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The Beach Boys
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. The Beach Boys runs through 5 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside The Ronettes, The Beatles and The Supremes.
Shows where The Beach Boys appears
Wall of Sound: Studio as Symphony
Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, built at Gold Star Studios with The Wrecking Crew, transforms 1960s pop and echoes in Brian Wilson's Beach Boys and beyond.
1 of 8 tracks — God Only Knows
LA's Anonymous Hitmakers
The Wrecking Crew's uncredited studio legends craft Spector's Wall of Sound on "Be My Baby" and define the California sound for The Mamas & The Papas, shaping 60s pop.
1 of 8 tracks — Good Vibrations
The Art of Mono Immensity
The 60s saw producers like Phil Spector and Brian Wilson craft massive, layered mono soundscapes, from the Wall of Sound to The Beatles' studio as instrument, all for radio's airwaves.
1 of 7 tracks — God Only Knows
1967: Studio as Sound Canvas
In 1967, the studio became an instrument itself, as The Beatles, The Supremes, and Jimi Hendrix used tape manipulation and multi-tracking to craft sounds impossible to play live.
1 of 7 tracks — Heroes and Villains
Sgt. Pepper's: Songs or Possibility?
Sgt. Pepper's pushed boundaries, but The Beatles' Revolver and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds already laid the groundwork for its studio innovations and psychedelic sound.
1 of 6 tracks — Good Vibrations