Archival Tape Edition No. 32
The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds
€500.00
There are records that defined an era and then there are records that changed the way recordings were made forever.
Spurred on by the brilliance of The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian Wilson was on a mission to out-invent the Beatles, pushing studio boundaries — and his own sanity — to lengths no producer had ever dared, transforming multi-track recording into an obsessively crafted fine art.
Hearing these tracks in their pure analog glory feels so intimate, it's like sitting on the studio carpet at Western Recorders while Brian obsessively runs the Wrecking Crew through their 30th take.
You can practically catch the faint whiff of cold studio coffee hanging in the air the second those harmonium reeds start to vibrate on “God Only Knows.”
It's a window into a moment when pop music became high art, capturing every subtle breath and tape hiss exactly as it happened in the room.
60 years after the album was recorded, dropping the needle on this session remains as close to musical holy ground as you'll get.
As we always strive for the most original source, we are using an unedited 1:1 copy of the original mono master tape Brian Wilson signed off on.
SIDE A
Wouldn't It Be Nice
You Still Believe In Me
That's Not Me
Don't Talk (Put Your Hands On My Shoulder)
I'm Waiting For The Day
Let's Go Away For A While
Sloop John B
SIDE B
God Only Knows
I Know There's An Answer
Here Today
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Pet Sounds
Caroline, No
MUSICIANS
Lead Vocals : Brian Wilson
Lead Vocals : Mike Love
Trumpet : Roy Caton
Saxophone : Steve Douglas
Saxophone : Plas Johnson
Accordion : Carl L. Fortina
Accordion : Frank Marocco
Piano : Al De Lory
Saxophone : Jay Migliori
Organ : Larry Knechtel
Mandolin : Barney Kessel
Mandolin : Ray Pohlman
Guitar : Jerry Cole
Guitar : Bill Pitman
Drums : Hal Blaine
Bass Guitar : Carol Kaye
Double Bass : Lyle Ritz
Timpani, Bells : Frank Capp
RECORDED TO TAPE
July 12th, 1965 - April 1966
Location: Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles / Columbia Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles / Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles / Studio 3, Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Tape number: LA 0124065
Recording Engineer: Larry Levine, Chuck Britz, Ralph Balantin
Producer: Brian Wilson
BOOKLET CONTENT
Containing our traditional collection of all analog print treasures and memorabilia.
*The total circulation of this Mastercut release is strictly limited to a maximum total of 999 records.
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