McCartney Times

Following rock ‘n’ roll’s big bang in the 1950s, the swinging ’60s would prove to be a decade of runaway evolution that combined prior genres to create something entirely original. In the sunny stretches of California, Brian Wilson and his band, The Beach Boys, popularised surf rock just as The Beatles began a revolution in Britain. These two bands were naturally set against each other as transatlantic enemies, but this was mostly confined to the media and fan-based rivalry. Despite an appropriate level of envy, The Beatles and The Beach Boys had barrow loads of mutual admiration.Shortly after the release of The Beach Boys’ career-defining masterpiece, Pet Sounds, The Beatles famously regrouped to outmanoeuvre their Californian counterparts in the psychedelic masterpiece, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Source: Brian Wilson’s two favourite albums by The Beatles