Beach Boys Concert

Beach Boys Concert is the first live album by the Beach Boys, released in 1964. It is their seventh album in all, and their third alone in the same year. It was their first number one album in the US, and the first live album that ever topped pop music record charts,^[1] maintaining its position for four weeks during a sixty-two week chart stay, and becoming another gold seller.

The album was recorded live at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California. Because 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 the only live document of the original line up of the Beach Boys in officially released LP form.

In 2014, Live in Sacramento 1964 was released, containing additional performances from these concert dates.^[2]

Recording

The album includes several songs that the Beach Boys regularly performed live but had not previously included on an album, 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".

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 used the original music tracks for both "Fun, Fun, Fun" (which was sped up) and "I Get Around", both of which had elements removed to make them appear as though they were new performances.

Variations

A truncated version was released on Pickwick Records as Wow! Great Concert! Beach Boys Concert (Capitol (S)TAO 2198) was paired on CD with Live in London, with bonus tracks from both periods. Bonus Tracks include "Don't Worry Baby (Live 1964)" (2:56) and "Heroes And Villains (Live 1967)" (3:47).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Track listing

Side one

"Fun, Fun, Fun" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:26
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (Don Altfeld/Jan Berry/Roger Christian) – 3:00
"Little Deuce Coupe" (B. Wilson/Christian) – 2:27
"Long, Tall Texan" (Henry Strezlecki) – 2:32
"In My Room" (B. Wilson/Gary Usher) – 2:25
"Monster Mash" (Boris Pickett/Lenny Capizzi) – 2:27
"Let's Go Trippin'" (Dick Dale) – 2:34

Side two

"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" (Carl White/Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Turner Wilson Jr.) – 2:18
"The Wanderer" (Ernest Maresca) – 2:00
"Hawaii" (B. Wilson/Love) – 1:51
"Graduation Day" (Joe Sherman/Noel Sherman) – 3:29
"I Get Around" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:42
"Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 1:56

Personnel

The Beach Boys

Mike Love - vocals
Al Jardine - vocals, rhythm guitar
Brian Wilson - vocals, bass guitar
Carl Wilson - vocals, lead guitar
Dennis Wilson - vocals, drums

Sales chart positions

Albums

Year	Chart	Position
1964	US Billboard 200 Albums Chart	1

References

↑ Moskowitz 2015, p. 42.
↑ "Beach Boys Release Two Expansive Archival Digital Albums Featuring Music from 1964". WFJA Classic Hits 105.5'. December 7, 2014.
↑ Unterberger, Richie (1964-10-19). "Concert - The Beach Boys : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

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.
Allmusic.com

Preceded by People by Barbra Streisand	Billboard 200 number-one album December 5, 1964 - January 1, 1965	Succeeded by Roustabout by Elvis Presley

The Beach Boys

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Hits	Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 1, 2, 3 Endless Summer Spirit of America Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys 20 Golden Greats Ten Years of Harmony Sunshine Dream Made in U.S.A. Greatest Hits Vol. 1, 2, 3 The Very Best of The Beach Boys Sounds of Summer The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition) The Warmth of the Sun Fifty Big Ones

Themed	Stack-O-Tracks Ultimate Christmas Classics Selected by Brian Wilson Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition Summer Love Songs

Rarities	Rarities Lost & Found (1961–62) Endless Harmony Hawthorne, CA The Big Beat 1963 Keep an Eye on Summer 1964 Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged

Box sets	Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Pet Sounds Sessions The Capitol Years The Original US Singles Collection The Capitol Years 1962–1965 The Smile Sessions Made in California

Documentary films

Good Vibrations Tour (1976)
An American Band (1985)
Nashville Sounds (1996)
Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story (1998)
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002)
Doin' It Again (2012)

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Other media

Albums	Brian Wilson Presents Smile Four by the Beach Boys Looking Back with Love Pacific Ocean Blue Pet Sounds Live Spring

Film Television	An American Family Beautiful Dreamer The Girls on the Beach Love & Mercy soundtrack The Monkey's Uncle

Print	Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy "Goodbye Surfing, Hello God!" I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Unreleased	Smile Lei'd in Hawaii Bedroom Tapes Adult/Child Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Andy Paley sessions

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