Beach Boys Concert
Live Album by The Beach Boys
Release	19 October 1964
Recorded	21 December 1963 and 1 August 1964 With post-concert studio doctoring
Genre(s)	Rock
Length	32:11
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Brian Wilson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Beach Boys chronology
All Summer Long (1964)	Beach Boys Concert (1964)	The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)

Beach Boys Concert is a live album by The Beach Boys, released in 1964. It is their seventh album in all, and their third alone in the same year. What is perhaps most notable about the album is that it provided The Beach Boys with their first #1 album in the US, remaining at the top for four weeks and becoming another gold seller. Image File history File links BBConcertCover. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... The Beach Boys, 1963 (L to R, David Marks, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson) The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Capitol record by Wingy Manone Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Brian Wilson, 1988. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... The Beach Boys, 1963 (L to R, David Marks, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson) The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links BBConcertCover. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Beach Boys Christmas Album is a seasonal offering by The Beach Boys, released in the 1964 holiday period. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Beach Boys, 1963 (L to R, David Marks, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson) The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Beach Boys Concert proves to be a timely release because leader and producer Brian Wilson was about to vacate his position in the live group, and would only perform sporadically with them over the course of the next three decades. It is also the only live document of the original five members of The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson, 1988. ... The Beach Boys, 1963 (L to R, David Marks, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson) The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ...

In order to make it special for the fans, the album includes several songs that The Beach Boys regularly performed live but had never included on their last six albums, such as "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow", "The Wanderer" and "Monster Mash". "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" was actually a Jan & Dean hit. Alongside those were a sampling of their favorites, such as "Hawaii", "In My Room", "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "I Get Around". Jan Berry (April 3, 1941, Los Angeles -- March 26, 2004) and Dean Torrence (born March 10, 1940, Los Angeles) were a rock and roll duo briefly popular in the early 1960s as part of the surf music craze inspired by The Beach Boys. ...

Studio doctoring on Beach Boys Concert is very evident, from the overdubbed vocals, and the fact that the concert also featured recordings from December 1963 (also where announcer Fred Vail's introduction comes from). Most obviously, Brian Wilson - clearly in perfectionist mode - used the original music tracks for both "Fun, Fun, Fun" (which was speeded up) and "I Get Around", both of which had elements removed to make them appear as though they were new performances. December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Despite the shady circumstances surrounding its post-production (as is the case with many live albums), Beach Boys Concert is still an exciting live document and a missing link in their early discography, which captured The Beach Boys in a context that was about to change forever.

Track Listing

1. "Fun Fun Fun" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 2:26
2. "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" (D. Allfield/Roger Christian) - 3:00
3. "Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) - 2:27
4. "Long, Tall Texan" (Henry Strezlecki) - 2:32
5. "In My Room" (Brian Wilson/Gary Usher) - 2:25
6. "Monster Mash" (Boris Pickett/Lenny Capizzi) - 2:27
7. "Let's Go Trippin'" (Dick Dale) - 2:34
8. "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" (Carl White/Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Turner Wilson Jr.) - 2:18
9. "The Wanderer" (Ernest Maresca) - 2:00
10. "Hawaii" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 1:51
11. "Graduation Day" (Joe Sherman/Noel Sherman) - 3:29
12. "I Get Around" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 2:42
13. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) - 1:56

Beach Boys Concert (Capitol (S)TAO 2198) is now paired on CD with the unauthorised UK 1970 release Live in London, with bonus tracks from both periods. Brian Wilson, 1988. ... Mike Love (born March 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter who was one of the lead singers and lyrical composers of The Beach Boys, along with Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and a school friend Al Jardine. ... Gary Usher (born December 14, 1938; died May 25, 1990) was an American surf rock musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (born October 18, 1926), better known as Chuck Berry, is a highly influential American guitarist, singer and composer. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Live in London (The Beach Boys) Live in London (Steppenwolf) Live in London (Judas Priest) Live in London (The Strokes) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Beach Boys Concert hit #1 in the US during a 62 week chart stay.

Sources

• Beach Boys Concert/Live In London CD booklet notes, David Leaf, c.1990.
• "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
• "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story", Brian Wilson and Todd Gold, c. 1991.
• "Top Pop Singles 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• All Music Guide.com

Timothy White (January 25, 1952 - June 27, 2002) was a noted rock music journalist and editor. ... Brian Wilson, 1988. ...

External links

• Beach Boys Concert lyrics