Tom "Grover" Biery (Pet Sounds)

Tom "Grover" Biery (Pet Sounds)

From Caropop by Mark Caro

May 28, 2026 · 1h 3m · Season 1 · Episode 227

About this episode

Tom "Grover" Biery discusses the 60th anniversary release of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and the unique sourcing of its remastered version.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds , Interscope-Capitol has released a limited-edition Definitive Sound Series One Step version of this landmark album. Tom “Grover” Biery, who oversaw the project, tells of its unusual sourcing, which involves the 1972 master of Pet Sounds that was released as part of a double LP with the then-new Beach Boys album Carl and the Passions “So Tough.” Why was that 1972 Pet Sounds so revered, and how did it come to be used here instead of the original 1966 mono master? How does this DSS version differ from the mono/stereo Pet Sounds that Universal's Vinylphyle series just released? Do people buying these new Pet Sounds versions already own multiple copies? (Raises hand...) Biery also produced One-Steps from Dr. Dre, Beck, R.E.M. (as previously discussed on Caropop), Tom Petty, Green Day and Prince and the Revolution, and he explains why the quality justifies the price.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Caro

Guest: Tom "Grover" Biery

Topics covered

  • Beach Boys
  • Pet Sounds
  • music production
  • vinyl records
  • album remastering
  • music history

Keywords

  • Beach Boys
  • Pet Sounds
  • remaster
  • vinyl
  • music history
  • album release
  • Tom "Grover" Biery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Interscope-Capitol, Universal

Books & works: Pet Sounds

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