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The Beach Boys at the zoo

Discovered: rare film from the day the Beach Boys were banned from San Diego Zoo

By Fraser Lewry last updated

The cover of The Beach Boys' classic Pet Sounds found them feeding goats at San Diego Zoo. Now newsreel footage shot on the day has emerged

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Brian Wilson in the studio making Pet Sounds

How Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and reinvented music

By Paul Lester published

Tiring of making frothy pop, Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording what became an all-time classic: Pet Sounds

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Pet Sounds: The story of how the Beach Boys helped inspire progressive rock

By Paul Lester last updated

Taking inspiration from Arthur Koestler’s Act Of Creation with themes of love, hope, regret and sorrow, The Beach Boys’ masterpiece confounded those expecting more songs about cars and girls

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