I love that we had so many groups from the 60s that could harmonize, yet each had their own sound and vocal stylings... Beach Boys, Mamas and the Papas, Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Everly Bros, The Four Season, CSN, Peter Paul & Mary, The Turtles, The Byrds......

Part of Brian's genius is in hearing that the Glockenspiel would have such a major impact, and that the bass sax would actually work so well in the arrangement. He could hear into nooks and crannies of music not yet recorded. Sublime sound.

I'm only 72 years old. This post was so sweet.🙂

All of these session musicians must have been very proud that they contributed to one of the VERY best albums ever!I wonder what they thought of it at the time..

Give Al some credit. Great idea and he brought the concept to a man he respected for his genius and can do ability. The rest is history.

One of my favorite Beach Boys songs of all time and probably due to Brian Wilson's precise and varied arrangement with the Wrecking Crew. Pristine !

I've watched this particular video over a dozen times now..when those harmonies kick in at 5:12 I just about lose it! Amazing talents!

That electric bass sound from Carol Kaye is just outstanding. Lots of bottom end but you can still hear the pick striking the strings. Perfect sound.

When I hear the name Brian Wilson two words come to mind "Musical Genius"! That pretty much sums it up! 👍👍📀📀

Another masterwork of instrumentals by the Wrecking Crew

I love the way Brian directs the studio players

And remember how young Brian was when he did this. Early 20’s at the most, right? Just crazy.

The Beatles absolutley loved the Beach Boys. The multi voice, multi track layers were the pinicle of recording to them. That is why they went to the US in the first place. They were invited to New York first, but they went to California as quick as they could. The multi-track technology was what they wanted. Most of the Beatle's music up until then was mono, or 2 track.

"Is that as low as you can go, Frankie?" "Uhhh, it's a GLOCKENSPIEL, man." Of course, there's Carol Kaye! This is a great history lesson, pre-Pro Tools!

It’s such a simple song but the recording is magical. Immortal.

Always good to see the session musicians identified and credited!

This is my favorite Beach Boys song! So neat to hear Brian making sure the sound is just right. He really was a musical genius.

I grew up with The Beach Boys. My earliest memories were listen to to them on my little transistor radio. I lived about 10 miles from where they grew up. They are about 8or 9 years older than me so I was too young to run in their circles. I did happen to sit next to Dennis at a Fleetwood Mac Concert when he was dating Christine Mcvie. He was wasted and almost fell over the railing trying to get down and back stage after her song.

Really glad he added that A capella part, fits so well and sounds so great!

This is not only my favorite Beach Boys song, it is in my top 3 favorite songs PERIOD. Amazing.

Nothing says California more than the music of the Beach Boys.

that harmony is so achingly beautiful

This song is just magical. I enjoyed learning how the magic was made.

at 4:48 someone says "I feel so break up." I love how these little mistakes managed to find their way onto such an amazing masterpiece Brian Wilson.... Thank you

One of my favourite songs ever

I haven't heard the track for many years, but when I saw the title of the video, it was playing in my head. My parents had their records. I would have been seven years old when this was released. I've never heard this version, but it is superb, sounding so fresh.

I was a huge Beach Boy fan from the age of 8, so that makes it 50yrs at this point; I was blessed with a cool mom who took me to a concert in 1965 at Cobo Arena

Great job spotlighting the making of one of my Favorite Beach Boys songs!

The instruments sound is still so soothing. Thank you guys. Greg

the baritone sax is so fucking awesome!

This is easily one of the most delightful videos I’ve ever seen on KZfaq. Thanks for making and sharing this!

The Beach Boys was a hard gang to get together..they had hobbies and always were somewhere or there..but, dam..did they ever make some songs..

"" WOW JUST WOW "" CLASSIC !!!! PURE TALENT ALL WRITERS & MUSICIANS !!!! AWESOME !!!! 🤘✌👍🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦 !!!!

Why are there any thumbs down ? I just don't get it. This is as good as music and production gets, as with all of Brian's songs. And especially on this masterpiece , 'Pet Sounds'. Do I put any thumbs down on the current pile of crap I hear on the radio ? Today's 'musik' and a lot of the 'musik' from the past 20 years really isn't worth even listening to whatsoever anyway.

i was 13 in 1963 and loved the beach boys music and had a 1969 camaroz/28,1967 mustang fastback GT,1970 camaross 396 ahhh those were the days.Wish i kept those cars.

Wow, that was awesome. Thank you for producing this video!

Beach Boys music will live forever and ever.

When I listen to this I wish I had moved down to LA and gotten into music production when I was young. This is some of the best production (especially vocals) ever put down on tape!

The sounds of angels grace these records.

I just discovered the a capella recording a few days ago, and it just reaffirms that this is my favorite Beach Boys tune. Vocal acoustic harmony orgiastic experiences at 5:10 and 6:11.

The best of vocals!!

All these " behind the sounds " are absolutely fascinating , Thank you very much for posting and I really cant wait for the next part of God only knows .

Absolutely awesome! another Beach Boys classic thanks to Brian's brilliant arranging and harmonizing.

I am in awe. This is the greatest account of how a great song becomes a great hit I have ever seen. A wonderful tribute to the Wrecking Crew, and of course Mr. Blaine, at the center. Thank you, thank you.

