Pet Sounds Sessions is a 4-CD box released in 1997 that compiles songs from the 11th studio album Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966) ) and recording sessions from 1965-66. The entire album is included in the original mono mix, as well as a custom made stereo digital mix. This set also contains instrumental tracks, vocal tracks, alternative mixes, and edited highlights from recording sessions for many album tracks, along with some songs not included in the album.
The box set was nominated for "Best Historical Album" at the 1999 Grammy Awards. In 2011, it was followed by The Smile Sessions , a similar compilation devoted to the unfinished Beach Boys recording Smile > project.
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Original producer Brian Wilson writes in the liner notes for The Pet Sounds Sessions: "This is a heart and soul album I work very, very hard for it The problem is, I'm glad we 're doing Pet Sounds recently returned because the set of Pet Sounds boxes will be very open to the public about what the real music maker is. "When we created our Pet Voice really positive, we are cutting important notes. Carl [Wilson] and I know for sure we have something heavier than hell, and we just do it. "
Compiler David Leaf explains the purpose of the new compilation: "The first three CDs from this set of boxes are designed to give you a sense of how Brian and the studio musicians cut tracks [from Pet Voice ] and also to give you a glimpse of the unique about the harmonic wonders of the Beach Boys song. "He added:" It's not hyperbole to say that for every pop and rock group that follows on the Beach Boys get up, Pet Sounds becomes audio bench... From the moment that, nothing really changes. "
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Stereo mix
Pet Sounds was first released in 1966 in monaural and duophonic format. Overseen by Brian Wilson and engineered by Mark Linett, the set included the first stereo mixture of Pet Sounds. This new mix is ​​permitted by the survival of the original multitrack tapes of Pet Sounds . Progress in recording technology allows compilers to digitally synchronize multi-tracks that have been pinged several times before their final mono mixdown.
The new mix created for the set of boxes was made in January-February 1996. Linett writes: "In mixing the Pet Voice in stereo, every effort is made to duplicate the nuances and sounds of the original mono-mix, the vocal and instrumental parts Brian's abandonment of records in 1966 is recorded and duplicated, as well as fading. "To this end, Scully's 280 4-track model is used to transfer analog scrolls to multi-track digital - the same model used for Pet Sounds . The mix was then processed through the original tube console from United Western Recorders in the 1960s.
Some exceptions remain, so the Stereo Sound stereo mix does have some difference from the original mono mix. Among them, alternative vocal parts are used for bridges "Would not It Be Nice" and the end of "God Only Knows" because the original tracks no longer exists. "You Still Believe in Me" featured one vowel being tracked, not a double vocal from the original because of the missing footage. In the mono version, chats can be heard on various tracks; examples of them are removed from the stereo version at Brian's request.
Release
There was little controversy regarding a significant 18-month delay in the launch of the box set (originally planned for May 1996 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the album's original issue). Reportedly, Mike Love was not satisfied with the accompanying essay that allegedly played down his involvement in the making of the album.
Reception
AllMusic calls compilation an "exciting and educational hearing, even if it is not always necessary." Q gives the "enlightenment" box a perfect score and writes that "background music tracks without vocals open your ears to a set of amazing shades previously obscured by singing.At the same time, isolated vocal tracks are not less than spirits in their emotive wallop. "D. Strauss called the stereo mix" useless ", adding," I have to admit that, as a music geek, listening to Mr. Wilson holding a myriad of consultations about when to sound a bicycle horn in 'You Still Believe in Me' brings an extraordinary sensation.
This compilation is very important for the birth of biopic Brian Wilson Love & amp; Mercy, as director Bill Pohlad said: "It's very beautiful and it has an impact on me to listen to it, so the idea of ​​trying to capture him in the movie is certainly a big part of my interest in making movies."
Smile Sessions
13 years later, the box set was followed up with The Smile Sessions , a similar collection aimed at Smile , the Beach Boys album meant to follow Pet Voice .
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