Finally a really good sounding LP pressing of Pet Sounds?


 

Pet Sounds has long been held in high regard musically, but not sonically (my 1966 mono LP sounds like a 3rd-generation copy made at 3-3/4ips) The video below is a 4-way discussion of the upcoming 1-Step LP that is claimed to change that situation.

 

https://www.youtube.com/live/deOvO8dujQE?si=1f5OS985tzDert4j

 

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While calling---as many have---Pet Sounds the "best’ album ever recorded and released is a debatable proclamation---I  myself don’t share that sentiment, the album DOES contain the song I consider THE "best" I have ever heard. That song is of course "God Only Knows".

"GOK" contains my single favorite chord progression of all time. It is not only brilliant, but also melancholy enough to bring me to tears every time I listen to it.  And Brian Wilson’s employment of the inversion (adding a bass note below the tonic of the chord being played) is as close to J.S. Bach as Pop music gets.

 

Rick Beato breaks down the song in the following video:

 

https://youtu.be/HrpxOva8rBQ?si=nO9iHesBKQe2gGK

 

In the following video, a piano teacher gets even deeper into the weeds in examining the song:

 

https://youtu.be/PjPN9zRUrgI?si=-5Zg7QhKdndXYPbU

 

"(my 1966 mono LP sounds like a 3rd-generation copy made at 3-3/4ips)"

Maybe the "stamper" theory applies here?

There was the LA, Scranton, Jacksonville and  Abbey(Jersey) pressing faculties.

I have one of the variants a #28

Sounds quite good, but haven't compared to others.

There are some comments about the pressings from the stamper freaks mentioning "this one sounds better that."

I have the 1st 5 all LA press mono. They sound fantastic.

All found over time bin diving SoCal and statewide.