The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Hi-Grade Capitol re-issue LP MINT, MINT, MINT
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Please ignore the above canned description which eBay won't remove, and which is not accurate.
This is the ultra-rare Limited Edition Mono Reissue taken directly from the original master tapes. It's as close as you can get to an original mint version of this much-heralded LP.
For years I'd heard that this album was a major inspiration for the Beatles' 1967 release of "Sgt. Pepper's . . . . " So I picked this re-issue up and admired the scrupulous, spare-no-expense way in which it was done: a limited edition including an empty period-correct inner sleeve complete with advertisements for other Capitol LPs of the era, and a second, high quality plastic lined plain inner sleeve containing the LP's rather thick, very low-noise vinyl sporting the original "rainbow-colored" Capitol label. The album's original artwork is done perfectly, including the top right side outer sleeve recommendation "File Under: The Beach Boys" and the black dot preceding the all-important album number: T 2458.
As you may know, at Capitol Records "T" stood for monophonic, and "ST" stood for stereo. Also the stereo releases had a wide vertical line down the middle of the dot (splitting the dot into two sides, get it?). On the back of the record jacket is the original advisement that the record is playable "on monophonic and stereo phonographs. It cannot become obsolete."
Brian Wilson, of course, is deaf in one ear, so he mixed this glorious music in mono. Later, the Beatles spent three weeks mixing "Sgt. Pepper's . . . . " in mono, which they preferred, and left the stereo mixing up to Geoff Emerick and George Martin, which was accomplished in roughly three days . . . or so I've read.
Since both my Audio Research PH7 Phono Stage and Reference 5 Preamp separately process both mono and stereo LPs, I played this record with extreme care to compare both ways of playing it. No difference. So, either way, it seems you're listening to what Brian Wilson intended you to hear. In comparison, I have read that there are palpable differences between the mono and stereo mixes of "Sgt. Pepper's . . . . " but I don't have a mono version of that to compare it with my three original stereo versions, all of which are sonically superb.
"Pet Sounds" is excellent work, although subjectively I think a few flourishes were not necessary and a couple times a section of a song's arrangement might be too congested. But, the orchestral overkill at the end of Sgt. Pepper's "A Day in The Life. . . . " sounds congested to me, but brilliant nonetheless. So there you go.
This LP is as-new. Mint in every respect. Played only twice, using top-tier equipment. The only Beach Boys record I've ever owned. I am very happy I finally got around to listening to its magic. I have filled a gaping hole in my understanding and appreciation of pop culture and music. It truly is a work of genius, an American masterpiece. Thank you, Brian.
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