Editing Pet Sounds (section)

==Title and cover photo==
[[File:Brian+Wilson+Pet+Sounds+Era+Brian.jpg|thumb|alt=Wilson kneeling down face-to-face with a goat|Wilson posing with a goat at the [[San Diego Zoo]]]]

In his memoir, Love wrote that Capitol organized the cover shoot after proposing the album title ''Our Freaky Friends'', with the animals representing the "freaky friends".{{sfn|Love|2016|p=133}} When asked about the cover's origin in 2016, Wilson could not remember who suggested the zoo.<ref name="Goats2016">{{cite web |last1=Gilstrap |first1=Peter |date=June 16, 2016 |title=The epic tale of the Beach Boys and the 'Pet Sounds' goats |url=http://curious.kcrw.com/2016/06/the-epic-tale-of-the-beach-boys-and-the-pet-sounds-goats |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711071124/https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/the-epic-tale-of-the-beach-boys-and-the-pet-sounds-goats |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |website=[[KCRW]]}}</ref> Jardine recalled that ''Pet Sounds'' had already been selected as the title prior to the shoot, initially misunderstanding "pet" as slang for romantic encounters, and attributed the final concept to Capitol's art department.<ref name="legends"/> Though some sources cite ''Remember the Zoo'' as a working title,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Varga |first1=George |date=June 26, 2016 |title=Who got the Beach Boys' goat at the San Diego Zoo? |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-beach-boys-did-not-enjoy-pet-sounds-zoo-photo-2016jun26-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918202302/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-beach-boys-did-not-enjoy-pet-sounds-zoo-photo-2016jun26-story.html |archive-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref> this originated as a 1990s fan-created hoax.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doe |first1=Andrew G. |date=n.d. |title=Unreleased albums |url=http://bellagio10452.com/unreleased.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918202254/http://bellagio10452.com/unreleased.html |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |access-date=September 18, 2021 |website=Bellagio 10452}}</ref>

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The cover photo was taken on February 10, 1966, by photographer George Jerman.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=115–116}} Local [[KFMB-TV]] reporters filmed the shoot; their footage was lost until 2021.<ref name="diego2021">{{cite news |last1=Zevely |first1=Jeff |title=Discovered: Lost footage of Beach Boys at the San Diego Zoo in 1966 |url=https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/zevely-zone/lost-footage-beach-boys-san-diego-zoo/509-2a90313f-8b22-425a-80f5-a12c381deceb |access-date=March 31, 2021 |date=February 9, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418060555/https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/zevely-zone/lost-footage-beach-boys-san-diego-zoo/509-2a90313f-8b22-425a-80f5-a12c381deceb |archive-date=April 18, 2021}}</ref> A ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune|San Diego Union]]'' report stated the group visited the zoo for their album ''Our Freaky Friends'', with zoo staff initially objecting to the title but relenting when told animals were popular with teenagers. The Beach Boys had aimed to capitalize on this trend before the rock band [[the Animals]],{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=117}} who had released an album titled ''[[Animal Tracks (American album)|Animal Tracks]]'' months earlier.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[AllMusic]] |title=Animal Tracks |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000120672 |first=Bruce |last=Eder |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308073550/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000120672 |archive-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> The zoo banned the group, accusing them of mishandling animals,<ref name="Varga2016" /> though the ban was later lifted.<ref name="diego2021"/> 

During the March 1966 dog barking studio session for "Caroline, No", Brian proposed photographing Carl's horse at Western Studio, an exchange that was documented on tape.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=165}}{{refn|group=nb|Brian asked Britz: "Hey, Chuck, is it possible we can bring a horse in here without&nbsp;... if we don't screw everything up?", to which an audibly startled Britz responds, "I ''beg'' your pardon?", with Brian then pleading, "Honest to God, now, the horse is tame and everything!"{{sfn|Sanchez|2014|p=83}}}} Brian later told biographer [[Byron Preiss]] the album was named "after the dogs ... That was the whole idea".{{sfn|Preiss|1979|p=54}} Love credited himself with coining the title ''Pet Sounds'',{{sfn|Love|2016|p=133}} a claim Wilson and Jardine endorsed in 2016.<ref name="Goats2016" /> Love recalled suggesting the title in a studio hallway, inspired by the zoo photos and animal sounds on the record."<ref name="Love1997">{{cite AV media notes |first=Mike |last=Love |author-link=Mike Love |chapter=The Making of Pet Sounds: Preface |title=The Pet Sounds Sessions |others=[[The Beach Boys]] |year=1997 |publisher=[[Capitol Records]] |type=Booklet |chapter-url=http://albumlinernotes.com/The_Making_of_Pet_Sounds.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026092427/http://albumlinernotes.com/The_Making_of_Pet_Sounds.html |archive-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> Wilson consulted Asher, who disapproved, feeling that the title had "trivialized what we had accomplished".{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=82}}

Carl stated in 1996 that he was uncertain who devised the title, but recalled that it originated from Brian's concept of compiling his favorite musical "pet sounds", remarking, "It was hard to think of a name for the album, because you sure couldn't call it ''[[Shut Down Volume 2|Shut Down Vol. 3]]''.<ref name=Carl1997 />{{refn|group=nb|In the 1990s, Brian attributed the title to Carl.<ref name="SongBySong">{{cite AV media notes |first=David |last=Leaf |author-link=David Leaf |chapter=Song by Song Notes |title=The Pet Sounds Sessions |others=[[The Beach Boys]] |year=1997 |publisher=[[Capitol Records]] |type=Booklet |chapter-url=http://albumlinernotes.com/Song_by_Song_Notes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427193319/http://albumlinernotes.com/Song_by_Song_Notes.html |archive-date=April 27, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ElliotLinerNotes1999" />}} Brian also suggested the name paid homage to Phil Spector through shared initials (PS).<ref name="ABoysOwnStory">{{cite news |last1=O'Hagan |first1=Sean |author-link1=Sean O'Hagan (journalist) |date=January 5, 2002 |title=A Boy's Own Story |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/jan/06/features.review87 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314004011/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/jan/06/features.review87 |archive-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref> Wilson's 1991 memoir claims the title was inspired by Love dismissively asking, "Who's gonna hear this shit? The ears of a dog?"{{sfn|Harrison|1997|p=54}}—a statement Love denied in 2016.<ref name="BalladofML">{{cite magazine |last1=Hedegaard |first1=Erik |date=February 17, 2016 |title=The Ballad of Mike Love |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-ballad-of-mike-love-20160217 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222021009/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-ballad-of-mike-love-170168/ |archive-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref>