THE BEACH BOYS PET SOUNDS 331/3 MONO AUDIOPHILE 180 GRAM + CAPITOL VAULT 4 LPSET

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THE BEACH BOYS - PET SOUNDS MONO AUDIOPHILE 180 GRAM LP

The ultimate pressings of the Beach Boys discography from Analogue Productions!

Original mono mix produced by Brian Wilson

One of 10 titles featuring 33 1/3 mono and stereo remastered editions: Surfin' USA, Surfer Girl, Little Deuce Coupe, Shut Down Vol. 2, All Summer Long, Today!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), Beach Boys Party!, Pet Sounds and Smiley Smile

Audio production — Mark Linett

For Brother Records — Elliott Lott

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, most from the original master tapes or best sources available

Lacquer plating by Gary Salstrom and 180-gram vinyl pressing by Quality Record Pressings!

"These are the best sounding and best-looking versions of the Beach Boys records that have ever been produced. We want everything about these to be better than the original." — Chad Kassem, owner and CEO, Acoustic Sounds

"It was Pet Sounds that blew me out of the water…I love the album so much. 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 that album." – Paul McCartney

"All of us, Ginger (Baker), Jack (Bruce), and I consider Pet Sounds to be one of the greatest pop LPs to ever be released. It encompasses everything that's ever knocked me out and rolled it all into one." – Eric Clapton

"For those in search of an original mono in pursuit of sonic quality, search no more. This Analogue Productions pressing is now the definitive pressing and the one we chose to feature at our Classic Album Sundays events to honour the 50th anniversary of Pet Sounds, an album that helped change the course of pop music." — Colleen ‘Cosmo' Murphy, Classic Album Sundays

"Overall though, this new reissue is the best sounding of all. The bottom end has more weight and solidity and the instrumental separation and front to back layering is nothing short of astonishing compared to the pleasing mush offered up by other editions. ... Pet Sounds belongs in every serious rock record collection and if you're going to have but one version this one from Analogue Productions is the one to have."  — Music = 11/11; Sound = 11/11 - Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet

"What I can say is that Kevin Gray has been able to extract every last bit of information from whatever tape is in the box, and present it in a way that is pleasing and natural to the ear. ... in my opinion, the Analogue Productions pressings are now THE definitive issue of each Beach Boys album, and will be my reference copies until if and when something better comes along — which may be never." — Lee Dempsey, Endless Summer Quarterly, Summer 2015 Edition

To meet the standards of Analogue Productions, our Beach Boys album reissues had a mission to achieve: Present the band's music the way that Brian Wilson — famed co-founder, songwriter and arranger — intended. Mono mixes created under Wilson’s supervision were how the surf rockin’ California crew rose to fame! And we’ve got ‘em!

For the early part of the Beach Boys' career, all of their singles were mixed and mastered and released only in the mono format — they didn't release a single in stereo until 1968. In those days, hits were made on AM radio in mono. And the mono of those times worked well for Wilson, who suffers from partial deafness. In fact, for their first 13 albums, Wilson originally turned in all the final mixed Beach Boy albums to Capitol Records only in mono. The mono mixes were where Wilson paid intense attention, and the dedication paid off!

We’ve taken 10 of the most classic, best-sounding Beach Boy titles ever and restored them to their mono glory!

But there’s no disputing that the close harmonies and one-of-a-kind rhythms of hits like “Surfer Girl,” “In My Room,” “Little Deuce Coupe” and more lend themselves naturally to stereo. So we’ve got your 2-channel needs covered with prime stereo mix versions as well.

Mastered by Kevin Gray, most from the original master tapes, and plated and pressed by Quality Record Pressings, the finest LP pressing facility in the world, these are awesome recordings to experience. And the look of each album befits its sonic superiority! Presented in "old school" Stoughton tip-on jackets, these time honored favorites shine brighter than the originals!

Pet Sounds is famous for its use of multiple layers of unorthodox instrumentation as well as other cutting edge audio techniques for its time. It's considered the best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound.

Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, Theremin, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans, barking dogs, and more. It wouldn't have been a classic without great songs, and this has some of the group's most stunning melodies, as well as lyrical themes which evoke both the intensity of newly born love affairs and the disappointment of failed romance (add in some general statements about loss of innocence and modern-day confusion as well). The spiritual quality of the material is enhanced by some of the most gorgeous upper-register male vocals (especially by Brian and Carl Wilson) ever heard on a rock record. "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," "Caroline No," and "Sloop John B" (the last of which wasn't originally intended to go on the album) are the well-known hits, but equally worthy are such cuts as "You Still Believe in Me," "Don't Talk," "I Know There's an Answer," and "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times." It's often said that this is more of a Brian Wilson album than a Beach Boys recording (session musicians played most of the parts), but it should be noted that the harmonies are pure Beach Boys (and some of their best).

VH-1 named Pet Sounds as the No. 3 album in the Top 100 Albums in Rock 'n' Roll History, as judged in a poll of musicians, executives and journalists. It's been ranked No. 1 in several music magazines' lists of the greatest albums of all time, including NME, The Times and Mojo Magazine. It was ranked No. 2 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

                Side A

                Wouldn’t It Be Nice

                You Still Believe In Me

                That’s Not Me

                Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)

                I’m Waiting For The Day

                Let’s Go Away For Awhile

                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

THEN WE HAVE THESE MOSTLY OUT OF PRINT 2008 CAPITOL VAULTS SERIES LP'S

The Beach Boys Surf's Up 180 GRAM OUT OF PRINT CAPITOL VAULT SERIES LIMITED EDITION LP

EMI continues to faithfully restore and deliver quality vinyl "From the Capitol Vaults".

