The Beach Boys Pet Sounds on Limited Edition 200g Mono LP

Analogue Productions is pleased to announce that they will be reissuing 14 of the most classic, best-sounding Beach Boys titles, each expertly mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio and presented in “old style” Stoughton Printing tip-on jackets. 200g Mono editions of Surfin’ Safari, Surfin’ USA, Surfer Girl, Little Deuce Coupe and Shut Down Vol. 2 will be issued in December 2014 followed by 200g Stereo editions of Surfin’ USA, Surfer Girl, Little Deuce Coupe andShut Down Vol. 2 in January 2015. 200g Mono & Stereo editions of All Summer Long, Today!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), Beach Boys’ Party!, Pet Sounds and Smiley Smile plus 200g Stereo editions of Sunflower, Surf’s Up and Holland will follow later in 2015. Hybrid SACD editions of each album will also be available.

To meet the standards of Analogue Productions, their 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-rock California crew rose to fame in the first place. 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. Still, apart from Surfin’ Safari, which was mono only, the Beach Boys did turn in stereo masters on all of their early albums up until 1965. Today! was the first LP for which they only delivered a mono master. Bottom line, the mono mixes were where Brian Wilson paid intense attention, and the dedication paid off!

Analogue Productions has taken 11 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 they’ve got your 2-channel needs covered with prime stereo mix versions of 13 titles as well.

Mastered by Kevin Gray, most from the original master tapes or best sources available, 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!

The groundbreaking Pet Sounds (1966) is undoubtedly The Beach Boys’ most acclaimed album and arguably the most influential pop record of all time. This is the album that took the group and music in general to a whole different level, both in terms of composition and production. Landmark songwriting (“Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” “Caroline No,” “Sloop John B”), incredible vocal harmonies and majestic arrangements coalesce to form a rich collage of sound which overflows with artistic depth and pure emotion.

• 200g Mono LP

• Original mono mixes created under Brian Wilson’s supervision

• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

• Lacquer plating by Gary Salstrom

• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

• “Old school” Stoughton tip-on jackets

• Audio Production – Mark Linett

• For Brother Records – Elliott Lott