"Pet Sounds: The Prequel"? The Beach Boys' classic 1966 album represented a huge leap forward for the group, but Brian Wilson had been building to it from the start.

In a new episode of Surf's Up: A Beach Boys Podcast Safari, Philip Lambert, music scholar and editor of Good Vibrations: Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys in Critical Perspective, joins hosts Mark Dillon (Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys) and Phil Miglioratti (Pray For Surf blog) and each comes up with his track lineup of older Beach Boys songs that anticipate the themes, structures and sounds Pet Sounds.

A fascinating discussion with some insights that are sure to surprise!