The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966) [DVD18, 2003] {DVD-Audio} RESTORED

Posted By : Rehabilly | Date : 27 Jan 2013 14:48:00 | Comments : 19 |

This DVD-Audio disc is two sided. The DVD-Audio side contains lossless, high-resolution multi-format audio, while the DVD-Video side provides Dolby Digital, DTS, and stereo PCM for listeners without DVD-Audio playback capabilities. Featuring the complete album in Stereo, Mono and 5.1 Surround Sound plus promo footage and videos, photo gallery, discography and many more. It is an amazing DVD-A complete with an excellent restoration and spatial mix. Being loaded with extras, everyone will appreciate this album after giving it a thorough listen.

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Brian Wilson, the primary songwriter for The Beach Boys, stated that he was inspired to write this album from the Beatles' Rubber Soul album. In turn, Pet Sounds went on to inspire Lennon and McCartney to write Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Indeed, the album is a musical masterpiece in a number of ways. Brian painstakingly recorded session after session in the studio with the other brothers until he finally arrived at the exact music and vocal quality he wanted. As a result, with its professionalism and diversity, Pet Sounds sounds like no other Beach Boy album. Many have said that Brian reached his creative peak during these sessions and influenced so many other recording artists with his unique, new style.

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Surround Audio Review

Being originally recorded in 1966 on now antiquated 3 and 4 track master tapes, the audio went through a masterful process to create the stereo and surround mixes. The original audio was mixed down by Brian Wilson to mono, and it remained that way until 1996 when he and Mark Linett remastered the album into stereo and later into surround. The result is an amazingly clear reproduction for something recorded almost 40 years ago. While the audio has a nice, wide frequency response that gives clear high frequencies with decent bass, the audio does have an elevated noise floor throughout that is easily perceivable, somewhat poor dynamic range, and some noticeable distortion. Even so, the multi-channel and stereo audio is the clearest Beach Boy audio that I've heard.

The disc features all three spatial mixes produced for the album. The focus is the multichannel audio, which has an excellent, spatially wide mix. The multichannel mix really places the listener in the middle of the band. In addition, each song has a very full sound in terms of instrumentation, which means there is always a lot of stuff going on. Each time through the album, it's easy to find something new. The center channel is almost never utilized on the album, since Mark felt the phantom center channel created by the left and right front speakers reproduced the audio feel better than the center channel itself. Given that the audio originally was recorded on only 3 or 4 tracks, the multichannel mix is amazingly wide.

The album also provides a stereo and mono mix. The stereo mix is also very good and impressively wide. The mono-channel version accurately models the original recording and has a very high noise floor, reminiscent of many older recordings. However, it's still fun to hear the mono audio in the way Brian originally intended it to sound.

The LFE channel is sparsely used, thus good bass management is essential to get the full frequency depth contained in the album. Overall, I was impressed with how deep the bass response was on this album given its age.

On the DVD-Video side of the album, DTS and Dolby Digital versions of the multichannel mix provide good reproductions of the lossless audio contained on the DVD-Audio side. It's nice to be able to have a choice between DTS and Dolby Digital, instead of being forced to use a particular format for a particular spatial mix. In the end, I prefer the DTS mix to the Dolby Digital as I usually do, but I was impressed with both.

The menus on this disc are straightforward to use. Both sides of the disc start right into the multichannel mix upon insertion, bypassing the main menu. DVD-Audio listeners, upon playback, can choose to view either the main photo, the slideshow lyrics, the photo gallery, the technical notes, or the sessionography during playback. These visual listener options are a great feature that should be implemented on more DVD-Audio albums. Unfortunately, DVD-Video listeners are forced to view the slideshow lyrics during playback. However, even the slideshow lyrics are a great improvement over most current DVD-Audio discs' video, as one can easily follow along as the song progresses.

While this disc already packs on a large number of audio formats and options, the disc also includes quite a few extras as well. There are four videos on the album documenting the original recording sessions and music videos from 1966. There is a lot of history behind the Beach Boys and I appreciated the video documentary refresher. The disc even includes a complete discography of their 40+ albums, most of which contain an audio highlight from each album. Even the photo gallery is loaded with photos. There is also a strange 1966 Pet Sounds promo video featuring three songs from the album that Brian put together for the album's release, in which one brother is rejected by the others and makes friends with a few forest monsters. I'm not sure what the ideas the video is supposed to convey, but who knows what goes through a master songwriter's mind at the height of their creativity.

