Production
The information on the disc covers that produced the producer Nick Venet Capitol, the first two albums, although the payment of a substantial part of the production work is likely by Brian Wilson. Especially from the session sheets shows that Venets role in the production only consisted announce the various takes. Arrangements and sound pictures came from Wilson, who often complained about the fact that Venet tried to change the sound. From the third album Surfer Girl Wilson was officially listed as a producer. For the Beach Boys were the first band to produce themselves. They paved the way for generations of musicians and bands in the past were always subordinate to a producer, assigned to the record company the band. With the release of Smiley Smile, after the increased withdrawal of Brian Wilson, were on the record covers, "The Beach Boys" is specified as producers, with the individual songs were mostly produced by a band member or in team work and especially Carl Wilson took over the leadership role. After Brian Wilson in the mid 1970s, produced two more albums, he was succeeded Alan Jardine and Bruce Johnston then as a producer after. As of 1985 put the Beach Boys most external producers such as Steve Levine (1985) and Terry Melcher (1986 to 1993) one.
The Beach Boys in 1963 ensured a further innovation. They used not to the studio for their recordings of their record company, but sat through, choose their own recording location may. Even the Beatles took at that time only the hotel's Abbey Road Studios to complete. The preferred studio of the Beach Boys were the Western Studios in Los Angeles, but also the Gold Star Studios. 1967 Brian Wilson built a home studio, the Beach Boys used. The studio was relocated in 1970 as the Brothers Studio in Santa Monica. In 1972 they built another studio in the Netherlands.