@briney1973 If you think Al Jardine had the power to insist the final tracklisting of an album in 1966 you're dreaming. The common myth is that Capitol insisted it be included, which to my finding has no evidence of being true. It's incredible to me how people can't seem to accept such a great song on a great album...and constantly keep fabricating fairy tales to explain its presence.

This is fantastic!!!!! Thank you

these are amazing videos. pure magic

Love this song

Love you Brian! Thanks for all the wonderful music.

All of these are amazing. I really appreciate you doing this.

@ 2:44 - The isolated bari sax is awesome!!!!

5:21 i love that. i love when you added the band back

The background sound is AWESOME! Great work by great musicians and all arranged brilliantly by Brian.

Looking forward to the Wrecking Crew movie coming out in '14. We'll get much more on an insight to the production of these gems.

This is SO BEAUTIFUL. Thanks so much for posting it.

Thanks for sharing this. I think this is their best song.

Can't stop playing this over and over..!

I've got this on vinyl (stereo) it's godly.

Fantastic. Thanks for putting this together. I enjoyed all of them. This is Brian at the top of his game.

Sheer brilliance. 👍

unbelievable!!! the most useful video i've ever found in youtube. congratulations!

god i love the sounds of the 12 string guitar on this song. it's so beautiful that it gives me goosebumps.

Thanks for doing all the work and research and putting this together, it's fascinating!

See, I told ya... once upon a time folks really did make music.

These videos are just fan-freaking-tastic. I hope you are immune to all of the copyright bulls*** sweeping across youtube right now, because this stuff is pure gold.

Always loved this song. Played it on the guitar and sang it to my children. Thank you! X

This video is very inspiring. A must see for all aspiring musicians.

If you haven't listened to this in headphones before, you should. The original LP was released in mono, but this "behind the sounds" clip is in pristine stereo. The fidelity is excellent, especially for a 45 year old tape

It blows my mind how Brian was able to tell the flutes were out of tune. As musically talented as I am, I couldn't tell they were out of tune until Brian said something. The man's a musical genius.

i dont know bout the rest of you but that blast of four part harmony at 5:11 damn near blasts my socks off.

Amazing ....thanks posting. Did not know the background story to this great music.

words cannot explain how much i love your channel, oh my gosh

Wow- what an amazingly insightful view of a well-known production. I've been quite obsessed with the Beach Boys of late (though these tracks were well before my time). I'm really interested in the production work of Brian Wilson. Thanks for a great video!

It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, "The John B. Sails," taken from Carl Sandburg's 1927 collection of folk songs, The American Songbag.

this is awesome! thanks for puttin in the time to make this

OMG, I love this post. Thank you!!!! wow

Man what a score for Frankie. Gets the $500 (about $5k today) plus the amp and 12 string.

So glad I found this...amazing...thanks for posting

Bravo another great video, thank you

This is an awesome video. Thanks for posting!

Amazing!

I think Jim Horn is also on some Rolling Stone songs. I see Carol Kay on bass. The Doors often had a studio bass player usually following the organ bass.

Excellent

Brian's musical genius is second to none. To this day, in his mid 60s, Brian's still kicking ass with vocal harmonies. Thanks for uploading. 5/5

truly a great archive - makes it interesting - it takes repetition

I saw Brian in concert last night!!! They played this song and it was beyond incredible. Brian looks good, sounds good, and he absolutely surpassed all my expectations. Seeing him was a dream come true and I feel like if I die tonight, it will be ok because I've heard his songs, sung by him, live!!!

“I feel so BREAK up …” From the original transcription of the song published in Carl Sandburg’s American Songbook.

Just amazing beautiful

This is so rich. It's never sounded this good

Brian is the pure genius of rock 'n roll. Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night attended one of the 12 sessions it took Brian to produce the song finish, at a cost of $75,000 to $100,000 to make in 1966. It cost to rhat amount to produce an album. Danny said he needed to leave the session as his mind was over loaded. He said Brian had all the instruments in his head to make the song. In my opinion it is the only song e😢ver that was 100% perfect. The Beatkes never did that. They had George Martin. Thanks Brian

Very well done. Thank you. Informative as well as entertaining...you kept my attention...now to see what else you have done. ;)

Magical stuff - thank you so much!

@FREISTUDIOS No, I posted all of the videos in order of their track listing. This was the seventh video I posted on this account. I have videos posted on another account that were also never converted over to MP4. KZfaq circa 2008-2009 was sometimes very spotty when it came to this, and as a user, you have no control over correcting it other than re-uploading the video.

truly it really takes time and hard work to connect it all

The vocals sound so godly... The end clip of them in the pool is hilarious!!!

This had to be a lot of work... might be the best vid I've seen on KZfaq in a long time.

i LUV this whole album.....

Magical

I think Sloop John B fits perfectly on this album, if you think of it in the context of the theme of the album. It's about love and coming of age in a world you aren't used to. Think about all the positive love songs in the beginning, they display a feeling of happiness over new found love. Then you get sloop john b which seems to not fit. I feel so broke up I want to go home, he isn't happy that he left anymore and by Caroline no he isn't satisfied with the relationship. Something has changed.

this song always makes me cry...