"The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, the theremin, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans, barking dogs, and more. It wouldn't have been a classic wi...   [ read more ]

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If you'd tried to track down Cuff The Duke a year and a half ago, you'd only have found a couple of kids (Jeff Peers and Wayne Petti, specifically) doing their absolute best to top the Beach Boy's Pet Sounds on Jeff's four- track. With the recording and the subsequent shows as a two-piece well- received, they decided to take the project to another level: With Brad Fudge and Paul Lowman coming on board to look after the rhythm section, Cuff The Duke came to life ...   [ read more ]

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There's little arguing that Pet Sounds is one of the greatest albums in rock & roll, and its cult, if anything, has only grown in the decades since its intial release. Part of the fascination with Pet Sounds lies in its detailed, multi-layered arrangements, in which all the parts blend together into a symphonic whole. The richness of the music is one of the reasons hardcore fans have desired a set like The Pet Sounds Sessions, a four-disc box that presents an abundance of working mixes, alterna...   [ read more ]

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