Questions about the 1978 Austrailian recordings/films
TonyW:
Quote from: Jay on January 28, 2008, 08:56:18 PM
Quote from: TonyW on January 28, 2008, 02:52:52 PM
To clarify the original question:
The two tracks of God Only Knows and Good Vibration where Carl is very "drunk" were from the March 14 Perth show. These two tracks were booted on the Lei'd In Hawaii (Vigotone) boot in 1994 but the tracks were mistakenly listed as "Live in Sydney February 13 1978".
This is the recording I'm the most curios about. This was the show where Carl "passed out", right? Are there any songs besides the two mentioned above that are circulating? I'd LOVE to hear more. ;)
Yes the two tracks from the Perth show on the 14th are from the show where Carl "passed out" - fell into the drums if I recall correctly.
I have not heard any more from the actual March 14th show - I have seen people post that they have heard the March 14 show - however this could be confusion caused by the Surfin Down Under boot having the March 14 date when it actually the March 15 show.
There may be copies of the Match 14 show in circulation and if anybody has actually A & B'ed the March 14 and 15 shows and can confirm they are different shows then that would be good. Please speak up and clear the confusion!!
Jay:
I recall either reading or being told that Carl fell into the drumset during "Darlin'". I've always assumed that this was different from when he "passed out" though. I have read that at one point during the show, the rest of the band made Carl leave the stage. But, Carl sang Good Vibrations at the show, so I don't know if that story is true or not.
Jay:
Quote from: Jay on January 29, 2008, 12:45:56 AM
I recall either reading or being told that Carl fell into the drumset during "Darlin'". I've always assumed that this was different from when he "passed out" though. I have read that at one point during the show, the rest of the band made Carl leave the stage. But, Carl sang Good Vibrations at the show, so I don't know if that story is true or not.
Can anybody help me out with this?
TonyW:
Quote from: Jay on January 29, 2008, 08:36:07 PM
Quote from: Jay on January 29, 2008, 12:45:56 AM
I recall either reading or being told that Carl fell into the drumset during "Darlin'". I've always assumed that this was different from when he "passed out" though. I have read that at one point during the show, the rest of the band made Carl leave the stage. But, Carl sang Good Vibrations at the show, so I don't know if that story is true or not.
Can anybody help me out with this?
Inquries are currently being made to try to get a first hand account of what happened. Excuse the Australianisim but "it's 30 bloody years ago!" and back then Perth wan't exactly a bloody big town!
My recollection from media reports at the time - and I was in Sydney - was that Carl did not "pass out" more just that he was pretty "farked up".
Also keep in mind that on that tour band members came and went from the stage during the show at a rapid rate and that "Carl was made to leave the stage by the band members" could well have been just an uninformed journalists interpretation of what was a pretty strange time for the band.
Wheels are in motion to try to get some answers.
TonyW:
Okay, we have found somebody who was at both Perth shows. Richard Marr (AKA Zac) has emailed me with some details - hopefull Richard will be registered on the board in a short while and will be able to join the discussion himself - finally SOMEBODY WHO WAS THERE!!
Here is the body of Zac's email to me:
"Yeah, I was there. Carl said on the TV news the next night apologetically that he must have had too many Mai Tais before the concert!!!!!!
I saw three concerts and they were all great to me. That’s the year my son was born and I remember it really well. About 10% of the audience (wowsers) left. There were 15 musicians on stage and covered the mistakes of Carl well. Brian was at that stage where he just wandered around on and off the stage, especially during an extended version of “All This Is That”.
I remember “Country Pie” and “Lady Linda” particularly.
Even before the lights came on Carl was audible and I suspected that he was “not normal ie pissed! Or stoned."
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