Good find

[leggo of my ego]

I can't remember who it was in another thread that asked about it, but *this* FM broadcast from Nassau 1974 is *the one* where Dennis sang lead on Help Me Rhonda, and for my money it's one of the most smokin' live performances of that song or of the Beach Boys live band in general ever captured on tape. He kills that lead, and the whole band is rocking out.

I'll agree that if there ever were to be an official BB's live tape release series, like The Dead or Pearl Jam have done for decades, this show would be at the top of such a list.

Thanks! Now I have the urgent desire to hear this and can't!

Sure you can. download it off the internet-- pm if you need help finding the file.

[Mikie]

who is that singing Sail on Sailor? Billy?

Billy.  Sometimes Figueroa would sing it too.

[Awesoman]

In my local music store picked up their concert from Nassau Coliseum ny June 1974.. Lotta great holland tracks, clarity nice.. Anyways wanted to share cause u don't always come across these in the stores

I'm just impressed you have a "local record store" to go to. Didn't know they made those anymore. I remember visiting a great record store in Ohio that had a pre-release boot of the Pet Sounds stereo mix. It was a demo of the forthcoming box set for said album.  I had the stereo mix nearly a year before the box set even came out. And it was that mix that *really* turned me on to the album.

[Daniel]

Damn u lucky Mikie.. Wish I could of seen these shoes but I was born in 83.  The only reason why I even posted was because there very few people my age who share the same enthusiasm about a BB boot. But yea the one I picked up is pipeline.

Im only 3 years older than you and i share your enthusiasm! I wish there were more......

And thanks for the gig info Mikie, great post

[Lonelysea30]

Yea it's actually a great record shop with just about anything rare.. Beach boys selection is phenomenal. I like a lot of jazz and I can't find a place to beat their selection, even tried many stores in NYC but not the same. Only one that comes close is a great place in the village called bleeker street records. I remember them having every bb cd and vinyl ever made with lots of boots

[hypehat]

I've said for years that it's a shame that the Beach Boys never did an online-only sort of "bootleg series" to release the live soundboard recordings that exist, whether circulated or not. Of course, the Beach Boys Central website was supposed to remedy that, and that's been under the rug for almost seven years. The Beach Boys must love having their music bootlegged, I guess...

OTM.

But then, several groups have had 'bootleg series', like Johnny Cash & The Velvet Underground, to name disparate examples. No reason why The Beach Boys couldn't have put out these concerts unless, of course, they simply didn't like them.

Wish I had some Beach Boys boots on vinyl, tbh. Although the instant access of mp3s is essential for such, well, inessential material as most Beach Boys bootlegs (not really meaning live material), mp3s are an impermanent medium. Vinyl and Digital are so incompatible it's amazing, and yet they're the only way I listen to music.

[SonoraDick]

who is that singing Sail on Sailor? Billy?

Billy.  Sometimes Figueroa would sing it too.

And they still do, nearly 40 years later. When I saw Al's band last year, Billy & Bobby traded verses.

[leggo of my ego]

I've said for years that it's a shame that the Beach Boys never did an online-only sort of "bootleg series" to release the live soundboard recordings that exist, whether circulated or not. Of course, the Beach Boys Central website was supposed to remedy that, and that's been under the rug for almost seven years. The Beach Boys must love having their music bootlegged, I guess...

OTM.

But then, several groups have had 'bootleg series', like Johnny Cash & The Velvet Underground, to name disparate examples. No reason why The Beach Boys couldn't have put out these concerts unless, of course, they simply didn't like them.

Wish I had some Beach Boys boots on vinyl, tbh. Although the instant access of mp3s is essential for such, well, inessential material as most Beach Boys bootlegs (not really meaning live material), mp3s are an impermanent medium. Vinyl and Digital are so incompatible it's amazing, and yet they're the only way I listen to music.

Mp3 is not my favored listening medium either -- but its better than nothing and the best for portable listening (well FLAC should be better but I cant tell on a portable player like Cowon J3)

[hypehat]

I grew up on mp3s, though - the ability to segue anything, regardless of genre or mood and the subsequent thinking that gives to my musical taste and rationale (in my better moments) is really key, and at least equal to the artform of sequencing a perfect album, a 40 minute statement. The main outcome is that I spend a lot of the time clicking >> on my itunes, but I blame Steve Jobs for making me want an iPod