Produced as part of the BBC "Classic Albums" series, "Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds" has been flown transatlantically to Showtime to belatedly commemorate the 50th anniversary of an album relatively few people bought in its time but which is now widely considered a landmark of pop music. Still, apart from a couple of anecdotes, the commentators don’t quite get to the heart of what makes his music distinctive, influential and durable — he is even now performing "Pet Sounds" on an extended 50th-anniversary tour. Brian Wilson and Mar EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT / EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT/SHOWTIM Composer-producer-arranger Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linett listen to the Beach Boys' 1966 masterpiece in the Showtime documentary "Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds." Composer-producer-arranger Brian Wilson and engineer Mark Linett listen to the Beach Boys' 1966 masterpiece in the Showtime documentary "Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds." “The Beach Boys."

Source: Los Angeles Times April 06, 2017 12:56 UTC