-- Surround Audio Review by Jacob Griesbach

DVD-Audio side:

01. Wouldn't It Be Nice
02. You Still Believe In Me
03. That's Not Me
04. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
05. I'm Waiting For The Day
06. Let's Go Away For Awhile
07. Sloop John B
08. God Only Knows
09. I Know There's An Answer
10. Here Today
11. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
12. Pet Sounds
13. Caroline No
14. Unused Intro for (Don't Talk) Put Your Head On My Shoulders [Bonus Track]
15. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Session Highlights) [Bonus Track]
16. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Alternative Mix without Lead Vocal) [Bonus Track]
17. God Only Knows (Session Highlights) [Bonus Track]
18. God Only Knows (Master Track Mix with Acappella Tag) [Bonus Track]
19. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Acappella Mix) [Bonus Track]
20. Summer Means New Love (Instumental) [Bonus Track]
21. Weblinks
22. Bonus Video Section - The Same as on DVD-Video side [See below]

Technical details

Custom - LPCM 24/96 to FLAC:

01. Wouldn't It Be Nice
02. You Still Believe In Me
03. That's Not Me
04. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
05. I'm Waiting For The Day
06. Let's Go Away For Awhile
07. Sloop John B
08. God Only Knows
09. I Know There's An Answer
10. Here Today
11. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
12. Pet Sounds
13. Caroline No
14. Unused Intro for (Don't Talk) Put Your Head On My Shoulders [Bonus Track]
15. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Session Highlights) [Bonus Track]
16. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Alternative Mix without Lead Vocal) [Bonus Track]
17. God Only Knows (Session Highlights) [Bonus Track]
18. God Only Knows (Master Track Mix with Acappella Tag) [Bonus Track]
19. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Acappella Mix) [Bonus Track]
20. Summer Means New Love (Instumental) [Bonus Track]

Tracks "1-13" ripped from LPCM MONO to FLAC in Stereo mode (Dual Mono) - for compatibility with an external DACs (HDCD Ready)
and Tracks "14-20" ripped from LPCM STEREO to FLAC Stereo (both 24/96^)

Technical details

DVD-Video side:

01. The Pet Sounds Sessions Documentary (1997)
02. Sloop John B (Promo Video - 1966/1997)
03. Sloop John B (Original Promo Film 1966)
04. Pet Sounds LP (Original Promo Film 1966)
05. Photo Gallery
06. Brian Wilson's Message
07. The Making Of Pet Sounds
08. Liner Notes
09. Track Notes
10. Sessionography
11. Technical Notes
12. Discography
13. Weblinks
14. Credits
15. Entire Album in [See "Technical Details" below]

Technical details

Original Mono album produced by Brian Wilson.
Stereo and Surround Sound Mix Produced & Engineered by Mark Linett at
"Your Place Or Mine" Recording Studios, Glendale CA, under the supervision of Brian Wilson.
Remastered by Joe Gastwirt at Oceanview Digital Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 using the HDCD process.
Audio Supervision by Mark Linett. Surround Sound Mastered by Steve Hall and Joe Gastwirt at Future Disc.

• Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, sound effects
• Carl Wilson - lead, harmony and backing vocals, guitar
• Mike Love - lead, harmony and backing vocals
• Al Jardine - lead, harmony and backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson - drums, backing vocals
• Bruce Johnston – backing vocals
+ alot of session musicians.

Original Album Released on May 16, 1966
Year of DVD-A Release: July 22, 2003
Label: Capitol / EMI Records
Catalog No.: 72434-77936-9-1

Thanks for the full edition to his owner! :)

DVDRip (AVI) from video part HERE
Original Non-Remastered version HERE
Latest Steve's Hoffman Remaster HERE

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Posted By: MrGreenfinch Date: 17 Aug 2011 07:49:08

Great post! Thank you very much!

Posted By: Euripides Date: 17 Aug 2011 10:02:44

Yes, unfortunately one of the likely reasons why it hadn't been posted here before is that it's known that the audio has been butchered by compression. It annoys the hell out of me, why go to all the bother of getting the reels, doing a transfer, editing, making a 5.1 mix then step on it like it's a bug? Of all the people in the world, Hi-Res lsiteners don't require to be a part of the loudness wars. Oh well, at least the surround mix is entertaining enough and the music is, of course, fabulous.
Thank YOU for the effort of putting it up.

Posted By: VAUVAU Date: 17 Aug 2011 10:27:19

Thank you very much, Rehabilly! Album Number Two!

Posted By: HHR18 Date: 17 Aug 2011 14:59:14

I just compared the stereo mix of this DVD-A to the 40th Anniversary CD and they sound quite different. Anybody know what that's all about? Is it just different mastering or maybe the old stereo mix on the CD?

EDIT: I guess it's just different mastering. I compared the DR of the sessions box set, the 40th anniversary edition and the limited edition 40th anniversary. The normal 40th anniversary and sessions box set have the same DR of 10 but the 40th anniversary is 0.1 dB lower in volume. However, the limited edition 40th anniversary has an DR of 12. Strange huh?

EDIT 2: Just heard that the limited 40th anniversary edition has a different vocal part on the bridge of Wouldn't It Be Nice and read this:

In 1999 Capitol released the first stereo/mono single disc version of this album. In 2000 they re-released it, and what I read at the time was they had goofed and not used the HDCD master for the 1999 release. I didn't bother buying it again because I don't have a player with HDCD capability.

