Hi @hotel. I too have the DCC Pet Sounds LP, as well as their gold disc CD of the album, both mastered by Steve Hoffman.
Kevin Gray was years ago hired by Capitol Records to produce a new stereo mix of Pet Sounds, and he worked side-by-side with Brian on that project. When Chad Kassem secured the rights to do 14 Beach Boys album reissues, he chose Kevin to do the mastering.
While the Surfer Girl album was recorded in true stereo---as well as in great sound quality (even the Capitol LP of that album sounds good), Pet Sounds, Smiley Smile, and Wild Honey were issued by Capitol on LP in mono and "reprocessed stereo", and sound terrible (no highs, no lows, and extremely veiled). Past reissues (including that by DCC) slightly improved the sound of Pet Sounds, but not nearly to the same degree as has Analogue Productions in their new LP. If you love Pet Sounds, you NEED the AP pressing!
Kevin Gray was years ago hired by Capitol Records to produce a new stereo mix of Pet Sounds, and he worked side-by-side with Brian on that project. When Chad Kassem secured the rights to do 14 Beach Boys album reissues, he chose Kevin to do the mastering.
While the Surfer Girl album was recorded in true stereo---as well as in great sound quality (even the Capitol LP of that album sounds good), Pet Sounds, Smiley Smile, and Wild Honey were issued by Capitol on LP in mono and "reprocessed stereo", and sound terrible (no highs, no lows, and extremely veiled). Past reissues (including that by DCC) slightly improved the sound of Pet Sounds, but not nearly to the same degree as has Analogue Productions in their new LP. If you love Pet Sounds, you NEED the AP pressing!