Surf's Up, the album originally released in 1971, was based on the song of the same title written for the abandoned 1966-67 SMiLE album (which was later completed & released in 2004 by Brian Wilson and his band). This album features a re-worked version while SMiLE contains the original version of the song.

"The late, angel-throated Carl Wilson in particular shines here, and with two of brother Brian's greatest-ever tunes, 'Til I Die' and 'Surf's Up,' closing things out... the listener is left levitating in ecstasy as the final notes fade away. To this day, I get misty when I hear those songs - that teenage me gently inhabiting my being for a precious few minutes." - Fred Mills, Stereophile Magazine, February 2013, p. 74

Features:

 Limited Edition

180g Audiophile Pressing

Digitally remastered

Original packaging

4 Color Single Jacket

White Sleeve

Lyric Sheet

Selections:

1. Don't Go Near the Water

2. Long Promised Road

3. Take a Load Off Your Feet

4. Disney Girls

5. Student Demonstration Time

6. Feel Flows

7. Lookin' At Tomorrow

8. A Day In the Life of a Tree

9. 'Til I Die

10. Surf's Up

The Beach Boys TODAY 180 GRAM OUT OF PRINT CAPITOL VAULT SERIES LIMITED EDITION LP

The Beach Boys Today!, also known simply as Today!, is the eighth studio album by the American rock group the Beach Boys, and their first of three 1965 releases. Although few realized the significance of the album at the time, Today! marked a major transition point for the band; notably Brian Wilson's sophisticated, orchestral approach. The tracks on the first half of Today! feature an electric guitar-rock oriented sound that contrasts the second half consisting of ballads, showing an increased mature lyrical depth that would foreshadow future efforts like Pet Sounds. The second side marks Wilson's continuing maturation as a recording artist; all the songs (sans comedy filler track "Bull Session") showcase creatively developed vocal & instrumental arrangements, complex Wall of Sound production, and lyrically introspective subject matter.

The Beach Boys Today! is one of the most acclaimed albums of the Beach Boys' career, making multiple 'Best of' lists. In 2012, the album was voted 271st on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2005, it was included in the musical reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

"Put simply, this is the Beach Boys at their mid-'60s prime. Ironically, the band's greatest evolutionary leap was spurred by its leader, Brian Wilson, who decided to drop out of the band's live performances after a December 1964 nervous breakdown to concentrate on honing the Beach Boys' studio sound. With Wilson's productions gaining a significant new depth and confidence (note the innovative modulations on 'Dance, Dance, Dance'), the first half of Today seems a logical, upbeat step forward from its predecessors. But it's the album's second act that steals the show, setting the stage for the triumph of Pet Sounds. Indeed, it's easy to imagine gorgeous, introspective tracks such as 'Please Let Me Wonder,' 'She Knows Me Too Well,' and 'In the Back of My Mind' intertwined with the best of Sounds." 

Side A:

1. Do You Wanna Dance?

2. Good To My Baby

3. Don't Hurt My Little Sister

4. When I Grow Up

5. Help Me, Ronda

6. Dance, Dance, Dance

 Side B:

7. Please Let Me Wonder

8. I'm So Young

9. Kiss Me, Baby

10. She Knows Me Too Well

11. In The Back Of My Mind

12. Bull Sessions With The "Big Daddy"

The Beach Boys SUMMER DAYS 180 GRAM OUT OF PRINT CAPITOL VAULT SERIES STEREO LIMITED EDITION LP

"Help Me, Rhonda" was a No. 1 single and would be their last Top 40 exercise in sheer fun for a while. More impressive was "California Girls," with its symphonic arrangement, glorious harmonies and archetypal statement of California lifestyle.

1. Girl from New York City

                2. Amusement Parks

                3. Then I Kissed Her

                4. Salt Lake City

                5. Girl Don't Tell Me

                6. Help Me, Rhonda

                7. California Girls

                8. Let Him Run Wild

                9. You're So Good to Me

                10. Summer Means New Love [Instrumental]

                11. I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man

                12. And Your Dream Comes True

The Beach Boys Surfer Girl  Capitol Records 75th Anniversary Reissue On 180 GRAM Vinyl LP! Includes "Catch A Wave" & "Little Deuce Coupe!"

Originally released on Capitol Records in 1963, Surfer Girl includes some of the Beach Boys’ greatest tunes, including the title song, the hot rod ditty "Little Deuce Coupe," and "Catch a Wave". Most significant of all is the gorgeous ballad "In My Room," which anticipated future Beach Boys releases both in its sophisticated production (strings, organ, dense harmonies) and its personal, solipsistic lyrics.

Features:

180g Vinyl

75th Anniversary Edition

Selections:

Side 1:

1. Surfer Girl

2. Catch A Wave

3. The Surfer Moon

4. South Bay Surfer

5. The Rocking Surfer

6. Little Deuce Coupe

Side 2:

1. In My Room

2. Hawaii

3. Surfer's Rule

4. Our Car Club

5. Your Summer Dream

6. Boogie Woodie

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