Last week I found out that there's another reason they re-released it in 2000: when the stereo version was released, radio stations started playing the stereo versions of the songs that were singles from this album. The stereo version of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" has Carl Wilson singing the bridge (...maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true...), while it's Mike Love's voice on the mono version that we've heard since 1966. When he found out about this, Mike Love had Capitol alter the stereo version of the song to insert the bridge from the mono version with him singing. When you listen to the stereo version of the song on this CD, you can hear how the stereo folds down to mono briefly during the bridge. Capitol did a good job of splicing it together; I hadn't noticed it until someone pointed it out to me.

The altered version of this song has also appeared on compilations released since 2000.

The surround sound and hi-resolution stereo versions of the album on DVD-A and on the DVD that accompanies this release use the unaltered track with Carl Wilson singing the bridge. I believe the 2 LP vinyl set also uses the unaltered stereo version.

The normal 40th anniversary edition as well as the DVD-A release has the wrong vocal so that's another difference!

Posted By: Globalbee3 Date: 17 Aug 2011 17:06:53

Thanks to everyone for all of the efforts.

Posted By: silvereyes Date: 20 Aug 2011 02:13:24

I notice that the size of the dvd-a iso requires a double layer disc.
does it matter if the dvd-a iso is burned on dvd-r double layer or dvd+r double layer ?
Anyone has any suggestion on which manufacturer media work or doesn't?
I'm planning to play it on a oppo bdp-93, thanks.

Posted By: baniels Date: 25 Aug 2011 15:29:16

Thank you for this. I have many DVD-A discs and I'm wondering what software is used to rip to ISO? Is it as simple as using something like dvddecrypter?

Posted By: Rehabilly Date: 26 Aug 2011 00:15:49

>rip to ISO? Is it as simple as using something like dvddecrypter?

Yes. But keep in mind, there's a many discs with a "watermarks" protection (here's posted w/o), and these you can't play with usual way.

Posted By: baniels Date: 26 Aug 2011 14:17:03

Okay - thank you. I figured that out last night. My Oppo BDP-93 can play ISO's from an attached usb hard drive. This Pet Sounds ISO worked perfectly, whereas my own ripped Porcupine Tree just gave me static with no menu. No known way of removing watermarks, I suppose.

Posted By: rg1960 Date: 04 Sep 2011 06:31:00

Thank you!

rg1960

Posted By: jorgekishimoto Date: 30 Oct 2011 23:04:55

Jorge Kishimoto Curter:
Gracias por tu aporte...
lo estaba buscando este cd..

Posted By: one bite Date: 23 Nov 2011 13:32:50

Thank you,greatest album of all time!

Posted By: FatDisc Date: 05 May 2012 08:20:51

Whoever was on the mixing table for the 5.1 surround tracks must have been someone's pet but at least the DR values are good. The rear channels just need their level bumped up a notch IMO.

The mono tracks are only DR8 or something like that, I haven't checked the stereo version though. Either way, thanks alot for your efforts!

Posted By: Fathomie Date: 05 May 2012 13:10:01

@silvereyes. Is your Oppo fussy about any type of discs? Does it prefer -/+? Find this out first by burning a few -/+ single layer discs. My Arcam doesn't like - discs, and if your Oppo doesn't it's an expensive way to find out if you've burnt a dual-layer!

I always use Verbatim discs. They may not be cheap but I've only ever had a tiny amount of coasters, and that was using my Panny DVD player as a burner, not the PC.

Hope that helps.

This is a controversial disc, not only due to the post mixing compression, but also due to the mix itself. Some of the Beach Boys nuts hate it with a passion!

Posted By: FatDisc Date: 05 May 2012 22:45:35

@ Fathomie: Look at the date of the comments. As for the mix, like I said it's not that hard to fix...

Posted By: harrygee Date: 07 May 2012 00:47:44

Brilliant post. Thank you.

Posted By: diddlycrap Date: 30 Jan 2013 01:22:53

Thanks a lot for the post.
After reading all of the comments I am nothing if not confused.

Posted By: da5id Date: 31 Jan 2013 03:03:31

I've actually owned this for a while. It's not bad, but don't expect individual instruments popping out at you in isolation from the speakers.
Because of the way Brian recorded it in mono, it's hard to separate stuff out, even though they have gone back to the original multitracks.
So, it's more of like being in the middle of a wash of sound, rather than hearing drums coming from one speaker, and organ from another side etc, although you can hear different instruments generally left and right.

Posted By: Dan_invader Date: 16 Feb 2013 19:18:14

Can't unzip DVD-A Side: ISO (only NTFS system supports archives bigger than 4 GB). Someone knows what can I do?? Help, please!