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  "path": "/2026/05/22/on-the-record-beach-boys-pet-sounds-sessions-highlights-plus-teddy-thompson-and-crow-and-gazelle/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T11:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Relatively few albums warrant expansion into box sets that deconstruct their development with alternate takes and mixes, outtakes, and demos. But if any LP merits such treatment, it’s the Beach Boys’  _Pet Sounds_ , Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece, which is widely and deservedly regarded as one of the half dozen or so best albums of the entire rock era. Inspired by Phil Spector’s productions and the Beatles’  _Rubber Soul_ , Wilson masterminded a pop/rock collection that is so inventively arranged, melodic, and alluring that Paul McCartney said it influenced  _his_ group to create Sgt. Pepper.\n\n_Pet Sounds_ got …",
  "title": "On the Record: Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights,’ plus Teddy Thompson and Crow and Gazelle"
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