Pet Sounds: 40th Anniversary Deluxe CD/DVD Package Includes Mono, Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Mixes. Out August 29th 2006.

Alan Sargeant lends an eye and an earloble to a veritable feast of rare & previously unreleased promotional and documentary footage from the much copied and much loved Beach Boys album.

13/08/2006

The Beach Boys’ universally acknowledged, genius defining, hip-swivelling1966 album Pet Sounds celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. For this reason and this reason only (rather than for any unseemly monetary gain) EMI Music Catalogue will celebrate the four-decade milestone by re-releasing the whole kit and caboodle in a big starry deluxe limited edition (suede-feel) CD/DVD digipak featuring this classic album in Mono, Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Hi-Res 96kHz/24-bit PCM Stereo. Not bad, eh? Why the suede-feel cover? Absolutely no idea, but I do know that it’s going to be a bugger to clean once you’ve literally creamed yourself over the wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling, speaker-to-speaker, spine-tingling Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound remix. That’s even before you take advantage of the handsome extras to be found by way of the other stuff on the DVD: six film and video cuts including a behind-the-scenes documentary, “The Making Of Pet Sounds;” “Pet Stories,” featuring interviews with Brian Wilson, lyricist Tony Asher and members of the original “wrecking crew” Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, Don Randi, Frankie Capp and Tommy Morgan; the never-before-released 1966 promotional colour ‘firehouse’ film clip for “Good Vibrations;” original 1966 promotional black & white film clips for “Sloop John B” and Pet Sounds, and an excerpt from the unreleased BBC television documentary, “Rhythm of Life,” in which Sir George Martin joins Brian Wilson in the studio for a discussion of the album’s musical significance. Pet Sounds: 40th Anniversary’s DVD also contains a photo gallery set to the classic music of “God Only Knows” and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Hi-Res 96 kHz/24-bit PCM Stereo audio mixes of the album plus a Hi-Res 96 kHz/24-bit PCM Mono mix of bonus track “Hang On To Your Ego.”

Fair enough only those of a very anal retentive disposition are likely to be impressed by the mono/stereo combination but for those not afraid to download the whole thing as a special ‘Sessions’ digital bow-set (available through ITunes from 28/08/06) you’ll be bowled-over and blown by a veritable tome of pitifully rare material, from alternate versions of ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, ‘Here Today’ and ‘You Still Believe In Me’ plus dozens of vocal stacks, overdubs, A Capella mixes, different vocalist tracks, and dozens of intricate highlights from the backing tracks.

You’ve probably quoted this album so long without actually hearing it that you really owe it to yourself to put this one in the bag.

Big and beautiful. And that’s just Brian.

Track Listing: Disk 1
1. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Mono Version)
2. You Still Believe In Me (Mono Version)
3. That's Not Me (Mono Version)
4. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Mono Version)
5. I'm Waiting For The Day (Mono Version)
6. Let's Go Away For Awhile (Mono Version)
7. Sloop John B (Mono Version)
8. God Only Knows (Mono Version)
9. I Know There's An Answer (Mono Version)
10. Here Today (Mono Version)
11. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Mono Version)
12. Pet Sounds (Mono Version)
13. Caroline No (Mono Version)
14. Would It Be Nice (Stereo Version)
15. You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Version)
16. That's Not Me (Stereo Version)
17. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Stereo Version)
18. I'm Waiting For The Day (Stereo Version)
19. Let's Go Away For Awhile (Stereo Version)
20. Sloop John B (Stereo Version)
21. God Only Knows (Stereo Version)
22. I Know There's An Answer (Stereo Version)
23. Here Today (Stereo Version)
24. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Stereo Version)
25. Pet Sounds (Stereo Version)
26. Caroline No (Stereo Version)
27. Hang On To Your Ego (Advance Resolution Mono)

Disk 2 1. Dvd: Original Track Sequence Mixed In 24-Bit Stereo
2. Original Track Sequence Mixed In Dolby Digital 5.1
3. The Making Of Pet Sounds
4. Pet Stories
5. Rhythm Of Life (Previously Unavailable)
6. Good Vibrations (Original 1966 Colour Promo Film)
7. Sloop John B (Original 1966 B&w Promo Film)
8. Pet Sounds (Original 1966 B&w Promo Film)
9. God Only Knows: Synched To Photo Gallery

Relevant sites:
http://thebeachboys.com



Alan Sargeant for Crud Magazine 2006©

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