Stumbled across a BBC Radio 2 programme this evening discussing Pet Sounds

[Sam_BFC]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r4ycx

Some basic analysis, played a few of the songs in full, and also featured some Brian and Carl interviews that I haven't personally heard before.

However, one of the presenters kept repeating that the Good Vibrations single was released before the Pet Sounds album, unless I grossly misunderstood them 

Still a nice surprise I suppose.

[The Shift]

Subsequent Steve Lamacq show played this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVM8c4Xd3U

The Four Pennies When The Boy's Happy (The Girl's Happy Too)

Sounds like a blend of Gee and The One You Can't Have. Great sound!

[EgoHanger1966]

Subsequent Steve Lamacq show played this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVM8c4Xd3U

The Four Pennies When The Boy's Happy (The Girl's Happy Too)

Sounds like a blend of Gee and The One You Can't Have. Great sound!

That's The Chiffons under a psuedonym. 1964.

[Emdeeh]

The Radio 2 show is available on the BBC iplayer for the next week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n0w7r

[Cabinessenceking]

'Good Vibrations came out months before this record'
No it didnt you confounded person. I thought your job was to read up then present.

[Amanda Hart]

However, one of the presenters kept repeating that the Good Vibrations single was released before the Pet Sounds album, unless I grossly misunderstood them 

Still a nice surprise I suppose.

For some reason, this is not an uncommon mistake. I took a History of Rock and Roll class in college and that was how they taught the timeline the half lecture we talked about the Beach Boys. We also learned that day how Brian Wilson was a great surfer and about that amazing song from Sgt. Peppers "Strawberry Fields Forever". I didn't even try to correct the grad student teaching the class, because I took her to task about some bad information about Sun Records like the 2nd day of class and I could tell I embarrassed her.

It's amazing how much bad information is out there and how it can mare an otherwise good program like this one. At least it can for people like us.