Beach Boys - Pet Sounds LP x2 color LTD 40th Anniv. NM

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 Hello fellow record collectors,

I'm selling off most of my record collection and what remains is all my classic rock and blues of various sorts, so keep an eye on my listings if you're interested. Here is a near mint copy of The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds LP in Limited Edition Double LP Format. Disc 1 is the mono version pressed on yellow vinyl and disc 2 is the stereo version pressed on green vinyl. This LP is numbered 00645. This is released, as the original LP was, on Capitol Records. The vinyl and GATEFOLD cover are all near mint. The sticker you see in the photo is not actually stuck to the front of the LP - I just saved it from the shrink wrap and keep it in the dust jacket. Here is the all music guide review:

Review by Richie Unterberger

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, theremin, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans, barking dogs, and more. It wouldn't have been a classic without great songs, and this has some of the group's most stunning melodies, as well as lyrical themes which evoke both the intensity of newly born love affairs and the disappointment of failed romance (add in some general statements about loss of innocence and modern-day confusion as well). The spiritual quality of the material is enhanced by some of the most gorgeous upper-register male vocals (especially by Brian and Carl Wilson) ever heard on a rock record. "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," "Caroline No," and "Sloop John B" (the last of which wasn't originally intended to go on the album) are the well-known hits, but equally worthy are such cuts as "You Still Believe in Me," "Don't Talk," "I Know There's an Answer," and "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times." It's often said that this is more of a Brian Wilson album than a Beach Boys recording (session musicians played most of the parts), but it should be noted that the harmonies are pure Beach Boys (and some of their best). Massively influential upon its release (although it was a relatively low seller compared to their previous LPs), it immediately vaunted the band into the top level of rock innovators among the intelligentsia, especially in Britain, where it was a much bigger hit.