Finally a really good sounding LP pressing of Pet Sounds?

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.

I have the DCC mono. Don't have another mono pressing to compare. 

This 1-Step lacquers are being cut from the tape The Beach Boys presented to Artisan in 1972, for the version of Pet Sounds that was released in a 2 LP package along with their new album Carl And The Passions. The BB made a new master tape in ’72, EQing it to sound more like they wanted it to sound in ’66, unlike the tape with which Capitol Records cut their lacquers back then. The 1972 tape has not been touched since ’72, and Chris Bellman (who mastered and cut the 1-Step) says it is in excellent condition. Since the tape needed no manipulation, Bellman fed the cutting lathe a signal directly from the tape playback head, bypassing a mixing console.

All this info (and lots more) is covered in the panel discussion video I linked above, also viewable on YouTube. Michael Fremer (one of the 4 panelists) has every version of the album, and is very enthusiastic about the sound quality of the 1-Step (he has a test pressing). Only 6,000 LP’s are being made, so I wouldn’t wait too long to order your copy. Scheduled to ship May 15th, mine was reserved yesterday. A hundred bucks, free shipping.