On ‘God Only Knows’ it is just Carl, Brian and Bruce that are singing and on the acapella version, when they finish their vocal, a voice asks, “How was that? Was that cool?” It’s Bruce Johnston asking the question and it is the perfect coda for not just the song, but also the album, because Pet Sounds is arguably the coolest record of all time. The soaring harmonies of ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, the beautiful harmonic counterpoint of ‘I Know There’s An Answer’, and ‘I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’ are all surf-soul musicįollowing the release of the album, ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, ‘Sloop John B’ and ‘God Only Knows’ all became staples of The Beach Boys live shows and in more recent times, both, Brian and The Beach Boys touring band have featured songs from the album in concert and versions of Pet Sounds’s tracks performed live feature on disc 4 – all of these are previously unreleased. The fourth CD features a capella versions of the songs on the album and this is where The Beach Boys collectively shine. Listening to Brian encouraging, demanding and cajoling the musicians on the session tapes is like a master class in record production.Īnd then there are the vocals that include Brian’s most poignant ever performance on the sublime, ‘Caroline No’, Mike Love on ‘Here Today’, as well as Carl Wilson’s heart-stopping tour de force – ‘God Only Knows’. On keyboards there’s Larry Knetchel, drummers, Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon along with French Horns, violins, an electric Theremin, and all manner of percussion instruments, including Coca-Cola cans. There are guitarists as varied as, Glen Campbell, Barney Kessel, Tommy Tedesco and Al Casey. Pet Sounds features some of the greatest LA musicians of the period. The two ‘session’ CDs give us amazing insight into Brian’s control of the many musicians who play much of the music that underpins the sublime vocal harmonies of The Beach Boys. The 50th anniversary release includes both Brian’s original mono mix and the later stereo remaster that captures the depth and perfection of Brian’s arrangements. In the UK it fared far better, making No.2 on the album charts, the most successful of the band’s albums to that point. Ironically, given the love and respect that exists around the world for this album, the 1966 US release failed to achieve the kind of success that had been anticipated or the level of sales achieved by the band’s earlier albums. I’ve just bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life-I figure no one is educated musically ’til they’ve heard this album.” – Paul McCartney
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