[newfreep]

Sonny "learned" the recording techniques from Phil Spector at "Gold Star Studios" - home of Phil's "Wall of Sound". Phil purposely avoided miking individual instruments to focus on the whole sound...ie, the "Wall of Sound".

Some interesting tidbits...
Sonny & Cher sang backup on "You've Lost That Lovin Feeling" that Phil produced at Gold Star.

In addition, the Beach Boys did most of their recording at Gold Star including "Pet Sounds".

Gold Star was a very legendary studio that was the home to the equally legendary "Wrecking Crew" studio band that included Hal Blaine on drums and Carol Kay on bass. The Wrecking Crew played the instruments on most Beach Boy albums.

[ArmstedFragg]

Pet Sounds was done at United Western with Bill Putnam at the controls. Most of Brian’s work was done in Western 3.