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

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

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966) [DVD18, 2003]
DVD-A Side: ISO | MLP 24bit/96kHz in 5.1 Surround, 2.0 Stereo, and Mono PCM | 7,74 GB
DVD-V Side: PAL | VIDEO_TS folder | Audio tracks - see in details | ~ 25:20 min | 5,28 GB
Additionally: LPCM 24bit/96kHz to FLAC ~ 2329/2394 kbps + m3u | Complete Scanwork | 1,1 GB
20 songs encoded via 5 different formats | Label: Capitol Records / EMI | Catalogue # 72434-77936-9-1

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.

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

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.

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]



• MLP 96/24 - 5.1 Surround Sound
• LPCM 96/24 - 2.0 Stereo
• LPCM 96/24 - 1.0 Mono (Original album only)

Running time: 58:15 min (20 songs)

CPPM: Yes
Watermarks: No




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^)


Used software: DVD Audio Extractor 6.0.1
Direct stream mode.
Encoded with FLAC 1.2.1 - fully & properly tagged.

Dynamic Range for MONO version:

Analyzed: The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds (Original Mono Program)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR8 -0.14 dB -10.08 dB 2:27 01-Wouldn't It Be Nice
DR8 -0.14 dB -10.28 dB 2:35 02-You Still Believe In Me
DR8 -0.14 dB -9.96 dB 2:30 03-That's Not Me
DR8 -0.14 dB -9.62 dB 2:54 04-Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
DR7 -0.14 dB -9.70 dB 3:06 05-I'm Waiting For The Day
DR8 -0.14 dB -10.55 dB 2:21 06-Let's Go Away For Awhile
DR7 -0.14 dB -9.09 dB 3:00 07-Sloop John B
DR7 -0.14 dB -9.13 dB 2:53 08-God Only Knows
DR7 -0.14 dB -8.89 dB 3:11 09-I Know There's An Answer
DR8 -0.14 dB -9.90 dB 2:55 10-Here Today
DR8 -0.14 dB -10.00 dB 3:16 11-I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
DR9 -0.14 dB -10.67 dB 2:23 12-Pet Sounds
DR9 -0.14 dB -11.61 dB 3:14 13-Caroline No
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2329 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

Dynamic Range for STEREO version:

Analyzed: The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds (Stereo)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR8 -0.14 dB -11.24 dB 2:35 01-Wouldn't It Be Nice
DR8 -0.14 dB -10.85 dB 2:36 02-You Still Believe In Me
DR9 -0.14 dB -10.82 dB 2:31 03-That's Not Me
DR11 -0.14 dB -12.92 dB 2:58 04-Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
DR9 -0.14 dB -12.79 dB 3:07 05-I'm Waiting For The Day
DR10 -0.14 dB -12.99 dB 2:25 06-Let's Go Away For Awhile
DR8 -0.14 dB -10.66 dB 2:59 07-Sloop John B
DR9 -0.14 dB -11.56 dB 2:55 08-God Only Knows
DR9 -0.14 dB -10.54 dB 3:18 09-I Know There's An Answer
DR8 -0.14 dB -10.91 dB 3:07 10-Here Today
DR10 -0.14 dB -11.41 dB 3:21 11-I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
DR9 -0.14 dB -11.52 dB 2:38 12-Pet Sounds
DR10 -0.14 dB -12.60 dB 2:57 13-Caroline No
DR9 -0.15 dB -13.27 dB 0:55 14-Unused Intro for (Don't Talk) Put Your Head On My Shoulders [Bonus Track]
DR12 -0.14 dB -17.85 dB 3:47 15-Wouldn't It Be Nice (Session Highlights) [Bonus Track]
DR9 -0.14 dB -11.35 dB 2:34 16-Wouldn't It Be Nice (Alternative Mix without Lead Vocal) [Bonus Track]
DR10 -0.14 dB -14.99 dB 3:38 17-God Only Knows (Session Highlights) [Bonus Track]
DR11 -0.14 dB -13.74 dB 2:55 18-God Only Knows (Master Track Mix with Acappella Tag) [Bonus Track]
DR13 -0.12 dB -17.82 dB 3:20 19-I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Acappella Mix) [Bonus Track]
DR11 -0.14 dB -13.35 dB 2:23 20-Summer Means New Love (Instumental) [Bonus Track]
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 20
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2394 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================



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]



VIDEO:
PAL, Aspect Ratio: 1,33:1
MPEG-2 720x576, 25 Fps
Auto VBR (Nominal bitrate 9000 Kbps)
Audio: See "Technical Details" above.



Total (Videos) length: ~ 25:20 min
Unpacked Size: 5,43 GB
5% Recovery info
Total on server: 5,28 MB

Break layer at: 1 447 424
Regional protection: none.


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

Untouched DVD-Audio side, ISO
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11

Untouched DVD-Video side, VIDEO_TS folder
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8

LPCM 24/96 Stereo to FLAC
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

LPCM 24/96 MONO to FLAC
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

all covers.jpg (53 MB)

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